'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 top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
For Rahman, who had never attended college, the event hosted by the Berklee College of Music must have seemed humbling.
June 30, 2000: The day Refugee released.
'I'm a very positive and optimistic human being.' 'You put a pile of garbage in front of me and I will find a flower in it.'
Darbar's music, the direction, sets, props, the rest of the cast are all there with one single purpose: To make Rajinikanth look like the superstar he already is, says A Ganesh Nadar.
As much as we enjoy and write reams and reams about our amazement at the Kantara climax, 30 years on from now, will we remember these portions more fondly or the ones where Shiva is simply hanging out with his friends, mulls Rohit Sathish Nair.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
A look at Tamil films which earned critical acclaim and also commercial success!
It's such a misconception that actresses -- any woman for that matter -- are on a downwards slope when they hit 40.
'I came to hear you sing Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon. I am glad I have heard you sing.'
'While narrating a scene to Amitji, Akshay and Tusshar, they learnt that Aishwarya was not the heroine opposite Akshay as they had presumed.' 'She had a negative role.' 'They were shocked, more so when they learnt that she didn't know this.' '"Shooting will stop midway, she won't do the film", I was warned.'
Sukanya Verma looks at notable troikas in Bollywood's catalog of three hero vehicles.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
While acknowledging Shivaji's naval contributions, questions are being raised about the inadequate acknowledgement of Chola sea-power in southern Tamil Nadu, which dates back by a few centuries, explains N Sathiya Moorthy.
Why do SRK and Salman find themselves on this list?
Kamal is the second Tamil actor after Sivaji Ganesan to be awarded this honour.
Ajay has made some brilliantly reviewed films, some big hits and many, many, entertainers.
Quite a few Hindi movies have explored different shades of the landlord-tenant relationship in passing or purposefully.
In the Bollywood scheme of things, age is as irrelevant as logic.
S P Balasubrahmanyam sang songs about life and loss with enough soul to break your heart, notes Sukanya Verma.
Subhash K Jha remembers the flamboyant star, 12 years after he passed away.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
As the JNU row escalates, a look at student unrest on the big screen.
Madras Cafe is a swift, smart and serious study of an inglorious chapter of history, writes Sukanya Verma.
'Maybe the man-woman love is not destined to happen for me.' 'Whether it is my career or my personal life, I can't afford to make wrong moves when God has given me a second chance,' Manisha Koirala tells Subhash K Jha.
Oru Oorla Rendu Raja is a tedious comedy drama that attempts to highlight the inhumane working conditions of factory workers in our country.
Cinematographer Ravi K Chandran's Yaan is a long, tedious and completely over-the-top action drama.
10 Ways Bollywood has kidnapped in the movies.
The 'Shatrughan Sinha of the South' plunges into politics.
A lot of people only associate him with his music. And, obviously, he's a great musician. But Rahman, above all else, is a living example of spiritual equilibrium and intrinsic human goodness. A fascinating excerpt from Krishna Trilok's Notes Of A Dream: The Authorized Biography Of A R Rahman.
'It is an intense love story, the kind I haven't done so far,' he tells us.
An extra point to them for performing the daunting task of sharing screen space with the formidable superstar!
Some movies of 2021 excelled in content but yet, they did not do well.
'A girl on Instagram got very angry with me and wrote, 'Yeh toh shakal se he harami lagta hai, yeh real life mein bhi harami hi hoga.'
'I went to Nagpur for my engineering. I used to model there, those amateur fashion shows. Then you know, I thought why not try my luck in films and all?'
