She is no longer Samantha Ruth Prabhu. She will be known henceforth as just Samantha.
'To keep laughing is the most important thing in life.'
'We were asked to add a dialogue where the politician says she admires Mrs Gandhi.'
Rajesh Khanna: 'When I saw Namak Haram at a trial at Liberty cinema, I knew my time was up.' I told Hrishida, "Here is the superstar of tomorrow".'
Lataji had once picked her favourites, albeit reluctantly, and told Subhash K Jha just why they were so close to her heart.
Actor Dharmendra gets nostalgic about Hrishikesh Mukherjee, who died last Sunday.
Amitabh Bachchan: 'Success didn't affect me at all.' Rajesh Khanna: 'I felt next to God!'
Anushree Mehta will direct the remake of Hrishikesh Mukherjee's classic film Bawarchi.
'A lot of actors auditioned for Wagle Ki Duniya, but R K Laxman rejected them all.' 'He was the decision-maker, as the serial was based on his Common Man.' 'He wanted a natural, who looked like a common man.'
'You cannot change destiny. I have no regrets in life.'
'What more can I ask for?' 'Salman and Ranbir Kapoor know how to respect their seniors.'
Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week.
The good old days... Dharmendra and Jaya Bachchan's is a bonding that is special and rare in an industry where friendships are ephemeral. Karan Johar's Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani is their sixth film together, after Guddi, Samadhi, Phagun, Chupke Chupke and Sholay.
Not so hatke after all, but no reason to stay bachke either, notes Sukanya Verma.
'Then suddenly, I was out, Jaya was doing Guddi instead.'
'Who can forget that a superstar made me comfortable?'
On the occasion of Pandit Ravi Shankar's birth centenary, his biggest fan, Lata Mangeshkar, pays tribute to one of Indian classical music's greatest legends.
This isn't a compilation of his best films, biggest blockbusters or important milestones but moments that swept Sukanya Verma off the floor, blew her heart into smithereens, regaled her with their sheer silliness, made her laugh till her sides hurt and look at phenke hue paise in disdain.
"Those words stung me to such an extent that the following morning itself I started, seriously, learning Urdu with the sole idea of proving the great Dilip Kumar wrong."
'Not many know I am a Rajput from Jodhpur.' 'My ancestors shifted to Kolhapur as my great grandfather and grandfather were both engineers.' 'They were called by Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj to build the city of Kolhapur.'
Yes, they're both movie directors. But there's something else!
'Shashikala was never short of her work.' 'But somewhere as she grew older she got tired of playing variations of the villain.' 'She became spiritual.'
As Jaya Bachchan turns 73 today, Subhash K Jha remembers her lesser known performances.
Sukanya Verma looks at the jhoola, and how it's an unforgettable part of many a Bollywood imagery in celebration, romance, frolic and, sometimes, even menace.
Raza Murad has featured in over 500 movies till date, and he's not slowing down anytime soon.
On Hrishikesh Mukherjee's 91st birth anniversary on September 30, we bring back excerpts from a Rediff interview with the brilliant filmmaker, just after the release of his last film, Jhoot Bole Kauwa Kate.
'It smells like a case to silence my voice at this important time in the #metoo movement but in the larger context it could be a ploy to muddy the waters and sabotage the entire movement altogether.'
An A-Z of Bachchanalia, the letters expanding into unforgettable bits of his filmography.
Deven Verma passed away into the ages on December 2. We re-publish an interview done with the veteran actor.
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