Hansal Mehta sniffs a political conspiracy; Information and Broadcasting official poohpoohs the charge.
Mamta Mohandas took to social media to refute rumours that her cancer had returned.
Sukanya Verma looks at a few other contenders from Bollywood movies who gave really, really good performances.
As 2022 readies to bid adieu, Sukanya Verma raises a toast to the 10 high points of the year.
Music Composer Aravind talks about composing music for National award winning documentary A Far Afternoon and much more!
Puneeth fan M D Riti lists five films that she consider to be amongst his best.
'This trope must have been taken in 30 films.' 'The rogue agent is a common trope and not something unique.'
'It was because of the strength of Helenji's performance that I was even called on stage to present her with the coveted Black Lady.'
The fact that Gehlot has stayed relevant these five years with his populist schemes is one reason why he may beat incumbency in a state that votes for change every election, observes Ramesh Menon.
Gyan Correa's National award-winning Gujarati film 'The Good Road', a lost-and-found story of a small boy, was today nominated to represent India in the Best Foreign Film category at next year's Oscars.
'The news that the once dashing, absolutely handsome, utterly charming Shashi Kapoor is no more makes me feel terribly sad.' Aseem Chhabra, author of Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, the Star, pays rich tribute to the iconic actor.
'Deepika has got a lot to do with whatever I have achieved in the last six years.' 'She has kept me grounded. Otherwise, who knows what I would have turned into?'
'There was no other Lata Mangeshkar, there is none and there won't be any. I will celebrate her life, today and always.'
The aftermath of Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan has led to an argument that there was no religion as Hinduism in Chola times.
Instead, there was only Saivism, Vaishnavism, etc, and that the Cholas were Saivites, and hence not Hindus, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Sukanya Verma looks at all the significant bald imagery of Bollywood through the years.
A towering figure in the world of letters, Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy, who died in Bangalore on Friday, was modern in his sensibilities and intellectual underpinnings in his literary works questioned many deeply-held beliefs.
Two Nobel Laureates, four listed writers of this year's Man Booker Prize, Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists, winners of Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Crossword Prize and film stars will be the attraction at the most sought after literary event in India -- the Jaipur Literature Festival.
Choose from the eight releases this week.
'I did a small role in Masoom.' 'Do you remember the scene where an old man brings Jugal Hansraj to Naseer's house?' 'I put on the full make-up of an old man and stood in front of Shekhar.' 'He had no choice but to take me.'
Two double centuries, three movies over the Rs 150 crore mark and five centuries -- that's how the repertoire looks like for Karan Johar and his Dharma Productions.
Chennai-based theatre artist Kalieaswari Srinivasan opens up on what it means to be part of a Jacques Audiard film, and her Cannes experience.
'An actor should learn to separate the actor and the character.' 'Me the actor and me the character should never intermingle.'
Balu Mahendra passed away into the ages on February 13. We look back at his best works.
Mithun Chakraborthy on Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and working in his Tahader Katha, for which he won his second National Award.
'Wear your mask, sanitise and continue to follow COVID guidelines.'
Here's celebrating Dilip Kumar by re-visiting his best movies.
Bring on the 100-crore heroine's club already!
With some variations, all regional political formations, whether in power presently or out of it, share some common features: Tight family control of the political apparatus, key members in elected or appointed positions, obvious wealth but not quite known sources of income, and family factionalism, sometimes open and bitter, notes Shreekant Sambrani.
'A great loss for the fraternity. Your work will be missed & cherished.'
'He was full of Hindustan, its tehzeeb and its culture.'
'War is won by team work. War is won by sacrifices,' says Subedar Sanjay Kumar, Param Vir Chakra.
Shelar demanded that Desai's death should not be treated just as a case of accidental death, but must be dealt with from a larger perspective.
A look at some of the most anticipated films of 2015.
Hours after receiving the National Award for Best Actress, Kangana Ranaut flew to Port Blair to pay homage to Vinayak Damodar Savarkar at the cellular jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where the Hindu Mahasabha leader had been imprisoned during the early 20th century.
Sriram Adittya throws light on Bhale Manchi Roju releasing on the Christmas Day.
Their armies of acolytes, fans and supporters believe that both men are supermen, blessed with almost magical ability.
Prominent celebrity losers include national award-winning actor Suresh Gopi, comedian Dharmajan Bolgatty, actress Priyanka Anoop, actor-anchor Krishnakumar and television serial actor Vivek Gopan.
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