Sukanya Verma celebrates Hrithik Roshan's silver work anniversary with a playlist of 25 of his chartbusters.
Using snatches of a cult favourite or evergreen classic in its original form for action, comedy or romance can transform the entire vibe of a scene.
As the spirit of summer holiday takes over , here's looking at 15 Hindi songs whose tourist-y picturisation transported us into a feast of sights and sceneries on silver screen.
The two met during a training in Mussorie and it was love at first sight.
Here is a list of some activities you can do in the park in Bollywood style!
Every now and then Bollywood finds itself in need of divine intervention.
'Rishi Kapoor is what sustains our interest when the humour evaporates and 102 Not Out slumps in a cesspool of soppy disclosures and exploited emotions.' 'The sequence where he walks down memory lane alone is testament to his artistic extensity.' 'No one makes the viewer vulnerable like Rishi,' says Sukanya Verma.
'Sleep is key to staying healthy,' says television star Jennifer Winget.
There are many, many, ways to promote a film, but the producers of Jug Jug Jeeyo have hit the innovation jackpot.
Songs from big ticket movies regaled on the strength of spunk and swagger even as pre-existing bangers like Diljit Dosanjh's Lover in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, Kohraa's Beqarar Karke Humein in Jawan and an Iranian wedding favourite Jamal Kudu in Animal grew a brand new fanbase in the course of enhancing the storytelling values.
It's that scorching time of the year again when horrid heat waves engulf our beings and nothing except a smack of cool breeze or a chilled glass of refreshment springs us back to life again.
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's cool, curious, bag moments.
Ranbir's daku aspirations, Alia's magical transformation, Aishwarya's mommy love and more in Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week.
'Even after Awaara Hoon and Mera Joota Hai Japani, between 1946 to 1963, there were plenty of upheavals in his career. My parents had moved into two rooms of a chawl, with an attached bathroom, by then, but life was hard, and often there was no food at home.'
'There is so much division in the country. People are getting more and more into 'Main Hindu hoon woh Mussalmaan hai'.' 'This climate of suspicion and hostility must stop,' The Legend, 92 today, tells Subhash K Jha in an exclusive interview.
'As long as violence has the right arc, it is very meaningful.'
Sukanya Verma lists SRK's special avatars in the movies.
'If you look at its melody, it's nothing.'
The composer had gems to his credit in his long career.
'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.'
Sukanya Verma goes through the cool and crazy ways moon/chand/chanda/chandrama is depicted in Bollywood movies.
The very filmi Valentine's Day Special!
In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, Sukanya Verma looks back at Madhubala and Kishore Kumar's Half Ticket (1962).
They're so bad, they're good!
'Kader Khan could be horribly intimidating, impossibly silly, achingly human and, sometimes, all at once.' 'I was drawn to his magic and magnetism even when I didn't know he was behind it,' recalls Sukanya Verma.
Like there's no dearth of memorable bus scenes and train imagery in Hindi movies, planes are equally prolific on silver screen.
'We brought melody back to Hindi cinema and our songs which came straight from the heart, be it Papa Kehte Hain, Aye Mere Humsafar, Ghazab Ka Hai Din or Akele Hain To Kya Gham Hai, resonates even today.'
A look at Bollywood stars and their popular screen names!
Sukanya Verma presents a playlist of 100 Lata Mangeshkar songs from different decades of Hindi films -- songs that make me sing, smile, sob and sigh.
Akshay Manwani traces Aamir Khan's fascinating journey to stardom.
As Shah Rukh Khan turned guide in Jab Harry Met Sejal, Sukanya Verma looks back at Bollywood's original Guide.
Games Sukanya Verma learned at the movies.
Dinesh Raheja salutes the legend's versatility in her heyday.
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya is the kinda film Simran (of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge) would have loved, says Raja Sen.
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