'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.
Sukanya Verma looks at a few other contenders from Bollywood movies who gave really, really good performances.
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.
Shabana Azmi has lost more than 10 kilos for Karan Johar's Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani, where she plays Alia Bhatt's grandmother.
'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?'
Choose from the eight releases this week.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever makes you mourn the legend that was Chadwick Boseman, but also assures that forward is the only way to go, observes Mayur Sanap. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Chennai-based theatre artist Kalieaswari Srinivasan opens up on what it means to be part of a Jacques Audiard film, and her Cannes experience.
Rather than basing it on movie reviews, IMDb determines this list based on page views.
'I would rather focus on the good rather than what didn't happen.'
Balu Mahendra passed away into the ages on February 13. We look back at his best works.
Quite a few big movies are coming your way in theatres this November.
Juggling marriage, motherhood and movies -- all in a day's work -- Kareena loves her job and hopes she'll never retire. So do we, as the actress turns 43 on September 21.
Puneeth fan M D Riti lists five films that she consider to be amongst his best.
Bring on the 100-crore heroine's club already!
Here's celebrating Dilip Kumar by re-visiting his best movies.
As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events.
Mamta Mohandas took to social media to refute rumours that her cancer had returned.
A look at some of the most anticipated films of 2015.
'There was no other Lata Mangeshkar, there is none and there won't be any. I will celebrate her life, today and always.'
As 2022 readies to bid adieu, Sukanya Verma raises a toast to the 10 high points of the year.
'Till a cheque comes into my account, I don't feel like a professional actor.'
Sriram Adittya throws light on Bhale Manchi Roju releasing on the Christmas Day.
Hansal Mehta preceded over the do as the chief guest.
'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.'
Create something that you will be proud of.
'An actor should learn to separate the actor and the character.' 'Me the actor and me the character should never intermingle.'
'Wear your mask, sanitise and continue to follow COVID guidelines.'
'War is won by team work. War is won by sacrifices,' says Subedar Sanjay Kumar, Param Vir Chakra.
Modi wants the BJP to gets an additional 10% of the vote share from what it won in 2019. Plans are afoot to get new faces to replace MPs with poor chances of winning. Sources say more than 100 MPs are like to be axed, notes Modi biographer Ramesh Menon.
Mithun Chakraborthy on Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and working in his Tahader Katha, for which he won his second National Award.
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.
Giving up cricket isn't easy for a cricketer especially when you are the son of a cricket legend.
Debates on changing the name of India to Bharat continue to spark a crisis of identity without answering moot questions that stare us in the face. Ramesh Menon asks a few of those questions that do not have easy answers.
'This trope must have been taken in 30 films.' 'The rogue agent is a common trope and not something unique.'
'A great loss for the fraternity. Your work will be missed & cherished.'
'He was full of Hindustan, its tehzeeb and its culture.'
Looking at some of Bollywood's coldest film locations.
