When Kamini Kaushal passed away at 98, she missed being a centenarian by just two years. But there is very little else that she missed out on in her long, rich, creatively fulfilling life.
'I saw Bimal Roy's Devdas again a few years ago, almost 50 years after it had been made.' 'I found it very intelligently made; the scenes flowed so beautifully.' 'There is just one scene with both Suchitra Sen and me in the film, and it's beautiful.'
Film folk arrived to watch singer Guru Randhawa make his acting debut in a feature film called Kuch Khattaa Ho Jaay in the film's special screening.
Even as we tip our hats to the best performances of 2023, there are quite a few that may have gone unnoticed.
'Wonder of wonders we finished the Janmashtami song and can you believe it within the next few days it so happened that Dilip Sahab walked into my life, gazed into my eyes and asked my grandmother and mother for my Hand in marriage.'
'She has lived through a lot,' close friend Asha Parekh revealed to Subhash K Jha.
The National Museum of Indian Cinema opens on November 15.
'Later, I asked Hrithik how he could have remained so calm in the circumstances. He told me simply, "What could have happened? At the most, they would have killed me".'
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'After watching Elvis Presley, Shammi Kapoor decided to pick the rock and roll star's style itself.' 'Dada was the kind of producer who took a leap of faith and gave Shammi Kapoor the freedom to display himself as crazy, mad, rough -- all the charms of Elvis Presley -- in his films.'
'After pack-up, Sridevi took a shower in the studio itself, changed, and returned to the set with a wad of notes.' 'She distributed it amongst every technician who had worked on the song Na Jaane Kahan Se Aaye Hai.'
We bring pictures from the sets of Neil's film, Shortcut Romeo, co-starring Puja Gupta.
'We are open to directing a Khiladi 2.' 'And we would want to do it with Akshay who is still so fit, energetic and successful.'
Drishyam will release on July 31.
'I was in China and when they learnt I had made Disco Dancer, they started singing Jimmy Jimmy, Aaja Aaja.'
'Today, as a film personality, he is bigger than Dharma Productions.' 'But he is still warm and loyal to his friends from school, college and work.'
The incident that claimed 43 live and left 16 injured brought back tragic memories of the Uphaar cinema hall blaze in 1997.
Reports said the four-storied building where the incident happened housed a plastic factory and is located behind Filmistan movie hall.
As Shah Rukh Khan turns 56 on November 2, the Men In White Abbas-Mustan talk to Rediff.com Contributor Roshmila Bhattacharya about the time when Khan would keep them sleepless for several nights.
Anees Bazmee has spent 43 years in the film industry and knows all its stories.
The novel coronavirus pandemic has hit businesses and people who could afford four goats till last year do not have enough money to buy even one this Eid.
New York-based photographer Mark Bennington recently released his collection of beautiful photographs depicting the typical Bollywood life in a coffee table book called Living the Dream: The Life of the 'Bollywood' Actor.
An encounter with movie veteran Chandrashekhar.
'Sharing screen space with Salman bhai is a superb experience.'
Check out the star arrivals.
'My mother was a stuntwoman, so she is not scared. My wife gets scared, as she was a banker.' Khatron Ke Khiladi host Rohit Shetty takes us through the upcoming eighth season.
Take a look at the list.
Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade.
Slapped by the Bollywood star, Santosh Rai got back by slapping a case against the actor-turned-politician.
'DDLJ gave my career a boost, and placed me on a pedestal.' Farida Jalal relives the DDLJ moments.
'Unfortunately, prostitution is looked down upon.' 'It should be legalised.' 'Imagine the sexual frustration in the country if it didn't exist!' Chunky Pandey tells Rediff.com's Ronjita Kulkarni how he bagged Begum Jaan and more.
'Aditya Chopra says the only time Shah Rukh acts is when he laughs' 'I never realised this, but when I see him, I realise that he has never laughed.' 'So I asked him why doesn't he laugh.' 'He said he didn't know, that he never thought about it.'
Ahead of her soon to be released film Tamasha -- her fourth with ex-boyfriend and close friend Ranbir Kapoor -- Deepika Padukone gets candid.
'Shakti Samanta was a very honest man. I have done four films with him. He was very sick before he died; nobody was allowed to see him in the hospital. I went but I could not bear to see him like that. Iftekar and I would go to see Ashok Kumar often. He would ask me to bring some kheema, as he loved my wife's preparation. I would have attended kavi sammelans with Jan Nisar Akhtar (Javed Akhtar's father), Sahir Ludhianvi and Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Amitabh Bachchan was a child then, and would often accompany his father.' Veteran actor Chandrashekhar Vaidya goes back in time.
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