Eid-ul-Fitr has been celebrated in a big way in Hindi films.
A list of watchable Hindi legal shows and films on OTT, in order of release.
'What matters to me is that the film is reaching out and touching hearts.' 'An 85-year old man and his 75-year wife, who had never stepped into a cinema, went to see The Kashmir Files.' 'That is my real achievement.'
'These accusations of my film being a copy only makes our chances at the Academy harder.'
'In the long run, it is this unconditional love and constant support that becomes our armour and lets us take on any battle fearlessly.'
Aditya Chopra may be a household name in India, but few have seen his face, recognise his voice or know the brain behind the business outside his tight inner circle. The Romantics makes sure it has its own to brag about when he, finally, appears before the camera, notes Sukanya Verma.
Dilip Kumar remains an inspiring example of how one can build a career from scratch, fuelled purely by passion and hard work.
'Eddie Murphy was approached for Sanjay Dutt's role, Omar Sharif for Jackie's Shroff's. The title of Khalnayak was Be Negative then. I had started working on the screenplay with Hollywood writers. And then after three-four months...
'When I got married and moved to the US, I found it liberating in a way that I understood myself, who I am as a person and how I process things.'
Baz Luhrmann's new film Elvis got a 10-minute standing ovation at the Cannes film festival.
'People love watching good stories and as film-makers, it's on us to leave them with something they can take home.'
'These days, the whole world is out there on the Net giving a lot of gaalis to the film industry.'
One could be anywhere -- huddled around a transistor radio at home in the evenings, walking past a neighbour's house, or waiting at a bus stop and Lata Mangeshkar's voice would reach us. Aseem Chhabra pays rich tribute to The Legend.
On his 50th birthday on May 25, Sukanya Verma celebrates the man and his movies.
The film bears its weight largely on Mohanlal's shoulders who mostly looks tired and old as he delivers his flat, unmemorable lines trying to look passionate, observes Divya Nair.
On Shashi Kapoor's 83rd birth anniversary, Subhash K Jha looks at his top five productions.
The question 'Who was/were behind Aditha Karikalan's killing?' will continue to remain a historic mystery despite Mani Ratnam setting out to unravel it in his own way, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
'War is never a solution. It's nothing but real estate business I am against any kind of violence.'
Subtlety has never been a strong suit of Bollywood remakes. They cannot resist adding that extra something or going overboard, sighs Sukanya Verma.
'Irrfan was known in his friend circles as a Sufi-esque man who was never detached from any incident, person or situation,' remembers Rajesh Abhay, a friend of the actor since their days at NSD.
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who was in the intensive care unit of Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital, passed away on Sunday morning. She was 92.
'You can't call this a pure Western. This has got love, passion, violence, suspense.' 'This is a film of today.'
'She could create 30 movements out of the same musical beat.'
At a time when many women were forbidden by their caste-conscious families from taking up acting assignments in an industry not deemed respectable, Phalke wanted to cast his wife as the female lead in Raja Harishchandra.
'One of the three directors from The Family Man -- Suparn Verma -- is my real life Chellam Sir.' 'He is somebody who has the answers to everything, so I call him anytime.'
'For him to suddenly leave the way that he did, it shattered me.' 'It took me a long, long, time to come to terms with it.' 'Because the loss of such a friend can destroy you.' 'The loss was and continues to be immense.'
'My mom said when she was in college, her classmates said they want to marry somebody like Vallavaraiyan Vanthiyathevan.' 'That's the kind of pressure I had the moment Mani sir said you have to play this part.'
The National Museum of Indian Cinema opens on November 15.
Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood.
'Buddhada became such a confidante, friend, philosopher and guide in my life.'
Cinematographer Siddhartha Nuni talks about his expereince of working in Lucia, an indpendent Kannada film funded by common people.
The President and the Prime Minister led the tributes for Mangeshkar who spent close to a month in the hospital before her demise.
'The Three Musketeers have lost the most talented, generous and loving Musketeer.'
Kangana hosts Manikarnika screening for Jaggi Vasudev.
His character Sasya in She, says Vijay Verma, 'is an extremely repellent character. It does everything that a decent human being wouldn't do.'
As we celebrate the actor's much deserved award, Divya Nair presents 10 landmark films in Suriya's career, ranked in order of performance.
Manish Malhotra talks about his work, success and how he survived the industry for nearly three decades.
Yuvraj Mehta remembers the time he, a first year college student, called on Soumitra Chatterjee at the legendary actor's home.
