Gangubai Kathiawadi dominated the 68th Filmfare awards, held on April 27 in Mumbai, as it picked up 10 awards including Best Film, Best Director for Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Best Actress for Alia Bhatt.
On Ashaji's 89th birthday on September 8, Subhash K Jha revisits some of her lesser-known classics.
'Love, be it between a boy and a girl or your passion for your craft, carries with it no complaints.'
'I was heartbroken, reeling from the sadness that came with the realisation that I would never working with him again.'
'If you are mature and haven't done terrible things to each other, love doesn't have to go away.'
'Today's generation can learn from him how not to hurt anyone's sentiments at a time when many stand-up comedians deliberately set out to do so.'
News from Kolkata paints a bleak picture - flyover collapse, deadly fires and crackdowns on political humour. But the City of Joy is changing, finds, Sumit Bhattacharya. Only, few are sure if it's for the better
At the end of the six short stories, Feels Like Ishq is uneven yet watchable, feels Sukanya Verma.
'The real India lives in the villages where everyone is trying to improve the other.'
'He made me feel like a crorepati even without sitting in the hot seat.'
1997: Sukanya Verma offers a recap of its memorable imagery.
Shoojit Sircar picks two Oscar-winning, slice-of-life films which say a lot with the minimum of fuss.
In their quest to be battle-ready for the upcoming Champions League Twenty20, Kolkata Knight Riders sent four of their players -- Yusuf Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Manvinder Bisla and Kuldeep Yadav -- to Bloemfontein, South Africa for 15 days of training camp that included cycling, running and mountaineering.
'She had indeed grown to full womanhood and was in reality more beautiful than I thought she was.'
'Succession is a great show that inspires me to push the boundaries of creativity.'
'I told Shah Rukh I wanted to sign him for our film, Deewana.' 'He responded by saying that he had no dates.' 'I was shocked because he hadn't had a single release till then.'
Anushka Sharma turned 27 on May 1!
'War is never a solution. It's nothing but real estate business I am against any kind of violence.'
In a new series, Bollywood's towering talents, who themselves made brilliant works this year, pick their favourite show of 2021, and tell us just why they loved it.
'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.'
Four enterprising women leaders tell us how they survived 2020 and the lessons they learned from it.
Offering his condolences to Vajpayee's family and admirers, Rahul Gandhi said the former prime minister was loved and respected by millions.
'Life should never be unidimensional.' 'While I enjoy doing films, there's still a lot more that I want to experience.'
It goes way beyond a fantastic team!
'So much so we don't feel the need to create anything, but just bask in that glory.' 'It's time to move on.' 'How much burden can you put on a person or the legacy of the person?'
Love, fear, sadness, and many more, seen through the filmi lens.
Rangdajied United FC turned in an impressive display but had to settle for a 1-1 draw with defending champions Churchill Brothers in the I-League match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in Shillong, on Thursday.
Brazilian football legend Pele was greeted to a warm reception in New Delhi on Wednesday, with around 100-odd enthusiastic fans and officials turning up to receive him at the airport in his first visit in the Capital.
'Jagga Jasoos revels in its lavish imagination, meddlesome inquiries and delicious Bongness, never once pausing to catch a breath or make sense.'
Chennaiyin FC produced a crushing performance to beat Pune City FC 3-1 as they pipped Atletico de Kolkata to the top spot in the points table of the Indian Super League on Wednesday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee was on Friday conferred with the Bharat Ratna.
The BJP doesn't want to focus entirely on an anti-Mamata campaign.
It reminds us why we like to watch films, writes Aseem Chhabra.
Arthur J Pais charmed her and exasperated her. But, says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel as she bids him goodbye, it is the 'irrevocability' of death that 'stingingly puts into focus what you never realised you would miss terribly.'
Rahul Bhattacharya recounts the anxiety of being in the labour room and the joy that follows.
Pavan Malhotra, one of our finest actors, shows us another side of Bollywood.
'The scenario today, whether in 'Everybody is concerned only with 100 crore films... If our starting point is going to be "How much money will it make? Will it go into the 100 crore club?" then I am not interested.'
