Sukanya Verma looks at the jhoola, and how it's an unforgettable part of many a Bollywood imagery in celebration, romance, frolic and, sometimes, even menace.
'Panipat has all the meat for a political drama meets war movie. But in Ashutosh Gowariker's failure to process its complexity, the material never rises beyond a mediocre hurray to the Maratha manoos,' says Sukanya Verma.
'Other designers take empty suitcases and go shopping for the actors's clothes in New York.' 'To me, this is bankruptcy of imagination.'
As means of transport or metaphor, the romance of trains is unmistakable in Hindi cinema.
'For the past year, people have been asking me about my wife, Sonali, who suffered from cancer. It was a tough year but I have seen worse in my life.'
Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand.
Saluting Amjad Khan on his death anniversary on July 27.
Son Suneil Anand talks about his famous father, and their life together.
'I have the best role in Baadshaho.' 'The film revolves around my character, so it doesn't get any better than that.'
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's various terrace moments.
Ram Gopal Varma's Veerapan to hit the screens this Friday.
Director Anil Sharma gives us an insight into the Deol men, and other Bollywood Greats.
Ambassador B S Prakash has fond memories of Vinod Khanna, his minister.
In our special series revisiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Randhir Kapoor and Jaya Bhaduri's 1972 film, Jawani Diwani.
'Khaike Paan Banarasiwala doesn't sound like a Hindi song,' Kishore Kumar said. 'I don't think I can sing this song.' We pleaded with him. Finally, he relented on one condition...
'Her short black choli with a deep cut-out back and multi-coloured pom-poms became quite a sensation. It was clearly meant to draw your attention to Kareena's perfect figure.'
Aseem Chhabra lists the movies that taught him about the Idea of India.
'It is ironic that the guy who set the standard of stardom was forgotten. It was his death that made us remember him again.'
Dr Kalyani Gomathinayagam, a young Indian doctor who volunteered to spend four weeks in west Africa helping those suffering and dying of Ebola, speaks to Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com why she took on an assignment many would shy away from.
'His son had become a composer after all, and one now chased by producers. But while finding peace in one quarter, he had lost it in another. Jet was not a home any more. The room across his was empty, there were no sounds floating through the door.' The world, in the eyes of the Burmans.
'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.
Moushumi Chatterjee, one of the biggest stars of her time, gives us a peek into her life.
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