'I kept urging Salman to see Pokiri, and one day, past midnight, he finally turned up at a Mumbai preview theatre to see it. Nervously, I waited for Salman's reaction to Pokiri. After watching it, he walked past me without a word. I followed anxiously, and before sitting in his car, he just signalled thumbs up.'
When Kamini Kaushal passed away at 98, she missed being a centenarian by just two years. But there is very little else that she missed out on in her long, rich, creatively fulfilling life.
Kamini Kaushal was one of Indian cinema's long-lasting actresses, who went from playing Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand's heroine to Manoj Kumar and Rajesh Khanna's mother.
Kannada actress Ranya Rao was arrested at Bengaluru International Airport for allegedly smuggling 14.8 kg of gold. Authorities suspect she may have attempted to use her connections to bypass customs checks. Officials are investigating whether she was acting alone or part of a larger smuggling network.
In a special series, we will put YOU to the test everyday!
'...and say that if I don't wear a sari, they will unfollow me.' 'Today, if I have 2.9 million followers on Instagram, out of that, the majority is from the South.' 'Telugu has given me the most fame and money.'
'I made a big fuss about playing Manoj Kumar's mother, but he had made up his mind. He said he would wait until I made up my mind. I was about 40 then. He was so large and I was so tiny!'
'For the longest time, he was not an activist.' 'He was just trying to build his own self-identity, self-respect and ambition.'
Diane Keaton's wit and honesty taught us that ageing and uncertainty aren't weaknesses, they are part of what makes us human and graceful, observes Sreehari Nair.
South Indian actress Radhika Sarathkumar on Saturday made a startling claim that objectionable videos of female actors were recorded with hidden cameras inside caravans on the shooting set of a Malayalam film and she had personally witnessed male actors watching it on their mobile phones.
'If I had the chance now, I would have continued acting.' 'The cultures of Maharashtra and Bengal are different and I felt I had to give my best to be a good daughter-in-law and an ideal wife.' 'I never thought I could balance both.'
The festival's People's Choice Award, voted by the audience, is a strong indication of films that can eventually be nominated and even win Oscars. Twelve of the last 15 People's Choice winners have received Best Picture Oscar nominations.
Shah Rukh Khan won his first National Film Award for best actor for Jawan, sharing the honour with Vikrant Massey for 12th Fail. Rani Mukerji was named best actress for Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway. 12th Fail was adjudged best feature film.
Here's a hint: She may be Farsi but she's a Yodha! :)
Kareena wraps up her vacation... Priyanka's bloody shoot... Ayushmann shares a memory...
This was a soaring evening that sent hearts aflutter and for a few brief moments we tasted the breath of pure freedom that has been missing in this country for the past several years.
Former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, who died in a tragic plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday, joined the list of several top Indian politicians and prominent personalities who lost their lives in aviation accidents.
'I make films which I think have the possibility of being liked by a majority of people, and you present it with the right emotions.'
Joginder Tuteja points us to the busiest actresses down south.
'If you watch songs like Acha Ji Main Haari Chalo Maan Jao Na, Lag Ja Gale or Jhumka Gira Re, you'll notice they're not just a distraction. There's a story unfolding within them.'
'I was body-shamed but I never let it get to me.' 'As an influencer, I wanted to show other girls that confidence matters more than size.'
'The Indian Army won't induct anyone who has killed Indian soldiers.' 'That's why the army respects these reformed men so much -- they're on the frontline now, protecting India.'
'When India opened its doors to the world, moving away from an agrarian to a market economy, everything, whether life or love, was commodified.'
The casting director said she will have to do 'everything' without specifying what that meant.
The Chennai Express item girl has wowed us on screen many times before.
'I saw Bimal Roy's Devdas again a few years ago, almost 50 years after it had been made.' 'I found it very intelligently made; the scenes flowed so beautifully.' 'There is just one scene with both Suchitra Sen and me in the film, and it's beautiful.'
'Now, because of Pushpa and with the love of the Indian audience now, I am a more familiar face, and everyone knows me.'
'Those were not kind days for a woman with a break-up. The world has changed; today, nobody cares.'
Kohli's farewell came during a turbulent Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, a place once synonymous with his rise.
'He decides who will be Pakistan's prime minister, president, even provincial chief ministers.'
'I've not been doing much work because I was not getting the kind of roles I want to do.'
Here's looking at Amala Paul's wedding album.
'Alaya has kept her career disconnected from me in every way.' 'She wanted to achieve success by herself without any help or interference.'
'More than the shooting dabbas which we take with us, it's about what's going in their school dabbas.'
Reader Vijay Talasila has sent us a photograph.
The actress discusses her new film, Bol Bachchan.
'I don't think Waheeda had the confidence that I could pull it off, so she said no.'
'We've had our fights, and our laughs too.'
Amitabh Bachchan did not make an appearance in The Great India Kapil Show, featuring Rekha as its special guest, but his presence was felt throughout. Even though she never once mentioned his name, Rekha shared her thoughts quite clearly.
