When mainstream Hindi cinema is preoccupied with romance, comedy, horror and action, stories about sisters and brothers are very rare. Vasan Bala has made a first-of-its-kind film where the leads play sister and brother, notes Aseem Chhabra.
'This isn't a post about Dimple's talent though she has that in spades, it's about the little I saw of her character. During a very difficult phase in my life she was one of a mere handful of people who publicly stood by me.'
Here's an exclusive look at our pick of 10 celebrities who made it.
Much, much, much before Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani fussed over What Jhumka, Asha Bhosle trilled in her alluring voice and teased us with tantalising details about the events leading to her precious Jhumka's loss.
'When entering an industry like Bollywood, every actor hopes for a starmaker... My starmaker was Dev saab.'
In these pandemic stricken, music bereft times, what can be more joyous than a playlist of 25 golden melodies?
Veteran actor Junior Mehmood, who was battling with stage four cancer passed away in Mumbai on Friday.
You know the celebrated Raksha Bandhan songs. Subhash K Jha lists the ones you don't.
Melodies that stayed on in the mind and memory are too few and far between. Except the ones that do make an impression are definitely worth celebrating for their refreshing style and substance.
Zeenat Aman shares pictures from Shammi Kapoor's directorial debut Manoranjan where she played a sex worker, Nisha and spoke in detail about how the moral police had a field day because of her flirtatious and sexy outfits in the film.
There's no love like the love for a sibling, and Bollywood sure does agree, says Sukanya Verma.
There's no love like the love for a sibling, and Bollywood sure does agree, says Sukanya Verma.
Sukanya Verma looks at the wide-eyed dolly's presence in our movies.
Just how much do *you* know about Lataji?
Joginder Tuteja looks at recent films exploring the drug culture.
Today's Hindi film mothers are younger, trendier, more mischievous. But, truth be told, says Dinesh Raheja, I still do miss sometimes the comforting presence of the trad mother.
Joginder Tuteja looks at how well recent films highlighting sibling love have done at the box office.
'As soon as the plane touched down and we emerged, barricades came down and his fans rushed towards us.' 'Then, before my astonished eyes, they had lifted him up and he was being passed along over the heads of people.' 'It was an incredible sight!'
Ram Gopal Varma is 60 today, April 7. Subhash K Jha plots the once brilliant film-maker's declining movies graph.
'Madhuri is the best dancer in the world.' 'Shahid is too good!' 'Hrithik is the best in the industry.'
From being siblings in one film to sweetheart in the other, these actors have done it all.
Guru Pourina examines human relationships with greater honesty and with a better hold on reality than its big budget Bollywood counterparts, feels Paloma Sharma.
Bhupinder's magical legacy lives on in the musical masterpieces he left behind.
Sukanya Verma remembers the Boss in 30 of his underrated, overlooked gems in Hindi film music.
Sukanya Verma presents a DDLJ special quiz to test your knowledge about one of Hindi cinema's most successful films of all time.
The city has lost its favourite son, A P J Abdul Kalam. But his his legacy will live on forever.
Love In Bombay is a piece of history, a fragment of a time that was. Letting us gaze at it is a great idea. Expecting it to compete with films shot six months ago, on the other hand, is dead wrong, writes Raja Sen.
Gems you can enjoy from the time he was at his handsome and magnetic best.
Subhash K Jha remembers the flamboyant star, 12 years after he passed away.
'His son had become a composer after all, and one now chased by producers. But while finding peace in one quarter, he had lost it in another. Jet was not a home any more. The room across his was empty, there were no sounds floating through the door.' The world, in the eyes of the Burmans.
Film music flourished in the 1970s. Some old masters did some great work, but it was also the decade of new composers.
Son Suneil Anand talks about his famous father, and their life together.
'Almost 60 per cent of 2,000 songs had references to drugs and violence.'
She sung a song for every mood, every situation. Sukanya Verma dives into Asha Bhosle's magnificent repertoire and pulls out gems on her 85th birthday.
Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand.
Poor governance and mediocre short-sighted politics are destroying the paradise that Goa was as its environment, water table, culture and way of life is drastically threatened by tourism and migration, points out Ramesh Menon.
'What can I do for my India except make films that showcase it's greatness to the world, which touch on national issues and arouse the feeling of patriotism?'
If Kishore Kumar were alive today, he would have turned 90 on August 4.
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