It's not often that you sport Aamir Khan at an award's function.
'She was gutsy and rebellious enough to take on roles other more conventional actresses wouldn't dare and she excelled in them.'
For those who think India's democracy is just fine and there has been no change in the last few years, perhaps it would be instructive to see what has happened on a few issues, observes Aakar Patel.
Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to.
Coming down heavily on the UPA government, Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi accused the Congress of having broken its promise. Modi also lambasted the Congress for avoiding media.
Almost the entire film industry turned up!
Several Bollywood stars remember the late singer.
'I want to tell the singers of our country that they should not be another Rafi, Kishore, Lata, Asha or Mukesh,' Latajiji tells Subhash K Jha. 'Be yourself. Learn dedication to the craft from us, but do not imitate us.'
On her 65th birthday, Sukanya Verma looks at the diva's 10 definitive songs.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
Here's what your favourite celebrities are tweeting.
Dhoom 3 boasts of more noise, more bikes and a whole lot of scowling from Aamir Khan.
"I hate all those who advocate ideology of hate, including Taliban, and I won't allow the Hindu version of Taliban to succeed in India," Singh said on Twitter.
We take a look at his life through his pictures over the years.
Amitabh Bachchan has been awarded the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award.
Artistes across the spectrum on Wednesday mourned the demise of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh describing him as a national treasure and a global ambassador of India's cultural heritage.
Bollywood is doing all it can to keep busy during the national lockdown.
'The easiest recording experiences have been with Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. They ensure that the atmosphere in the studio is light, not just for me, but even my team of musicians, who may want to make a correction or express a critical point of view and are free to do so. And they obey as a new singer would.' Composer Shamir Tandon charts out the milestones in his Bollywood journey.
Calling him a man of great "grit" and "conviction", Bollywood celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Lata Mangeshkar and Ajay Devgnn condoled the demise of Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray on Sunday
Remembering an incomparable actor by re-visiting his finest films.
A 5,000 song music directory of Hindi film classics in a retro avatar.
Lata Mangeshkar's regret about Yash Chopra.
As the iconic song Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon turned 50 years old on January 27, Lata Mangeshkar tells Subhash K Jha the truth about India's most beloved patriotic song.
'He was a fighter, a stunt man and an action director, the master of all things rugged. Yet, he had the softest heart.'
'I was attracted to Javed because he was exactly like my father.'
Lata Mangeshkar releases Gautam Rajadhyksha's book of famous Indian faces.
Elders surveyed have spoken of suffering disrespect, neglect, verbal abuse, physical abuse, and emotional abuse. The survey finds that the most abused are those above 80.
Elders surveyed have spoken of suffering disrespect, neglect, verbal abuse, physical abuse, and emotional abuse. The survey finds that the most abused are those above 80.
'... their love was jinxed.' 'His celluloid path to his partner's heart was seldom smooth; it had to contend with greedy relatives and indecisive sweethearts, who were more ready to sacrifice than woo and wed.'
Kumkum, who featured in some of the most memorable songs in Hindi cinema, passed away on Tuesday. She was 86.
Legendary playback singer Kishore Kumar's son Amit will be crooning the iconic song Naino Mein Sapna in the Himmatwala remake.
Narendra Modi, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Pratibha Patil, Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle took blessings of him.
Suspense continues over the ownership of the pistol used by singer Asha Bhosle's daughter Varsha to end her life even as police recorded the statements of some members of the family and staff on Tuesday.
Sukanya Verma makes a playlist of 15 profound Rajesh Khanna ditties.
'There were no singers like Lata, Kishore, Rafi or Mukesh. And until now, there is nobody. Nobody with that kind of voice, nobody with that kind of brain to learn. Not only to learn, but to improvise. We improvised music, we improvised the songs. Nowadays, they just listen and copy.'
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