'Despite acting in some 100 films and television plays, people still remember the daadi of Hum Log.'
This weekend, we lost Diane Keaton, that piece of American heart, Hollywood's darling hummingbird. Thank God she is still alive in her films. Aseem Chhabra on the Hollywood star he was in love with.
'The pain of not having a home is bearable, but the pain of having one -- and not finding peace in it -- is far worse.'
'Gerson existed at the intersection of principle and conscience. 'One of our conversations turned to his return to India from Brazil. 'He spoke about the choices he made and the things he felt he had failed at. 'What emerged was how he always steadfastly stuck to his beliefs and was true to them and himself. 'The need to -- in Spike Lee's words -- Do The Right Thing.' Director Dev Benegal remembers Gerson da Cunha, 'friend, guide, light'.
Dev Benegal talks about his new film Road, Movie.
'The problems that the film explores still remain. It was a different time when we made the film. We were young and we thought we could change the world.'
Abhay Deol talks politics, and about his new film, Chakravyuh.
This is a casual drive, short enough to not mind, long enough to leave you slightly tired.
A look at the movies that were shot on the road extensively.
Filmmaker and actor Manish Acharya died in a freak accident in Matheran on Saturday. He was only 40 years old. Aseem Chhabra salutes a friend and colleague.
Sar Jo Tera Chakraye, featured in Road, Movie has been credited to R D Burman, not his father, S D Burman, who composed the original music in Guru Dutt's Pyaasa.
The film was dead on arrival at 78 locations in America and Canada, as well as 40 locations in the United Kingdom.
In the climatic scenes, Dev Benegal offers a truly touching tribute to world cinema. People who love cinema will weep at the scene.
Rahul Bose talks about his latest film Before the Rains with Santosh Sivan. Bose plays the role of TK Neelan, an educated man in Kerala, who is torn between his two loyalties -- to his village, his roots, and also to his British boss who plans on building a road that would benefit his business. TK is the soul of Before the Rains, and Bose's performance is quiet and heart wrenching.
'...be it a comedy, thriller or a love story.' 'The bhindi costs Rs 30 per kilo, but the price of potato remains unchanged.'
'The new Indian cinema has still not found its voice and identity. It's trapped under the deadwood weight of Bollywood and popular Indian cinema.'
The duo will star in Dev Benegal new film.
Kareena Kapoor talks about her latest ice cream endorsement.
'Yellow Bus is a heart-breaking story based on a real incident and will strike a chord with mothers across the world.'
You will always be missed, Kalpana Lajmi.
'I will miss her camaraderie, her humour, love for food and passion for film.'
With the works of veteran film makers such as Shyam Benegal (Bose, the Forgotten Hero) and Deepa Mehta (Heaven on Earth), as well as first-timers such as Sooni Taraporevala (Little Zizou), the 2008 edition of the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival in New York has a menu of beguiling features and documentaries to suit all tastes.
In Jee Le Zaraa, Zoya Akhtar's swanky new road trip to self-discovery, our favourite gal pals Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt are set to take off on a whirlwind adventure.
In Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, The Star, Aseem Chahbra gives us glimpses of one of Bollywood's best loved actors.
Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood.
Something in Alia has surely changed after Gangubai. Her entire performance is about proving to herself and not to the world what she can do, feels Sukanya Verma.
On his 40th birthday on September 28, Sukanya Verma draws up a playlist of 40 riveting Ranbir songs.
Much as we'd like it to, all hasn't changed. In our country, the revolution must be polite and careful not to offend. Still, Raja Sen assures, there is hope.
Christopher Nolan's next, Gulzar's gussa, Shyam Benegal's Shivaji and RD's Lawrence of Arabia connection, catch all this and more in Sukanya Verma's super filmi week.
As we prepare to return to the land of silver screens and samosa, Sukanya Verma looks at notable theatre moments in Hindi films.
Sukanya Verma glances at the changing faces of women bonding in Hindi movies.
It's never too late to start your career in Bollywood.
Okay, so we love our Goan filmi characters. Do you love these movies set in Goa? Have a look!
'I belonged to the working class, not the middle class.' 'I was a rag-picker. I used to pick up coal from the railway tracks.' 'I was rejected from the FTII, as I was very unkempt and skinny.' 'I did not look like a hero, villain or comedian.' 'But Girish Karnad and Jairaj said I should be taken based on merit, not looks.'
'Asked which Dilip Kumar films were among her favourites, she said she had seen not a single movie of his until that time. This became a sensational issue. She did not mean to offend Dilip Kumar. There was not a bone of diplomacy in her and she never acquired that calculating attitude even at the cost of some of the roles that she would eventually lose.'
Naseeruddin Shah sets the gold standard as a master memoirist.
'We are dealing with a size of the world that equaled England and France combined. We are talking about 250 years of history.' Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700: Opulence and Fantasy -- a first of its kind exhibition anywhere in the world -- opened at the Met, April 20. Aseem Chhabra spoke to Navina Haykel, the curator of the show.
'I'm a rascal, I'm going to play a paramahansa?!'
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