As Arijit Singh announces his plans for retirement from playback singing, we look back at his most popular Hindi film songs.
As the year draws to a close, Rediff's Senior Contributor Roshmila Bhattacharya takes a look at the hits and misses, the highs and lows, the newsmakers and the dealbreakers in alphabetical order.
'Shah Rukh is such a generous person, such a giver, that I can only wish for life to give him all the love and happiness he deserves.'
'On this happy occasion, I wish Sonam more work and another National Award.'
'I insisted only Jaideep could play Inspector Haathiram Chaudhary.' 'Yes, Jaideep is a really good actor but this was not just about the performance.' 'Even that tired walk of him reflects the mood and theme of the show.'
'Sudip sir keeps telling me that what I have done is very Hollywood.'
'I will never ever forget Paatal Lok 2 because I left for the shoot the night I got married!'
'When I am working on a series, be it Paatal Lok on Amazon Prime or Kohrra on Netflix, I never take it for granted that we will be back with another season.' 'It's only at the end of the season that I ask myself if I still have it in me to take the story further and if I would like to meet the characters again.' 'If the answer is yes, then I find ways to make the journey exciting for myself, like taking Inspector Haathiram Chaudhary to Nagaland.'
These are testing times for the mutual fund industry.
The first phase of this online platform will be in place by March 2010
'My two life mantras are prioritisation and compartmentalisation.' 'Prioritisation allows you to put one thing over the other and compartmentalisation to focus on one priority at a time.'
The country's leading fund manager UTI Mutual Fund is likely to enter the capital market with its public issue by the end of current fiscal and has already got the approval from its board for the IPO.
'Your relationship with your child is changing every single day, ditto your relationship with your parents.'
Perfect occasion to list 30 real-life educators whose unique methods, unwavering dedication or scholarly persona impressed us.
Perfect occasion to list 30 real-life educators whose unique methods, unwavering dedication or scholarly persona impressed us.
The year was rich in content as far as Web series were concerned.
'If you are a strong-minded, opinionated woman, scars are inevitable.'
Sonali Bendre makes her acting comeback with the OTT show, Broken News, where she plays a journalist.
OTT has seen some of the grittiest and quirkiest cops in its Web series and original movies.
Fantastical musical moments from the International Jazz Day concert in Mumbai.
Joginder Tuteja lists the Web series coming your way in March.
'I wasn't getting the roles I wanted to play and the respect I thought I deserved as a senior actor, so I cut myself off from the industry for a while and moved to the US.'
Instead of wasting your breath on badly recycled versions of beloved classics, listen to Sukanya Verma's pick of 15 under-rated Bollywood numbers.
Sukanya Verma lists her favourite songs of 2018. Are these on your playlist too?
'I am not a part of any group or politics.' 'I work with everyone.' 'I have worked with Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn.' 'None of the Khans have ever taken me in their films.'
'These actors have come at the right time, when cinema is changing.'
A growing number of firms are putting in formal policy frameworks to tap into company alumni and facilitate the return of former employees, discovers Sangeeta Tanwar.
'Anu Malik has great respect for lyrics and lyrics writers. He has worked with big important people through the '80s and the '90s -- everyone from Gulzar and Majrooh Sultanpuri. He treated me with great respect.' 'I don't think the AIB controversy will affect any comedian who can think right and straight, who is clear about his comedy and politics.'
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