'She seems to have disappeared off the face of the planet after telling different people different things.'
'On a daily basis you are saying, you do this, you do that, but where is the blueprint of the war?' 'How many isolations actually we need per hundred thousand people?' 'How many ventilators will we need for 100,000 people?'
'They don't have a political strategy so they are going to try to deal with it purely as a law and order problem.' 'They will try to use the same strategy they have repeatedly used since 2014 in Kashmir.' 'Mr Modi has landed in a situation where he faces the possible prospect of not only being unable to Indianise Kashmir, but his actions may end up making the rest of India a virtual carbon copy of Kashmir.'
'Every morning, when I had to step out, my wife would cry.' 'I would tell her that if I don't do it, many people will suffer; many people would die.'
Helicopter Eela could have been a good film but falls short, says Savera R Someshwar.
'The court can strengthen the verdict by ensuring that Muslims don't feel shortchanged or cheated.'
Anaarkali Of Aarah is a tale well told.
'Amit Shah needs to understand that we are not against Hindus. But we need to preserve our ethnic character.'
'This is a very sexist, narrow minded way of pre-judging a woman. A foolish carry-forward of the old "All models are dumb bimbos" adage.' Shobhaa De jumps to Smriti Irani's defence.
Aishwaryaa R Dhanush, Rajinikanth's daughter, tells Rediff.com what it is like to have a legendary superstar for a father.
On the eleventh anniversary of her father's martyrdom during the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai, Jui Karkare Navare remembers her father, Mumbai ATS Chief Hemant Karkare.
'We started our surveillance from the first reported case. We made it very strict. I believe that helped us a lot in restricting the spread of this disease.'
'They are acutely aware of how they can use their power as a means to either continue dominating people or to get ahead.'
Madaari is not a film that will stay with you as you, in your day to day routine, succumb to the pressure and become part of the corruption that ails our system, says Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com.
'It was amazing to see the grasp he had over the law and the sharp mind that he possessed.'
'It was one of the greatest learnings in my life to see someone like the great Amitabh Bachchan go through such a tough phase.' 'He had been there, done it all and really didn't need to prove himself.' 'Yet, he channelised it all and came out with one of his best performances,' Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra tells Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com in a fascinating conversation about the films he has made and the actors he has worked with.
'A prime minister's responsibility is the entire nation.' 'The nation looks to you for protection, for security...' 'Politics has become larger than the nation's interests.'
'The biggest advantage a company has in today's day and age is its reputation.' 'When something of this nature takes place, their reputation takes a beating.'
Aishwaryaa R Dhanush talks about her father, Rajinikanth.
'Normally, I'm very sure about what I look like on screen and what I portray on screen. But, with Savitri, I was not so confident,' Kajol tells Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com.
Her brother Karan made her hate Leonard Cohen's music. And then, she bumped into the singer in a Mumbai swimming pool.
'Worse disasters -- both natural and man-made -- have come and gone in our country. We are here because our ancestors and we survived.'
Qarib Qarib Singlle is not a film that can be rushed. It moves languorously, pausing to savour moments at will, notes Savera R Someshwar.
'Younger people have a very strong sense of what is wrong, and what is right, along with the opportunity to call out this kind of behaviour through mechanisms like social media.'
'We are hoping the preparations we have made will not be needed.'
'It was frightening to feel that you were in a war-like situation.' 'Why do I have to feel unsafe in my own country?' asks angry Panchkula resident Raashi Sethia.
'As the film progresses, you tire of the been-there seen-that spectacle.' 'You want a story. You want good dialogue, not the corny words you are hearing.' 'You want an emotional connect. You want a tighter film.' 'Sadly, with Padmaavat, that's not what you get,' says Savera R Someshwar.
The element of curiosity and chill is doubled when it's inspired from real-life manslaughter.
Well done, Team Talvar. Savera R Someshwar applauds the film.
'Ram Sir was a creator of law. He has his stamp on every leading judgment in criminal law.'
Kirron Kher, actress-turned-politician, recounts how it was Jaitley who made her contest the elections from Chandigarh. Speaking to Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar, the Chandigarh MP talks of the BJP stalwart's generosity and how he was the focal point of any place he was at.
I can actually say I know what it's like to be around someone who was literally a living legend, says film director Kabir Khan.
'He has always given us the freedom to make our own decisions, whether they were right or wrong.'
'In today's situation, it is not going to help anyone's case if they try to politically contest with the BJP on ideological issues.' 'Instead, it is best is to swim along the tide, present the more acceptable face of the cultural Hindu, but not be a political Hindu as the BJP or Mr Modi is.'
'Do we not all exhibit a sense of entitlement every day,' asks Savera R Someshwar.
Will Mumbai North Central, the constituency Priya Dutt lost to the Bharatiya Janata Party's Poonam Mahajan in 2014, welcome her back?
Mumbai's CST, Halebidu and Amruthapura. Sudha Murty lists her selection of India's beautiful monuments.
Beginning a fascinating new series where film folk reveal what their movies taught them...
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