It was a hit and miss for some but each one of them revelled in the opportunity to showcase their talent.
'I don't think Waheeda had the confidence that I could pull it off, so she said no.'
Politicians from the Left and the Congress party in Kerala have rallied behind Malayalam superstar Mammootty, who is facing online harassment from certain right wing sympathisers in connection with his 2022 film, Puzhu.
The BSP leader won the Bijnor Lok Sabha seat in 1989, her first electoral triumph.
The BJP, which romped to power in 2019 on the back of an unequivocal mandate from UP, winning 62 of its 80 seats, was cut to size this time and had to be content with only 33 seats.
Mandhana's sixth ODI century (117, 127 balls , 12x4s, 1x6) formed the fulcrum of India's competitive 265 for eight on a sluggish Chinnaswamy pitch.
'When honest, wealthy people come forward to serve India, people should feel proud and welcome them.'
Quite a few stunning women will make their presence felt on the big screen for the first time this year.
After a sunny photoshoot in Cannes, Mouni Roy walked her first red carpet at the festival with plenty of swag.
Moderate to high turnout was recorded in 13 assembly constituencies across seven states where bypolls were held on Wednesday amid sporadic incidents of violence in Uttarakhand, Bihar and West Bengal.
Giving prominence to experience over youthful exuberance, five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand feels the three Indian participants remain far from winning the Candidates chess title, saying they "should first settle into the tournament."
The electoral exercise, the first since the Lok Sabha elections, will decide the fate of many veterans and some debutantes including Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur.
Model Daniela Zacherl talks about her journey that led to a Malyalam film and her future plans.
Shamar Joseph took 7 wickets to lead the Windies to a big win
'I am old school and want what my parents have. They have been together for 35 years and still go on dates.'
Grace Harris blasted a quickfire half-century to help UP Warriorz register an emphatic six-wicket win against Gujarat Giants.
Rajkumar Santoshi hosted two screenings of his film Gandhi Godse - Ek Yudh over the weekend.
'I received many threatening calls and letters.' 'A fatwa was issued against me.'
The 10th edition of South Indian International Awards took place in Bengaluru over the weekend.
Janhvi and Khushi Kapoor were the latest guests on Karan Johar's Koffee With Karan, and the sisters opened up about their careers, relationship rumours, and losing mom Sridevi at a young age.
If Ahmedabad is India's preferred candidate, as seems likely, hosting Olympics 2036 should give it a leg up: A bigger airport, a better metro network, more hotels, flyovers and so on, observes T N Ninan.
In the mood for romance but don't know which movies to watch? Tamil cinema has a lot to offer on OTT, and Arjun Menon lists his favourites.
'He can be in one corner of the room and I will be in another corner, but I know if something were to happen to me, he would be the first person to come across because that's the connection we have.'
Katrina's mood for the day... Manushi loves fashion... Amyra's in work mode...
Dulquer may be good looking but how long can you watch him with a cigarette in his mouth, giving that deadpan expression, wonders Divya Nair.
Style lessons to learn from the Bigg Boss 16 contestant.
'Mandakini's son Rabbil has directed a music video entitled Maa O Maa, for which he requested his mother to come out of her shell.'
The treatment of the crime and criminal may seem predictable, but not quite the way you'd imagined it to be, discovers Divya Nair.
Looking at Bollywood's Class of 2023 Directors.
Shrishti Mishra was 'presented' to London society at Queen Charlotte's Ball. And yes, it's still 2017.
Quite a few film folk attended the 22nd Indian Television Academy awards ceremony.
Whether it is his acting, dialogue delivery or action sequences, there is a clear absence of enthusiasm, observes Namrata Thakkar.
There's much entertainment coming up from July to December, and Joginder Tuteja highlights those films for us.
With world number four Ruud already assured of a semi-final berth the match was in reality a dead rubber.
It was a lull period for Bollywood in August as none of the new releases could work at the box office, hope that it turns around in September.
Before forcing arguably the tallest Congress leader from Uttarakhand to bite the dust in the polls to make his maiden entry into the state assembly, Bisht had only won a zila panchayat poll in 2019.
'Our team met rape victims and their families. We went to their houses but were not allowed to ask too many questions. There would be disturbing silences.'
It was a big night for quite a few of Bollywood's popular actors as well as OTT's rising star.
