'Where Pratidwandi is concerned, there are very few men standing.'
'I am happy that I got to meet Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan. I get very excited when I see a message from Aamir on my phone.' Sunny Leone is all praise for the Khans.
'The pressure was very high because I am not a Saroj Khan or a Vaibhavi Merchant.' 'I am someone from a reality show.' 'I was a nobody who was given an opportunity to express myself in the best way I could.'
'I would count my rotis and eat.' 'I broke my sister and brother's insurance policies.' 'Whatever savings I had got over.' 'I was struggling for work.' 'I used to struggle for Rs 500, Rs 1,000.'
There is so much goodness in Garm Hava, says Aseem Chhabra/ Rediff.com
By taking Mary Kom's life to millions of young people across India, Priyanka Chopra hopes the film can make a difference to future generation of Indians.
The festive season, which usually starts from September, is when 35 per cent annual sales get transacted for most durables firms.
Prabha Atre, the woman who could have been lawyer, scientist or doctor but became a globally renowned Hindustani classical vocalist instead, died in her Pune home on Saturday hours before she was to leave for a concert in Mumbai. She was 92.
Meet the Bhandari brothers, who scored a critical and commercial hit with their debut film while the biggest movie of the year was dominating the box office across the country.
'I consider myself to be a 50 year old with a 16-year-young mind, ready to conquer more continents,' Dr Shuvendu Sen tells Payal Singh Mohanka.
'One week after the release of PINK, audiences in India will witness another strong feminist tale, this one set in rural India,' says Aseem Chhabra.
Aseem Chhabra lists the elements that he loved and was pleasantly surprised by in the movies.
'Skater Girl is India's first film on skateboarding and I hope that it inspires girls and boys across the world and brings them hope.'
Weddings, holidays, award functions, throwbacks, festivals, family time or fooling around, 2023 saw a variety of posts beaming in joy. Of which these 25 Instagram moments of Bollywood stars are Sukanya Verma's favourites.
'In India, dark-skinned actors are always cast in a particular kind of role.'
The Slumdog Millionaire star has been nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for his turn as Saroo Brierley in the critically acclaimed Lion. The film has earned four Golden Globe nominations, including one for Nicole Kidman.
'I used to go to Sanjay Dutt, give him the scene, and then act it out.' 'He would say, 'Arrey, Girishbhai kar lunga'.' 'But I would insist: 'Nahin, main karke dikhane chahta hoon'.' He said this was the first time in his career that someone was acting out the scene for him!'
'I would like to request the AERB, UCIL and DAE to introspect. The world is changing, so is India. The wave of development and modernity will not stop for those who continue to live in the past. The future belongs to the youth who believe in the values of honesty, transparency and efficiency.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Is Kangana Ranaut becoming controversy's favourite child?
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'I'm a rascal, I'm going to play a paramahansa?!'
A revealing excerpt from Anupam Kher's Lessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly: An Autobiography.
Meet Srihari Sathe. Producer. Director. Professor.
Prayers were held across the Missionaries of Charity centres and churches all over the state to mark the late Roman Catholic nun's birth anniversary and to also commemorate her journey to sainthood on September 4.
'Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts were tables away, seated next to each other, at the SAG awards. I was shamelessly staring,' Nimrat Kaur tells Aseem Chhabra/ Rediff.com
Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Ram, Laxmi, stories from the Hindu epics are seen in carvings, paintings and murals, as well as recognisable figures from mythology, like Garuda, Sheshnag, Nandi and Apsaras, notes Deepa Gahlot, savouring the beauty of Cambodia.
'We look and say their life is so tragic.' 'But there are hundreds of millions of people in these circumstances and what can they do but to carry on.'
'When a woman gets married, she leaves her village, her friends and family.' 'In her new home, she will make friends, but they can never replace those she left behind.'
'Acting, by definition, is a portrayal of a character other than oneself.' 'If every role is to be played only by someone answering to that precise description, most professional actors -- of all ethnicities and genders -- would be out of a job,' observes Indira Kannan.
Moothon's script won the Sundance Institute's Global Filmmaking Award. Geethu Mohandas's movie is now coming to a theatre near you.
In photos: Friends Jacqueline Fernandez & Shraddha Kapoor join the Raabta team at a special screening.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'My father never saw any success for me. 'When I meet him in the next world, I will proudly say that I didn't buy houses and cars, but I made some art that will hopefully stand the test of time.'
'Sridevi was a responsible mother.' 'I have heard her talking about her daughters.' 'Once in a while, they came on set. She would make sure she had time for them.' 'That's why she could play a mother so wonderfully in English Vinglish.'
'... and committed.' 'Priyanka had so much happening in her personal life...' 'Once we started, Priyanka rose to it.'
'Soft power is the power really to win friends and influence people with the strength of your ideas.' 'India's greatest soft power is being India itself. A nation of varied beliefs, states, creeds, castes, languages and yet embodying that spirit of unity in diversity.'
'Trust me, I don't even enjoy the company of friends who live in regret.' 'You either own your decisions or just let it go and work harder to get something better.'
'Working with Papa was the toughest,' confesses Varun Dhawan.
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