Ranbir's daku aspirations, Alia's magical transformation, Aishwarya's mommy love and more in Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week.
We saw a *lot* of glamour and style this year.
Bollywood's trendiest stars get it right!
We take a look at the movies where Reema Lagoo played dignified mom characters.
'Her death has left a small hole in me. That little space that her songs and her screen image always filled in me. She had not worked in films for years, but somehow I always sensed she was there, somewhere in Bombay where movie magic is made.'
Even after three decades, Mandi proves its lasting relevance and powerful impact on cinephile memory by inviting comparisons to Vidya Balan's Begum Jaan.
On a visit to India in 2013, writer Ved Mehta -- who passed into the ages on Sunday January 10, 2021 - gave Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel a rare glimpse into his state of mind and what he thinks of the changes he encounters in his motherland.
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Bibhu Mohapatra from Odisha gave up a degree in economics to design clothes and hasn't looked back.
The Blue City is calling out to you. Are you ready?
'Sonia's term as Congress president -- which was 20 years -- was the longest in the party's history.' 'It will also go down as the period in which the Congress transformed in the way Indians viewed it,' says Aakar Patel.
Step aside, dear models. The celebrity showstoppers are here to steal the show.
Its quiet, whitewashed elegance and colourful vibrancy make the erstwhile colonial town of Puducherry an ambler's delight.
Right in the midst of bustling Kolkata lies what might be the most prominent population of Britons in India.
Putting an interesting spin on Bollywood's power jodis...
Martand Singh, the master of weaves, took India to the world.
They bent rules. Shut down haters. And inspired many with their successes. Let them inspire you too!
These hotties have been the toast of the fashion world this year. Vote for your favourite.
In our special series revisiting great Hindi film classics, Sukanya Verma looks back at Rishi Kapoor-Sridevi-Vinod Khanna starrer Chandni.
One always ponders over why the witnesses should not have poor memory when answering cross examination questions or recounting events that occurred six years ago. Too many witnesses seemed to have drunk some Harry Potter-esque Philosopher's Stone magic elixir that has Botoxed their fading memory to make it as good as new again.
Sukanya Verma talks about her yet another fun filmi week!
Her book is less of a Hindutva-loving diatribe against the Dynasty than its detractors suggest, but it is still hard to agree with much of what she writes, says Vir Sanghvi on Tavleen Singh's latest book.
Indrani looked cheerful and upbeat and announced she had quite recovered from her wounds...
Ivanka spoke for a good 15 minutes, gracefully, looking straight at her audience, her face wreathed often in winning smiles. She is an articulate, striking, woman who charmed her audience.
Rediff.com reproduces the 1997 feature about Laxman, his passion for crows, and of course, his genius.