Raja Sen lists the highlights from the 89th annual Academy Awards.
'Raazi is being hailed for breaking the glass ceiling for Daughters of Bollywood Inc,' says Sunil Sethi.
'As fun and funny as it is shooting, it's as scary when you watch it.'
A childhood favourite turned silver. A childhood icon passed away. And a childhood heartthrob from Hollywood showed up to surprise a movie screening. Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week.
She lived for two-thirds of her life in India, adopted its national cause and customs, and took an Indian passport. She served a prison sentence in Lahore as part of Gandhi's protests against an Imperial power which happened to be her motherland. Freda Bedi delighted in confounding accepted definitions of identity.
Ahead of Father's Day, Sachin joins Beckham and Djokovic for UNICEF's Super Dads campaign.
'Clearly, no hero can become one without a loyal and unquestioning set of followers.' 'But how does one deal with them once their purpose is served?' asks Arundhuti Dasgupta.
The pop star slammed the company for its three-month free trial... and Apple bowed to her wishes.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
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Captain Phillips is good entertainment that, thankfully, has its brain intact.
On the eve of the final phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections, Rediff.com's Aslam Hunani reviews the political landscape in the epicentre and beyond.
Despite the onslaught of international brands -- Coke and Pepsi -- the fizz has not gone out of India's very own cola brand, Surajeet Das Gupta.
A wide range of Malayalam movies is set to hit the screens in the coming months.
'She was the captain of the ship, so she had to handle every character well.' 'She took care of everyone.'
Sudha Murty worries that India has still not learnt its lessons from history.
Policy constraints may prevent many of the global retail giants from reaching their full potential.There are too many restrictions right now in the sector and policy makers lack clarity.
Anurag Kashyap explains why he is finally releasing his long delayed film, Ugly.
AskMen.com has ranked Emma Watson as the most outstanding woman in the world. (Not that we needed them to tell us that!)
Arthur J Pais, who has covered the Toronto International Film Festival for Rediff.com for 13 years, glances at the buzz-worthy movies at TIFF 2014.
Both stars suffer from delusions of grandeur, feels J Jagannath.
Watch the trailers and predict the winner.
From Boyhood to The Grand Budapest Hotel, we've seen some brilliant cinema this year.
Sukanya Verma looks at what stood out in a mostly humdrum affair.
A young Arnold Schwarzenegger in swimwear, Cary Grant setting airport chic standards, a socialite even the Kardashians can't keep with and other vintage moments from the film festival on La Croisette!
Dhruv Munjal gets up close and personal with Chandro and Prakashi Tomar, the inspiration for Saand Ki Aankh.
'It's a performance that puts the Bachchan hysteria to shame,' observes Sreehari Nair.
'I have started getting a lot of messages from people, directors, photographers...and I realised the importance of being visible.'
'I don't give a f****. I am old enough now.' 'You just have to white-knuckle it and ride through it.' 'But really, who cares?' 'At the end of the day, just get on, feel the pain, embrace the suck.'
The curse of stardom, especially in a country like India -- which wants its Gods to be tidy and punctilious -- is that stardom forces you to stop exploring the frozen sea inside you, and instead inspires you more and more to perform out of a small puddle, observes Sreehari Nair.
'I think my mom's fear came from the fact that I would be compared to her.' 'She was worried about the comparisons because she would say, "I have done 400 films and this is your first, but they will compare you to my 400 films".'
The star was chosen to deliver the Penguin Annual Lecture.
Jezreel Pannikot reveals life lessons the stars of the 2018 World Cup taught us.
Making her film debut with The Householder, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala wrote more screenplays than novels, winning two Oscars -- for A Room with a View and Howards End. She kept her distance from the film crowd, seeking refuge in the 'protective' company of her two life-long collaborators, Director James Ivory and Producer Ismail Merchant.
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White House Down works because of Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx , writes Paloma Sharma.
The theme of the film festival was to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Indian cinema, with focus on women filmmakers.
Aseem Chhabra's recommendations for the Mumbai film festival.
The film truly belong to Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons courtesy their powerful performances, says Namrata Thakker
How to keep it cool in the blazing hot summers?
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Kanu Behl's Titli is one of the best films from India in recent years, says Aseem Chhabra from the Zurich film festival.
