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.
'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.'
'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.'
Tennis great Roger Federer sent Indian film buffs on social media into a tizzy as he asked for suggestions of Bollywood classics.
'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?'
Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao played host at a screening of Laapataa Ladies.
'Taare Zameen Par' director Amole Gupte will be making a biopic on the world's leading badminton player Saina Nehwal, the shooting for which will begin next year.
Sukanya Verma celebrates the icon and his imagery in 23 super special Aamir Khan frames etched in her head.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Why didn't his strategy work at the box office this time?
What went wrong between Sallu and KJo? Subhash K Jha shares the details...
The latest episode of 10 Ka Dum pits the Slumdog kids against TZP's Darsheel, and promises to be an eye-opener.
'Ranbir Kapoor has only one film as does Salman Khan.' 'Hrithik Roshan only has War 2.' 'Ranveer Singh has no film on floors today.'
What better moment to look at Bollywood's favourite child actors - and favourite songs featuring kids -- than November 14, Children's Day.
Kiran Rao discusses her latest project, Ship Of Theseus and her famous husband Aamir Khan.
After educating us about dyslexia, Aamir Khan played storyteller to kids during a storybook launch in Mumbai during the weekend.
What's the best thing you learned from your teacher? Share your stories.
When a legendary Bollywood beauty pays you a compliment, you blush.
The superstar's movies are the most awaited on this festival.
Maitrik Kamdar, an SYBCom student from KC College, Mumbai recounts how he emerged as a dedicated student and an aspiring businessman from being a troublesome child.
Sukanya Verma makes a brand new one just for you.
A pedestrian script, with very few great gags and much forgettable mediocrity, among other reasons.
Ravi Chopra's new film, Bhootnath, also, revolves around a pint-sized brat and his unlikely friendship with a grubby ghost, Bhootnath. The peppy duo of Vishal-Shekhar score the soundtrack against Javed Akhtar's competent lyrics. Alas, the composers fail to pass on their brand of enthusiasm on its music.
The actor checks out Samir Mondal's painting exhibition in Mumbai.
The cinematographer, famous for his camera work in Guru Dutt's classics like Pyaasa and Sahib, Bibi Aur Ghulam, believes that only Aamir Khan can play Guru Dutt onscreen.
Darsheel Safary is kicked about his new film Zokkomon.
Aamir Khan was in Chennai to receive the Gollapudi Srinivas Memorial Endowment Award for the best debutant director.
Aamir has refused to give clips of his directorial debut, Taare Zameen Par, to the IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) function this year. Apparently, it's payback time for Amitabh Bachchan, the IIFA brand ambassador.
Subhash Ghai's low-budget film has been exempted from entertainment tax in Delhi.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the most successful teachers in Hindi movies.
The nine-year old gets a Best Actor Filmfare nomination.
Director Pan Nalin is prepared to cast Aamir opposite recent Oscar winner Kate Winslet for a film based on the short story Toba Tek Singh by Saadat Hasan Manto.
The movie has its heart in the right place. Unfortunately everything else is not.
Aamir Khan to get a Padma Bhushan while Saif Ali Khan will get a Padma Shri.
The film industry praises Aamir Khan's directorial debut Taare Zameen Par, as it goes to the Oscars next week.
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