If you have an appetite for crowds and the visual spectacle of many focused on one task or activity, a pooram will engage you, notes Shyam G Menon.
'I have nostalgia for Ladakhi culture, which is common to both Muslims and Buddhists.' 'It is kind of a Buddhist way of life. You are compassionate and nice to each other.' 'You are good human beings.'
Watching Aavesham is like sprinting through the whole history of our mass-masala movies and seeing it in a new light, notes Sreehari Nair. And this, incidentally, is the story of Fahadh Faasil's career too.
To music fans like me across the world, music stores like Mumbai's Rhythm House are exactly what book stores are to bookworms or what malls are to shopaholics -- wonderful refuges from the big bad world.
'I believed that no matter what happened, I would be there to take care of him.' 'He believed it too and even when he fell ill, he had total faith in me, ki main sab theek kar doongi.' 'I tried, I really tried, but I fell short and he went away.'
'When the mill strike started, there was crisis in every mill worker household.' 'One entire generation went without education.' 'Hunger forced them to take to crime.'
As Kat turns 40 on July 16, Sukanya Verma starts the celebrations early by looking at Bollywood's Dancing Queen at her scintillating best.
Bas Kar Bassi feels like a lost opportunity, complains Mayur Sanap.
Sukanya Verma recaps all those events from 25 years ago.
Anu Malik reveals how Baazigar revived his career.
There they were, showing the world that there are still people motivated not by religious structures, not by past glories, not by hatreds deliberately stoked. These were ordinary folks doing something extraordinary purely because they think that effort might shake a nation out of a spiralling miasma of division, mistrust, cynicism, sophistry and violence.
'His music compositions were like a canvas painting.' 'The flow of notes, its juxtaposition with the rhythm gave a visual movement to the songs.'
Sukanya Verma remembers the Boss in 30 of his underrated, overlooked gems in Hindi film music.
'Every actor's journey is unique.' 'It's beautiful but also terrifying because you have to carve your own path.' 'So if there's somebody to talk it through, it's nice.'
Rediff.com takes a look at the enthralling spectacle that is the month of Ramazan.
Lata Mangeshkar was my introduction, the beginning, the basic, the identity of film music. Sukanya Verma salutes The Legend.
Today, Anirudh Ravichander's name on a film's poster is enough to pull in audiences, notes Arjun Menon.
Sukanya Verma gives us a lowdown on all those wonderful movies she saw and movies you need to see as and when they arrive to a screen or streaming space near you.
Apart from all the fun and games, a lot unfolded on the episode and some really interesting revelations were made!
On his 50th birthday on May 25, Sukanya Verma celebrates the man and his movies.
Celebrations break out in Neeraj Chopra's village
The legendary dancer did not just take Kathak to the world but also passed on his craft to generations of students
After a lifetime of showing us what it means to 'act at the top of one's bent and never hit a false note', Mammootty had the good sense, in the third act of his career, to pare down his style, become less mannered, draw directly from life. And getting a performer like that to play characters who seem 'completely dead inside', is, in my view, a betrayal of his legacy, his still-burning ambition, and his still-sharp feelers, observes Sreehari Nair.
Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam is a masterpiece, and like most masterpieces of the cinema, it's a great act of folly, observes Sreehari Nair.
'Every religion is sacred and beautiful. There's no reason for people to hate each other because they practise different faiths.'
'It was one of the most difficult and complex songs of my career.'
'My Nani passed away in January 2016 and the house belonged to her and my Nana.' 'After they passed away, the family decided to sell the house.' 'My mother's immediate response was that we have to make a film in this house before it was sold.'
First coach Manhas remembers 17-year-old terrorising Ranji batters at nets
What is being exposed is we have no real doctrine and no idea how to deal with the world, asserts Aakar Patel.
Here is the full round-up of fragrances that you'll want to instantly add to your collection of perfumes!
IT professional Praveen Sharma from Noida shares his incredible fitness journey during the lockdown.
If parenting becomes a mission to control children, then it is a red flag, warns Dr Aarti Bakshi.
Students made online music education possible during COVID-19, say teachers, and they will determine its future.
There is no evidence that the drug can fight the virus, and regulators warn it may cause heart problems.
'There was so much grace, depth and serenity in him.'
'Bola nikal jao. Sala firing karte hai Russi.'
KXIP have been perennial underachievers and barring two seasons -- 2008 and 2014 -- they have failed to make the playoffs and finished last thrice (2010, 2015 and 2016).
Sukanya Verma lists 25 unforgettable Dilip Kumar melodies to love and listen to.
Yamini has superpowers that help her intercept souls headed to heaven or the afterworld or for reincarnation and spirits them away, on another course, to those in need.
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