'Umrao Jaan has a beautiful soundtrack, and has been very dear to us right from our childhood days. We felt it had the perfect story to recreate for a stage musical.'
In an afternoon of heroes, Sebastian Vettel played the Bond villain at Silverstone, notes Raja Sen, who returns to Rediff.com as F1 columnist!
There are many patriotic movies lined up in the months ahead. What makes some of these films special is that these have the country's name right in the title itself, what with 'India' and 'Hindustan' finding prominence.
Formula One team bosses backed the decision of Japanese Grand Prix organisers to cancel all of Saturday's practice and qualifying sessions as the sport hunkered down to ride out Typhoon Hagibis.
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There is concern about the poor state of readiness of the navy's 140 warships which face severe shortages in sonar equipment, helicopters and torpedoes.
FC Goa's chief coach Zico will arrive in the state on July 6 to take stock of all new signings.
Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix to seize the overall lead from his Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas in Formula One's 1,000th world championship race on Sunday.
Retired English soccer star David Beckham and his teenage son Brooklyn were involved in a car crash outside Arsenal's training ground in Hertfordshire, north of London, but did not suffer any injuries but were shaken.
Lewis Hamilton led every lap from pole position to chequered flag, banging in a fastest lap for good measure to emphasise his supremacy
Revisiting Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak.
The front row lockout was a record-equalling 65th for champions Mercedes.
After pipping Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel with a lap of one minute 23.599 seconds in the first practice, the Briton shaved almost a second in FP2, his quickest lap clocked at 1:22.60.
The winners of the Ramon Magsaysay 2009 awards applaud during the awarding ceremony at the Cultural Centre of the Philippines in Manila on August 31.
Human instincts draw us to either curvy models or those with sharp angles, and car makers cater to one or the other, depending on the era, the study has found.
Happy birthday, Arjun!
Vil Makers' Tamil movie starring lyricist Pa Vijay, turns out to be a tedious, sentimental yawn-fest.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
F1, Silverstone still optimistic despite UK quarantine rules
'Nothing will fall into anybody's lap for free.' 'There is a lot of competition out there, there are a lot of people to take your place.' 'It's never easy.'
Milan Talkies cannot decide what kind of a movie it wants to be, feels Sukanya Verma.
England striker David Beckham is reportedly planning to hang up his boots after their final game of the World Cup campaign in South Africa.
We take a look at the some of the most common offenders.
'I can never forget the pain Baljit suffered. Somehow I feel responsible for it. I am continuously praying for him,' said a penitent Romeo James.
The American funnyman speaks to Ranjita Ganesan about his first brush with 'Hindutva trolls' and regular run-ins with Trump trolls.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc held off Lewis Hamilton to win his first Formula One race on Sunday in the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix.
Substitute Tolgay Ozbey scored an injury time goal as dominant FC Goa rallied from behind to beat Delhi Dynamos 2-1 and register their maiden win in the inaugural Indian Super League.
David Beckham's children extended their support to their father's UNICEF charity football match.
Kate Beckinsale to return as a vampire in the fourth installment of the Underworld series.
'Since the goal of taking everyone along on the path of development -- sabka saath sabka vikas -- requires an atmosphere of amity, there cannot but be an emphasis on the primacy of law and order -- and it cannot be only against road-side Romeos or gutka chewers,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Tuesday's talks between Modi and Trump are likely to send across a clear message of growing congruence of interests between India and the US on major geopolitical developments in the region and beyond, particularly when China has been expanding its military and economic clout.
While it's easy to look at Roadside Romeo as a harmless entertainer -- and there is a chance the film will indeed score very well with young audiences -- there is an inherent danger in the way it shoves even more Bollywood down the throats of its target audience.
Bheja Fry director Sagar Ballary spoke to Nithya Ramani about the past, present, and the future.
The UP CM failed to launch any major infrastructure project of its own, including the proposed Purvanchal Expressway, and also rid the roads of potholes by June 2017.
The Finn lapped the six-km Baku street circuit in one minute, 40.495 seconds, just 0.059 seconds faster than team mate and championship leader Lewis Hamilton.
Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton put Mercedes on pole position for their 200th race at the German Grand Prix on Saturday while engine problems dashed Ferrari's hopes.
Animation is becoming an important part of the movies these days. From Hum Tum, Hanuman Returns and Taare Zameen Par to the upcoming Roadside Romeo, these films have varying lengths of animation. Bhoothnath, releasing this Friday, has its share too -- 30 minutes of it!
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