'He has always let us do our own thing but if we ever need anything, he is there with the best advice.'
Shobhaa De pays tribute to another legend who passed into the ages on August 23, publisher, producer and entrepreneur Nari Hira.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Sourav Ganguly confirmed that Amitabh Bachchan charged no fee to sing the Indian national anthem at Eden Gardens.
One of Hindi cinema's most high-profile couples celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 3.
'She's the best actor in the family,' her dad, arguably the finest actor in all of Bollywood, said later.
It's not everyday that one gets a bouquet of flowers and a handwritten note from India's biggest superstar, Amitabh Bachchan, and Saiyami Kher is suitably thrilled.
'You know Amitji. If he had his way, he would never disappoint his fans.'
Zakir Hussain was the maestro of tabla, percussionist, composer and even actor -- a legend who was India's very own and yet belonged to the world. Hussain died from 'idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis', a lung disease, in a San Francisco hospital early Monday. He was 73.
None of Amjad Khan's subsequent roles could outshine Sholay. He had begun his career at the top and had no higher peaks left to conquer. Dinesh Raheja salutes the iconic actor on his 80th birth anniversary.
Salim-Javed became the first Hindi film writers who could be considered brands, and they are still boldface names, celebrities in their own right, chronicles Dinesh Raheja.
Wearing a Lucknowi kurta, the senior Bachchan was quite the star of the evening!
'He listens to you and he will do exactly what you tell him to do.'
Kareena's cop, Rajni's supercop and Samantha's spy, it's a star-studded week on OTT this time. Sukanya Verma lists your options on OTT this week.
How far will Amitabh Bachchan go for an Instagram 'like'?
'But some like Rakesh leave an imprint that is hard to remove or forget...'
Yes, that's the question everyone wanted the answer to at the launch of Ajay Devgn's latest directorial Bholaa.
Prabhas has seven films lined up for release in 2022, the pandemic permitting.
"Just three months more," says mom-to-be Deepika Padukone in a witty reply when asked if she is still in her character of a pregnant woman from her coming film Kalki 2898 AD.
After covering the biggest wedding of the year, Rediff.com's Hitesh Harisinghani was invited to the reception specially held for the media.
With the images of Rajendra Babu, Radhakrishnan, K R Narayanan, V V Giri and Kalam in my mind, the image of my beloved hero dancing ungainly to 'Merey angney main tumharra kya kaam hai', doesn't make a smooth transition, says Sudhir Bisht.
'I asked him once, 'You are such a big superstar, why are you always on time? I don't see the other stars being on time.' 'He said, 'If you learn how to respect time, time will respect you. Time will never wait for you and you will regret it'.'
'It was a very disorganised industry back then and people were very disrespectful towards actors.'
'Here are 25 stories special to me for one reason too many,' says Sukanya Verma who scored 25 years writing about the movies last week.
Krishnaraj Rai is survived by wife Vrinda, son Aditya and daughter Aishwarya.
'I could tell there was an extraordinary intensity about Amitabh Bachchan even in bad films.' 'Kuch baat thi.' 'Salim saab and I insisted on casting him in Zanjeer.'
Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar glimpsed these stars on Thursday.
'Salman wanted to do the interview properly. That's why he was nervous, you know, that dad should be happy.'
He has seen both glorious success and abject failure. Who better to take career lessons from than Amitabh Bachchan who turns 75 today?
Perfect occasion to list 30 real-life educators whose unique methods, unwavering dedication or scholarly persona impressed us.
Perfect occasion to list 30 real-life educators whose unique methods, unwavering dedication or scholarly persona impressed us.
'The stories I want to tell are very important.'
'Brahmastra is kind of a meeting place of modern India with a feeling of ancient Indian powers about it.'
'I worked as a cleaner at a store.' 'I worked as a security guard...' 'I have slept on footpaths.' '[I came to Mumbai with great difficulty.' 'I have not seen better people than I have in the film industry.' 'Nobody has helped me the way people have done for me here.'
Gulabo Sitabo is currently being shot in Lucknow.
'His family keeps telling him to take it easy, but he won't listen.'
Mr Bachchan is in a studio... Rajkummar Rao shows off some muscle... and...
Entertainers can be good politicians if they treat the citizens as the audience, and treat their job like a live show, and work hard to make sure the audience likes them, asserts Sandeep Goyal.
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