The celebrities offer their condolences.
For the first time in nearly two years, tourism has been on the rise in Kashmir. But what does that mean for the average Kashmiri, ponders Abhishek Mande Bhot after a recent visit to the Valley.
'I don't like the fact that everyday Taimur's moves are monitored. I don't know how to stop it.'
As means of transport or metaphor, the romance of trains is unmistakable in Hindi cinema.
Babita's success ratio is higher than that of any other leading lady in the 1960s, says Subhash K Jha.
The gorgeous Karan Kapoor will be back in India soon. Very soon!
Test your filmi gyaan here!
Rishi Kapoor passed into the ages on April 30.
Some of Bollywood's top directors started very young.
Vikram Kothari finds himself stands accused of a bank loan default to the tune of thousands of crores.
R K Studios is not just another piece of real estate; it is part of India's movie history.
'I knew things were not going well, but there was always that hope.'
Hrithik Roshan was just 32 when he played a grandfather in Krrish!
If there is a morality tale here, it is that debt and death spare no king.
Sukanya Verma presents a DDLJ special quiz to test your knowledge about one of Hindi cinema's most successful films of all time.
Harshvardhan Kapoor's vigilante film, Bhavesh Joshi, made Sukanya Verma look back at Bollywood's original vigilante and Harshvardhan's father, Anil Kapoor, in and as Mr India, which released on May 25, 1987.
The most thrilling, romantic, terrifying, musical and comical tring tring moments!
Saturday will be the last time the Mumbai Mirror will hit newsstands as a daily. Two Saturdays ago, its owners, the Times of India group, shocked the city by deciding to convert the Mirror into a weekly newspaper. Jyoti Punwani salutes the Mirror and its editor, Meenal Baghel, for its pathbreaking journalism.
On May 7 this year, they celebrated their 100-year milestone. Mukhtar Ahmad reports
'It's all that pain that makes you the artist you are.'
As much as we enjoy and write reams and reams about our amazement at the Kantara climax, 30 years on from now, will we remember these portions more fondly or the ones where Shiva is simply hanging out with his friends, mulls Rohit Sathish Nair.
On Ramesh Sippy's 70th birthday, we celebrate the man and his milestones.
'Nobody is sustaining and the movie goers are responsible for it.' When Rishi Kapoor lets loose, all you can do is listen.
This piece is a tribute to that corner of film criticism that they call subtextual film criticism.
'Someone will say he was a good guy, others may say it's good that he is no more.'
'People say my father was scared of Kishore Kumar. That is untrue. There are so many songs that my father told the composers to let some other singer sing because they too are good.'
'We knew exactly the impact it would have.' 'You see, the line doesn't make its impact in isolation.' 'Its resounding impact depends on Amitabh's lengthy diatribe that precedes Shashi's line.'
The gifted actress passed into the ages on January 21, 1965.
We look back at the life and times of iconic actor Pran.
Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand.
The film redefines the level of stupid comedy in films.
'Her elevation in public life signified the end of parochial extremism and hate on a casteist basis.'
'As the burkha-clad beauty Husna in Mere Mehboob, she inspired Shakeel Badayuni to compose Mere Mehboob Tujhe Meri Mohabbat Ki Kasam/Phir Mujhe Un Nargisi Aankhon Ka Sahara De De. Hasrat Jaipuri showered epithets like Nargis-e-Mastaana and Phoolon Ki Rani, Baharon Ki Malika on her in Arzoo.'
'Sushant Singh Rajput, a bright young lad who had a life beyond films, was probably too good for Bollywood.' 'To blame his death by suicide on a gang of Bollywood bullies is stretching the point too far,' argues Saibal Chatterjee.
She sung a song for every mood, every situation. Sukanya Verma dives into Asha Bhosle's magnificent repertoire and pulls out gems on her 85th birthday.
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