The actress-TV show host discusses motherhood, her role in Anil Kapoor's 24 and Indian Idol Junior.
'If anybody wants me to act in their film for free, just make me sing all the songs!' 'I don't even care about the script.'
She came like a whirlwind to wipe out, in one stroke, practically all female singing competition, recalls Raju Bharatan.
Sasha Chhetri, the Airtel 4G girl, is a better known face across India than most Bollywood starlets, says ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
Director Ayan Mukherjee tells us why he cast Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone in his upcoming film, Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani.
'The character is so popular that even now, there is a new meme on me every day.'
A fun excerpt from Diptakirti Chaudhuri's Bollygeek: The Crazy Trivia Guide to Bollywood.
"Wah kya girlfriend hai. Apne kabhi dekha hai 50 crore ka girlfriend? (What a girlfriend? Have you ever seen a 50-crore girlfriend), Modi said at an election rally, in an apparent attack on Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar.
Fine packaging is not desirable when the stuff inside is about the real India, says Sheela Bhatt of Aamir Khan's television debut.
Modi said during the Congress-led regimes, terror attacks and bomb blasts would take place in Mumbai 'any time' and its coastline had become 'entry point' for terrorists.
'I didn't know TV artistes have so much of struggle. I had no clue.' 'I thought an actor is an actor because that's what I've seen in the West.' 'But because of the TV tag, I had to struggle, and that was like an eye opener for me.'
Sukanya Verma looks back at the decade gone by, in the movies.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan sanctions Rs one lakh for the singer.
Have you seen these lovely behind-the-scenes pictures of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro?
Between that constant feeling of I've seen it all before and inability to balance comedy and darkness, Ludo wobbles towards its finish, sighs Sukanya Verma.
Yesteryear's heart-throb Shashi Kapoor will get the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award for his contribution to Indian cinema. On this occasion, we reproduce Dinesh Raheja's nostalgia piece on the actor here:
Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us.
As Salman Khan turns 56 on December 27, his friends from the film industry get together on social media to wish him well.
Sridevi's amazing dedication, Ranveer Singh's Scarface, Ranbir-Alia on nepotism and more in Sukanya Verma's emotionally charged Super Filmi week.
Aseem Chhabra on his friend, the firebrand Nepali journalist Kanak Mani Dixit, who was arrested last week. Aseem, who has known Dixit for 35 years, believes the charges are trumped up.
'I was tempted to cast Madhuri Dixit in P Se PM Tak because her comic timing is very good,' director Kundan Shah says.
Here's what television stars do offscreen as entreprenuers.
Pulkit Samrat talks about his first film, Bitto Boss.
This Republic Day, learn what it takes to be a perfect patriot from Bollywood.
And it takes two girls -- Priyanka, through Mona, to create a divide between bros Manu and Manveer.
With the pressure of comparisons with the original off them, Don 2 offered the composer troika an ideal opportunity to go wild and inventive.
'When he appeared on Indian Idol, he was on a wheelchair and he had difficulty moving around.' 'It was sad to see him in failing health'.'
What are the top television shows? Tell us!
Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 1980s and 1990s, has died following multiple health issues. He was 69.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the hit music Raamlaxman made for Salman Khan.
'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.'
The firebrand leader of the Shiv Sena underwent an angioplasty at the Lilavati Hospital on Monday evening hours after he complained of chest pain.
Sukanya Verma takes a look at some of Bollywood's most playful, popular Gujarati acts in recent times.
Two authors, two well known film makers and a banker discussed how the world has started viewing India in the recent past at the PBD.
We celebrate Farah Khan's 50th birthday by re-visiting some of her best choreography.
Actor-turned-director Parmeet Sethi on the Yash Raj movie.
The actress tell us about her favourite on-screen mothers-in-law
Veteran actress Sudha Shivpuri, known for her role as Baa on Ekta Kapoor's hugely popular telly soap Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, passed away, on May 20 in Mumbai. She was 77. We reproduce an interview with the veteran actress, published in January 2008.
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