National-award winning actor, producer, hotelier, ex-politician, cricket team owner, philanthropist, highest tax payer, reality show judge, animal lover and, above all, people's hero -- Mithun Chakraborty -- who has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award -- is truly a force of nature, notes Sukanya Verma.
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If there's one thing about the decade our glamorous lot is in NO RUSH to replicate, it is the '80s' kitschy, over-the-top sartorial style.
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Bollywood says goodbye to Shashi Kapoor.
Bollywood's who's who come down to watch a film.
'It's so hard to shoot here right now that I can't even imagine what it must be like to live here under these conditions.'
'I received many threatening calls and letters.' 'A fatwa was issued against me.'
The actress, who starred in films like Bhabhi and Choti Bahen, was 75.
The Kapoors prayed for the matriarch at a chautha.
The prayer service for Veeruji, who passed into the ages on May 27, was held at ISKCON, in Juhu, north west Mumbai.
Sukanya Verma looks at the many, many reasons for marital discord reported in Hindi movies.
See who came to congratulate the newlyweds.
Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly box office verdict.
Vinod Mirani gives us his weekly box office verdict.
'Yashji kept telling me if I don't play a loverboy, my career will not move ahead. I just went by his belief and it paid dividends. Yash Chopra has single-handedly made my career.' Shah Rukh Khan acknowledges the man who gave him success.
'I meet him recently.' 'He was his usual cheerful, boisterous, self.' 'You didn't even get an iota of feeling about what he had gone through or may be going through internally.'
Sukanya Verma remembers the Boss in 30 of his underrated, overlooked gems in Hindi film music.
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Sukanya Verma lists many more Rishi Kapoor chartbusters.
Sukanya Verma looks at all the movies he's made so far. Tell us your favourite in the poll.
'Laxmi was insistent that our homes should never have name-plates, because the name Laxmikant-Pyarelal should never be separated!'
'Pancham was way ahead of his times. Picture chale na chale, RD's music was damn good.'
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Love does conquer all in Bollywood.
The funny man of Hindi cinema has passed into the ages, but the laughter he generated will echo for years to come.
Quite a few Hindi movies have explored different shades of the landlord-tenant relationship in passing or purposefully.
Bollywood celebrated Raksha Bandhan with their siblings over the weekend, and posted lovely pictures on Instagram.
A look at the top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'We will be celebrating our friend's ascension as king by distributing sweets.'
'There have been so many instances where I have auditioned for a film and been finalised, and even cut a cake (to celebrate) but then I got a call saying sorry, that the role went to someone else. It's a very cutthroat industry. When your film becomes a hit, they come to you but when it doesn't do well, nobody comes.' Baaghi actress Shraddha Kapoor gives us an insight into her life.
Warm or warring, back home too Bollywood has depicted many, MANY faces of sisterly love.
'Some months before his death, when I had inquired about his health, he was annoyed that people assumed the worst.' '"I am not going anywhere," Rishi snapped as only he could.'
Regardless of Phata Poster Nikhla Hero's uneven pace and indecisive disposition, Shahid Kapoor, armed with a kooky grin, gives it his best shot.
'How much longer do I have?' 'How many more opportunities will I get?' Akshaye Khanna shares his worries
'Panipat has all the meat for a political drama meets war movie. But in Ashutosh Gowariker's failure to process its complexity, the material never rises beyond a mediocre hurray to the Maratha manoos,' says Sukanya Verma.
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