Veteran journalist and author Vinod Mehta passed away on Sundayafter a prolonged illness. He was 73.
'Some family members are from north India, some from the southern land and some from West Bengal.'
Sukanya Verma celebrates chandeliers on celluloid and their most memorable moments in Hindi films.
'Tamil Nadu's youth bulge will soon be 70 per cent of the population, many of them smartphone-toting millennials looking for gains more tangible than what screen gods can give,' says Sunil Sethi.
Raaj Kumari is the remake of Tamil film Ananda Poongaatre. Despite the presence of Ravichandran in a few sequences of the film, Raaj Kumari fails to engage the audience because of inept handling. Balaji puts in efforts to give his best, but he is handicapped by an ordinary script. Nikitha sizzles in a song sequence.
With Hindi Medium and Angrezi Medium, the "English-medium" actor of independent movies shows she can easily fit into mainstream Hindi movies too.
With the festival of colours just around the corner, we dig out some lively bhang-soaked ditties just for you.
'Sounds familiar? Barring inflation, much else looks, sounds, and feels more than a bit like 1974.' 'A phenomenally popular leader, with a party of unquestioning followers, a broken Opposition, a nationalist high and an economy in free fall, crippling joblessness,' recalls Shekhar Gupta.
Sukanya Verma looks at the jhoola, and how it's an unforgettable part of many a Bollywood imagery in celebration, romance, frolic and, sometimes, even menace.
Sukanya Verma lists the movies she grabbed at MAMI this year.
As means of transport or metaphor, the romance of trains is unmistakable in Hindi cinema.
Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand.
Sujit Kumar, Upendra Kumar Prasad, Nisha Kumari and Kajal Kumari are some of the many children who fell sick after consuming a meal laced with insecticide in their school at Gandaman village in Bihar's Saran district on July 17.
Bhanu Athaiya on the films she has designed for, how Gandhi happened, and what it means to be a woman in a man's world.
The highest winning margin was registered by BJP candidate Subhash Chandra Baheria in Bhilwara who defeated Congress candidate Ram Pal Sharma with a margin of 6,12,000 votes.
Party chief Rahul Gandhi formed a nine-member Core Group Committee, a 19-member Manifesto Committee and a committee comprising 19 top party leaders who will look after the publicity during the elections.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
Aseem Chhabra imagines a time, 20 years from now, when movie-watching in theatres will be long gone, thanks to the coronavirus, and pens a letter to his grandchild, explaining the magic of the cinema hall.
'There was no time to do all the normal things that children do as they grow up.' 'One day, I was playing with dolls.' 'The next day, I was on a train looking for opportunities to sing at various recording studios.'
'...and the government is suppressing the truth.'
Long before Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Rajshri made some beautiful movies.
At the peak of his popularity and charisma, filmmakers considered him a bigger draw than the leading man and often remunerated him with a higher fee than the hero.
The victory of Bharatiya Janata Party in the 14th Rajasthan assembly polls has been the biggest one in the history of the desert state.
The incident took place early morning in Soorwal police station area when the bus was on its way to Lalsot from Sawai Madhopur.
'When somebody comes forward in Hollywood, they don't risk losing their livelihood.' 'But here, they will risk losing their livelihood.' Richa Chadha opens up.
'Her death has left a small hole in me. That little space that her songs and her screen image always filled in me. She had not worked in films for years, but somehow I always sensed she was there, somewhere in Bombay where movie magic is made.'
One of the most prolific filmmakers of his time, VB turns 50 August 4!
Sukanya Verma presents a playlist of 100 Lata Mangeshkar songs from different decades of Hindi films -- songs that make me sing, smile, sob and sigh.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.
From Pakeezah to Ladies vs Ricky Bahl, from Shatranj ki Khilari to Umrao Jaan, the great city of Lucknow has made its way to the wornderful world of Hindi films.
He had even proposed marriage to Madhubala. When she had giggled it off, he was said to have gone home and cried in front of his mother.
And no, the list doesn't start and stop with Boman Irani!
Fearing defeat in the upcoming high-pressure polls, state Congress chiefs are reluctant to fight from their constituencies, eye a shift. Anita Katyal reports
Deven Verma passed away into the ages on December 2. We re-publish an interview done with the veteran actor.
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