She's the crazy cat lady for whom home is where her girls Burfi and Mishti are.
'Mamata has used minorities only as her vote bank.' 'In her entire election campaign Mamata did not utter a single sentence against the RSS.'
It was a year of so many contradictions and contrasts that it became dangerous to talk about movies, people lost their heads discussing Friday releases, psychiatrists began dabbling in film criticism, and film critics turned into psychiatrists, says Sreehari Nair.
'Everything I know about acting and direction I learnt from him.'
Sanjay Gadhvi once revealed to Subhash K Jha that he never wanted to make Dhoom.
The 10-member jury was headed by filmmaker Vipul Shah. The awards were announced by jury member Dharam Gulati.
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) left no stone unturned to make the occasion a memorable one.
'I was about 27 at that point in time, and I knew that if I didn't take this leap then, I wouldn't take the leap ever.'
'I had lied to Yashji about my age. I was only 13-and-a-half, but I told him I was 18.' 'When the time came to travel to Yashji's famous Swiss shoots, I had to get a school leaving certificate.' 'When I gave Yashji the certificate, he almost fell off the chair.'
Aditi Rao Hydari turned muse for Gaurang Shah's Sindhoor collection at the FDCI x Lakme Fashion Week.
Balbinder Singh Dhami, who has played an inspector, for over a year, in The Zee Horror Show, took on the role of a witness on Monday. It was a part he had no experience of.
The harum-scarum-ness of Kaala is astounding, exclaims Deepa Gahlot.
'It used to be a big problem to make people understand that one can be equally passionate about dancing as well as acting, and you don't need to choose one to be good at something. Bagging the kind of roles I wanted to do was a struggle.'
Jaya said she is in Bengal to campaign for the Trinamool Congress as per instructions of her party president Akhilesh Yadav, who has extended support to Mamata Banerjee in the polls.
'Success is not easily gained. Even if it is, it's very hard to sustain it.'
'I am a Delhi Bengali and I speak Punjabi.' 'Karan was looking at these two communities for Rocky and Rani, as well as the city of Delhi, as a setting.' 'So I guess it all fell in place.'
Ironically, the BJP, which seeks to unseat the TMC from power, has taken a leaf out of Mamata Banerjee's strategy of soliciting tinsel town's support towards causes and fielding actors in elections.
Guddu Ki Gun is a sex comedy with funny one-liners and great performances from Kunal Khemmu and Sumit Vyas, writes Prasanna Zore.
The 68th National Film Awards saw actors from across India get together for the prestigious ceremony in New Delhi.
The series has many flashbacks, detailed and pointless backstories, too much information and needless characters so the unlikely romance is lost underneath the frenzy, observes Deepa Gahlot.
As Independent India turned 76, so did the ethereal Raakhee I know better than most, says Subhash K Jha.
Sukanya Verma looks at some striking age gaps between the onscreen romantic couples of Hindi movies.
'That he found it worth his while to repeat me within a year said something about my abilities as actor.'
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'Much as I feel on top of the world after being a part of a special series like Jubilee, I would say my biggest achievement so far has been spreading happiness around.'
'We are thinking on something like the 'Irrfan Memorial Award' given to the most promising new actor.'
'He made me feel like a crorepati even without sitting in the hot seat.'
'It's amazing how many different kinds of patriotic songs we have in our country.'
'Never sit back and relax.' 'Always be a student.' 'Always be hungry to learn and improve.'
Watch Jubilee's concluding episodes. Radhika Apte is a housewife turned spy. Mithunda makes his OTT debut. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations.
Rocky Aur Rani delivers a king-sized entertainer that blends old charm with fresh ideas. It is a win for Karan Johar whose conviction works big time to satisfying results, asserts Mayur Sanap.
The National Commission for Women on Tuesday demanded that Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal be expelled from Parliament for his "insensitive" remarks which have triggered a row.
The suave actor of the world, sometimes called the last of the Mohicans and familiar to students of cinema anywhere in the globe, acted in 14 Ray films and over 300 others, gracefully transitioning into commercial cinema in a variety of roles.
Gitanjali Gurbaxani remembers her teacher Lalita Lajmi, the artist and painter who passed into the ages on Monday.
Irrfan Khan talks Piku and his next Hollywood film, the Tom Hanks starer Inferno.
Rashami Desai, Urvashi Rautel and Vishal Singh walked the ramp for designer Rohit Verma whose collection was inspired by sindur khela, a Bengali tradition.
The politicisation of ethnic sentiments in the state has coincided with the ascent of the BJP and increased activities of far right Hindu outfits, which organised rallies and other events on religious occasions such as Ram Navami a festival not very popular in West Bengal- unlike states in north India.
'I have the qualification every actor would love to have: A Buddhadeb actor.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Assam is not a dumping ground for Bangladeshi Hindu refugees,' says Assamese actor Ravi Sharma who joined the BJP in August and quit the party on December 10 in protest against the Citizenship Act.
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