'I would think a hundred times before I wrote a gay character or a mentally challenged character because it requires a lot of research and empathy. That's the reason I shy away entirely from stories that have rape. I just can't. It's just terrifying for me, as a woman, to handle subjects like that because it's so sensitive.'
Samit Dravid, son of former India captain and head coach Rahul Dravid, was picked in the India Under-19 squad for the multi-format series against Australia.
The year was rich in content as far as Web series were concerned.
Joginder Tuteja looks back at his movies, and their success rate.
'What is Balaji without Ekta (Kapoor), what is Dharma without Karan (Johar?)'
Riteish Deshmukh makes this medical drama watchable! exclaims Namrata Thakker.
Though the police have not found their links in Siddique's murder case as of now, the accused were being further interrogated, she said.
He drew the roadmap of India's economic reform, unshackled it from the licence raj and pulled it back from the brink when even its gold reserve was pledged.
The weekend saw its share of Diwali parties, including Maja Ma Producer Amritpal Singh Bindra's party.
Akshay Kumar looks cool in that trippy get-up and adds his charisma to the film that is otherwise a lot of verbiage, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is going full throttle with its creeps and cackle, which marks the addition of Madhuri Dixit and re-entry of the OG Manjulika, Vidya Balan.
Maharaj's mediocre social drama lacks the spine and spunk to recreate the relevance of revolutionary decisions in the face of religious fanaticism, observes Sukanya Verma.
As a one line pitch, this movie may have sounded really appealing -- a man with a really ugly string of luck is made whole by the arrival of a walking, talking, opinionated good luck charm, who just happens to be opposed to the very job he's working so hard to land.
Rajkumar Hirani has a mastery in bromance. In Dunki, Sukanya Verma doesn't feel that chemistry one bit, it's more like SRK babysitting a bunch of clueless kids running helter-skelter in a garden believing the grass is always greener on the other side.
The Gujarat high court has stayed the release of Maharaj, Aamir Khan's son Junaid's debut film, on Netflix after followers of Pushtimarg, a Vaishnava sect of Hinduism, claimed that it would hurt their religious sentiments.
Besides the grand Ambani party, film folk also visited Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra's house for Ganpati darshan.
July has some interesting content on OTT, with quite a few original shows and movies premiering in the digital space.
A host of conspiracy theories followed, involving Indira Gandhi, her younger son Sanjay, his favourite small car project, secret funding of the Bangladesh Mukti Bahini and even the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States.
After celebrating the Ganpati festival with her family and friends, Shilpa Shetty said goodbye to the Lord with a lot of fanfare.
If clothes indeed make the man, of the numerous characters SRK has essayed in a career spanning over three decades, he's created a series of iconic looks and sartorial trends.
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.
The actor passed away on July 28.
Amazon Prime Video has announced a huge number of assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.
Here is the complete list of ministers in Modi 3.0 and their portfolios:
Besides the national capital, polling will be held Saturday in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, all 10 seats of Haryana, eight seats each in Bihar and West Bengal, six seats in Odisha, four seats in Jharkhand and one seat in Jammu and Kashmir. Simultaneously, polling will be held for 42 assembly constituencies in Odisha.
After making a bold statement at the Big Impact Awards over the weekend, Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her family visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar on February 27.
Yash Chopra's wife Pamela Chopra passed into the ages on the morning of April 20, and film folk arrived at the Chopra residence to offer their condolences.
'Everybody has their bit of struggles and learnings. It will only end when you stop breathing.'
Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra's wedding reception was as star-studded as it can get.
'Whatever you see of me on celluloid will be with the idea of wanting to push the envelope.'
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday named 72 more candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, including Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal and Anurag Singh Thakur, and former chief ministers Manohar Lal Khattar, Trivendra Singh Rawat and Basavaraj Bommai.
Those joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers for the first time include three former chief ministers -- Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh), Manohar Lal Khattar (Haryana) and H D Kumaraswamy (Karnataka).
Ranbir's cousins were in strength at Alia Bhatt's baby shower.
As the Indian version of The Archies gets ready to hit OTT, Deepa Gahlot picks 10 interesting college-and-youth-oriented shows on OTT.
Kartik Aaryan turned 33 and will star in a war film, produced by Karan Johar and Ektaa R Kapoor.
While the Aam Aadmi Party is contesting on four seats, the Congress has fielded candidates for the remaining three seats.
Among the eight secretaries are Bansuri Swaraj, former Delhi chief minister Madan Lal Khurana's son Harish Khurana and Imprit Singh Bakshi.
Priyanka Chopra was delighted at the grand premiere of her international Web series Citadel on April 4.
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