The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards were held at Mumbai's Taj Lands End hotel on February 20.
The year saw its share of news and views. But there were some that really stood out for our readers.
Animal is the kind of material that Ranbir Kapoor's formidable talent richly deserves, observes Mayur Sanap.
Weddings, holidays, award functions, throwbacks, festivals, family time or fooling around, 2023 saw a variety of posts beaming in joy. Of which these 25 Instagram moments of Bollywood stars are Sukanya Verma's favourites.
Joginder Tuteja lists the Bollywood arrivals in theatres later this year.
Subhash Ghai rang in his 78th birthday with a star-studded party in Mumbai.
Akshara's life mantra... Nia celebrates Navratri... Anil Kapoor's mom turns 88...
Prayag Raj, who was so successful at his peak, ought not to have slid into oblivion, observes Deepa Gahlot.
After a blockbuster 2023, all eyes are now on what 2024 looks like.
Arpita Khan and Aayush Sharma invited their friends from the industry over for their annual Eid party.
Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com captures some beautiful moments from the many events of 2023, when the stars weren't looking.
No matter what the reviews may say, film folk queued up to watch Chatrapathi at a special screening in Mumbai.
Several leaders of the TMC slammed the rural development minister for his comments on the chief minister attending the Kolkata International Film Festival.
'Shah Rukh Khan has to like you, and then it is easy to work with him.' 'Aamir knows more than me when it comes to tattoos!'
The pilot of Vishal Bhardwaj's much-anticipated adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Sittaford Mystery is here. Aditya Roy Kapur's hotel manager takes on Anil Kapoor's all-powerful arms dealer. Idris Elba is back in action. Sukanya Verma shares her OTT recommendations this week.
With an endless number of star kid debuts in the offing, we thought of looking at how this decade's brigade compares to their mums, dads, uncles or siblings.
'You can't call this a pure Western. This has got love, passion, violence, suspense.' 'This is a film of today.'
Producer Madhu Mantena got married to yoga guru and Rediff.com Contributor Ira Trivedi on June 11 in Mumbai, and threw a star-studded reception to celebrate with their friends.
'Whenever he was on screen, one enjoyed watching him because he had such a cute personality.'
Vaani Kapoor did not have any filmi connections and she made a successful career by going the hard way: 'Giving multiple auditions some of them I made through and some failing even before I could make it to the room.'
Vidya Balan showed off her new film, Neeyat, to members of the film industry at a special star-studded screening in Mumbai.
'People don't know even 20 percent of what I did.'
Animal's violence isn't for the fainted-hearted unless you have an appetite for Korean style mayhem, like Sukanya Verma.
Like every year, Sunita and Anil Kapoor organised a Karva Chauth get-together at their home in Mumbai.
Neha is off to the Maldives... Parineeti tucks in momos... Esha goes to Venice...
Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, starring Anil Kapoor and Dev Patel, gets terrific reviews at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival.
'He didn't have a single mean bone in his body.' 'He never had a negative word about anybody, not even those who harmed him.'
The purple carpet was rolled out for the OTTplay Awards 2023.
Dapper dads who look good at every age.
Hrithik Roshan gets clicked at the Tezpur airport in Assam as he leaves after shooting his film, Fighter.
Madhuri is in Goa... Esha wishes her parents... Anil Kapoor's priceless memory...
While the heroes -- Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor and Fardeen Khan -- are still the same after 17 years, their leading ladies -- Bipasha Basu, Lara Dutt, Celina Jaitly and Esha Deol -- will not be a part of the sequel.
Bullets fly, the noise becomes unbearable and the plot finally ends with the hero doing an unbelievable leap on to the ski of the helicopter aka Schwarzenegger, flown by our pretty heroine. UFF UFF! Squirming in my seat, I ponder over what I have been through, sighs Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd).
Shilpa Shetty invited her friends and filmi colleagues over for a Diwali party and everyone trooped over to make beautiful memories.
Anupam Kher celebrated his friend Satish Kaushik's 67th birth anniversary on April 14 by hosting a musical night, and getting Kaushik's friends to share their memories about him.
Siddharth Anand's artistry bespeaks an upbringing filled with GI Joes, plastic combat boots and plastic bayonets, fake punching noises and fake sounds of gunshots, rudely interrupted by an adult voice saying, 'Beta, all this is good, but try bringing in some feelings too', observes Sreehari Nair.
Kriti learns pottery... Anil Kapoor tries archery... Prateik is into boxing...
If the trailer is any indication, Ranbir Kapoor's Animal will be one of the most violent films of 2023.
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