'Casting the Bachchans NOT as father and son was the toughest and the easiest part.'
A disgruntled driver allegedly set a minibus on fire near Pune, killing four employees and injuring ten others. The driver, Janardan Hambardekar, was angry after his salary was cut and procured benzene to start the fire. He is currently hospitalized and will be arrested later.
'Tourism will get hit. Thousands of lives will suffer. Businesses will shut down.'
Initially, the part she was offered was no bigger than what Alia Bhatt had in Rajamouli's RRR.
Filmi divas offer some tips on how to dress up traditionally on Pongal and keep it very, very chic.
'When I heard about his decision, I messaged him to ask what happened.' 'He replied saying I shouldn't try to call him as he doesn't want to talk about it, and that he does not want to disrespect me.' 'Is this the way to show respect?'
'I am not playing someone's mother or grandmother just because a big director is offering a role. Believe me, I have many got such offers but they don't persuade me.'
The daughter, in collusion with her lover, allegedly killed her mother Alka (36), police added.
Priyanka Chopra becomes the highest paid Indian actress of all time.
'Let's see if Subham gets the audiences' funnybone and their terror-pulse.'
From Sonam Kapoor to Shilpa Shetty Kundra to Kajol, Namrata Thakker checks out how our favourite celebrities have expressed love on Valentine's Day.
'My father's friends told him that your son has done a film in which he has copied your voice. That's how he saw a couple of scenes of mine in Andaz Apna Apna. He told me I shouldn't have done it.'
'I am not a mother and never had an abortion either, so I had to understand motherhood and child loss from anecdotal experiences of others.'
'I am glad Aranyer Din Ratri is being shown at Cannes.' 'The film was better appreciated outside India even when released originally.'
The actor's baby shower was held at the Bastian Garden City in Bengaluru, and she shared pictures from the celebrations with her husband Nitin Raju and daughter Arna.
'We have had several films on the caste system but they are all in different decades, when sensibilities were mature enough to comprehend.' 'Today, we are in a different zone of thought.'
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'I am the daughter of a martyr and had lost my father in Kashmir in 1994. I understand what drastic circumstances life brings in front of you.'
'Maybe I'm meant to do a few more good films, have some more nice times with family and friends, do some more charity.'
'I always think I'm going to do maybe two films a year. But then I get these really good scripts and I get greedy.'
Markets regulator Sebi on Monday barred Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) MD and CEO Punit Goenka from holding the position of a director or key managerial personnel in any listed company for siphoning off funds of the media firm. The case pertains to Chandra, who was also the chairman of ZEEL during the alleged violation, and Goenka having abused their position as directors or KMPs of a listed company for siphoning off funds for their own benefit. In its interim order, Sebi noted that Chandra and Goenka alienated the assets of ZEEL and other listed companies of Essel Group for the benefit of associate entities, which are owned and controlled by them.
Two employees of the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust were stabbed to death, and another person was injured in separate robbery bids in Shirdi, Maharashtra. The police have apprehended one suspect and are searching for another in connection with the attacks that occurred early Monday morning. The victims, Subhash Sahebrao Ghode and Nitin Krishna Shejul, were employees of the trust, which manages the famous Saibaba Temple in Shirdi. The attacks took place within an hour, and police believe robbery was the sole motive. Multiple cases have been filed against the suspects.
'I have achieved a sort of liberation as an actor and as a person after Khakee: The Bengal Chapter.'
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'The sincerity and commitment to art is something you don't see much these days; it's more about the moolah.'
'The franchise can grow only if it evolves. And for it to evolve, it has to pass on to a younger hand.'
Film folk took a trip to Kochi over the weekend to attend the Navratri celebrations hosted by the Kalyanaram family, owners of Kalyan Jewellers.
If all goes well, Mansoor Khan, who quit filmmaking 25 years ago to move to Coonoor, is being teased out of retirement to direct his nephew Junaid.
Buoyed by the retro-success of Sanam Teri Kasam, Rajkumar Santoshi's laugh riot is now returning to movie theatres in April.
The vehicle was ferrying 12 employees of Vyoma Graphics from Warje to Hinjewadi at the time.
Subhash K Jha remembers his conversations with movie legend Manoj Kumar, who passed into the ages on April 4, 2025.
'I did not fall for the box office pressures.'
The plot goes pretty much as expected but the Hai Junoon team seem to have sat with a check list of issues that affect today's teenagers, and ticked the ones used in the show, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'Saif is fully conscious and even taking calls from close friends.'
'Like me there are crores of Marathi people in the state hoping for this miracle to work.'
'Often, the actors and technicians would be rolling in laughter during the shooting. I remember our brilliant cinematographer laughed so hard, he fell off his trolley.'
A man in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district allegedly locked his ailing mother at home and went to Prayagraj for a holy dip in Maha Kumbh along with his wife, children and in-laws. The 65-year-old woman was rescued by police after she was found locked in her home for three days and survived on flattened rice. Her daughter, who lives nearby, received a phone call from neighbours about her mother's situation and informed the police. The man, a CCL employee, claimed he had made arrangements for his mother's food and drink before leaving for the Kumbh.
'He was a tremendous artist of a very high order, gone too soon. He not only reshaped the visual language of Indian Cinema through his cinematography in Aravindan's films, Shaji sir gave us all a sense of direction through his mainstream work as a cameraman.'
'When Aamir Khan was being launched in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Director Mansoor Khan needed a young vibrant youth anthem, a song that described the uncertain adventures of the young, as they stepped into the real world.'
The Bachchan family have this knack of going out of their way to make you feel extremely comfortable.
