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Waheeda Rehman was in tears as she unveiled the brass statue of Dev Anand on Tuesday, December 4. She shares some of her memories of the man they called the 'evergreen' hero.
The novel has an ambiguous ending, but in the film the man becomes a saint and risks his life as he goes on a fast. He just cannot let down the thousands of people who have faith in him... Arthur J Pais reveals little known facts about Dev Anand's film, Guide.
As Shah Rukh Khan turned guide in Jab Harry Met Sejal, Sukanya Verma looks back at Bollywood's original Guide.
In a special series, we will put YOU to the test everyday!
As Independent India turned 76, so did the ethereal Raakhee I know better than most, says Subhash K Jha.
The legend's close friend gives a real picture of the man Dev Anand was.
'When entering an industry like Bollywood, every actor hopes for a starmaker... My starmaker was Dev saab.'
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's best-known diamond robberies in film.
At 13, Naseer Khan left Bihar to work in a saw-mill in Bhutan. He learnt the craft of making sofas, and some of the pieces he made found a place in the royal palace. He returned home after spending 35 years in the Himalayan kingdom, and has continued making sofas, restoring old furniture and creating wire-gutting chairs, all that has become a dying art now.
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said a fair enquiry is being conducted regarding the stampede which took place at New Delhi railway station last month and said the government is implementing a slew of measures to avoid such incidents in the future.
A blaze triggered by a suspected short circuit in a building near the iconic Charminar here on Sunday left 17 people dead, with a majority of them being children.
'There is a song that fits my father. It is from the Dev Anand film Hum Dono, which goes Main zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya...'
She sang the chartbusters Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche in Brahmachari, Tumse Oh Haseena Kabhi Mohabbat Na Maine Karni Thi in Farz and Ajhu Na Aaye Balma in Saanjh Aur Savera.
Sukanya Verma looks at husband and wife filmi collaborations.
The year saw its share of news and views. But there were some that really stood out for our readers.
Almost 25 per cent central government posts were vacant as of March 2022, compared to 9.4 per cent in March 2002.
If Rajesh Khanna was the greatest star of Hindi cinema, the songs played a major part in his superstardom.
Raakhee, who turns 77 on August 15, remains an enigma wrapped in a riddle. Dinesh Raheja remembers Raakhee telling him how she loves the rains and how she would drive down to Tulsi Lake in the 1970s and float paper boats in the water. He would like to imagine that Raakhee still does that at her farmhouse.
'Everybody goes through tumultuous times. I've been lucky and my journey has been excellent.' 'I can't complain because I've had everything and God has been kind.'
Veteran actor Junior Mehmood, who was battling with stage four cancer passed away in Mumbai on Friday.
From melodrama to mockery (remember Amar and Prem's phony separated-at-Kumbh Mela reunion in a gag of Andaz Apna Apna?), there are numerous instances of its presence.
"We both hate parties and get-togethers and avoid them as much as possible.' 'That's about all I've in common with Dad."
With dynamic filmmakers like Anurag Kashyap in Onir's I Am, Sujoy Ghosh in Rituparno Ghosh's Satywanweshi and Karan Johar (he also played Shah Rukh Khan's buddy in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge) in Kashyap's Bombay Velvet taking on full-fledged roles, we look at some of Hindi cinema's well-known directors and their little-known appearances on celluloid.
Saira Banu turned nostalgic on her 79th birthday on August 23.
The world is celebrating Raj Kapoor's birth centenary, but when was the last time you watched an RK film?
'I came into politics to bring a smile on people's faces.'
'People don't know even 20 percent of what I did.'
Bollywood loves number games. And not just the rat race kind. There's a slew of movies with numbers in their title.
Rehana Sultan was all set to be a path-breaker. The time was right. Hindi cinema had emerged from the 1960s musicals era. But somehow, leading film-makers of the time did not believe Rehana had that cachet. It was Zeenat Aman who ended up being the definitive taboo-trasher of the era. Dinesh Raheja salutes the trendsetter of the 1970s, Rehana Sultan.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
In these pandemic stricken, music bereft times, what can be more joyous than a playlist of golden melodies?
The All India Chess Federation announced a whopping Rs 3.2 crore in rewards for the historic 45th Olympiad-winning Indian teams during a felicitation ceremony in New Delhi on Wednesday.
'I could tell there was an extraordinary intensity about Amitabh Bachchan even in bad films.' 'Kuch baat thi.' 'Salim saab and I insisted on casting him in Zanjeer.'
