From aadmi to andas, Bollywood songs dispense gyaan for every occasion. But nothing beats its obsession with pyaar.
S P Balasubrahmanyam sang songs about life and loss with enough soul to break your heart, notes Sukanya Verma.
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.
'My character Meena seemed like a selfish, cold, heartless woman, who abandons her lover because he is moneyless. But look the girls today. They are as practical as my Meena was in Pyaasa so many years ago.'
'I somehow escaped the difficulties that a majority of working girls face.'
Some of Bollywood's top directors started very young.
We bring you glimpses of the Raksha Bandhan moments in Bollywood.
'Pancham told me once, "It's very difficult to be taken seriously when there are stalwarts like Shankar-Jaikishan, S D Burman, Madan Mohan and Naushad... How do I make my mark?"' Amit Kumar salutes R D Burman on his 30th death anniversary on January 4.
'All mothers are the same. Mine came out of the MAMI screening, crying.' 'Recently, a critic compared me to the best debut since Hrithik sir and she was so overwhelmed with that.' 'Someone said 'You are Bhagyashree's son and the innocence is the same.' 'Even if I can even touch the shadow of that in my entire career, I will be very happy.'
The film's execution is too farcical to create an impact, says Raja Sen!
In a career spanning 30 years, Urmila Mantodkar has played everything from a killer to a stalker to a rape survivor.
When Bollywood stars opted for bicycles.
The most thrilling, romantic, terrifying, musical and comical tring tring moments!
Sukanya Verma presents a DDLJ special quiz to test your knowledge about one of Hindi cinema's most successful films of all time.
'I am writing two films. Something very different from Rocky Aur Rani.' 'I know I'm back on the set next year.'
Sukanya Verma looks at the wide-eyed dolly's presence in our movies.
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya is the kinda film Simran (of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge) would have loved, says Raja Sen.
The court verdict has put many Salman starrers in jeopardy.
'If you have only one hit out of 100 movies in a year, it is death for Bollywood.'
Filmmaker Kabir Khan recalls how his association with Salman Khan began!
The funny man of Hindi cinema has passed into the ages, but the laughter he generated will echo for years to come.
'During this dry despondent period I understood that I needed to do something extraordinary to get the focus of people on me and my music.' 'I worked and worked and composed Munni badnaam hui.'
We haven't seen them on the big screen yet, but these stars are working *very* hard!
Here's a look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Bappida's softer more creative work got buried in the noise, rues Subhash K Jha as he picks the late lamented composer's most soulful songs.
Meet Joya Nandy Kazi, Hollywood's go-to-choreographer for Indian traditional dance and Bollywood style dance routines.
Sukanya Verma glances at Virushka's photo album of loveliness.
'We want to be a nation at par with the best internationally.' 'But why is it in theatre we continue to have such low standards?'
The composer had gems to his credit in his long career.
Sukanya Verma celebrates chandeliers on celluloid and their most memorable moments in Hindi films.
Games Sukanya Verma learned at the movies.
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's cool, curious, bag moments.
'Most of the time we do close-ups you'll be looking at the camera or your main lead, your leading lady, is left of the camera, right of the camera -- she's never there. So, your best close-ups are looking at some unfortunate-looking assistant director or a cameraman. All the romantic close-ups I'm looking at some guy.' Salman Khan tells P Rajendran/ Rediff.com how he shoots his romantic scenes.
20 Nadeem-Shravan film albums which emerged as chartbusters.
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.
'There was no time to do all the normal things that children do as they grow up.' 'One day, I was playing with dolls.' 'The next day, I was on a train looking for opportunities to sing at various recording studios.'
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