During the lunch or tea breaks, Maharajji, Manikda, Amjad Khan and I often sat together as Maharajji sang old compositions or recited some bols. Amjad Khan had a great music sense and sang very well.
The closing ceremony of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad turned out to be a social evening
Divya Nair makes a list of Tamil films you must watch at least once. The good news is that they're on OTT right now.
Check out the star arrivals.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Will Vijay will go the most successful MGR/Jayalalithaa way, or that of Vijayakanth, Seeman or Kamalahaasan, or will he end up as another Rajinikanth who cries wolf at the last minute and quits the scene even before it all had really begun, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
Khan said even if people don't like certain content, banning a film cannot be justified.
Veteran actress Rati Agnihotri, who made her Bollywood debut with K Balachander's wildly successful romance drama Ek Duuje Ke Liye, remembers the late filmmaker.
Her co-stars will be Irrfan and Iranian beauty Golshifteh Farahani.
The formal announcement is likely to be made on Rajinikanth's birthday.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'The number of films released in cinemas in 2022 was closer to 1,200. It could cross 1,500 in 2023, since nearly all big stars in Hindi and regional languages have films lined up this year.'
Among the long queues of voters, there were some famous faces too who exercised their franchise.
The actress is contemplating legal action and charging Mukesh with bigamy.
Sukanya Verma takes a look at all the strange ways Hindi films has dealt with the memory loss syndrome.
India has been named the first-ever 'country of honour' at Marche du Film, the business counterpart of the Cannes film festival.
A new entrant, whether a popular actor or not, has not been able to sweep the polls, as their fans had hoped for. Given a proven pattern, it should hold true for Vijay as well. Or, something drastically has to happen between now and 2026, asserts N Sathiya Moorthy.
The latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
It is often a mixed bag of hits and misses.
'Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Ranjeet and Shakti Kapoor were eating mutton biryani.' 'Suddenly, all of them jumped to their feet.' 'Sridevi had entered.' 'It was almost like a top army general had walked in.' 'The kind of respect she commanded without demanding it was incredible!'
Manjummel Boys gets so many things right, applauds Arjun Menon.
After Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, it's time for another magnum opus to spread its wings into the regional market.
Hopefully, Hindi and non-Tamil audiences that have been patronising gangster movies from the South will give this fabulous looking historical a chance, says Deepa Gahlot.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Palanivel Thiaga Rajan was on the hit-list, not because the chief minister was unhappy with his performance, but because there were constant complaints from other ministers that he was sitting on their files far too long, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Get your lowdown on what's going on in the world of Tollywood, right here!
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Why Ae Zindagi Gale Laga Le is a part of Dear Zindagi?
'During Diwali, many films with big stars are released. KB's film needed no stars. 'A film by K Balachander' was enough to draw the crowds.' Director Suresh Krissna pays rich tribute to the late K Balachander.
Saumitra, in a Facebook post, had referred to Mahatma Gandhi as the "father of Pakistan". "Pakistan was born with the blessings of Bapu, therefore, Mahatma Gandhi can be called the father of Pakistan and not of India," he wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday.
Entertainment may be its raison d'etre but the tears brought about by cinema are no less significant.
Love does conquer all in Bollywood.
'He taught us not only about theatre, acting or dramas but also about life.' 'He made us discover ourselves.'
The trailer of the new Kamal Haasan-starrer Thoonga Vanam shows the actor assuming a slick avatar as a cop from the anti-narcotics department, taking on the drug baron Prakash Raj.
'I wasn't motivated to begin with because how do you outdo the biggest encounter?' 'Then, we came across this story about the first-ever encounter.'
Will we see a Baahubali kind of blockbuster this year?
'This movie is not a reminder of the disaster we went through. It's a reminder of how we survived it.'
Boundary-breaking Designer Ujjwal Dubey is shaking up the fashion industry with his gender fluid collection.
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