'Vinod Khanna asked Mehmood if I could play his heroine in a film.' 'He asked Mehmood if we were married.' 'Mehmood just looked at me, smiled and didn't say anything.'
Aruna Irani recently opened up about her cancer story, revealing that she has battled breast cancer twice.
Band, baaja... and a lot of star power, the makers of upcoming Ghudchadi unveiled the peppy dance track Punjabi Munde at a musical event with Raveena Tandon, Khushalii Kumar and Parth Samthaan.
Subhash K Jha celebrates Aruna Irani's 79th birthday on August 18 by picking 10 wonderful songs.
Asrani may have never been a marquee name up in sparkling lights or on outsized posters but the sheer proficiency with which he realised his characters has unleashed gales of laughter over five decades and made a significant contribution to several landmark films. Dinesh Raheja salutes the iconic actor.
Members of the film industry trouped in to say their last goodbyes to Manoj Kumar at a prayer meet held on Sunday evening.
'We didn't create the Angry Young Man persona for Amitabh Bachchan.' 'We created the Vijay persona and then Amitabh Bachchan fitted into it.'
Power couples and STARS at a wedding reception.
'Earlier, the comedy track used to run parallel to the main story with songs et al.' 'Nowadays, it's just once one scene here and there.'
If only the movie could hold its own the way Raveena Tandon does in a cream and gold Manish Malhotra lehenga, Ghudchadhi would be half the entertainer it set out to be, feels Sukanya Verma.
Bollywood's mega stars came together to celebrate Producer Anand Pandit's 60th birthday in Mumbai.
As we wait for dark Dimple and her brazen bahus to spit fire on the small screen, Sukanya Verma looks at the cruel, cool ways of the Hindi film saasu-maa from then to now.
'It was not a love affair, it was much more.'
It's the most romantic day of the year, and the best time to hum romantic songs!
Get your lowdown on what's going on in the world of Bollywood, right here!
'Rex Harrison wasn't at the event, but he was in the film. One day on set, he told me, "A beautiful girl like you should get married immediately". I had a good laugh over that.'
Subhash K Jha doffs his hat to the musical genius R D Burman on his 30th death anniversary on January 4.
'When Zubeida came, everybody loved me and I got a slew of offers of the same kind.' 'People started saying, "Aap nayi Aruna Irani ban jayegi".'
Bollywood legends plus its young and breathless turn up at Marathi awards.
It's all happening at the first Critics Choice Film Awards in Mumbai.
Bappida's softer more creative work got buried in the noise, rues Subhash K Jha as he picks the late lamented composer's most soulful songs.
Where the larger-than-life villain hogged the show by hurting the hero or throwing hurdles in his path, the role of his female counterpart has evolved from seductive sidekick to she-devil.
Much, much, much before Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani fussed over What Jhumka, Asha Bhosle trilled in her alluring voice and teased us with tantalising details about the events leading to her precious Jhumka's loss. Sukanya Verma celebrates the singing legend who turns 90 on September 8.
Vote for your favourite Bollywood item numbers.
Aruna Irani looks back at her association with the iconic actor.
Shweta Tiwari talks about her new serial Parvarish, and much more.
Lillete Dubey will stage her 34th play Lockdown Liaisons from November 19, based on a book by Shobhaa De.
Pancham, like his father, was besotted by Lata Mangeshkar's voice and his career's finest songs were reserved only for her.
'Deven Verma was a good friend, a good actor and a very good human being,' Aruna Irani tells Patcy N.
Stars who graced Rashmi Sharma's birthday bash!
The Big B took to Twitter to remember his old friend.
Bollywood's comic sensation recommends his all-time favourites.
On her 72nd birthday on September 18, Sukanya Verma gives three cheers to the legend and lists 20 of her stellar performances.
And what's more, the film has been seven years in the making.
Television actors celebrate themselves, and their work, at an awards night over the weekend.
Her many friends remember Shammi Aunty and how she enriched their lives.
The prayer service for Veeruji, who passed into the ages on May 27, was held at ISKCON, in Juhu, north west Mumbai.
A look at Bollywood's best cabaret performers over the years! Who is 'YOUR' favourite?
The funny man of Hindi cinema has passed into the ages, but the laughter he generated will echo for years to come.
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