'After the shoot, I was like, "Yeh maine kiya hai?"'
Here is Sukanya Verma's pick of 10 best male performances of the year.
'There's zero emotion and logic in anything about Baaghi 2,' says Sukanya Verma.
Utkarsh Mishra imagines what is it that Baba Gandhi would say if he got the chance.
'I went to Nagpur for my engineering. I used to model there, those amateur fashion shows. Then you know, I thought why not try my luck in films and all?'
Journalist Anita Saluja was one of the last persons to meet Sushma Swaraj on August 6. She spent nearly an hour chatting with the late leader, which is why her sudden death later in the evening came as an unexpected shock for her. She talks to Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com about her association with Sushma Swaraj over the last few decades.
'Helmet is a proper family film, just a film on condoms.' 'It can never be a sex comedy.'
'There was so much grace, depth and serenity in him.'
Kaif, who has been trolled for posting a picture of him playing chess with his son, was attacked for putting up a family photo alongside a Christmas tree while celebrating the festival.
Those in love with kabristan used to spend public money there, those who love religion and culture are spending the money on their uplift and upgrade, he said
'Kindly have us airlifted at the earliest. We are in a very bad situation here.'
As he was giving evidence, Dr Matcheswalla peremptorily summoned the CBI representative over to the witness box and whispered something. Indrani Mukerjea's advocate Sudeep Pasbola immediately cut in, wondering what he was up to: "Please, please, please." Dr Matcheswalla, looking innocently startled, said: "I was asking if I can order for tea."
'Ek ghante ke andar humare paas 78,000 calls aaye.' '78,000!'
'It is the moment where compassion and empathy must supersede our identity, politics, or our ambitions.'
If Kishore Kumar were alive today, he would have turned 90 on August 4.
'This world shows humanity in a fraudulent light.'
The news of his passing is sad and sudden but the body of work he leaves behind will neither fade nor be forgotten.
Why do Hindi cinema superstars flounder in their fifties, asks Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
As Salman Khan turns 56 on December 27, his friends from the film industry get together on social media to wish him well.
Sukanya Verma presents a playlist of 100 Lata Mangeshkar songs from different decades of Hindi films -- songs that make me sing, smile, sob and sigh.
'You want poor people who take 5 kg rice to produce an Aadhaar card.' 'The poor man may or may not have Aadhaar.' 'Poor people are losing their food and dying.'
She said that despite government scheme and initiatives ranging from roads to agriculture, housing, scholarships to electricity benefiting lives of people, a false narrative was being created by the opposition that the government was working for cronies.
'So let's have fun with it. Let's do something that nobody is expecting.'
'The chief minister has said on the floor of the House that he knows everything (about the criminal-politician mafia).' 'If you know about this nexus, why aren't you acting against them?' 'Ask him why is he so helpless.'
If only making it official was as easy as falling in love, says Sukanya Verma.
Was romance invented so that Sanjay Leela Bhansali would one day make Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, which released on June 18, 1999, asks Subhash K Jha.
From the hilariously funny Harold and Kumar series, Kal Penn moves on to the more serious Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain, his first Hindi film. On the 30th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, the actor discusses his movie with Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/ Rediff.com
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
As people wait in long queues outside banks, they appear happy that the ban on Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes will unearth black money and root out corruption.
Acid attack survivor Lalita ties the knot with Rahul Kumar at a dream wedding.
Iconic boxer MC Mary Kom and ace archer Deepika Kumari were told they need not say sorry after returning without medals while hockey player P R Sreejesh was asked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi if he has learnt Punjabi when he hosted the Tokyo-returned Olympians at his residence.
'Salman said he would listen to our top five songs. If he didn't like them, he would leave for his next shot.' Brothers Sajid-Farhad tell Patcy N/ Rediff.com that dreams do come true.
'Rishi Kapoor was shocked and said, 'Woh sare log jinko main janta hoon, unki filmein main nahin kar raha. Aapko to main janta bhi nahin hoon.'
Are you all set for Palak Dikhhla Jaa, asks Raja Sen.
As the Congress party prepares to launch protests against the economic slowdown, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel tells Archis Mohan that his state has escaped its effects as his government has pursued policies that have put money in the pockets of workers, farmers, housewives and tribals, which has helped spur demand.
'I didn't know how I would say all the loving, romantic bits.'
'I have faced a lot of rejections in my life.' 'I would get at least four rejections every day.' 'I am here to stay.'
Bollywood's Badshah turns 50 on November 2, and it's time to celebrate his life and movies.
Jugal Hansraj on his children's novel The Coward and the Sword.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
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