A globe spanning, 15-year investigation has led to the repatriation of 307 antiquities by the United States that were stolen and trafficked from India and valued at nearly four million dollars, the majority seized from disgraced art dealer Subhash Kapoor.
'...be it a comedy, thriller or a love story.' 'The bhindi costs Rs 30 per kilo, but the price of potato remains unchanged.'
'At this stage of his career, he can hardly afford to play second fiddle to another actor.'
Even as we tip our hats to the best performances of 2023, there are quite a few that may have gone unnoticed.
Raakhee, who turns 77 on August 15, remains an enigma wrapped in a riddle. Dinesh Raheja remembers Raakhee telling him how she loves the rains and how she would drive down to Tulsi Lake in the 1970s and float paper boats in the water. He would like to imagine that Raakhee still does that at her farmhouse.
'People are saying that a new star is in the making.' 'It's been 10 years since I came to Bombay, and things are finally happening.'
'...for their bravery and the sacrifices they make, often putting their country above their personal lives.'
'How can the romance of Indian Cinema ever leave us? Never.'
Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit get ready to make Total Dhamaal on the big screen again!
'I remember AK came on set one day; one of his films had released the previous day and was not doing well. He was very attached to that film.' 'I felt he was low and that affected me.'
Film folk wore their prettiest saris and smartest suits for a grand wedding reception held over the weekend.
Vidya Balan showed off her new film, Neeyat, to members of the film industry at a special star-studded screening in Mumbai.
'He had his own style, his own rhythm in the songs that he danced to on screen and in the way he led his life.'
Pictures from a special screening.
On the sets of the film With Love to Obama.
Anil Kapoor shows us yet another side to him.
Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan is making his directorial debut with a Web series tentatively called Stardom.
'Outside the house, he was this iconic deified figure.' 'Inside, he was a sorted-out, genial householder, always ready to lend a patient ear to our problems.'
'We all need the blessings of the gods at a time when we are just breathing free again after the pandemic.'
Subhash K Jha doffs his hat to the musical genius R D Burman on his 30th death anniversary on January 4.
It's party time for the team.
Bollywood stars walk the red carpet at the fifth edition of the IWMBuzz Digital and OTT Awards held in Mumbai on June 18.
'This has been an experience so rewarding that when I am alone, I sit and think about it.'
'To shoot stuff we still have to get hundreds of people in a room together.' 'So that would also means audiences will return to theatres if we are able to shoot.'
'I can't wait to see Farhan direct again. We are a collaborating on a project. Hopefully, it would live up to the audiences' and my expectations of Farhan.'
'I don't know what greater calamities this year has in store.'
'I'm already grateful for whatever's happened in my life and I'll continue to be grateful for whatever life holds for me in the future.'
Subhash Ghai rang in his 78th birthday with a star-studded party in Mumbai.
Jolly LLB is funny in parts but preachiness and the need to flaunt the film's sincerity and heart get in the way, writes Raja Sen.
Let's take a look at the celebs at Satish Kaushik's play, Mr & Mrs Murarilal...
'It was a simple procedure, no bleeding, no wounds.'
'Everybody goes through tumultuous times. I've been lucky and my journey has been excellent.' 'I can't complain because I've had everything and God has been kind.'
Subhash K Jha celebrates the Ram Mandir pran pratishtha ceremony by picking some memorable Ram bhajans from movies you may not have heard of.
'Paap Aur Punya was not a success but I recall it with fondness because we had so much fun.' 'In one sequence, Shashi gets beaten by goons.' 'Saif toddled into the frame to rescue his Shashi Uncle from these bad people since no one else was doing the needful!'
On Govinda's 60th birthday on December 21, Subhash K Jha looks back at his top 10 songs.
'There are hundreds of items from Madhya Pradesh, Andhra, Rajasthan, Gujarat in Subhash Kapoor's loot. The Tamil Nadu Idol Wing wants to just prosecute Kapoor for three cases and close it. To me that's myopic.'
National-award winning actor, producer, hotelier, ex-politician, cricket team owner, philanthropist, highest tax payer, reality show judge, animal lover and, above all, people's hero -- Mithun Chakraborty -- who has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award -- is truly a force of nature, notes Sukanya Verma.
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