'To match his passion for his craft is impossible.' 'I don't know of any Kathak dancer who can equal his passion.'
'He taught us not only about theatre, acting or dramas but also about life.' 'He made us discover ourselves.'
Norma Godinho/Rediff.com reports on the pre-season NBA match played between Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings on Friday night.
'To hear this was heartbreaking.' 'Imagine a stalwart like Surekhaji having to audition like a newcomer!'
'Yellow Bus is a heart-breaking story based on a real incident and will strike a chord with mothers across the world.'
'Sex is such a healthy thing that your first encounter with it should be good, otherwise it scars you for life, it disturbs you for life.'
National Academy of Performing Arts' (NAPA) Mantorama and Ajoka's Kaun Hai Yeh Gustakh are scheduled to be staged on Thursday and Saturday respectively at the Mahotsav, considered as Asia's largest theatre festival.
'I preferred theatre rather than going to production houses and giving photographs. I didn't have that kind of temperament. I didn't think I was unfortunate as I have struggled so much. I feel whatever happened was for my good.'
Veteran Malayalam actor Madhu states his reasons of not accepting the Padma Shri.
Satish Kaushik's latest film Gang of Ghosts is a remake of acclaimed Bengali film Bhooter Bhabishyat (2012).
'Alkazisaab trained innumerable actors to be good human beings.'
When was the last time we heard this government speaking of the disaster in primary education, rather than Ganga cruises and cheetahs? Less money -- Rs 88,000 crore -- was spent by the Union government on education in its last Budget than has been allocated to the Bullet train, notes Aakar Patel.
India's freedom fighter's interest in arts led to setting up several institutions of learning in independent India.
'Once I left my photographs at Ram Gopal Varma's office.' 'I told a friend I was concerned no one had contacted me. My friend said, "Itni jaldi nahin hota idhar. Time lagega".'
Sukanya Verma gives us a lowdown on all those wonderful movies she saw and movies you need to see as and when they arrive to a screen or streaming space near you.
'Rapists do have families. I wanted to see how a father or mother would deal with it.' 'They go through shame as well and get discriminated from the rest of the village.' 'Why don't we show it that way?'
'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.'
Andrea Kevichusa grabbed everyone's attention in the Anek trailer, making us wonder who she really is.
'Or because I am getting a s**tload of money.'
'To actually get to work with her was a dream come true.'
'Thank you for the cinema, thank you for the laughs.'
Tere Bin Laden's director Abhishek Sharma talks about his debut film and how overwhelmed he is with the response it has got.
An effortless artist at all times, Surekha Sikri's emotional eloquence and authoritative presence showed a knack for turning moments into meaning.
Abhishek Sharma talks about his directorial debut Tere Bin Laden.
A student of the National School of Drama, New Delhi, Uma Shankar talks about his journey from practicing psychology to landing the main lead in Ekta Kapoor's new epic series.
If you want to make your enemy look like a threat, at least make them formidable, sighs Sukanya Verma.
Director Ishaan Trivedi gives us the behind-the-scenes dope of Radio.
National award-winning director Indraganti Mohanakrishna talks about his new film.
At age 61, distinguished theatre personality Ranjit Kapoor makes his debut as a feature-film director with Chintu-ji, a comedy in which Rishi "Chintu" Kapoor plays himself -- or a version of himself.
'Saurabh Shukla and Annu Kapoor are the biggest pillars of Jolly LLB 2. I used to joke that Subhash (Kapoor, director) has got six actors from the National School of Drama and four actors from the Film and Television Institute of India and I am the only one from Khalsa College.' Akshay Kumar holds on to his humour, as he celebrates the success of his new film.
Love stories, superheroes, family dramas, kiddie flicks, whodunits, rom-coms, Sukanya Verma lists your OTT menu for the week.
'She made you feel relaxed so that you can do the scenes best.'
'None of our critics have spoken about JNU's positive contributions. Instead, we are being labelled anti-national. A whole host of BJP leaders are products of JNU including Nirmala Sitharaman.'
Divya Nair makes a list of Tamil films you must watch at least once. The good news is that they're on OTT right now.
Before Kuttey's release, co-produced and co-penned by VB, Sukanya Verma takes a look back at the filmmaker's unique body of work.
'I wasn't getting the roles I wanted to play and the respect I thought I deserved as a senior actor, so I cut myself off from the industry for a while and moved to the US.'
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances