'I always felt that Basu Chatterjee was a kind, gentle, man who truly believed that in directing films like Chhoti Si Baat, he was impacting our lives,' remembers Aseem Chhabra. 'He seemed to be on a mission to make us believe that the world could be a better place.'
Bollywood is celebrating Daughter's Day with beautiful pictures on social media.
Priyanka takes a beach break... Sunny is red hot... Saif goes shirtless...
Zindaginama keeps its tone hopeful and steers away from making the stories tragic or depressing, observes Deepa Gahlot.
The Independence Day holiday weekend is very popular amongst film-makers and film-goers.
Film folk celebrate Father's Day by posting lovely moments with their dads as well as adorable moments with their children.
Rakul goes purple... Adah goes for Ganpati darshan... Diana is adbhut...
Sara Ali Khan makes pretty pictures, and she knows it.
Sitaram Yechury strived to have the country's Left movement shed its doctrinaire approach to India's socio-cultural complexities and stitch electoral and social alliances to fight the Sangh Parivar.
MMFs invest in fixed-income instruments maturing in less than one year, minimising interest-rate risk.
Shanker Basu thus made a return to the RCB dugout after his successful stint with the national team ended with India's semi-final exit from this year's ICC ODI World Cup
Fashion designer, actor and sometimes model Masaba Gupta and actor Satyadeep Misra were blessed with a baby girl on October 11.
'I had to persuade him. I think he was a sceptic to begin with, but later on he was convinced that what we were doing was the right thing to do, that there was no other way out.'
'I don't think Waheeda had the confidence that I could pull it off, so she said no.'
Nimrat's foodie holiday... Bipasha's fun time with Devi... Sidharth explores Europe...
Pooja on holiday...Kareena's favourite Yoga pose...Samantha puts on her thinking cap...
'Abhaya Di was one of the best seniors we could have.' 'She secured a seat in chest medicine which is huge in India, where only 10-20 seats are available for the general category.' 'Such a talent was destroyed ruthlessly.'
Shabana Azmi regards Basu Chatterjee as the true father of Middle Of The Road cinema.
Feature for feature, bank FDs are indeed better than debt funds today, mainly thanks to Ms Sitharaman, notes Debashis Basu.
'Vidyaji jokes around and her laughter is infectious. 'Madhuri ma'am is a legend. To get the opportunity to work with her was a big deal for me.'
He was reviled by critics in his party as a neo-liberal in disguise but till the end, he retained his belief in secularism and the humanity of Communism.
'If Mithun Chakraborty can do it, so can anyone else. It is okay for the common man like me to have dreams. They do come true.'
Full of seduction and schemes, she'll use her sultry charms and slinky moves to trap and trick her fall guy until he's putty in her hands. Call her femme fatale, man-eater, gold-digger or temptress, morality be damned so long as she gets her way.
Sukanya Verma remembers some of his greatest solo numbers in our fondly curated playlist.
Here's looking at how film folk spent their weekend.
The actress is suffering from exhaustion and viral fever.
Former West Bengal chief minister and a front-ranking Marxist leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will go down in the country's history as a pragmatic communist who kept aside his ideological convictions to woo capital for the industrialisation of his state.
Sukanya Verma lists 10 hot item numbers doing the rounds in recent times.
"Indian travellers would be aware of recent disturbances in some parts of the United Kingdom. The High Commission of India in London is closely monitoring the situation," reads the message entitled 'Advisory for Indian Citizens Visiting the UK.'
His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great performances is an art form to admire, appreciate and explore. Aseem Chhabra remembers Shyam Benegal, who passed into the ages on Monday evening.
West Bengal is home to 43,000 Durga Pujas, and the business around it is a major economic driver.
'...or go to jail.' 'The government is getting them silenced.'
'The political situation in the country will depend on the electoral outcome in Maharashtra.'
'Songs are a commercial compromise.' 'I had to invent tricks to fit songs into my films.'
Film folk have been celebrating these last few days. Here's looking at just how.
The wedding celebrations of Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani that started in Jamnagar in March and continued in Italy in May, finally culminated in Mumbai on July 14, with the Mangal Utsav or the wedding reception.
'Sebi had no problem with derivatives until trading exploded after Covid.' 'But now, having built a dangerous road, from which different entities, mainly governments, are extracting a heavy toll, Sebi is concerned that people are driving on it in much greater numbers,' explains Debashis Basu.
What's the perfect way to wrap up your week? Look at some adorable baby pix, of course!
Former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu's body was taken to funeral parlour 'Peace Haven' from the hospital where it will preserved till Tuesday.
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