'I started getting ads. People started to recognise me. Now I cannot go out alone.' 'It feels good when hoardings of my name are there, when people scream my name.' 'I feel that I have done something in my life.'
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was among those who mourned her loss, and visited her home.
Taapsee, Vikrant, Sunny are a fine fit on their own as well as around each other and prove themselves to be well equipped to survive the air of double dealing. What's missing is sizzle, feels Sukanya Verma..
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
On his 50th birthday on May 25, Sukanya Verma celebrates the man and his movies.
A leader of reserve and quiet dignity, former prime minister Manmohan Singh had a keen taste for Urdu verses, and his poetic banters with Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj in the Lok Sabha are among the most viewed parliamentary debates on social media.
'Comfortable in almost every genre going, there's pretty much nothing he can't do.'
Vasan Bala's ability to jolt our Bollywood conditioned brains into experiencing new forms of menace, turning a John Woo-style prison riot into a Chinese communist movement and showcasing Alia in a savage new light won Sukanya Verma's dil and jigra.
'Prior to release, we heard only exemplary things about the film, so the failure came as a complete shock to my father.'
Only a great person like him could be so encouraging to an ordinary musician, says drummer Ramesh Venkat.
If he wasn't an actor, Aamir Khan could have made an excellent life coach.
In this series, InstaStories, we let pictures on social media tell their beautiful back stories.
Sukanya Verma challenges you to find out how much you know about Hindi films.
'Very rarely does a film give you the opportunity to do this, I was constantly improvising and adding scenes on the set.'
'This government has done positive things, we got the Transgender Persons (protection of rights) Act under this government. Dheere-dheere hota hai.'
'In a world which is full of categories, hatred and ideologies, there was this basic decency.'
Mind you, here we are not talking subscriber base or the pecking order in the India mobile phone market; this is simply about brand recall and the likeability factor.
'Rafi Saab was such a skilled singer he could create any mood through his voice.'
'There's a very strong feeling of sisterhood that I feel is missing in Indian households.' 'I genuinely advocate the feeling of sisterhood because I feel that some of the strongest bonds, friendships and support groups could be our immediate relatives.'
IIFA Awards, the three-day award gala, returns to Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, for the third consecutive year and will be held from September 27 to 29.
Basu Chatterjee's films have wonderful songs, 10 of which Joginder Tuteja lists here.
Jayanti Soni and her family return each year to Bhinmal, when they can, to celebrate Diwali in her family home.
Bollywood stars sashayed down the red carpet at the Zee Cine Awards in Mumbai.
'You cannot change destiny. I have no regrets in life.'
The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards were held at Mumbai's Taj Lands End hotel on February 20.
Hansal Mehta's Shahid tells the story of slain criminal defense lawyer Shahid Azmi.
The OTT boom has proved a boon for a lot of hibernating '90s beauties as they rediscover themselves in exciting new avatars.
The late R D Burman has inspired music, musicians and movie titles. On his 75th birth anniversary on June 27, we celebrate the legend all over again.
Test your knowledge on some of Hindi cinema's memorable dialogues.
The duo, who are playing a couple in their latest film, Gehraiyaan, seem pretty close in real life too.
Yeh Meri Family 3 is developing into a Wonder Years kind of coming-of-age comedy that Indian viewers can relate to, observes Deepa Gahlot.
28 amazing years as the Badshah of Bollywood! Joginder Tuteja presents the movie milestones in Shah Rukh Khan's career.
'Kiran ma'am, Aamir sir and my lovely audience have given us wings to fly internationally.'
Geeta Kapoor talks about her new telly show, India's Dancing Superstars.
'Here are 25 stories special to me for one reason too many,' says Sukanya Verma who scored 25 years writing about the movies last week.
