How many of the 354 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2017 have you seen?
Looking at Shah Rukh Khan's unusual onscreen professions.
'People always associate being thin or fit with starving yourself. I keep reading articles about actors doing some orange diet, eating one banana and black coffee a day. We grow up with so many insecurities and want to look like those air-brushed models we see.'
He had no airs about his talent, he did not intellectualise it, he just lived and breathed acting.
Every psychiatrist and psychologist Rediff.com spoke to said one thing: Avoid news channels and social media.
While Lyon rallied to hold Leipzig 2-2 after a Memphis Depay strike, it was the English clubs who made a mark on the night. Liverpool and Chelsea moved into the last 16 with contrasting wins and now all four English clubs, including Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, are in the Champions League knockouts this season.
'I have always been told 'thoda sa aur, thoda sa aur.' 'That's why I was always hamming.'
Island City should not be missed, raves Aseem Chhabra.
Of all the Indian films screened in Toronto, three stood out for Aseem Chhabra -- A Death in the Gunj, Mostly Sunny and An Insignificant Man.
Here's looking at Bollywood's tryst with luxury cruise liners.
Here's your weekly digest of the craziest stories from around the world.
'Rahul has done nothing for us. Rajiv Gandhi was different. He was a great man.' In Amethi, each person knows at least five people who have spoken to him, sipped chai with him. It's a connect the Gandhis hope people won't forget when Amethi goes to the polls on May 7.
This week's collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world.
Late US President Dwight Eisenhower's visit to Agra over five decades ago presents a stark contrast to the changed global security situation now as President Obama prepares to visit Taj Mahal next week.
'My recent films didn't do well but that's a part of the game. I don't have any complaints. I feel sad and dejected, but you have to get moving,' Sharman Joshi tells Sonil Dedhia.
Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us.
Body-building and the traditional form of kushti (wrestling) rein supreme in this little village near Mumbai.
'This slender yet joyous film introduces so many fresh insanities and has such an endless stream of wisecracking that it takes on shades of a running ballad,' notes Sreehari Nair.
'Will you take a Mercedes Benz or Rolex watches or fancy shoes to your grave?'
Kriti Kharbanda talks about her Bollywood debut Raaz Reboot and getting possessed in reel life!
'Once The House Next Door becomes a hit, instead of Baahubali, this will become the reference point.' Yes, Siddharth is very confident of his latest film.
A lesson for Jeetendra from Raaj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor delivering gas and Susan Sarandon-Jessica Lange's caustic retelling of the infamous Bette Davis-Joan Crawford feud, Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week turned out to quite a blast from the past.
According to the New York Times, Tamil Nadu has a 'rich and undiscovered history'.
Talented photographers from across the world have been named as winners of diverse open categories at the Sony World Photography Awards -- and the champions were judged on just a single image. Faced with hundreds of thousands of entries, the judges have chosen a winner for each of ten categories that include architecture, culture and landscape. Also announced were the winners of the National Awards. Chosen from the same pool of images as the open competition, the National Award recognises the best entrant from each of 62 countries.
Merrylin Boro, the 23 yr-old beauty bares her heart out.
The death of his beloved wife was a blow Shashi Kapoor never recovered from, reveals Aseem Chhabra.
Sudhir Bisht seeks some answers not from the biggest superstar India has seen but from the lovable Prem of the silver screen.
Barring a Shah Rukh Khan, an Akshay Kumar or a Preity Zinta, it is near impossible for most Indians to break into Bollywood's exclusive club of star children. Hearteningly, it is still possible for Indians born in middle class homes to become star technicians like 3 Idiots director Rajkumar Hirani. Patcy N and photographer N V Reuben traveled to Raju Hirani's home town Nagpur last week to discover how his journey to directorial superstardom began.
'If ever there was a film that begged to be celebrated on the big-screen -- heck, that begged viewing with 3D glasses -- it is this one, a sensational ride that throws you, the viewer, into the deep-end and drags you along for a chained and scorched and unbelievable ride,' says Raja Sen.
How has Raj Thackeray, who is as much a businessman as politician, been able to pull it off, when most Opposition politicians live in fear of IT and ED and CBI, asks Krishna Prasad after attending a Raj rally in Nashik.
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Sathya Saran talks about Guru Dutt and Abrar Alvi at the launch of her book Ten Years with Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi's Journey.
'If I'm in Bombay for 30 days of work, I'm working all 30 days, there's no holiday between my work.' 'Sometimes I wish for a routine in life, but maybe if the routine comes in, it would be horrible.' 'I'm so used to rushing and hurrying,' Anushka Sharma tells Ronjita Kulkarni/Rediff.com
Haider is a remarkable achievement and one of the most powerful political films we've ever made, a bonafide masterpiece that throbs with intensity and purpose.
'He's not dead. I am dead. I am dead. He didn't love me like I wanted him to. He didn't love me as much as I wanted him to. But it doesn't matter, I loved him. And he's dead. And he has my first silly poem in his drawer. And he has all the imperfect paintings I tore to pieces in his files. ' For Sameera, time froze still on December 13, 2013.
'Not only are the concerns expressed in Stree (patriarchy, consent, prejudice against women) mere excuses to touch our 'sentimental hotspots', the movie itself is a few tricks cobbled together,' says Sreehari Nair.
'When I am at the top I always feel I am blessed and closer to god.'
Stunning photos have revealed incredible secrets of the underwater world, with the winners of the 2018 Underwater Photographer of the Year award announced. German photographer Tobias Friedrich has been named Underwater Photographer of the Year 2018. More than 5,000 images were submitted this year by photographers from around the world. UPY was once again kind enough to share some of this year's honourees with us below, with captions written by the photographers.
'With Tanu Weds Manu, I discovered myself.'
