Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the valour and professionalism of the Chinar Corps personnel.
'I believe this song became a hit because of Aishwarya Rai. She is totally responsible for its success.' 'People would go to see the film all over the country, just to see her dance.'
Vishal Dadlani, who is touring over a dozen cities in North America and Europe with his partner Shekhar Ravjiani with the Unforgettable team, says their music owes a lot to the songs of the 1970s and 1980s. "Never mind what the subject of a film is," he says, "we want to make sure that every composition of ours has a good melody."
Sukanya Verma offers some diversion in in the form of Bollywood's typical torture tactics.
After almost a decade, the famed music composer is back doing what he does best -- making beautiful music.
Farah Khan's and Shah Rukh's second collaboration following Main Hoon Na, is a gloriously entertaining film from the word go.
No Ganpati celebration is complete without Humse Badhkar Kaun's hugely popular song, Deva O Deva Ganpati Deva Tumse Badhkar Kaun blaring out of the pandal speakers.
Sukanya Verma brings us everything we learned in this notorious year.
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's various terrace moments.
The veteran actor's Shaktiman turn on the small screen has been quite popular with kids.
Speaking exclusively with M I Khan/ Rediff.com, Mankiant said that the family is afraid for Kanhaiya's life although the court's have guaranteed his security.
'Oscar has been given to A R Rahman.' Ringa Ringa Ringa, Choli ki peeche kya hai -- What's the difference? Exactly the same. Also, Jai ho.' 'I did Ramba ho in 1985.' 'Rahman combined three of my songs and got Best Original Score.' 'The Ho came from me.' 'Bappi Lahiri brought the Ho to Bollywood.'
The 26th edition of Lions Gold Awards was held on January 25.
'I was ready to do anything and go to any extent.' 'Vishal Bhardwaj told us to gain 8 kilos, but we gained 10-12 kilos.' 'I had to blacken my teeth, bleach my hair, get freckles on my face...'
'In the early years of this century, barely 10 years after liberalisation, drinking Coke was still cool,' notes Uttaran Das Gupta.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Among the many composing geniuses, who created beautiful tunes for me to sing, Khayyamsaab was the last to remain alive.'
Here is Sukanya Verma's pick of 10 best male performances of the year.
'... That they should emerge as role-models to be emulated by the fellow countrymen; and that the middle classes should not stick only to hate-filled and scornful criticism and condemnation against the state of affairs,' remembers Mohammad Sajjad.
Every day a Party unfolds on social media where armchair activists, politically charged influencers, trend pundits, gyaan givers and troll armies change the world in their heads but remain clueless about the nation's grassroots reality, feels Sukanya Verma.
The way Dilip came to the porch to receive Lata, you would never have guessed something was amiss between the two. Raju Bharatan's many wonderful insights into Dilip Kumar's life.
On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days.
The 23-year-old Naib Subedar in the Indian Army said the Pulwama terror attack, which claimed the lives of 44 CRPF personnel, was on his mind through the tournament.
The music of 2016's Baaghi may be nowhere close to the blockbuster soundtrack that had been delivered by Anand-Milind for Salman Khan's namesake film, feels Aelina Kapoor.
As much as its protagonists look for perfect words to articulate their findings on love, friendship, a space in between and beyond, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil simply reiterates the nature of its unpredictability through a twist Sukanya Verma did not foresee or like.
'How can the romance of Indian Cinema ever leave us? Never.'
Silsila didn't work. But its roaring rang of romance continues to colour every single Holi. Sukanya Verma revisits this classic.
Malaika Arora Khan on her stint as a judge on the popular TV show, India's Got Talent.
The saffron party which has a lot at stake in the last two phases of polling scheduled for March 4 and 8 has moved its war room to Varanasi, entrusting Union ministers and senior leaders with the task of strengthening the campaign with the prime minister in the vanguard.
'Our country has enough talent, writers and composers to create music.' 'The previous generation did their job and went.' 'I think we need to leave behind some things.'
It is the two women directors in Shuruaat Ka Twist who end up making the best films, feels Sreehari Nair.
