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The first lady in a sari at Cannes

The first lady in a sari at Cannes

Rediff.com22 May 2017

.. And other memorable couple outings at Cannes Film Festival.

The new queens on the ramp!

The new queens on the ramp!

Rediff.com18 Sep 2017

The unique pageant aims to show the world that beauty can have various meanings.

What draws today's young men to the Ayodhya campaign?

What draws today's young men to the Ayodhya campaign?

Rediff.com23 Nov 2018

More than 25 years after the Babri Masjid was destroyed, another generation proclaims its commitment to building a Ram temple.

The BEST Performances of 2018

The BEST Performances of 2018

Rediff.com2 Jan 2019

Sreehari Nair picks the top performers of 2018.

Review: Roy is slow torture

Review: Roy is slow torture

Rediff.com13 Feb 2015

Roy is so tangled in its inflated, erratic ideas of a pseudo mystery around parallel lives and loves that it ceases to make sense even before it takes of

The man who invented the supermodel!

The man who invented the supermodel!

Rediff.com23 Nov 2017

Remembering how Azzedine Alaia, the son of farmers changed the world of fashion.

Dear Kate: Thank you. Love, India

Dear Kate: Thank you. Love, India

Rediff.com5 Mar 2017

The hottest buzz from the fashion and entertainment industry.

Sreemoyee, keeper of stories

Sreemoyee, keeper of stories

Rediff.com7 Feb 2018

Sreemoyee Piu Kundu's writing, much like its creator, defies the very idea of labels.

Review: Rang Rasiya is an important film

Review: Rang Rasiya is an important film

Rediff.com7 Nov 2014

Rang Rasiya is not a consistent film, but one that tells a story of a pioneering artist and visionary, a story decidedly worth telling, says Raja Sen.

'I didn't like the script of Kill Dil'

'I didn't like the script of Kill Dil'

Rediff.com28 Oct 2014

'My inspiration to write songs for any film must come from the script alone. I am not writing an independent poem. What I write is drawn from the characters and their relationships,' Gulzar tells Sonil Dedhia.

Kaala: Neither Marx nor Manmohan Desai

Kaala: Neither Marx nor Manmohan Desai

Rediff.com14 Jun 2018

'Kaala's sin is not that it is presented as a mouthpiece for its director Pa Ranjith's political viewpoints, but that it makes a travesty of them.' 'Ranjith turns Marx into merchandise, all the while functioning as a hired hand for Brand Rajinikanth,' points out Sreehari Nair.

Talat Aziz's genius elevates Majaz

Talat Aziz's genius elevates Majaz

Rediff.com23 Jan 2017

Majaz, based on the life of Asraul Haq Majaz, the John Keats of Urdu poetry, marks Talat Aziz's debut as a composer in Hindi cinema. The film could have been an excellent biopic had it stuck to the poet's poetic self rather than his unfulfilled love, says Mohammad Asim Siddiqui.

Review: Court: Better in parts, than as a whole

Review: Court: Better in parts, than as a whole

Rediff.com17 Apr 2015

Alas, as an indictment of our legal system, Court doesn't prick deeply, says Raja Sen.

'He came, he spoke, he won'

'He came, he spoke, he won'

Rediff.com28 Sep 2015

For almost 60-minutes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke extempore at the SAP Center in San Jose and he left a crowd of 18,500 in awe.

Are we any closer to knowing Who Killed Sheena Bora?

Are we any closer to knowing Who Killed Sheena Bora?

Rediff.com17 Apr 2019

After 800 days, is it a little clearer that Accused No 1 through 4 are responsible for her death?

Lessons from a murder most foul

Lessons from a murder most foul

Rediff.com12 Sep 2017

The need of the hour is not a divisive, slanging match of accusations and counter-accusations, but a call for sanity,' says Vivek Gumaste.

Is Leicester's 5,000-1 upset the greatest sporting shock?

Is Leicester's 5,000-1 upset the greatest sporting shock?

Rediff.com3 May 2016

At the start of the English football season last August, bookmakers in Britain were offering odds of 5,000-1 against LeicesterCity winning the Premier League. 5,000-1? Now, let's put that into perspective.

Review: Four awesome ladies put the bust in Ghostbusters

Review: Four awesome ladies put the bust in Ghostbusters

Rediff.com29 Jul 2016

Ghostbusters may not be a classic, but the laughs it earns are all its own, says Raja Sen.

Tracking 140 years' journey of the Bombay Stock Exchange

Tracking 140 years' journey of the Bombay Stock Exchange

Rediff.com10 Jul 2015

The exchange moved through many ups and downs through the years.

Editors I have known

Editors I have known

Rediff.com5 Apr 2016

'There are different ways in which some are lucky through their lives. My great boon has been serendipity,' says Subir Roy.

The woman who styled Aamir's hair in Dil Chahta Hai

The woman who styled Aamir's hair in Dil Chahta Hai

Rediff.com24 Jul 2017

Adhuna Bhabani reveals that her love for hair styling began at a young age when her mother would take her to the hairstylist.

Why Rohingyas must be sent back

Why Rohingyas must be sent back

Rediff.com28 Oct 2017

Resettlement of refugees elsewhere is not the morally correct solution to the problem for it lets the perpetrators off the hook.

'Very, very hard for Modi to return with a comparably large majority'

'Very, very hard for Modi to return with a comparably large majority'

Rediff.com21 Aug 2018

'Most likely scenario is Modi comes back with either a much smaller majority and no majority at all and a coalition.' 'Very hard to imagine him doing better than he did last time.' 'He will then be a weaker prime minister,' the author of The Billionaire Raj tells Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.

Textile exports: Even Bangladesh is better than India!

Textile exports: Even Bangladesh is better than India!

Rediff.com3 Mar 2016

The primary problem is that India's garment factories are too small and they typically have 150 people and about 80 machines.

Men's tennis seems so middle-aged...

Men's tennis seems so middle-aged...

Rediff.com20 Sep 2016

'Not only are four of the top five fathers, but Federer famously injured a knee, weakened by years of twisting and turning on tennis courts, early this year while giving his elder pair of twins a bath.'

My mother, Sitara Devi, wasn't adept at playing 'the game'

My mother, Sitara Devi, wasn't adept at playing 'the game'

Rediff.com28 Nov 2014

"She chose a path less trodden and turned it into a road paved with gold as far as her dance was concerned. There will never be another Sitara Devi," says her son, musician Ranjit Barot.

'There is frontal nudity in Rang Rasiya but that's out of love'

'There is frontal nudity in Rang Rasiya but that's out of love'

Rediff.com6 Nov 2014

'People, who make a big deal about doing bold scenes, don't look at them with the right perspective,' Randeep Hooda gets candid.

World Cup Blogs: Federer caught up in India-Pak rivalry

World Cup Blogs: Federer caught up in India-Pak rivalry

Rediff.com24 Feb 2015

A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.

Walking through Tughlaq's forgotten city

Walking through Tughlaq's forgotten city

Rediff.com1 Dec 2015

Curses, folklore and family feuds swirl around Tughlaqabad Fort

'RJio broke no rules with cheap data plan'

'RJio broke no rules with cheap data plan'

Rediff.com25 Jul 2017

'We referred the case to the attorney general.' 'I told Mukul Rohatgi, "mujhe aap ka honest opinion chahiye".' 'He too said those were different offers.' Trai could not have stopped Reliance even if the Jio offers had been the same, Trai chief Ram Sewak Sharma tells Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.

Review: Satya 2 Is As Bad As Satya Was Good

Review: Satya 2 Is As Bad As Satya Was Good

Rediff.com8 Nov 2013

It is hard to believe that RGV chose to make a sequel to his most iconic creation as both the films, Satya and Satya 2 have nothing in common.

Footballers of the weekend: Suarez shines in Europe

Footballers of the weekend: Suarez shines in Europe

Rediff.com25 Apr 2016

Check out the top footballers of the weekend.

The pitfalls of being Modi

The pitfalls of being Modi

Rediff.com19 Nov 2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to ride high with rock star gigs abroad and no challengers within or outside the party at home. With international oil prices dipping to unforeseen lows and inflation declining sharply, a perked-up economy provides the perfect backdrop as he strides the national and international stage.

How the 'third gender' can play an important role in politics

How the 'third gender' can play an important role in politics

Rediff.com6 May 2014

Elect the eunuchs and they will prove their honesty in contrast to a practicing politician. Without any kith and kin, they can at least be a catalyst sorely needed for minimising, if not uprooting nepotism and favouritism that breeds corruption, says Ram Ugrah.

First 'dead' heart transplant brings new hopes to patients

First 'dead' heart transplant brings new hopes to patients

Rediff.com3 Nov 2014

Doctors says this new procedure could save the lives of more than 30 per cent heart transplant patients by increasing supply of suitable donors

RIP monogamy; multiple partners is the new reality

RIP monogamy; multiple partners is the new reality

Rediff.com16 Sep 2016

Binita Singh talks about why monogamy is dying a slow death today.

The man who made Urmila, Katrina, Kareena look WOW!

The man who made Urmila, Katrina, Kareena look WOW!

Rediff.com4 Dec 2015

Take a bow, Manish Malhotra!

Sheena Bora Trial: Will the real Mekhail Bora please stand up?

Sheena Bora Trial: Will the real Mekhail Bora please stand up?

Rediff.com30 Aug 2018

'Who is the right Mekhail? Mekhail I or Mekhail II?'

Cocktail, Devdas, Gupt: Bollywood's tryst with love triangles

Cocktail, Devdas, Gupt: Bollywood's tryst with love triangles

Rediff.com18 Nov 2015

Here's profiling movies with a similar premise -- when two women fell for the same man on silver screen not too long ago.

11.11, Eka, Maku: Slow fashion for a fast world

11.11, Eka, Maku: Slow fashion for a fast world

Rediff.com7 Feb 2018

Slow fashion for a fast world.