News for 'Mona Lisa Smile'

Photo: Ash's Mona Lisa look

Photo: Ash's Mona Lisa look

Rediff.com17 Jan 2008

Artist Ratan Parimoo paints his filmi version of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece.

PHOTOS: Mona Lisa's skeleton may have been found

PHOTOS: Mona Lisa's skeleton may have been found

Rediff.com18 Jul 2012

Archaeologists have inched closer to unravelling the secret behind Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile, as they believe to have discovered the skeleton of the model who posed for Da Vinci's masterpiece.

Mona Lisa starts to age

Mona Lisa starts to age

Rediff.com27 Apr 2004

Five centuries of accumulated dust and chemical changes are starting to take their toll on the famous painting.

Meet India's Mona Lisa

Meet India's Mona Lisa

Rediff.com13 Dec 2017

One of the best stories coming out of Bihar is about a place where Chandragupta Maurya, Buddha, Ashoka, Sher Shah Suri and India's Mona Lisa meet.

Julia's smile vs LOTR epic!

Julia's smile vs LOTR epic!

Rediff.com19 Dec 2003

Rajinikanth's Love Affair With Bollywood

Rajinikanth's Love Affair With Bollywood

Rediff.com12 Dec 2025

Rajinikanth may have made his last Hindi film two decades ago but he can still set the screen alight, blazing away with a gun that has dozens of barrels. As Thalaiva turns 75 on December 12, Dinesh Raheja looks back at his 17 year journey in Hindi cinema.

The King returns to BO!

The King returns to BO!

Rediff.com22 Dec 2003

What these hot models have been up to!

What these hot models have been up to!

Rediff.com22 Jan 2015

A round-up of all the action from the lives of India's top models... as seen through their Instagram feeds :-) So here's what India's top models have been up to:

'It was extremely difficult to see her deteriorate'

'It was extremely difficult to see her deteriorate'

Rediff.com7 Feb 2022

'She had shown some signs of improvement, but then she went into multi-organ failure.'

The Mystery Of Woh Kaun Thi

The Mystery Of Woh Kaun Thi

Rediff.com5 Apr 2025

Dinesh Raheja looks back at Manoj Kumar's brilliant 1964 thriller Woh Kaun Thi, and explains just what made it an audio-visual treat.

Travel: A Parisian rendezvous

Travel: A Parisian rendezvous

Rediff.com6 Mar 2015

Paris is a place brimming with history, irony and a bit of discontent.

CANDYTOPIA: Inside the weird and wonderful candy land

CANDYTOPIA: Inside the weird and wonderful candy land

Rediff.com13 Mar 2019

Imagine a world where too much sugar isn't a bad thing. It exists thanks to a new, immersive exhibit called Candytopia. Candytopia is a sprawling sanctuary of confectionary bliss, tastefully curated by Hollywood Candy Queen Jackie Sorkin, realised by master fabricator Zac Hartog, and brought to life by life-long retailer, John Goodman. The touring candy museum is currently having a run in Minnesota in the United States after turns in Santa Monica, San Francisco, New York, and Atlanta.

What provoked the Chinese in Ladakh

What provoked the Chinese in Ladakh

Rediff.com8 Jun 2020

We should have anticipated it on August 5 last year, when we made the big changes in J&K. Amit Shah left nothing to chance when he told Parliament that 'we will bring back Aksai Chin even at the cost of our lives'. 'Then, there were the new maps, objections to the CPEC going through Indian territory, the weather reports.' A broad territorial status quo had existed in Ladakh-Aksai Chin since 1962. India made its intention to change this public, notes Shekhar Gupta.

And Indrani snorted in laughter...

And Indrani snorted in laughter...

Rediff.com20 Nov 2022

When a trial for a murder is going on -- with no end in sight -- more than ten years after the crime took place, it will not feel like the murder happened yesterday.

Sheena Bora Trial: What the hotel receptionist said

Sheena Bora Trial: What the hotel receptionist said

Rediff.com1 Nov 2018

Sanjeev Khanna stepped out of his usual sort of absent-minded personality to actively 'log into' the hearing, following the testimony alertly, at times standing up in the accused box to catch all of what was being said. His co-accused Peter Mukerjea and Indrani Mukerjea were less attentive, but were not switched off either.