'Thanks to Chhaava's success, I now have the creative freedom to pick and choose.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Celebrating Bollywood's most loved film of all time on its 40th anniversary.
Angry Young Men gloats in Salim-Javed's well-known attributes yet never gains access into the process or passion behind one of Indian cinema's greatest chemistries at work, observes Sukanya Verma.
The roadblocks for the release of the film in which superstar Amitabh Bachchan has assumed the roll of 'Gabbar Singh' came recently on a lawsuit filed by the grandson of G P Sippy, who had produced Sholay.
The 3D version of Sholay is tedious and feels like a classic novel being turned into a children's pop-up book. But Raja Sen recommends this cult classic for a taste of how good the Indian entertainer can truly be.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Though Zanjeer is credited as Amitabh's breakthrough film, it didn't immediately enthrone him. Rajesh Khanna countered with a huge hit in Daag that year. But Deewar upended audience's cinematic taste and filmland hierarchies at the very start of 1975. Bachchan emerged as a one man industry, the angry young man who could regulate the thermostat of the entire film industry, recalls Dinesh Raheja.
Would Thakur and Gabbar be squabbling over WIFI and Twitter trends?
Andaz Apna Apna is practically the most quoted film since Sholay, observes Sukanya Verma, as she celebrates 30 years of this cult classic movie.
Ram Gopal Varma's Sholay is having teething troubles.
'Salman wanted to do the interview properly. That's why he was nervous, you know, that dad should be happy.'
The actor watched the cult film with his Jai Ho team.
'Earlier, the comedy track used to run parallel to the main story with songs et al.' 'Nowadays, it's just once one scene here and there.'
Reader Jeetendra A Rane tells us about the strangest Bollywood Blooper that he spotted.
One of the most successful screenplay writers of his time, Salim Khan looks back at his most popular work.
Here's what your favourite celebrities are tweeting.
It was a day with a difference for industry icons Salim-Javed, who transformed Hindi cinema in the 1970s with films like Zanjeer, Sholay, Deewar and Don, when their families got together to hail them on stage.
On September 13, three nostalgic movies are up for re-release: Shah Rukh Khan's ageless romance with Preity Zinta Veer Zaara, Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia Deshmukh's first film together, Tujhe Meri Kasam and Soham Shah's horror film, Tumbbad.
Raja Sen gives us a hint: It was all because he used a coin wisely.
A non-strategic investor like Poonawalla brings in not only capital but also creative freedom. Indian cinema needs more investors like him, reports Vanita Kohli Khandekar.
'A friend said there was a new phenomenon occurring during every screening. Audience members were mouthing the dialogues with the characters on screen.' 'It was a truly amazing experience. It was impossible to hear what was being said on the screen. There was so much noise, laughter and celebration in the theatre. And the film was not even a month old.' Aseem Chhabra remembers seeing Sholay twice in the couple of weeks after it opened.
If one has to analyse Ashwin the cricketer, it is very difficult to ignore Ashwin, the person, who had a very independent mind and a brain that probably ticked 24x7. He believed in de-construction of his art and became craftier one ball at a time.
Rediff readers share their favourite Holi pix and memories.
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From Kishore Kumar posing as a Half Ticket running riot to Raj and Simran's super filmi reunion in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, train journeys in Hindi movies have formed the backdrop for both romance and comedy. But it's the action scenes where the railgaadi's daredevil attributes lie.
How some Bollywood ladies celebrated Holi.
Rediff.com celebrates 40 years of the beloved movie classic.
'After Diwali, I don't see this trend of re-releases going forward. We won't have that window to re-release films because of the kind of movies that are slated to be released.'
The man who edited Sholay died in penury.
A look at the latest task in the Bigg Boss house.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict for the week.
One of the most successful screenplay writers of his time, Salim Khan looks back at his most popular work.
'It may work, it may not work. And who knows, people may even like it,' says Asha Bhosle.
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