We celebrate Independence Day with this special feature, published on Rediff.com in January 2013.
'She had indeed grown to full womanhood and was in reality more beautiful than I thought she was.'
As we prepare to return to the land of silver screens and samosa, Sukanya Verma looks at notable theatre moments in Hindi films.
Sukanya Verma offers some amazing opening scenes in Hindi films that fuels an excitement for what happens next.
The Kapoors prayed for the matriarch at a chautha.
Bollywood says goodbye to Shashi Kapoor.
Referring to the "mountains of garbage" at the three landfill sites -- Ghazipur, Okhla and Bhalswa-- the court said no action has been taken by authorities, including the office of the LG due to which Delhi was facing the serious problem.
How many of these have aged well?
Mrunal Thakur is just three films old in Bollywood and each one has been radically different from the other.
The Bhartiya Janata Party along with the Lok Janshakti Party are all set to fight a pitched political battle against the ruling Janata Dal-United and also the Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal combine in Bihar. But there's one thing in common between the five major parties of the state -- all of them have fielded bahubalis, criminal-turned-politicians and their wives in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
Satyagraha attempts to speak about important issues but ends up over-simplifying them.
The Bill was supported by the members across party lines, however, some suggested to add in its purview hospital sanitary staff, ASHA (accredited social health activist) workers and 'Corona warriors' in emergency services such as police and personnel from other departments.
Prakash Jha delivers a potion that is but a terrible hodgepodge of his earlier films.
'Mulk gets a lot of things right, including its vision of the country as a place where underneath the punctilious, forced-secular surface there are volatilities waiting to go off,' says Sreehari Nair.
The development came a day after the Jammu and Kashmir government issued a statement asking political leaders not to visit the Valley.
Usually, the chair in the Upper House reads out obituary references before members rise as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed.
Emraan Hashmi-starrer Azhar has some feelgood songs, writes Aelina Kapoor.
Malavika Sangghvi gives us fascinating glimpses from Dilip Kumar's life.
Several opposition members, including from the Dravida Munnetra Kazagham and the Communist Party of India-Marxist, also pointed out that the government took almost two months to impose the lockdown after the first case came to light in January, and claimed the delay had proved costly.
Dilip Kumar remained in demand all through his career because he kept reinventing himself in keeping with the changing times in Indian cinema, argues Mohammad Asim Siddiqui.
Gandhi came along with Mukherjee and while the former president left after sometime, the Congress chief offered to drop him back but Mukherjee politely refused.
A look at the awards night.
It is believed that the crop residue burning in the nearby states of Punjab and Haryana are contributing to polluting the air.
'I knew things were not going well, but there was always that hope.'
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's various terrace moments.
'We wanted people to love Stree and that has happened.' 'It is a unique, one-of-a-kind movie.'
Hospital authorities said Hardik was in the ICU and a team of doctors was treating him.
Feroze Azeez, deputy chief executive officer of Anand Rathi Private Wealth Management, appeared on Rediff Chat to answer readers' queries on GST.
As many as 48 ministers of National Democratic Allaince government were in the fray in the general elections.
As means of transport or metaphor, the romance of trains is unmistakable in Hindi cinema.
The actress, who starred in films like Bhabhi and Choti Bahen, was 75.
There was considerable disquiet in the Congress after Mukherjee accepted the invitation of the RSS to address its workers at its headquarters in Nagpur.
Chandra Barot's cult film turns 40.
WhatsApp, last month, sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, accusing it of helping those buying its spyware Pegasus break into the phones of roughly 1,400 users across four continents.
