During the lunch or tea breaks, Maharajji, Manikda, Amjad Khan and I often sat together as Maharajji sang old compositions or recited some bols. Amjad Khan had a great music sense and sang very well.
'Films like Arth don't happen again and again. They come once in a lifetime. I was lucky to make it, and I couldn't have done it without Smita and Shabana.'
'We always want to pull down the other person.' 'All we need right now is sensitivity, not just in our industry, but everywhere.'
'After greeting Prince Charles with a traditional bow, moving away from protocol, I also did a namaste, which HRH reciprocated twice -- once before the award presentation and the second time just before I left him.'
Lakshmanan contracted polio when he was only three months old. 'I didn't want to go for the swayamvar, but my uncle convinced me to attend.' He sat close to the door at the swayamvar. And then, Rohini walked in. Both her legs, too, were afflicted with polio.
'Succession is a great show that inspires me to push the boundaries of creativity.'
Arthritis, cancer, blindness, erectile dysfunction... smoking can have adverse effects on your overall health, warns Dr Harish Chafle, senior consultant-pulmonology and critical care, Global Hospitals, Mumbai.
Apart from PeeCee, guess who else paid ChintuKaps a visit?
'War is never a solution. It's nothing but real estate business I am against any kind of violence.'
Raised in the slums, Ankita Singh's breakthrough came when she was crowned Miss Kolkata in 2018.
'His relationship with Sridevi was not meant to work out, especially since both of them were ambitious, driven and passionate.'
The wellness entrepreneur tells you how to take care of your body, mind and soul.
'Our future is in limbo. The government saved us with Operation Ganga; now, they must save our careers.'
Be mindful of your tone while you try to calm down your child and refrain from yelling, shouting, or hitting, advises Asha Vaghasia, founder, We Positive Parenting.
Brijesh Pillai shares some of the lessons he learned as a new parent.
'After Gully Boy, many interesting projects started coming my way.' 'But things really changed with the Filmfare. Now, people notice me.' 'It's a good space, where you don't have to tell people who you are.'
Zelda Pande recounts the specialness with which Diwali was celebrated in her home in Ranchi.
'My kids think it's very cool they will see me on Netflix.'
Aarti Sondhi from Dubai tells us how she fought cancer and got back in shape during the pandemic.
Sprinter Revathi Veeramani is part of the 4x400m Indian mixed relay team in the Tokyo Games, starting July 23.
Like the rest of India, film folk like Lata Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Karan Johar came out on their balconies to clap and give a shout-out to people, who have been providing medical and other essential services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as part of PM Narendra Modi's Janta curfew initiative.
Hercules Singh Munda's father used to open the gates to a forest. Today, Hercules leaves for London to open the gates of his many dreams.
This 14-year-old schoolboy's invention can save lives.
'Have ghee with rice, roti or dal, and remember to enjoy and cherish its impact on your life and the life of your child.'
The actor gets real about the struggles of motherhood and pregnancy.
'After the shoot, I was like, "Yeh maine kiya hai?"'
'We thought we'd be away from Mumbai for two or three years.' 'If only life were that simple!'
The sheriff's office said in a statement it "is continuing to aggressively investigate and to follow leads regarding Baby India. As of today, we are still receiving tips from across the country on the possible identity of 'Baby India'".
Criticised for being too big, Janette Tirkey is winning hearts on the ramp.
'When we go to war, we also take our families.' 'It's not just fighting the war ourselves, but our families are doing that too. And that's the biggest sacrifice.'
'As his close associate Som Pal told me, "Mandal was never V P Singh's brainchild. It was a Janata Party commitment he inherited".' 'He would have done it anyway at some point, but the specific timing of his decision was dictated entirely by political exigency -- his government was threatened.' 'It also turned out to be a game changer in Indian politics.'
Chef Aditi Handa, who is deeply invested in baking, makes the most delicious sourdough.
Vicky Kaushal, Mithila Palkar, Jubin Nautiyal are part of the list too!
It's not every day that an undergraduate from India wins a scholarship to study at one of the prestigious universities in the world.
'He is busy building an image on the social media as an anti-right-winger.' 'But remember: An actor is only good at what he was born to do,' observes Subhash K Jha.
Celebrating the brother-sister bond.
Unless you've been hiding under an Internet-blocking rock, you must have chanced upon some of the crisp, polite, informative and frequently witty posts crafted by the Mumbai police. Mrigank Warrier meets Sunchika Pandey, the brains behind the Mumbai police quips.
'My brother broke down because he thought I was letting go of years of hard work.'
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