After spinning into the spotlight with the hit song-and-dance number Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu in Howrah Bridge (1958), Helen signed scores of films as a dancer. But Helen was raring to step out of her dancing shoes, and play heroine instead.
Bollywood stars visit Sanjay Leela Bhansali's house to wish him on his 60th birthday.
Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor, one of Hindi cinema's most admired on-screen pairs, created a buzz as they crossed paths at Mumbai airport recently.
On Day 2 of Navratri, Shefali Shah and Vidya Balan wore the colour red to breathtaking beauty.
After Animal, Ranbir has apparently hiked his fee from Rs 30 crore to Rs 65 crore.
'For him what's important is relationships, his role, and, of course, the script.' Rediff celebrates Shah Rukh Khan's 60th birthday on November 2 with a special series that introduces us to the man behind the superstar.
As Lord Ganesha comes home this year, we take a look at how children welcomed him.
'I spent the entire day with Alia and Raha and just did nothing.'
'Sanjay still cares very deeply for Salman,' says a source.
Aditya Pancholi has claimed he was the first choice to play the lead role opposite Madhuri Dixit in Tezaab, a role that eventually went to Anil Kapoor.
'One day my neighbour in Denver called me and said, "I think somebody is casing your house. So should I call the cops?"... they were scared that people case your house and then rob it.' 'And I said, "no, no, no. It's just that I am an actress".'
'Salman has never been given a reason to change his ways.'
'When you walk on to a Sanjay Leela Bhansali set, it is complete surrender. You have to become a sponge.'
'Sanjayji is so spontaneous that you come to know immediately whether the dialogue or the script has touched him or not.'
She wept when the director took 101 takes to shoot a song for Heeramandi.
'Sometimes the cast wouldn't come together; sometimes I wasn't in a position at the box office to make this film. But I didn't give up,' Sanjay Leela Bhansali tells Avantika Bhuyan after Bajirao Mastani won 7 National Awards.
'Madhuriji and Vidyaji are expert dancers, but the chemistry they created on screen...'
'I am still trying to understand the gravity of what's being done.' 'How can someone else decide how to conclude my film?'
Gentle, fiery, magnanimous or disadvantaged, there are many faces of the Bhansali heroine. Sukanya Verma looks at every single one.
The Indian Air Force's MiG-21 fighter jets made their last operational flights at the Nal Air Force Station in Bikaner, which doubled as a set for the Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed film 'Love And War'. The moment marked the jet's last operational flight ahead of its retirement next month.
Salman and Sanjay Bhansali have made up and will work together soon.
'Today, Shah Rukh is sitting so high up that it will have to be something really spectacular for him to jump up and say, "Hey, yes, let's make this film!".'
Huma Qureshi's powerhouse prowess isn't limited to author backed roles. The lady can sure burn the dance floor. Sukanya Verma gives you proof.
'Without our support Nitish Kumar wouldn't have become chief minister.' 'After the government was formed we became ministers, but our agenda remained the same: Amit Shah had promised reservation for Nishads.' 'He wouldn't listen, so we went to UP and contested 52 seats in the 2022 elections. He didn't like the idea of rebellion.' 'He saw that this man, coming from Bombay, is very sharp. He's made four MLAs now, tomorrow he'll make 40. A time will come when they will make it 125.' 'They bought our MLAs and ousted us from the government.'
Sharmin Segal is described as a "combination of Divya Bharti and Preity Zinta" while Mizaan Jaaferi is said to convey the "reckless passion" of Shah Rukh Khan and the "bridled intensity" of Ajay Devgn.
Ismail Darbar takes on Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
The problem with Jee Le Zara is the male cast.
'The film industry will remain soft targets and continue to be picked upon with no respite, with no choice but to give in due to personal safety and financial compulsions,' says director Suparn Verma.
Reader Utkarsh Vishwakarma sends us a photograph.
With his killer smile, the sex symbol image, Robert Redford would go beyond just being an actor, remembers Aseem Chhabra.
'Heeramandi is an important milestone in my journey as a film-maker and I am nervous yet excited about making it.'
The award function will be held in Pune.
After completing her duties at the Cannes Film Festival, Alia Bhatt jetted off to Costa Brava in Spain to attend a wedding.
Alia Bhatt's former secretary Vedika Shetty was arrested by the Juhu police in Mumbai for swindling Rs 76 lakhs from her production house, Eternal Sunshine Productions Pvt Ltd, and her personal accounts.
Check out the star arrivals.
'Since we are in the same party now, there has to be political camaraderie if nothing more.'
Sonakshi will make her Telugu cinema debut in the supernatural thriller, Jatadhara.
Alia Bhatt gives everyone a peek into her life this March.
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