'Whenever I feel low, I watch Chupke Chupke.'
Hema Malini discusses the family's decision to hold separate prayer meetings after Dharmendra's death, emphasizing it was a private matter. She also shares memories of Dharmendra and their life together.
Sunita Ahuja takes on Govinda: 'If I get a confirmation, I will never forgive Govinda.'
Malini Agarwal reveals how she blogged her way to Bollywood, fame and success.
As the nation bid farewell to one of its beloved actors, we take a look at Dharmendra's remarkable life through pictures.
After being unwell for several days, Dharmendra breathed his last on November 24.
'I was a boy from a small village in Punjab. Who would have thought I'd be loved by everyone?'
The cricketing fraternity on Monday paid glowing tributes to veteran actor Dharmendra, who passed away in Mumbai at the age of 89.
Asrani may have never been a marquee name up in sparkling lights or on outsized posters but the sheer proficiency with which he realised his characters has unleashed gales of laughter over five decades and made a significant contribution to several landmark films. Dinesh Raheja salutes the iconic actor.
'As the sweet fragrance of modak fills the air, we fold our hands and bow down to the God of wisdom.'
Dinesh Raheja celebrates Lata's 96th birth anniversary on September 28 by picking some choice examples of her non-typical songs that are tinged with a rare eroticism.
'I fell in love with Suraiya and that was my first real gafla. The more I couldn't get her, the more I wanted her. When I couldn't marry her because the world didn't want it, I cried for the first time.'
'I make films which I think have the possibility of being liked by a majority of people, and you present it with the right emotions.'
Kareena has been a leading lady now for 25 years, Deepika for almost two decades and Alia for over a decade. Dinesh Raheja chronicles the changing ways Bollywood has treated actor-moms.
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.
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's best-known diamond robberies in film.
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.
The Bachchan family have this knack of going out of their way to make you feel extremely comfortable.
This is how the residents of Jamnagar danced the Garba.
The launch of Koel Puri's Clearly Invisible In Paris, in Mumbai, last Friday, revealed Suhana's star power.
The mag cover has been shot at St Regis Doha and features Malini Agarwal, the founder of Miss Malini.
Film folk have been celebrating these last few days. Here's looking at just how.
Her acclaimed film All We Imagine As Light received two Golden Globe nominations in the Best Director (Motion Picture) and Best Motion Picture (Non English Language Film) categories. This marks the first time an Indian director has been nominated in the Director category.
'He was a visionary who redefined storytelling and inspired generations.'
'The demise of #ManmohanSingh ji who (looking back) presided over India's actual 'Acchey Din' feels like the end of an era when India was actually (more) democratic, when Indians were free(er) of fear & intolerance and when Indian public discourse had more decency.'
Hema performs... Sonu gets cheeky... Anil wishes Sunita...
How the business world celebrated Christmas!
Writing on parties and gossip as "Miss Malini", former dancer and radio jockey Malini Agarwal soon became an authority on matters of style.
While Mrunal Panchal's make up and styling videos are very popular -- a single post gets her over 100,000 likes -- people can't stop raving about her adventurous style.
The celebs brought glam and jaadu to the Shaadi by Marriott Bonvoy event.
'Once in a while, I flirt with the idea of direction.' 'If I direct, it will be a human story that touches me.' 'I'm nervous of forcing myself into making a socially relevant film.'
'It's sad when colleagues are gone. Now, hardly any of my co-stars are left.' Hema Malini looks back at her friendship with Vinod Khanna.
Celina is in her second trimester and is expecting the babies in October.
Even as the Deols celebrated Karan Deol's wedding on June 18, inviting everyone in Bollywood for the lavish reception, Hema Malini and her daughters Esha and Ahana Deol were missing from the guest list.
'I am always rocking.' 'I am a rockstar.' 'That's the way the world will always see me.'
We asked colleagues, present and past, to reflect on a man who has made such a difference to their lives and careers. Here it is then, a rich collection of memories that offer enchanting glimpses of the enigmatic Ajit Balakrishnan.
With the strain and anxiety of the longest Lok Sabha polls now behind the leaders, governance, with consensus, is the next step.
'Always smiling, creative, problem solver, ambitious and a man who walked ahead of an Industry.'
'Diwali will be meaningful only when we eradicate the darkness in our hearts.'
If you think Bollywood's kitschy overkill from the 1980s is stuff of throwback terror, wait till the big, bad, bold fashion of the 1970s is unleashed upon you.
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