'In 1983, my father T Rama Rao made Andha Kanoon with Rajinikanth.' 'Amitabh Bachchan was reluctant to come on board as a guest star, as Rajinikanth was a southern star.' 'But when my father pitched it to him, he came on board.' 'The movie ran for 200 days.'
Veteran Telugu film producer Dr Daggubbati Ramanaidu passed away into the ages on February 18. In an interview he had granted Rediff.com in September 2010, he tells us how he started making movies.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
There are many, many instances of this 'dark' approach. Sukanya Verma looks at a few.
Like there's no dearth of memorable bus scenes and train imagery in Hindi movies, planes are equally prolific on silver screen.
A look at the top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The hounding of Rhea Chakraborty in the Sushant Singh Rajput case is a drug that is being carefully pumped into India's veins to make it comfortably numb as it is wracked by economic ruin and disease, notes Sumit Bhattacharya.
A look at Bollywood's best cabaret performers over the years! Who is 'YOUR' favourite?
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'As a remake of Sairat, Dhadak is a travesty.' 'As a standalone, Dhadak is standard Bollywood boy-meets-girl drivel.' As a showcase, Dhadak is a promise that will take some more effort to fully fulfil,' says Sukanya Verma.
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'Intolerance is in our blood. Every person has some level of intolerance. One can't get rid of it, but one has to check and control it for the sake of a peaceful society and country,' says actor Tam Alter.
On his 73rd birthday, here's celebrating 10 hilarious moments when AB cracked us up with his lively antics.
Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood.
A new restaurant in Connaught Place serves platefuls of nostalgia and drama for Dharmendra fans.
'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!'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities:
'I was in China and when they learnt I had made Disco Dancer, they started singing Jimmy Jimmy, Aaja Aaja.'
The oath taking took place as the House witnessed a virtual slogan-shouting contest between treasury and opposition benches.
Warm or warring, back home too Bollywood has depicted many, MANY faces of sisterly love.
Like the rest of India, film folk like Lata Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Karan Johar came out on their balconies to clap and give a shout-out to people, who have been providing medical and other essential services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as part of PM Narendra Modi's Janta curfew initiative.
In the second phase on April 18, 97 seats,spread across 13 states and one Union Territory, will go to the polls.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Smriti Irani will reprise her electoral battle with Rahul Gandhi from Amethi.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is hailed as the architect of economic reforms in the country, is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, it was announced on Tuesday.
'I got an offer to do a cameo in Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin.' 'I did it just to get out of my house, and so that my parents would not see me so depressed.'
Jaya is a woman of steel in the truest sense of the word. Despite being the first lady of filmdom, she's as real and rooted to the ground as anyone can get, notes Subhash K Jha on the actor-politician's 74th birthday.
'As a family, we were not going through a very good time financially.' 'I wanted to be an interior designer, but I didn't have enough money to join the polytechnic.' 'I was about 15-and-a-half, 16, so I said okay, let me just try (acting).'
Some of Bollywood's top directors started very young.
The prime minister was often seen vigorously thumping the desk, prompting his Cabinet colleagues and NDA MPs to follow suit.
'Basuda welcomed viewers into a world that was instantly familiar and comfortable,' observes Sukanya Verma.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Marking the first anniversary of the National Democratic Alliance government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday presented a report card for one year which he asserted has been free of corruption and scams but has brought bure din (bad days) for those who have "robbed" the country in their 60 years of rule.
Countless screen pairs have come together but only few can lay claim to that extra something called chemistry.
Tevar emerges an overdone, underwhelming film with zero charm, warns Raja Sen.
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