Bollywood stars visit Sanjay Leela Bhansali's house to wish him on his 60th birthday.
'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.'
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.
After Animal, Ranbir has apparently hiked his fee from Rs 30 crore to Rs 65 crore.
'I am still trying to understand the gravity of what's being done.' 'How can someone else decide how to conclude my film?'
'When you walk on to a Sanjay Leela Bhansali set, it is complete surrender. You have to become a sponge.'
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.
'Madhuriji and Vidyaji are expert dancers, but the chemistry they created on screen...'
She wept when the director took 101 takes to shoot a song for Heeramandi.
With his killer smile, the sex symbol image, Robert Redford would go beyond just being an actor, remembers Aseem Chhabra.
'Sanjay still cares very deeply for Salman,' says a source.
'Sanjayji is so spontaneous that you come to know immediately whether the dialogue or the script has touched him or not.'
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.
'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.
Gentle, fiery, magnanimous or disadvantaged, there are many faces of the Bhansali heroine. Sukanya Verma looks at every single one.
After completing her duties at the Cannes Film Festival, Alia Bhatt jetted off to Costa Brava in Spain to attend a wedding.
Sickness on screen is a sure shot way of seeking audience sympathy and turning on the waterworks.
Seventy years after Pather Panchali released on August 26, 1955, we finally get it. Shuttling between the village of Boral and a studio in Calcutta, caught between worrying about the next purse of funds and wondering which item to mortgage next, Satyajit Ray was explaining Indians to themselves, discovers Sreehari Nair.
Salman and Sanjay Bhansali have made up and will work together soon.
'The way the anticipation is built up for Gabbar Singh's introduction scene with sound, image and details of his personality, like the combat boots he wears.' 'The camera comes so close -- not a tele lens shot, but a wide-angle close-up -- that you can almost smell Gabbar's breath.'
Alia Bhatt gives everyone a peek into her life this March.
Sonakshi will make her Telugu cinema debut in the supernatural thriller, Jatadhara.
The problem with Jee Le Zara is the male cast.
Ever since Sonam Kapoor made her Bollywood debut in 2007, she's achieved a fair amount of success and worked with the cream of film-makers.
'Gen Z was devoid of love stories with sad endings like Heer Ranjha, Laila Majnu or Romeo Juliet; they have never seen something like this in their lifetime.' 'Saiyaara is a rooted love story.'
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
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.
'Since we are in the same party now, there has to be political camaraderie if nothing more.'
Ayesha Kapur, who played the young Rani Mukerji in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2005 film, has tied the knot with her longtime boyfriend, Adam Oberoi.
Ismail Darbar takes on Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
'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.
'Heeramandi is an important milestone in my journey as a film-maker and I am nervous yet excited about making it.'
Sweet surprises are made of actors best known for their dramatics taking us by surprise by shaking a leg on screen.
'You don't have to be screaming and making faces to be evil.'
Initially, the part she was offered was no bigger than what Alia Bhatt had in Rajamouli's RRR.
Kareena has been a leading lady now for 25 years, Deepika for almost two decades and Alia for over a decade. Dinesh Raheja chronicles the changing ways Bollywood has treated actor-moms.
The award function will be held in Pune.
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