Devotees across India on Thursday welcomed their most beloved and venerated deity -- Lord Ganesh -- into their homes and community pandals, kickstarting the ten-day Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations with zeal and devotion.
The mood was full of gaiety and devotion, with chants of 'Ganpati Bappa Morya' reverberating across Maharashtra.
Twitter erupts with women from the media outlining horrifying tales of sexual harassment and molestation.
Sukanya Verma lists significant memories in our 1996 recap.
Sukanya Verma looks at some memorable balloon moments of Bollywood.
Entertainment may be its raison d'etre but the tears brought about by cinema are no less significant.
For those who haven't watched Parinda, Broken Horses could perhaps be a moving, serious watch. But for those who have already been blown away by Chopra's original, Broken Horses pales in comparison, says Paloma Sharma.
Bollywood has given us quite a few suspense tales before, and many of them have done well at the box office.
Aamir, Shah Rukh, Irrfan are just some of the interesting examples.
'#metoo has put front and centre an issue that society has suppressed for far too long,' says Kanika Datta.
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Priyanka Chopra plays second fiddle to Prakash Jha in this tedious cop drama, says Sukanya Verma.
1997: Sukanya Verma offers a recap of its memorable imagery.
The Welcome Back soundtrack keeps the fun element intact, says Aelina Kapoor.
"I believe in all of them. I believe in the pain and trauma behind every single complainant," Maneka Gandhi said.
'Anurag Kashyap kept quiet for more than three years and now, he wants to become Devdas by making her tragedy his.'
The marketing spiel for the Hindi version has been around Shah Rukh Khan's inclusion as Pride Rock's patriarch and his son Aryan Khan's debut as Simba's voice.
'The margin of victory or loss would make both camps rethink their strategies for the 2024 assembly election in Maharashtra.'
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'How can so many misfortunes fall on one beautiful family?'
Even Subramanian Swamy, who says he is an ardent supporter of the prime minister, has been taking proxy pot shots at him.' 'At the ground level too, there is resentment from workers and local leaders who have perhaps not got whatever they may have wanted,' notes T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Movies, their motives and time of release make me wonder if we'll ever be able to see India as India and not a reflection of its governments, notes Sukanya Verma.
Choose from the eight releases this week.
Games Sukanya Verma learned at the movies.
While Pa Ranjith proved yet again to be the salt of the earth in his land mafia film, Zoya Akhtar took a haphazard route to make something that was hardly rooted in Asia's biggest slum, feels J Jagannath.
Or does Priyanka Chopra's love for Assam go beyond that?
Bollywood has taught us a lot this year. Sukanya Verma picks the most important lessons.
The MoS was accused of sexual harassment from his former colleagues during his stint as an editor; allegations which he has termed as "baseless" and "fabricated".
Successes and controversies have gone hand-in-hand for Maria.
'The Ek Do Teen star struggled with a problem skin all through her reign as numero uno.' 'And yet acne never got into the way of her incredible success.' All this and more in Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week.
Here's looking at the films that failed at the box office in the first half of this year.
'At the end of the day, we are all humans.'
Which movies should you watch in the coming year? We draw up a list.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Yes, there will be some posts that will be shared out of revenge but most of the people who have been named and shamed like M J Akbar and Alok Nath have been known to be serial offenders for years.'
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