'Some time back, music was just noise.' 'Producers wrongly think item songs sell better.' 'Audiences are intelligent, they accept whatever you give, but that doesn't mean you can fool them.'
Film folk celebrate Lord Krishna's birthday, Janmashtami.
A woman weeps over her loss after a a major fire broke out at the Rajiv Nagar area in Patna on Thursday, March 9, 2023.
'The way the anticipation is built up for Gabbar Singh's introduction scene with sound, image and details of his personality, like the combat boots he wears.' 'The camera comes so close -- not a tele lens shot, but a wide-angle close-up -- that you can almost smell Gabbar's breath.'
A member of the audience participates as Sumo wrestlers perform during the Nissan Konnichiwa Japan 2022 event in New Delhi.
Shor was a masterpiece and the song Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai, Maujon Ki Ravaani Hai, Zindagi Aur Kuch Bhi Nahin, Teri Meri Kahaani Hai plays in my mind every time I think of my sweet wife, who passed away nine years ago. A Ganesh Nadar applauds the fabulous songs in Manoj Kumar movies.
'I wouldn't change a single shot even if I could, the film is just perfect even with a supposedly flawed script!' Celebrating Sholay's 50th anniversary on August 15 with a special series, where contemporary film folk analyse the cult classic.
More than 100 students at the Women's Christian College in Chennai donated their hair to cancer patients.
The newly launched tri-weekly Toy Train with a Vistadome coach and restaurant coach on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
Devotees dance and throw ladoos at each other. The ladoos are later consumed as prasad.
'Mr & Mrs 55 was breezy, romantic and so Hollywood.'
The Kinnar convention is happening after almost 50 years.
The 133-feet Thiruvalluvar statue was recently maintained by the Tamil Nadu government with chemical coating for saving the granite monument from the sea's salt wind in Kanyakumari.
Yeh Hai India: Capturing Events And Moods Across Our Incredible Country.
Did you know India is the only country where lions and tigers can be found in the wild?
An idol of Lord Ganesha made with onions by farmers in Washim, Maharashtra.
A statute of an elephant being carried on top of an cargo vehicle on the busy Nungambakkam High Road in Chennai.
A 40-feet-long Veena -- the Indian classical music instrument -- weighing 14 tons, arrives in Ayodhya on September 16, 2022 to be installed at Lata Mangeshkar Smriti Chowk.
Peta activists ride a beautiful Victorian-style electric carriage, an eco-friendly vehicle during a test drive, in Kolkata.
Shamila, a Coimbatore-based post graduate mechanical engineering student turned poultry farmer, holds an egg laid by one of the hens at her farm, which measured 3.1 inches in size and had a circumference of 5.5 inches and weighed 90 grams, in Coimbatore, January 5, 2023.
An army officer measures the chest of an aspirant during the Indian Army's Agniveer recruitment programme.
Lamborghini super sports cars queue before the start of the Lamborghini Bull Run in Kolkata
'The industry has never accepted me.' 'When I was shooting Aashiqui, I would hear comments like, "Yeh toh bahut lambi hai. Heroine nahin dikhti hai".' 'Aashiqui became such a big hit, and you know how the industry is.' 'You have success, then you have everything.'
Who won what at the Star Parivaar Awards?
Women tie rakhis to Indian Army jawans as part of Raksha Bandhan celebrations in Prayagraj,
Diljit Dosanjh has finally decided to address the backlash and serious repercussions he is facing after co-starring with Pakistani actress Hania Aamir in his forthcoming film, Sardaarji 3.
Rubber snakes, resembling real reptiles, hung by police personnel around the Cumbummettu police station in Kerala's Idukki district. The reason? To frighten monkeys who pester the cops!
Artist Santosh Kambli gives finishing touches to the Thailand Cha Raja idol of Lord Ganesh in Mumbai, July 19, 2022.
'I make films which I think have the possibility of being liked by a majority of people, and you present it with the right emotions.'
'I will never ever forget Paatal Lok 2 because I left for the shoot the night I got married!'
There was a memorable meeting with a 'tall, elegant, beautiful girl', who had recently finished her 12th in the strongly tribal Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh. 'I was shocked. In this whole sea of villages, I knew for sure there was no other 12th pass girl. I said I want to meet your father.' 'She brought her father, a daily-wage labourer. I asked him: "How come you decided to educate your girl till the 12th standard? You break stones for a living and you don't have a lot of money".' 'He just said one line and in that one line he said everything.'
'You have become a big star. How can you play a secondary role to Meena Kumari?'
Tigress T28 trains hunting to three cubs of her dead sister along with four of her own at the Sanjay Dubri National Park and Tiger Reserve in Sidhi district, Madhya Pradesh.
Uorfi Javed made such an impact in the first season of Bigg Boss OTT that she got her own reality show, Follow Karlo Yaar. Now, she's ready to show us her bold personality once again in Karan Johar's spicy OTT show, The Traitors.
An elephant holds an umbrella to protect itself from the sun on a hot summer day in Jaipur, June 12, 2022.
'If you watch songs like Acha Ji Main Haari Chalo Maan Jao Na, Lag Ja Gale or Jhumka Gira Re, you'll notice they're not just a distraction. There's a story unfolding within them.'
Hina Khan married long-time boyfriend Rocky Jaiswal in an intimate wedding and announced the big news with loved-up pictures on social media.
Lord Vishnu was recovered from the Jhelum river in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir.
President Droupadi Murmu receives blessing from Hirbai Ibrahim Lobi before presenting her with the Padma Shri for social work at Rashtrapati Bhavan, March 22, 2023.
'Editor M S Shinde deserves full credit because, I'm told, Ramesh Sippy had shot 300,000 feet of footage, which was brought down to 18,000. 'He died in 2012, in a 126 square foot flat in Dharavi, penniless, a forgotten hero.'
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