Believe it or not, Raakhee Gulzar spent weeks learning how to play the sitar from the maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar himself.
Aseem Chhabra sensed an internal turmoil in Vinod Khanna, which sometimes showed the moody person on screen.
On her 65th birthday, Sukanya Verma looks at the diva's 10 definitive songs.
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's cool, curious, bag moments.
Anushka Sharma, Alia Bhatt, Kangana Ranaut, Rani Mukerji, Sonam Kapoor take centre stage this year.
Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to.
Take a look at celebs at Aamir Khan's Diwali party.
Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Mediums may change, formats may alter but one thing remains constant -- audience making their likes and dislikes abundantly clear.
Joginder Tuteja takes a look at films which didn't do as well at the box office but are performing well on the digital platform.
Bollywood heart-throb Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and renowned music composer A R Rahman dished out enthralling performances, in Bhubaneswar, on Tuesday.
A village sarpanch was gunned down by terrorists in south Kashmir Koimoh village of Kulgam district late Thursday evening.
Three policemen were killed and another injured when Taliban militants attacked a police van in Pakistan's restive northwest on Thursday, officials said. The militants lobbed grenades at the van and then fired at it with automatic weapons in Lakki Marwat area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. District police chief Gulzar Ali confirmed that three policemen were killed and another one injured.
Prolific and passionate, Omji's cinema is far more valuable than we think.
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Remembering an incomparable actor by re-visiting his finest films.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the most successful female-centric movies in the last five years.
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There will be as many as 9 historicals coming up in the next 15 months!
A look at the arrivals.
Veteran actor Vinod Khanna passed away on Thursday after battling cancer. He was 70.
For over two decades, Wajid Khan, one half of the composer duo Sajid-Wajid, regaled listeners with infectious compositions and eclectic range.
On the occasion of Pandit Ravi Shankar's birth centenary, his biggest fan, Lata Mangeshkar, pays tribute to one of Indian classical music's greatest legends.
Sukanya Verma makes a playlist of 15 profound Rajesh Khanna ditties.
The propaganda aspect of the movie -- despite it stemming purely from the writer's deepest convictions -- is a clincher for it is highly unlikely that you'll walk out of a screening of Talvar saying, 'I loved the movie, but I still think the parents are guilty.' If you are swept away by the power of the movie, it's also sure to swing your perception in a certain direction,' says Sreehari Nair.
Legendary sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, who honoured the musicians with a citation and a shawl, said he was delighted to be the one giving the awards.
The 82-year-old former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister received the ED summons a day after the formation of the People's Alliance led by him was announced on October 15.
From their first meeting to the last, Dev Anand etched himself on Dinesh Raheja's heart and mind.
Bollywood gives Shashi Kapoor a final salute.
'One afternoon, I spotted Karan Johar and film critic Rajeev Masand having tea with Nina Gupta, the head of NFDC, and barged into their meeting.' Aseem Chhabra's IFFI diaries...
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'I always felt that Basu Chatterjee was a kind, gentle, man who truly believed that in directing films like Chhoti Si Baat, he was impacting our lives,' remembers Aseem Chhabra. 'He seemed to be on a mission to make us believe that the world could be a better place.'
Here's a list of comedies that the current crop of Bollywood directors better leave alone.
Test your knowledge on some of Hindi cinema's memorable dialogues.
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