'Does 99 percent guarantee character and capacity for an independent awareness of life or does it make you -- barring exceptions -- a compliant careerist beholden to governments and corporations?' 'What kind of political and social choices would such minds make?' asks Shyam G Menon.
When mainstream Hindi cinema is preoccupied with romance, comedy, horror and action, stories about sisters and brothers are very rare. Vasan Bala has made a first-of-its-kind film where the leads play sister and brother, notes Aseem Chhabra.
Here's looking at Priyanka's sexiest red carpet looks in the recent years.
'When there is a money crunch in the industry, actors like us are the ones who face budget cuts. Not the big actors.'
Stars who graced the star-studded event!
Ace golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar has won the best pro award at the Take Solutions India Golf Awards held recently at a city hotel in Gurgaon.
'Naseer does not have the sense of humour that Om Puri has. 'Also Om has a great deal of compassion as a human being. Naseer was too focused on his own self.' A fascinating excerpt from Sangeeta Datta's book, Shyam Benegal.
'Suddenly the audience pool feels bigger, like everyone is watching everything now.' 'It's no longer limited in terms of boundaries, like a state or a language.' 'Whether it's a series, a movie or even a Korean film, the audience has access to all of it.' 'Slowly, the boundaries are blurring, so that's great for actors.'
The Bollywood Hungama OTT India Fest and India Entertainment Awards saw many winners, and the stars celebrate their wins on social media.
'The government is trying to give a message that we as political bosses have discretion of deciding what people will read and what people will not read.'
Kajol gets ready for her OTT Debut, The Trial: Pyaar, Kaanoon, Dhokha.
Celebs brought their fashion A-game to the 2019 Peoples Choice Awards. Take a look at the best dressed on the red carpet.
Images that should keep you grinning for days on end.
Colin Firth-starrer The King's Speech wins top award in Toronto.
Get your lowdown on what's going on in the world of Hollywood, right here!
'That's how big this taboo is.' 'It would be difficult for them to understand what I am trying to show with Jaggi.'
'I made it very clear even at the casting process that there was going to be a lot of nudity.' 'And I wanted to be sure that it would be done with ease.'
Though Zanjeer is credited as Amitabh's breakthrough film, it didn't immediately enthrone him. Rajesh Khanna countered with a huge hit in Daag that year. But Deewar upended audience's cinematic taste and filmland hierarchies at the very start of 1975. Bachchan emerged as a one man industry, the angry young man who could regulate the thermostat of the entire film industry, recalls Dinesh Raheja.
'I've never done anything cliche and I've never got anything cliche.'
Jennifer mingles with Lopamudra at an awards function.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Shriya wins Best Actor...beautiful things are happening for Raashii... Dulquer is back!
An Internet sensation, Lilly Singh worked her charm on the red carpet.
OTT's glamorous stars walked the purple carpet for the first edition of the OTTplay awards in Mumbai.
'Know you can do whatever want, as many things as you want and to be proud of who you are no matter where you come from.'
She has shed the girl-next-door image for a bold avatar.
Batting ace Sachin Tendulkar was on Wednesday named 'Cricketer of the Year' at the ICC's awards function in Bangalore. Cricket's highest run-getter, who has 13,973 Test and 17,598 ODI runs to his name, also won the ICC People's Choice award.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite 2024 films that he watched at film festivals held in Berlin, Cannes, Toronto and India.
Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and team-mate Virat Kohli are in the running for the 'ODI Cricketer of the Year' trophy, while veteran Sachin Tendulkar has been nominated for the 'People's Choice Award' in the short-list announced today for the ninth LG ICC Annual Awards in Colombo.
It was a big night for quite a few of Bollywood's popular actors as well as OTT's rising star.
Laxmikant Shetgaonkar's Paltadacho Munis won the Discovery award at the recently concluded film festival.
'Varun was so exhilarated with the intense physical action sequences.' 'Samantha is very agile.' 'I don't know how they did it. It's really hard.'
The flick starring Mariah Carey, bagged the People's Choice Award at the annual event
Stars caught candid while enjoying delicious food!
Two Indians, Arsh Dilbagi and Mihir Garimella, were among the winners of Google Science Fair 2014, held on September 22, 2014 at the Fox Theatre, Redwood City, California.
'Once in a while, I flirt with the idea of direction.' 'If I direct, it will be a human story that touches me.' 'I'm nervous of forcing myself into making a socially relevant film.'
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