It takes a different kind of genius to make a show so full of chirpy good cheer that it's hard to dislike, observes Deepa Gahlot.
India cricket captain Virat Kohli and his wife Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma exuded major romantic couple vibes in their best traditional avatars as they celebrated the festival of Diwali in grand style.
'I would rather focus on the good rather than what didn't happen.'
Rinku Singh has become a household name after his sensational power hitting in IPL to help Kolkata Knight Riders clinch victory from the jaws of defeat against Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday.
Fading Gigolo is evidence that a movie doesn't have to mumble to be modest.
'The reaction to Cutting Chai has been, "I never thought you could do something like this!" and I like that.'
'They (my parents) have no inkling that people across the country know me now.' 'Recently, a fan turned up at my parents' home with gifts for them and my annoyed father called to ask me why I had sent him.'
As the curtain comes down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events.
Rediff readers from across the world tell us why their mothers are special.
Two men smiling, eyeing each other as they briefly let their guard down, with no care of what the world around them is thinking, that has almost never been shown in a Bollywood film, notes Aseem Chhabra.
'I was very scared as I was a first-time director. 'Janhvi is a star and a star kid. But the moment she asked me if she was capable of playing the role, we became equals.'
A good night's sleep helps remove stress and anxiety.
Katrina Kaif arrived on Koffee With Karan 7 with Ishaan Khatter and Siddhant Chaturvedi, her co-stars from the upcoming film Phone Bhoot.
It's Diwali, and Bollywood is spreading the love and good cheer with warm wishes on social media.
'If I were to live a thousand years, I could not repay the gratitude I feel.' 'To receive love is the greatest thing.' 'What more in life could you wish for?'
Trade pundits and quick think piece experts can speculate all they like, but what works at the box-office is a mystery as always.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the US Open, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York, on Friday.
'So let's have fun with it. Let's do something that nobody is expecting.'
'Outsiders are the ones who have to make the biggest journey to realise themselves, to come back to some sense of normality.' Director Jacques Audiard and actor Jesuthasan Antonythasan discuss the human landscape behind the award-winning film, Dheepan, with Aseem Chhabra/Rediff.com
'Once you become a mother you can win the big wars at work and you can win the big wars in your life. 'But, sometimes, you lose the small battles at home and lose the small battles with your children.'
'When people would tell me that any actor would give his left arm to be seen in a single frame of a Marvel project without even a single line of dialogue, I would laugh them off.'
'Being embarrassed when you mess up is part of the human experience.' 'Getting back up, dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it? That's a gift.'
Close friend Tarun Vijay pays tribute to the four-time Goa chief minister and former defence minister who passed into the ages on Sunday.
'It's really about rolling up your sleeves and implementing exactly what we said that we were going to do.' 'Our mission was to leave no one behind and that's exactly what we look at the next four years.'
'People don't like me wearing saris. But I am an Indian drag queen. I will wear a sari.'
The comedy is stale, but there are bits that make you laugh, notes Divya Nair.
Deployed at 15,632 feet, Captain Shiva Chauhan, 25, highlights the calibre of the Indian Army's women officers.
Disha's sizzling selfie... Keerty's gorgeous sari... Nithya's brilliant smile...
'I can sense that because we have shared a room for 20 years of our lives.'
'I cannot stay a moment without cracking jokes.'
'The stereotype of an actress is that she's dumb, somebody who will sit on your lap, giggle on stupid jokes, come to the van when she's being called, receive a call at 3am and come over to your house. So when a girl comes along and challenges this, people get uncomfortable.'
Suryakumay Yadav has become the toast of Indian cricket
'It feels extremely painful when you tell a contestant that your journey ends here or that you have to go back home.' 'My heart breaks at that point because each one of them is an exceptional talent.'
'We have been given time to look deep within, learn to laugh again, to understand that there is so much more to life than just trying to make life happen.'
Six-year-old Krishna suffers from Thalassemia Major, a severe genetic disorder that causes excessive destruction of red blood cells for which he needs blood transfusion every 21 days. As he grows older, the time-frame will reduce.
'When you're the son of Indian immigrants, the chaos that creates in your family and your community, will trump anything else, always.'
'In the last seven years or so, many reigning heroes have stopped working with him because no matter how popular a star they are, irrespective of whether they are playing the lead, it eventually becomes an Amitabh Bachchan film!'
'I want to play a villain. There is something really exciting about villains. They have beautiful girls around them every time, lots of money and all the luxuries because of which I don't mind dying in the end.' Ranbir Kapoor speaks his mind.
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