'Like Stallone has his Rocky and Rambo, Matt Damon has his Bourne Ultimatum, Schwarzenegger has Terminator, John Abraham has his Force.' Powerful words from John Abraham.
Trains were set afire and blocked, and public vehicles attacked as protests over 'Agnipath' swept across several places in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Jammu on Thursday amid partisan political voices in favour and against the new recruitment scheme for the defence forces that has set off a firestorm.
Haryana was again on the edge on Thursday with the 72-hour deadline set by Jats for resuming their agitation over quota from on set to come to an end on Thursday night.
The Union government acquired land for widening of an under-construction highway, overruling farmers objections in Rohtak, Haryana.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed happiness that the city has been recognised as a World Heritage Site.
'This is the first time in the history of Bigg Boss that nobody has tried to break up a couple.'
A look at the portrayal of air hostesses in Hindi movies.
'Taare Zameen Par' director Amole Gupte will be making a biopic on the world's leading badminton player Saina Nehwal, the shooting for which will begin next year.
For the first time in the Jaipur City constituency not a single rally has been held for any candidate contesting for the state capital seat.
Her speech was laced with Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit and even Tamil verses.
Celebrating the glamorous Rekha.
In the humiliating defeat of the Congress party in Rajasthan except for Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, most of his ministers have lost the election.
'It is a film with a good human concept that would touch people around the world.' 'We are honouring a film that deserves to be at the Oscars.'
Chhichhore offers too good a time to pay attention to its faults, feels Sukanya Verma.
Invoking the imagery of Goddess Sita and her father Janaka, the king of Mithila of which this north Bihar town became the capital later on, Modi said those who used to taunt the BJP over the delay in construction of Ram temple were now forced to applause.
Bollywood is known to make everything look dazzling and dramatic -- suffering, seclusion, hopelessness.
This crisis requires political sophistication and governance skills. This BJP has neither, observes Shekhar Gupta.
Vinod Mirani gives us his weekly verdict.
Punjab has around 19.7 million voters, of whom 53% are below the age of 40 years.
'There was no other Lata Mangeshkar, there is none and there won't be any. I will celebrate her life, today and always.'
'There's nothing in the 2019 campaign air, the chunavi hawa that tells you it's a wave election, for anyone,' argues Shekhar Gupta.
Sukanya Verma lists her favourite songs of 2018. Are these on your playlist too?
"The Congress has failed despite ruling for so many years," she said.
There are no two views on which way the 'hawa' is blowing. It's Akhilesh Yadav -- with or without his father. Akhilesh, with or without the Congress Party.
Aseem Chhabra lists the movies that taught him about the Idea of India.
There are two hotspots each in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Kerala and Maharashtra and one each in Gujarat and Rajasthan
Budget 2018 bears imprints of a government unsure of second term with clear majority, says Shekhar Gupta.
The city is becoming more democratic as the past embraces the future says Rahul Jacob.
'I believe after Shailendra's Mera Joota Hai Japaani in Raj Kapoor's Shree 420, Chhaiyyan Chhaiyyan is now the Indian film song that is recognised the world over -- millions know it as 'the train song'.'
Telangana and Rajasthan are the last states to go to the polls in the current round of assembly elections, which also covered Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram.
Sridevi's amazing dedication, Ranveer Singh's Scarface, Ranbir-Alia on nepotism and more in Sukanya Verma's emotionally charged Super Filmi week.
'Modi's more than dozen interviews are helping him fine-tune the rough edges of his campaign. He is trying to influence floating voters, undecided voters, non-committal and caste-neutral voters into deciding whether to go for the Lotus or not. These could have been Congress voters, but its divided house, torn between the old guard and Rahul Gandhi, seems to have got completely confused.' Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt lists what the Congress did wrong to find itself in such a sorry mess today.
'In so many colonies, mohallas, villages across India, your movies have entertained and brightened up community evenings. Thank you Ma'am.'
'If these two parties come together, there could be amalgamation of OBC, Dalits and Muslim votes.'
A week of bumping into trapped souls, savouring Achari Alia Paneer, envisaging Kishore Kumar crooning Kajrare and celebrating one year of Sukanya Verma's super filmi column.
Congress leader Kantilal Bhuria, who wrested the Ratlam Lok Sabha seat in Madhya Pradesh from the BJP recently, speaks to Prasanna D Zore.
Muslims need to get out of their Isolation Syndrome, argues Mohammad Sajjad.
