'Durga Puja is also a time to catch up on the gossip and when the girls of the family get together it's a beautiful feeling that is hard to describe.'
Today's Hindi film mothers are younger, trendier, more mischievous. But, truth be told, says Dinesh Raheja, I still do miss sometimes the comforting presence of the trad mother.
'I don't know how long cinema will survive.'
Bollywood celebrated Mother's Day with beautiful pictures of their mums on social media.
Aam Aadmi Party's Gopal Italia on Monday won from Gujarat's Visavadar assembly constituency and his party also retained Punjab's Ludhiana West seat while the Congress-led United Democratic Front wrested Nilambur from the ruling Left Democratic Front in Kerala, according to results of assembly bypolls in four states.
A female student of primary school was killed in Kaliganj in West Bengal's Nadia district on Monday after bombs were allegedly hurled from a Trinamool Congress victory celebration rally taken out even before the results of the assembly bypoll were officially announced.
Oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd will invest Rs 75,000 crore in North Eastern states in setting up 350 biogas plants, expanding its telecom services, retail footprint, and clean energy projects, chairman Mukesh Ambani said on Friday. Speaking at the Rising NorthEast Investors Summit here, Reliance Industries Ltd chairman and managing director said his group will invest in factories for high-quality FMCG products in the region and setting up a 150-bed cancer hospital in Manipur.
Bollywood loves number games. And not just the rat race kind. There's a slew of movies with numbers in their title.
'Dharmendra was paying a little extra attention to me and she didn't like it.'
Allu Arjun goes white... Sunny shares BTS pix... Konkona gets nostalgic...
Kriti becomes a mermaid... Vaani seeks out a Mandala... Arjun misses his ma...
'Often, the actors and technicians would be rolling in laughter during the shooting. I remember our brilliant cinematographer laughed so hard, he fell off his trolley.'
Ananya's musical weekend... Akshay's cricketing master class... Mallika flaunts her abs...
'Once I started acting, I gradually started liking it and the perks that come with it.'
Social media is a treat these days, as film folk dress up in traditional outfits and add glamour to the festive season.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
'Kajol has always been very particular about Nysa and Yug coming for the puja every year.'
Everyone's wishing Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor the very best for their wedding, even ex-girlfriends! :)
Sukanya Verma lists 15 scenes that reveal facets of Salman outside the formula.
Sukanya Verma curates a Navratri special playlist just for you to give those festivities a touch of Bollywood style dazzle.
Fatima is on holiday... Nimrat says a prayer... Sanjay is grateful for the 'rock of his life'...
On the other end of the spooky spectrum, there's the otherworld beauty looking for a do-gooder to help her restless spirit find peace.
Each of Navratri's nine days has their own colour and the hue associated with Day 1 is yellow.
Will Yudhra spin the formula and bring something new to this already trite genre, wonders Mayur Sanap.
Superheroes, snowmen, freedom fighters, Sukanya Verma lists everything the OTT channels have to offer this week.
Regaling fans since decades with her brand of charm and charisma, Bollywood's eternal diva has channelled lot of these attributes in her chartbuster songs.
Though Zanjeer is credited as Amitabh's breakthrough film, it didn't immediately enthrone him. Rajesh Khanna countered with a huge hit in Daag that year. But Deewar upended audience's cinematic taste and filmland hierarchies at the very start of 1975. Bachchan emerged as a one man industry, the angry young man who could regulate the thermostat of the entire film industry, recalls Dinesh Raheja.
Samantha walks the ramp... Parineeti can't look away from the mirror... Kunal chases the clouds...
The Madhya Pradesh government has asked garba organisers to check the identity cards of people before allowing them entry into the dance pandals, days after a state minister claimed such events had become a means of "Love Jihad".
Bollywood stars celebrate Mother's Day by sharing pictures with their mamas.
Film folk celebrate Mother's Day with white parties and heartfelt notes.
Sinha, who pioneered and popularised the rich folk traditions of Bihar beyond its borders, was undergoing treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Delhi for multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer.
Angry Young Men misses some important elements of the Salim-Javed story including an understanding of the duo's creative process. In fact, the two men do not even appear together in the same space in the series.
Andaz Apna Apna is practically the most quoted film since Sholay, observes Sukanya Verma, as she celebrates 30 years of this cult classic movie.
None of Amjad Khan's subsequent roles could outshine Sholay. He had begun his career at the top and had no higher peaks left to conquer. Dinesh Raheja salutes the iconic actor on his 80th birth anniversary.
'I may not have accrued a large bank balance, but I think I've earned something far valuable. Respect.' 'That's what Andaz Apna Apna brought me, and I wouldn't exchange that respect for any amount of money in the world.'
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