As Dilip Kumar turns 98 on December 11, Subhash K Jha brings us some lesser known facts about the thespian.
Subhash K Jha remembers Dilip Kumar on the screen legend's first death anniversary, July 7.
'I don't consider acting to be a contest or a game of one-upmanship and I was far from happy with all the talk of Dilip Kumar Versus Me.'
'I am sure he will get it now.' 'In our country, we value our most valuable people after they are gone.'
'I have admired his performances. To me, they have remained beyond fault.'
'Every day that God gives me to spend with Sahib is a great celebration of a day well spent.'
Kamini Kaushal was one of Indian cinema's long-lasting actresses, who went from playing Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand's heroine to Manoj Kumar and Rajesh Khanna's mother.
The veteran actor was admitted to a Bandra hospital Sunday night.
'I owe what Shakti became as much to Mr Bachchan as Salim-Javed.'
'It was heartbreaking. We couldn't see him like that.'
Subhash K Jha remembers his conversations with movie legend Manoj Kumar, who passed into the ages on April 4, 2025.
'I don't regret putting my career on the backburner.' 'I constantly needed my cuddles and hugs from my loved ones. How could I sacrifice that to work under the harsh lights?'
Kartik Aaryan is reportedly doing his most intense role so far.
'It was Kishoreda who suggested to Sulakshanadidi that she should become an actress and sing her own songs in her films. This transformed her life and career.'
'Look after your own mother before looking after your neighbour's mother.' 'I don't believe in starving my own mother and feeding sweets to the neighbours.'
'Salman has never been given a reason to change his ways.'
'When the Shakti team had their meals, Dilisaab would squat with us and say, "Bhai mujhe bhi khilao".'
'It was tough to stand in front of the one whom you have admired for ages, and disagree with.' Amitabh Bachchan talks about his idol, Dilip Kumar.
'She is the gorgeous Lata, the love of my life.'
A Rashtriya Janata Dal member of Legislative Assembly was on Thursday arrested after he allegedly beat up a senior government official for "refusing" to take up the agenda brought by his wife and zilla parishad chairperson Kalpana Devi during a meeting in Godda, Jharkhand.
If the government takes a progressive view and the industry co-operates for arriving at a pricing mechanism, it will be a win-win for all, Raju Barwale, managing director of Mahyco (Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Ltd), tells Dilip Kumar Jha.
Rio Tinto, one of the largest global miners, has started a trial run of diamond mining operations from its Bunder project in Madhya Pradesh.
Essential items are 65 per cent costlier than last year; traders blame it on higher MSP, confusion in govt.
The star is yet to recover from the demise of the man she loved for 55 years, the legendary Dilip Kumar.
A third-year student of National Institute of Technology-Silchar allegedly died by suicide on the campus, following which his classmates began a protest that eventually turned violent, prompting the police to lathi charge, in which 40 people were injured, officials said on Saturday.
Diamond Trading Corporation, the marketing arm of the world's largest diamond producer De Beers, is planning to increase its intake by 25 per cent from its last year's sale of $3.5 billion.
'Our onscreen chemistry was always special.'
Playback singers enjoyed the challenge of being pitched against the finest voice God ever created, but they were also wary of Lata Mangeshkar's endless resourcefulness in rendition.
'I guess if I was chosen to be his wife, I must be special.'
Experts believe the rising prices may encourage farmers to bring in additional areas for under onion cultivation during the rabi season, which may boost the precious bulb's output, reports Dilip Kumar Jha.
''This body is mine. And bearing its burden has become quite a task,' Dilip Kumar once told Subhash K Jha.'
'Madhubala stipulated in her contracts that she wanted only me to do her playback singing.'
'It was not a love affair, it was much more.'
'You cannot change destiny. I have no regrets in life.'
Rediff.com's Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar captures glimpses of the stars on Sunday.
'She was this untameable stream gushing down from the Himalayas which I had the privilege of having touched in my life before it disappeared into the mountains again.'
'I think my performance in Ray's Devi still ranks as my best,' says Sharmila Tagore.
A court in Uttarakhand granted Mumbai police four-day transit remand of Shweta Singh so that she could be brought to the city.
Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United on Sunday exuded confidence that its national president, who was sworn in as Bihar CM for a record ninth time after forming a new government with the Bharatiya Janata Party, will win Monday's trust vote.
'Salilda and my brother Hridaynath would deliberately make my compositions tough.' 'Their logic was, "You can do it, so why should we not compose accordingly?",' Lata Mangeshkar, who would have turned 94 today, September 28, 2023, once told Subhash K Jha.
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