It was legendary producer-director V Shantaram, who conceived the plot, based on a short story The Police Constable, which revolved around the theme of a good-hearted uniformed man attempting to free a prostitute from a life of indignity.
'I met him in September, just days before he was hospitalised for Covid, for a documentary that his daughter was making.' 'He was in the pink of health, conversing with everyone the whole day.'
We look at the films that failed at the box office in the first half of this year.
Known as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Albert Einstein, here are a few glimpses of Stephen Hawking's life.
Narayana Mandagadde is the subject matter of one of the most awaited releases of the year.
Deepika Padukone embodies to perfection the Gehraiyaan in the title, applauds Sukanya Verma.
An encounter with movie veteran Chandrashekhar.
'I'll keep painting as long as I'm alive,' Madhvi Parekh, one of India's most influential painters, tells Rajendran Pottayil in New York.
'In the process, I hope that our Earth will be able to heal some more.'
We asked you Dear Readers for your memories, photographs and videos of your meeting with M S Dhoni.
Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand.
'Why has the phrase gone missing from Modi's vocabulary?' asks Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
Subhash K Jha gives us some lesser known about the late actress on her birth anniversary, August 1.
We celebrate Kishore Kumar's 90th birth anniversary on August 4 with Amit Kumar's 10 favourite Kishore Kumar songs.
No one deserves the title thespian more than Dilip Kumar, notes Shreekant Sambrani.
The Censor Board has chopped off a Saawariya scene where Ranbir Kapoor drops his towel. Express your opinion.
'I can snap my fingers and get 1,000 people overnight, but I can't guarantee that they will develop because there has been zero change in education in the country in the last nine years.'
"I think those people should get into politics who really have passion for it. Getting into politics just because you are famous is not right."
It is to Vajpayee's credit that he told Dilip Kumar to ignore Thackeray and to follow his own conscience. But the episode -- as indeed, the manner in which Dilip Kumar has been made to pay for being a Muslim throughout his life -- shames us all as Indians, says Vir Sanghvi.
'When was the last time you heard a music composer or a singer's son being launched?'
'It's my humble tribute to a talent that has no limits, no boundaries.'
Meet Namrata Purohit, Bollywood's favourite Pilates trainer.
Pop icon Prince -- one of the most influential but elusive figures in music -- has died at his compound in Minnesota.
War is an ode to such star power, one that pits Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff together for the first time and capitalises on their famous idol-idoliser energy to draw us into a world of espionage, action and camaraderie.
Anees Bazmee has spent 43 years in the film industry and knows all its stories.
'I will pick Bollywood stars to play Indian superheroes.'
Did you know Nargis was to have played the Madhubala role, but opted out because she has reservations about working with Dilip Kumar? Do you know how Naushad and Shakeel Badayuni came up with the words for the immortal Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya?
'We are all from middle class backgrounds...' 'We are not like those super privileged kids to whom the parents say "Jao beta. Studio khareed lo".'
New York-based photographer Mark Bennington recently released his collection of beautiful photographs depicting the typical Bollywood life in a coffee table book called Living the Dream: The Life of the 'Bollywood' Actor.
With Mumbai's iconic Liberty cinema reopening for movie lovers, the spotlight is now on the city's famous Art Deco theatres.
By teaching professional photography to the differently-abled, KnowDisability is helping them take charge of their lives.
Cricket South Africa on Monday unveiled the Proteas T20 squad's theme song and campaign ahead of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament which takes place in India next month.
