Music School tries hard to make a case -- like 3 Idiots and Taare Zameen Par before -- to let children follow their artistic passions and not try to fit them into pre-set moulds, to which people might nod their heads in agreement before packing their children off to coaching class, notes Deepa Gahlot.
What's the best thing you learned from your teacher? Share your stories.
When a legendary Bollywood beauty pays you a compliment, you blush.
'We shot the song Zinda Banda for about six days.' 'We were dancing relentlessly for six days to a point when we thought our knees had started making sounds!' 'He was on set, every day, dancing next to us for all those six days.'
Joginder Tuteja looks at the most successful teachers in Hindi movies.
Sukanya Verma makes a brand new one just for you.
So many movies are coming up for release in 2025!
'Had anyone asked me if I was Aamir Khan, I would have admitted to it.' Senior movie journalist Roshmila Bhattacharya flips through the pages of her many interactions with Aamir Khan, who turned 60 on March 14.
Movie and television stars attended the Behen Hogi Teri screening.
Over 25 years, societies evolve and tastes change. Cinema absorbs and reflects this transformation. Picking only 25 films from the first quarter of the century is tough.
Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao played host at a screening of Laapataa Ladies.
Amole Gupte strokes Sniff with a gentleness that one has now come to associate with his filmmaking (Taare Zameen Par, Stanley Ka Dabba or Hawaa Hawaai), says Sukanya Verma.
One of the best ways to celebrate Children's Day is by spending quality time with your kids and binge watch meaningful yet entertaining cinema pieces.
Looking at Aamir Khan's top money-making movies at the box office.
Children can be quite lucky at the box office too!
Bollywood turns up to watch Laal Singh Chaddha.
If he wasn't an actor, Aamir Khan could have made an excellent life coach.
There's a reason he was called Baba Ranchoddas in 3 Idiots.
Shankar Mahadevan, who suffered heart attack, is back home and doing fine.
'I have enjoyed working on this film. It is one of my best films,' says the star.
There are quite a few memorable on-screen artist-muses from Hindi cinema.
When Rediff.com readers met Aamir...
'What scares me is the fact that there is so much content that people have content indigestion.' 'How do you entice people who have indigestion of content?'
'I have saved your name on my phone, but I cannot read or pronounce it.' 'I am able to recognise my wife's name today because after seeing it for so long, it has been imprinted in my mind as a picture and not the letters.'
The presence of National Award winning lyricist Prasoon Joshi at the Jaipur Literature Festival drew a packed house at the sessions he attended.
'I was in serious depression during the shooting of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.' 'I realised that this is not the film I wanted to make.' 'Aamir told me we will redo, remove eight key characters and reshoot.' 'He gave me the confidence and told me it was a timeless script.'
Exam tension? Bollywood offers some wise lessons.
Entertainment may be its raison d'etre but the tears brought about by cinema are no less significant.
Sukanya Verma celebrates the icon and his imagery in 23 super special Aamir Khan frames etched in her head.
Bollywood takes the glamorous route to MAMI!
Perfect occasion to list 30 real-life educators whose unique methods, unwavering dedication or scholarly persona impressed us.
Perfect occasion to list 30 real-life educators whose unique methods, unwavering dedication or scholarly persona impressed us.
Sukanya Verma lists memorable instances of stars entertaining kids over the years.
Sukanya Verma hails Bollywood's memorable bus moments.
