Saluting Amjad Khan on his death anniversary on July 27.
Rohini Hattangady, who played Kasturba in Attenborough's iconic film Gandhi, looks back at the fine director.
Interstellar is an incredible ride, a film that will scare and stupefy and drop jaws and make us weep, the kind of film that makes our hearts thump against our ribs for forty straight-minutes and makes us believe in the glory of the movies.
'Kaala's sin is not that it is presented as a mouthpiece for its director Pa Ranjith's political viewpoints, but that it makes a travesty of them.' 'Ranjith turns Marx into merchandise, all the while functioning as a hired hand for Brand Rajinikanth,' points out Sreehari Nair.
'To me,' says Aseem Chhabra, 'the Golden Globes hold the most meaning as one gets to see stars celebrating, getting emotional, letting their guard down and showing us their regular human side.'
Sukanya Verma recaps all the action at this year's MAMI.
If Manto, the film, falls short of being a masterpiece it's because Nandita Das could not quite crack the Manto code: She couldn't quite see the wholeness of her subject with the same eyes that Manto saw his people. This imperfection in the film, in a way, becomes the greatest tribute to Manto, feels Sreehari Nair.
Bhilar, a strawberry farming hub in Maharashtra, has been transformed into India's first 'books village'.
With fake products and machine-made mirrors making its way into the market, an age-old art form is under threat.
What is the man who hopes to replace Jayalalithaa like as a campaigner?
Many pictures showed The Skeleton Named Sheena. For the purpose of the photographs, the skeleton had been re-assembled and looked straight at the camera.
Annet Mahendru -- the half-Indian making waves in The Americans -- on her love for Bollywood, daal-chawal and being a Russian spy.
Adhuna Bhabani reveals that her love for hair styling began at a young age when her mother would take her to the hairstylist.
Jazbaa is a mercifully brief movie, just about two hours long, but that's about it in terms of the good part, warns Raja Sen.
Pooja Bhatt's irrepressible cuteness, Rekha's amusing cartoon, Asha Bhosle's super songstress power, Akshay Kumar's sparkling white sneakers and shaved chest find a mention in Sukanya Verma's weekly column.
'I would like to break the jinx that relationships made in the Bigg Boss house don't last long.'
The Biju Janata Dal MP from Dhenkanal says crime will come down if cannabis is legalised.
This Mother's Day, strengthen the bond of love with your mother over delicious delicacies.
Sreehari Nair is *not* impressed by this lot of films at all.
A young Mumbai artist brings the city alive.
IMAGES from matches on Day 8 at the French Open
'With Janhvi, we spent a lot of time together during the prep.' 'So by the time we went on the sets of Dhadak, it felt like being on the sets with your best friend.' 'On the sets, we were having too good a time.' 'We were having so much fun that I was worried if we were getting the work done or not.'
John Abraham, Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez show their Dishoom trailer!
Irrfan Khan's fascinating interview with Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com.
Divergent is clearly made for its already existent fan base, with the best loved bits and pieces of the book shoved on to screen with hardly any adhesive to keep them together, feels Paloma Sharma.
'I have been offered the main lead many times now, including romantic and action hero roles. But they're not interesting. I want to do films like Aandhi, Angoor, Ram Aur Shyam, Mela, Deewar, Zanjeer and Sholay but I don't have a plan.' Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub gets ready for the next level.
Today as one sees the Owaisi brothers of Hyderabad seeking to lay claim as the custodian of the Muslim vote and the upholders of the community's interests, it is Shahabuddin who springs to mind for having been there, done that, says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
Varun Dhawan tells us what an actor's life is really like.
'I don't miss college because I don't know what's like. What I'm doing is something special; I wouldn't trade it for a normal life.' The Stage winner Yatharth Ratnum gets ready for a new phase in his life.
'Saif thinks he is a good cook but he is not. I would like him to learn how to cook. I can cook well but I haven't entered the kitchen in the last six years. My mom always says a good cook is someone who can make good dal. And I can make excellent dal!' Kareena Kapoor Khan gives us an insight into her life.
How are we allowing an entire generation to grow up with no clear sense of identity and no knowledge of their incredibly rich cultural heritage, asks Anjuli Bhargava.
'It's a joy working there.' 'It's good work and when you come back it gives you pleasure.' 'On returning you take a shower and look at the day and say, "Ah! Nice scenes we did!"' 'Here sometimes you are doing nothing in the day, but you are there for the shoot.' 'You come home and it can be very frustrating, with that frustration the tiredness does not go, you know.' 'Good work gives you that strength and kick.'
Amartya Sen and Jagadish Bhagwati publicly sparred last year on the direction of India's economic policy.
Two young cyclists have embarked on a cycling tour across India with an aim to support girl child education.
For now, Edappadi K Palaniswami is in the saddle in Tamil Nadu, and firmly so. Both inside the party and the government, he has made OPS a yes-man, as the latter used to be under Jayalalithaa, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
'A stronger response on the border, some action needs to be taken against Pakistan from where the terrorists come, and finally what needs to be done is to calm Kashmir down,' Lieutenant General D S Hooda (retd) -- the Northern Army Commander under whose watch the Indian Army conducted the 2016 surgical strikes -- tells Rediff.com in an exclusive interview.
How much more gray or bald would Inspector Alaknure have become when we see him next? Will Peter still be wearing white shirts and khaki trousers and eating large lunches? Will Judge Jagdale be still in charge of the case? Who will be the prime minister when Alaknure appears in court next?
Right in the midst of bustling Kolkata lies what might be the most prominent population of Britons in India.
True Indian scenes most often lie on less travelled routes, along roads that have fallen off the map, after modern highways have come up. On the fourth leg of their 2,148 km journey, Rediff.com's Archana Masih and photographer Rajesh Karkera discover one such forgotten place in the Thar Desert.
A round-up of our favourite photographs from the week gone by
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