India and Pakistan's tumultuous relationship is fodder for drama in many Bollywood movies. Be it Partition, war, jingoism or aman ki asha, there is a movie for every theme and timeline.
It's movie night for Bollywood.
Ishaan's fanboy moment with Madhuri... Farhan-Shibani up their fashion game... Akshay and Twinkle mourn Cleo...
As Indian Idol reaches its finale on August 15, the show's host is shooting non-stop for the event.
As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday asserted his rebellion was not an act of "betrayal", but a "revolt" and asked Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray to kneel down at party founder Bal Thackeray's memorial and apologise for going against his ideals and aligning with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
Who rocked the sari style best in the British Raj? Sukanya Verma asks you to take a poll.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday bitterly traded charges and used caustic terms like "traitors" and "betrayer" as rival Shiv Sena groups headed by them held Dussehra rallies in Mumbai in what was a parallel show of strength by the rivals after the change of government three months ago.
The gallery has come up in a British-era bunker, discovered in the Raj Bhavan campus in south Mumbai in August 2016 during the tenure of the then-Governor C Vidyasagar Rao.
Continuing the special series, we take a look at some more interesting minimalist Bollywood posters.
'When Zubeida came, everybody loved me and I got a slew of offers of the same kind.' 'People started saying, "Aap nayi Aruna Irani ban jayegi".'
Will *you* watch Thackeray this weekend?
Rajkummar wraps up Bheed... Huma is proud of Saqib...Farah gets nostalgic...
'Who decides what is jingoistic?' 'What is patriotic?' 'Who decides Lagaan is patriotic and Gadar is jingoistic?'
The fact that a woman-centric film can challenge those increasingly inane hero-vehicles is certainly cause for celebration, raves Raja Sen.
Deol reminded voters of the patriotic character he played in Gadar and referred to his 'dhai kilo ka haath' from another movie.
'One can do Manto only when you are completely honest with yourself.'
The Hindu Janajagruti Samiti has objections to Totally Siyappa and its dialogues.
Judge us not and do not appropriate our struggle. Instead, stand and fight with us, says 18-year-old Paloma Sharma to the older generation that almost always dismisses her own.
May this misfortune never befall any of us, is all we can say...
'Patriotism shouldn't be taken as a sellable thing.'
During the lunch or tea breaks, Maharajji, Manikda, Amjad Khan and I often sat together as Maharajji sang old compositions or recited some bols. Amjad Khan had a great music sense and sang very well.
Asoka still makes for irresistible viewing, raves Sukanya Verma, and tells us why.
Preparations are almost complete for the smooth conduct of the three-day Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, which will be attended by President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The Uttar Pradesh liquor baron and film producer was killed in a freak shootout on November 17.
The actress features in Abbas Mustan's upcoming multistarrer Race 2.
As means of transport or metaphor, the romance of trains is unmistakable in Hindi cinema.
Experts feel both the films have the potential to rake in about Rs 100 crore at the box office.
A look at the pictures.
We celebrate Independence Day with this special feature, published on Rediff.com in January 2013.
The macho Bollywood hero turns 55 today!
It's comeback time for many Bollywood stars. With the OTT platform opening up, quite a few actors, who had taken a break, are getting ready to be seen again!
The film, promoted as the R K Laxman-inspired voice of common man, is more Bollywood than comic strip.
All we want from the government is to give us visa and they can't even deliver that, says Inder Singh, chairman of Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin International
Sajid-Wajid's music in this film is better than what we've seen from them so far.
Here's a look at some of the most memorable Hindi film warriors.
If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our greatest artist-scientist, asserts Sreehari Nair.
For Dosanjh to stand by his faith, retain the turban and beard, and yet not trivialise himself in the roles he has essayed, is really his biggest achievement, observes Sandeep Goyal.
A year before Mahatma Gandhi's return from South Africa to India, a cry for India's freedom was heard from the shores of the Pacific Ocean.
