Plans for a Laxmii sequel have been scrapped.
'Rafi Saab was such a skilled singer he could create any mood through his voice.'
Rahul Dev Burman's collaboration with Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar was unique, but he saved his best for Lata Mangeshkar.
'Sunny can command respect without raising his voice or fist. I wanted that personality for this character.'
Subhash K Jha is not recommending Pakeezah and Umrao Jaan. They are beyond recommendation, he says.
Subhash K Jha picks 5 Hindi films that celebrate sibling bonding.
As The Family Man season 2 premieres on Amazon Prime Video on June 4, Subhash K Jha lists five things to watch out for.
'He could memorise a song in any language, but he understood the feelings behind the words in every language.'
Akshay Kumar makes his debut in Marathi cinema by presenting Chumbak.
'I think my performance in Ray's Devi still ranks as my best,' says Sharmila Tagore.
Plans are on at Yash Raj Films to revive the franchise and also wake up the 'dead' character that Tiger played in the film.
'To hear this was heartbreaking.' 'Imagine a stalwart like Surekhaji having to audition like a newcomer!'
Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson and former Union minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, who got elected to the Bihar legislative council last month, was on Tuesday sworn in as a member of the Nitish Kumar cabinet.
No one deserves the title thespian more than Dilip Kumar, notes Shreekant Sambrani.
It is rare for Cabinet ministers to tick off state-owned companies publicly, yet that was what then petroleum and natural gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan did for ONGC. Speaking at an event on June 29, Pradhan said he has asked India's premier exploration company to find fresh oil acreages fast. "Do it yourself through some joint venture (or) through a new business model. But the government cannot permit you to hold resources for an indefinite time." The reason for this stricture is India's rising dependence on imported oil and gas. Or, to put it another way, falling domestic production (see chart: "Crude truth"), especially from ONGC, which faces a simple problem.
Bollywood has often celebrated Lord Krishna with lovely songs over the years. On the festive occasion of Janmashtami, Subhash K Jha picks his favourite Kanha songs.
'Our shooting of Thank You has not been cancelled. It is going on as per schedule here in Italy.
'Many have tried to imitate her. They've fallen flat on their faces.'
'I am glad people are talking about Atrangi Re, good or bad. I'd be worried if they had nothing to say.'
'We didn't realise what a tsunami The Kashmir Files was going to be.'
Subhash K Jha selects his favourite rain songs. Do list your favourites in the message board below!
'I guess if I was chosen to be his wife, I must be special.'
'If you have only one hit out of 100 movies in a year, it is death for Bollywood.'
The actor, who was paid a pittance (Rs 3 lakh) for his first film Pyaar Ka Punchnaama, has come a long way.
'Comedy is way more difficult than the serious stuff.'
Subhash K Jha looks at the most prominent pairings coming up on our screens.
'If I had done Sholay, we would have missed seeing the performance of a wonderful actor called Amjad Khan.'
Wherever Bollywood celebs go, the cameras follow.
P Chidambaram and Rajeev Shukla of the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party's Sumitra Valmiki and Kavita Patidar, former Congress leader Kapil Sibal, Rashtriya Janata Dal's Misa Bharti and Jayant Chaudhary of the Rashtriya Lok Dal were among the 41 winners declared elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha.
On the actress' fourth death anniversary, Subhash K Jha selects his favourites.
'I don't think my troubles would have happened if she was with me. I kind of lost my way after she was gone,' Sanjay Dutt once told Subhash K Jha about his mother Nargis, the legendary actress who passed away this day 41 years ago.
''This body is mine. And bearing its burden has become quite a task,' Dilip Kumar once told Subhash K Jha.'
This year's ceremony will conclude with Sare Jahan Se Acha.
After Amitabh-Jaya and Abhishek-Aishwarya, the third generation of the Bachchan clan is beginning its ascent into stardom.
Akshay Kumar and his Padman director R Balki shot a corona-preventive ad film on May 26.
Both the BJP and the Congress have banked on new and young faces, some of whom have been nominated by the parties for the first time.
Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan had brief roles, almost guest appearances, which they did for Director Hrishikesh Mukherjee's sake, reveals Subhash K Jha.
Subhash K Jha salutes the evergreen, effervescent, Jaggu Dada.
In the proposed sequel to the 2012 film Oh My God, Pankaj Tripathi will play the lead while Akshay Kumar will reprise his cameo appearance as Lord Krishna.
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