The hits and misses of the week.
'The movie seeks to strike a long-awaited conversation. A story that the screen should have told long ago.' 'It is an attempt to cure that epidemic of social media opinion and provoke us to leave our rhetorical positions for once and see the issue purely as a great tragedy which happened for more reasons than we give to ourselves,' says Utkarsh Mishra.
The latest updates from the film industry.
The celebrities offer their condolences.
'The sooner we understand and accept this current situation as the new normal, the better,' advises Major Mohammed Ali Shah (retd).
'Doesn't matter if two film olds are ungrateful to the industry that have given them all. Just wish they'd exit gracefully and keep their regressive views to themselves.'
'I don't make big budget films. So if my film makes Rs 120 crore, it's a huge hit. We finish fast, make it on a small budget and recover fast,' Akshay Kumar tells Patcy N/Rediff.com.
'The maverick, alpha male, super suave spy, who kills as efficiently as he charms the pants off women, doing the mother of all gender-benders and trading his tux for high heels?'
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The daughter of the victim, who died after Smriti Irani's cavalcade hit their vehicle, on Monday said that she pleaded before her with folded hands but the Union HRD minister didn't provide them any help.
The list of the prestigious Padma Awards 2016 awardees is out and superstar Rajnikanth is set to be honoured with the nation's second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan.
Lifestyle brand Victoria's Secret's annual list of What Is Sexy features actors, singers and an athlete.
It has proved to be very beneficial for older people too.
At 15, she has already written two books on poetry and a novel. Meet the fascinating Zuni Chopra.
Stars queue up for Farah Khan's grand birthday bash.
Mission Mangal has its heart in place, feels Sukanya Verma.
The leaders alleged that those who had no contribution in the freedom struggle wanted to spread fear 'in the name of nationalism', suppress the voice of people and were questioning the legacy of Congress.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
This year, Abahan Theatre's marquee play is based on the Olympic boxing medallist Mary Kom. Written by Abhijit Bhattacharya, popular Assamese actor Prastuti Parashar portrays the role of the champion pugilist from Manipur in the play.
'I'm very, very happy.' Winners react after the 64th National awards announcement.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Before Shah Rukh Khan and his Happy New Year team wins us over with their dancing skills, read this.
'When I started my journey in Indian Idol, a lot of people laughed at me for not knowing Hindi well. I did feel bad but I did not let anything negative affect me and took it as a challenge.' Meet Indian Idol 9 winner V Revanth.
Here's a look at the top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'I don't give a f****. I am old enough now.' 'You just have to white-knuckle it and ride through it.' 'But really, who cares?' 'At the end of the day, just get on, feel the pain, embrace the suck.'
Cupid has played its role for years in the 200-year-old Presidency University in Kolkata but for the first time, love will now become a subject of study in its undergraduate curriculum. The unique interdisciplinary course on love would be offered by the varsity's sociology department and would be available to students of all streams as a 50-mark optional paper.
Priyanka expressed disappointment that the church denied her nani's last wish to be buried in Kumarakom.
Showbiz shaadis that made headlines in 2014.
Almost all the deceased were migrant labourers hailing from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
'I find Katrina and Deepika very graceful. Sonakshi dances well too. I was surprised to see Alia dancing so well on one of the live shows. Shraddha did a good job in ABCD 2.' Dancing diva Madhuri Dixit submits her report card.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
'Salman Khan told me once that he didn't receive any award nominations till Dabangg happened. Not that I am comparing myself to him -- he is an iconic person in the industry -- but I find it quite relevant to what I want to achieve,' Katrina Kaif tells Sonil Dedhia.
Photographs tell us so much about the person!
Top seed Sameer, who won the Swiss Open earlier this year, had to dig deep into his reservoir to outwit compatriot Pratul Joshi 16-21, 26-24, 21-7 in 55 minutes. In another quarter-final, Gurusaidutt, a former Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, recovered from a game down to beat Malaysia's Lim Chi Wing 13-21, 22-20, 21-11 in 59 minutes.
Bezubaan Ishq is pure drivel, warns Paloma Sharma.
Such is Sharma's clout that very few are willing to take sides in this controversy. 'It's like talking about Salman Khan.' 'No one wants to ruffle feathers.'
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