A promising young actor suffering from depression has had his life laid bare for the grubby public to paw through. An ordinary family has been pitched into the middle of a nightmare of an investigation and arrested for no reason discernible at present. And a young actress has had her reputation, and probably career, destroyed so that TRP ratings can soar, notes Sherna Gandhy.
The hits and misses of the week.
The final decision was supposed to be taken this month, however, it has been postponed.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'To get the most important film of Priyanka's career, which would perhaps take her another 10-15 years, she refused to do it to get married to him. I mean it's amazing!'
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'Our honourable CM is so shameless that she will say the state is among the safest for women.'
Not all cricketer-actress romances culminate in heartbreak. Some have stayed reassuringly rock-solid.
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'Access is such a big step.' 'But once you enter those rooms, it's up to what you do in those rooms.' 'Film-making is a very expensive business and they will not put money into people they don't believe in.' 'So talent speaks at the end of the day.'
India's One-day International cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is among Forbes magazine's 100 highest-paid athletes in the world.
India batting great Rahul Dravid recalled meeting Tiger Pataudi in 1997 and revealed how he found there was no bitterness in him about the injury which left him with just one eye.
Biju Menon feels bogged down by expectations that his latest film carried, feels Paresh C Palicha.
Marudhu will give you a headache, warns S Saraswathi.
'It would give people renewed confidence in me as the industry goes by general opinion and consensus.' 'Even if Jagga gets critically acclaimed, it will do a lot for me.'
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'When I was staying in Teen Batti (in south Mumbai), I had one washroom and we were 10 people. Today I have three washrooms and I am the only one using all of them. Can you see the quantum leap that I have taken in life?' Jackie Shroff gets candid.
'I knew things were not going well, but there was always that hope.'
'There is a recall value after Bigg Boss. There are at least some fans who are excited to see what I do next.' Nora Fatehi is ready to Rock The Party!
'Preparation is not something Salman will admit to because I think it's not "cool" enough to do that.' 'This is the first time I saw him prepare for a role.' 'This is the first time I saw him struggling to get a hold of this character.'
Taapsee Pannu explains why she doesn't want to be an actor all her life.
Aiyaary is a bloated, prolonged mess of misplaced purpose that digresses from military misdeeds to animal cruelty, feels Sukanya Verma.
The movie was banned on a plea filed by Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief and Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed alleging that the film contains "filthy propaganda" against him and his outfit.
It's Diwali, and we're in the mood for fun!
'I had to shoot in a bikini in a jungle in Mauritius with two white tigers! I was balancing on a branch wearing stilettos and every moment I felt I would die.' But it's all in a day's work for Calendar Girl Satarupa Pyne.
Bollywood is in shock after Sridevi's death.
The film has run into trouble with pro-Tamil outfits.
'Mr Trump is too capricious to be trusted,' says Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
'Nationalism has been defined for us. It is what the BJP and Modi bhakts decide, not me, you or Salman Khan. If you don't agree with their view, you are a Pakistani agent and an anti-national. Period. No more argument. The discussion ends there.'
Sukanya Verma looks back at the decade gone by, in the movies.
A 1990s Bollywood album. Ranbir Kapoor as Balraj Sahni. Dimple Kapadia's Crowning Glory days. Agha-Mukri-Kesto's fun, fabulous, forgotten friendship. Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week was a complete blast from the past.
He was seen as one of former PM Rao's trusted aides and advisers.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Before finding their 'happily-ever-after', some Kapoors have endured and inflicted heartbreak.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Read about Rishi Kapoor's page-turning debut, SRK's super-charged turn in Raees, Sridevi as potential Dhoom vamp, Sanjay Dutt's contribution to Andaz Apna Apna and more in Sukanya Verma's super-film week.
