Cricket magnifies the joy in the City of Joy. And with the stadium illuminated in World Cup colours, it seems to have lit up the soul of Kolkata.
Actors, directors and admirers mourned legendary filmmaker Shyam Benegal on Saturday evening.
'Alia is very clear about what she likes and what she does not like.' 'She responds with her gut.'
Bollywood loves number games. And not just the rat race kind. There's a slew of movies with numbers in their title.
Filmmaker Aparna Sen pays tribute to Ashok Mehta.
Hansal Mehta's new film Faraaz is a hostage drama that unfolds over one night.
'He was God's good man and a beautiful human being beyond anything else.'
On Shashi Kapoor's 83rd birth anniversary, Subhash K Jha looks at his top five productions.
'One has to move with the times to stay relevant.'
'Satyajit Ray is most relevant even today.'
Remembering the Eternal Charmer. Remembering an Awesome Human Being. Remembering an actor and film-maker, the likes of whom we will not see again.
'...and showcased in their original beauty.'
'Shashi Uncle is the third member of our family to win the Padma and the Phalke awards. Before him, my grandfather Prithvi Raj Kapoor and father Raj Kapoor received them," Rishi Kapoor shares.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Vanraj Bhatia, the creator of unforgettable music, hated the fact that the 'New Wave' directors did not respect Hindi cinema's multi-song format.
Gupt's greatest success lies in how attractive it remains despite the suspense becoming common knowledge, feels Sukanya Verma.
The gorgeous Karan Kapoor will be back in India soon. Very soon!
A look at the top tweets from your Bollywood celebrities.
'The news that the once dashing, absolutely handsome, utterly charming Shashi Kapoor is no more makes me feel terribly sad.' Aseem Chhabra, author of Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, the Star, pays rich tribute to the iconic actor.
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.
Yesteryear's heart-throb Shashi Kapoor will get the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award for his contribution to Indian cinema. On this occasion, we reproduce Dinesh Raheja's nostalgia piece on the actor here:
'I miss Tabu's beauty, her graceful presence, her delicate smile and the texture of her voice, with which she can convey so many things -- the lonely mother, the lover, the seductress, the wronged woman, or a young woman charmed by an older man,' says Aseem Chhabra.
'In the late 1960s, Shashi Kapoor did not have any work. We saw a lot of him then. He sold his sports car. Mum also started selling things because we didn't have money.' 'After Sharmilee (1971), things changed again.' Kunal Kapoor talks to Patcy N/ Rediff.com about his famous father.
'In 2015 I watched films in so many places. I attended several film festivals around the world -- Berlin, Tribeca (New York), Telluride, Toronto, Zurich, Mumbai, Dharamsala and Goa,' says Aseem Chhabra, author of a forthcoming book on Shashi Kapoor.
Son Kunal Kapoor's insight into his legendary actor father are a must-read!
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