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How The Women In Aamir's Life Celebrated Eid

How The Women In Aamir's Life Celebrated Eid

Rediff.com1 Apr 2025

Kiran Rao shares pictures of the Eid celebrations at Aamir Khan's mother Zeenat Hussain's home.

Don't expect India-Pak ties to improve soon: Javed Akhtar

Don't expect India-Pak ties to improve soon: Javed Akhtar

Rediff.com31 May 2025

Akhtar criticised vested interest groups in Pakistan, particularly the army, the political establishment and the extreme right wing, for blocking peace efforts between the two nations.

Aamir, SRK's Last Salute To Mr Bandekar

Aamir, SRK's Last Salute To Mr Bandekar

Rediff.com24 Aug 2024

Quite a few film folk attended the prayer service of veteran photographer Pradeep Bandekar, who passed into the ages on August 11.

Hema-Rekha Party Together!

Hema-Rekha Party Together!

Rediff.com19 Oct 2022

Hema Malini hosted a party for her friends on her 74th birthday on October 16.

PIX: Aamir-Kiran at Javed Akhtar's birthday bash

PIX: Aamir-Kiran at Javed Akhtar's birthday bash

Rediff.com17 Jan 2020

Javed Akhtar's 75th birthday celebrations started early with the unveiling of an exhibition of photographs from his life. His family also threw a retro-themed party for him at their home, and invited his friends over.

Madhuri Dixit: Had I really done all those films?

Madhuri Dixit: Had I really done all those films?

Rediff.com17 May 2012

As Madhuri Dixit celebrates her birthday today, May 15, we understand the actress better through a revealing interview in the new book Mother Maiden Mistress: Women in Hindi Cinema 1950-2010.

Benegal Committee submits recommendations on censorship to IB ministry

Benegal Committee submits recommendations on censorship to IB ministry

Rediff.com12 Jun 2016

The Benegal panel, in its first report submitted on April 26, had urged the government to lay down a "holistic framework for certification of films."

PIX: Akshay-Twinkle watch Kaabil with Hrithik-Sussanne

PIX: Akshay-Twinkle watch Kaabil with Hrithik-Sussanne

Rediff.com24 Jan 2017

Pictures from the special screening.

Padma awards 2017: The winners

Padma awards 2017: The winners

Rediff.com25 Jan 2017

Political stalwarts Murli Manohar Joshi, Sharad Pawar and former Lok Sabha speaker P A Sangma, cricketer Virat Kohli and Carnatic musician K J Yesudas were among the 89 people who were selected for this year's Padma awards.

Censorship issues must be looked at from time to time, says Benegal

Censorship issues must be looked at from time to time, says Benegal

Rediff.com1 Jan 2016

Filmmaker Shyam Benegal said that the film certification body has been no stranger to controversies but there should be frequent review of issues related to censorship.

Centre sets up panel helmed by Shyam Benegal to revamp censor board

Centre sets up panel helmed by Shyam Benegal to revamp censor board

Rediff.com1 Jan 2016

The government constituted a committee headed by eminent filmmaker Shyam Benegal to look into the revamp of the Censor Board which has been mired in controversies in recent past.

Hema-Sanjeev Break-Up: The TRUTH At Last

Hema-Sanjeev Break-Up: The TRUTH At Last

Rediff.com19 Nov 2021

How did a superstar provoke the break-up? 50 years later, the truth can finally be told. A revealing excerpt from Hanif Zaveri and Sumant Batra's An Actor's Actor: An Authorized Biography of Sanjeev Kumar.

Sushant Singh Rajput: 'Shocked and heartbroken'

Sushant Singh Rajput: 'Shocked and heartbroken'

Rediff.com14 Jun 2020

'From a bright young kid who came to Balaji to a star who made the Nation swoon.' 'You had come a long way and had many more miles to go.'

'Filmmakers don't spread communal hatred'

'Filmmakers don't spread communal hatred'

Rediff.com7 Jun 2016

'The very basis of film censorship lies in the fact that films are considered to be mass medium, and that raw emotions of cinema have the capacity to move you.' 'Which film has moved people into action in the last 40, 50 years?' 'No film.'

Shashi Kapoor: The quiet showman

Shashi Kapoor: The quiet showman

Rediff.com4 Dec 2017

Shashi Kapoor, the star who made us laugh, romance and cry, passed into the ages on December 4. We look back at the often underrated actor, who reinvested all his earnings as an actor into making films and keeping the theatre he established, Prithvi Theatre, alive.

Why Indian celebrities choose silence

Why Indian celebrities choose silence

Rediff.com16 Mar 2017

"A Meryl Streep or Jimmy Kimmel can speak their mind, and stay assured that they won't be harmed. That does not happen in India," say Manavi Kapur & Ranjita Ganesan.

The pressure of being a Bollywood star

The pressure of being a Bollywood star

Rediff.com13 Apr 2015

y talking about her struggle with depression, Deepika Padukone has exposed the stress-filled lives of filmstars say Ranjita Ganesan and Veenu Sandhu.

The 'Being Human' side of Salman Khan

The 'Being Human' side of Salman Khan

Rediff.com6 May 2014

Is Being Human, the actor's apparel brand, an extension of his persona or is it a move to correct his bad-boy image?