The cheeky young man who once gave me one-word answers grew into a philosophical, detached star yet remained simple and humble, never letting stardom steal his heart, notes Rediff's Shobha Warrier who first interviewed the Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner in 1987.
This follows an earlier incident on May 22, 2025, in which a large quantity of drugs was seized near the Nungambakkam railway station, according to a Greater Chennai Police press release.
Let's revisit the landmark women and moments from India's Miss World history.
Santosh Sivan Sivan is the first Asian to receive the prestigious Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography honour at the Cannes Film Festival, which celebrates outstanding contributions to the field of cinematography.
On her 50th birthday on November 1, Sukanya Verma raises a toast to Bollywood's Golden Girl and 15 of her noteworthy performances.
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The ensemble cast of Mani Ratnam's Ponniyan Selvan 2 got together to promote their film ahead of its April 28 release.
'There was one sequence in Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya where her character exuberantly runs up to Bobby Deol, piggy-backs on him.' 'Aishwarya told me that she couldn't do the sequence because people would not expect such behaviour from a former Miss World.'
'I do not support this viewpoint that if there is no work here, go to the south, and vice versa.'
While we still recover from her glitzy allure as a 10th century royal in all her Chola era bedecked glory, Sukanya Verma looks at the many times she made our jaws drop as silver screen's undisputed jewel queen.
Deepa Gahlot lists 10 popular Mani Ratnam films that you can watch on streaming platforms.
The star has a double role in PS-1 -- she plays Mandakini Devi, the mother, and Nandini, the daughter.
AIADMK candidate Daniel Sachin Mani, contesting from the 35th ward of Perambur constituency, dressed up as party founder MGR.
Mani Ratnam reunites with the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai for the Tamil film Ponniyin Selvan: I, also known as PS-I, a historical fiction based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's namesake novel.
'He's always been an all-inspiring kind of director that nobody can surpass,' R Madhavan tells Subhash K Jha about Mani Ratnam.
Ponniyin Selvan has everything going for it, yet, there is something missing for a wholesome film experience, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
'It's Mani Ratnam's dream project and to be a part of that is any artiste's dream.'
Director Sundar C talks abbout his new film and what it takes to be successful in a competitive industry.
Does the "story" of a Mani Ratnam film come first or does its "spirit" asks Sreehari Nair.
Yet, for all his belief in the goodness of life, Mani's films show that life is too complicated for goodness to permeate it completely.
Overall, the Thalaivi trailer is a convincing experience, says veteran Tamil Nadu politics watcher N Sathiya Moorthy.
'Life should never be unidimensional.' 'While I enjoy doing films, there's still a lot more that I want to experience.'
Ash will be giving her voice to Angelina Jolie's character in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, in the film's Hindi dubbed version.
Looking at actresses, whose outfits have become shorter as they have grown older.
'While narrating a scene to Amitji, Akshay and Tusshar, they learnt that Aishwarya was not the heroine opposite Akshay as they had presumed.' 'She had a negative role.' 'They were shocked, more so when they learnt that she didn't know this.' '"Shooting will stop midway, she won't do the film", I was warned.'
National Award winner Prakash Raj talks about his first Best Actor win.
Here's your chance to tell the world about your favourite Ash Rai moment!
It's such a misconception that actresses -- any woman for that matter -- are on a downwards slope when they hit 40.
Raj said Lankesh was his close friend and in his experience he had not heard such harsh language being used against anyone.
Will this team of 12 change the way films are certified in India?
The 'Shatrughan Sinha of the South' plunges into politics.
Ash's comeback film and all that Jazz(baa)!
'The true conceit of Drishyam is that it makes its audience an honorary accomplice in the crimes that its lead characters commit.'
Aishwarya Rai confirmed in her September 27, 2002, interview to The Times Of India: 'Salman and I broke up last March, but he isn't able to come to terms with it.'
'When I was younger, 15 years or 20 years seemed like a really long time. But, as you journey though life, you don't realise where the years disappear...'
Abhishek Bachchan talks about Housefull 3, co-star Nargis and fatherhood!
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