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The 25 BEST Double Roles in Bollywood

The 25 BEST Double Roles in Bollywood

Rediff.com25 Jul 2017

Want to add to Sukanya Verma's list? Hit the message board.

'There is never a happy ending in life'

'There is never a happy ending in life'

Rediff.com21 Nov 2014

'Saif is very passionate as an actor. He is always thinking way ahead. He wants to make movies for the future. He doesn't necessarily stick to the current trends.' Director duo Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK discuss Happy Ending.

Review: Nothing should keep you from watching 2 States

Review: Nothing should keep you from watching 2 States

Rediff.com18 Apr 2014

Krish's relationship with his family, particularly his mother, is better explored than his relationship with Ananya, which results in 2 States being more of a deep and meaningful family drama than a romance, notes Paloma Sharma.

Bollywood's 10 Great Movies Set in Goa

Bollywood's 10 Great Movies Set in Goa

Rediff.com10 Sep 2014

Okay, so we love our Goan filmi characters. Do you love these movies set in Goa? Have a look!

Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel is sheer magic!

Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel is sheer magic!

Rediff.com7 Feb 2014

'We are blessed, that in this age of crass, commercial filmmaking, there is a special corner reserved for Wes Anderson to inhabit this wonderful, magical life. And we thank him from the bottom of our hearts for letting us experience his dreams in full colour and grandeur,' says Aseem Chhabra after watching The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Vote for Shah Rukh Khan's BEST film!

Vote for Shah Rukh Khan's BEST film!

Rediff.com26 Oct 2015

Bollywood's Badshah turns 50 on November 2, and it's time to celebrate his life and his movies.

Review: 24 is Fast, Fierce, Fabulous

Review: 24 is Fast, Fierce, Fabulous

Rediff.com7 Oct 2013

It may not have the finish of the original but when you look at the bigger picture, Anil Kapoor's new television show 24 is a step in a desperately needed direction.

Dear Indians, can we get rid of the superiority complex?

Dear Indians, can we get rid of the superiority complex?

Rediff.com20 Sep 2013

We have let a woman of Italian origin rule us through a clever divide of administrative power centres, but far too many of us have not accepted her Indianness. We have every right to reject her politics and her corrupt government, but shouldn't her living most of her life here make her Indian enough?

The mother who has won India's heart

The mother who has won India's heart

Rediff.com13 Apr 2017

Single mother Gauri Sawant hopes to change the way people view transgenders in India.

Indians target of home invasions in New Jersey

Indians target of home invasions in New Jersey

Rediff.com3 Dec 2014

Residents anxious after masked gunmen break into 4 desi homes in New Jersey, many disappointed over the police's response to the violent crimes. Arthur J Pais reports from New Jersey.

'Karan Johar said he was blown away by our performance'

'Karan Johar said he was blown away by our performance'

Rediff.com8 Sep 2016

'We have been getting e-mails for assignments and events. People from random islands, like Seychelles, called us to perform for India's independence day. It's crazy to see how the internet affects the world. We feel blessed that so many people recognise us. We have even got mails from low-budget feature film makers in the South -- like they want us to be the heroines!' Twins Poonam and Priyanka Shah give us a jhalak into their lives!

'I'm looking for global domination!'

'I'm looking for global domination!'

Rediff.com17 Dec 2015

'You don't control who you love. Love happens. You don't decide you're going to love this person.' Love talk from Priyanka Chopra.

Will Huma cost Hillary the White House?

Will Huma cost Hillary the White House?

Rediff.com3 Nov 2016

If November 9 ushers in a Hillary Clinton presidency, you can bet your last dollar that Huma Abedin will be back at POTUS' side.

A cow hospital with a cancer ward and ICU

A cow hospital with a cancer ward and ICU

Rediff.com15 Jun 2016

India's largest cow hospital provides care for 1,600 cows, bulls, oxen, that are sick, diseased, injured or deformed. With wards for cows with breast cancer, cows that have lost their legs in road accidents, cows that have been operated upon to remove plastic from their bellies, the hospice is a tourist attraction.

Review: 20 things I learned from and loved about Queen

Review: 20 things I learned from and loved about Queen

Rediff.com7 Mar 2014

Kangna Ranaut, as Queen/Rani, holds your hands and together you discover the magic of honeymoon, holiday, healing and hungama, raves Sukanya Verma.

'I am anxious about Ram Gopal Varma's reaction to Running Shaadi'

'I am anxious about Ram Gopal Varma's reaction to Running Shaadi'

Rediff.com17 Feb 2017

'I have been a part of more than a dozen films as a cinematographer but this was the smoothest shoot of my life. There was not a single day, when I wondered how a particular shoot would be done.' Meet Running Shaadi director Amit Roy.

The Remarkable Sunny Leone!

The Remarkable Sunny Leone!

Rediff.com15 Sep 2016

'Her greatest strength is not her acting or her dancing abilities, but that she has an incredible number of fans.'

Dilip Kumar's Top 25 Films

Dilip Kumar's Top 25 Films

Rediff.com30 Mar 2015

Here's celebrating Dilip Kumar by re-visiting his best movies.

Classic Revisited: Bimal Roy's satirical gem, Parakh

Classic Revisited: Bimal Roy's satirical gem, Parakh

Rediff.com25 Sep 2014

In Sukanya Verma's special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at 1960's Parakh, starring Sadhana, Motilal, Nazir Hussain and Durga Khote.

'Abu Salem will be bumped off... by Indian intelligence agencies'

'Abu Salem will be bumped off... by Indian intelligence agencies'

Rediff.com29 Dec 2014

'Even the mafia has certain ethics and follow certain rules, but Abu Salem was so ruthless, so inhuman, there was no ethics at all. He had no basic humanity in him.' India's foremost crime writer S Hussain Zaidi on the dreaded gangster.

Globalisation, English and 'other' languages

Globalisation, English and 'other' languages

Rediff.com1 Sep 2014

U R Ananthamurthy on the importance of keeping alive our regional languages.

The 'veshti' culture and code

The 'veshti' culture and code

Rediff.com17 Jul 2014

The veshti controversy in Tamil Nadu is not about the dress -- but a dress-code, which seems permissible in private homes and offices, but not in private clubs that are open only to well-heeled, and well-paying private members, observes N Sathiya Moorthy

Exclusive! Rahul to be told: Improve or get lost!

Exclusive! Rahul to be told: Improve or get lost!

Rediff.com23 May 2014

'According to a powerful section of the Congress the vote was anti-Congress, anti-dynasty and pro-Modi, in that order. They say Modi won because he represented and completely played upon "Bhartiyata".' 'Sonia is being accused, privately, of protecting her son at the cost of the party's interest.' 'For the first time ever, 24 Akbar Road, the Congress headquarters, is assessing the "neeyat (intent)" of the Gandhi Parivar, which has never happened before.' A Rediff Correspondent lifts the veil off the churning within the Congress party in the wake of the party's rout in the election.

Shikhar is very mediocre

Shikhar is very mediocre

Rediff.com30 Dec 2005

The film is a a poor copy of Wall Street.

My first Diwali away from home

My first Diwali away from home

Rediff.com23 Oct 2014

Desis in the US recall their earliest celebration of the festival of lights on American soil. Chaya Babu reports

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