'I fell in love with Suraiya and that was my first real gafla. The more I couldn't get her, the more I wanted her. When I couldn't marry her because the world didn't want it, I cried for the first time.'
Kareena has been a leading lady now for 25 years, Deepika for almost two decades and Alia for over a decade. Dinesh Raheja chronicles the changing ways Bollywood has treated actor-moms.
The three-day Holi weekend saw many film folk take a quick travel break.
Malavika gets colourful... Nimrat's in a tiger mood... Esha wishes mum Hema Malini on her birthday...
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Taapsee goes rani pink... Mira-Shahid's first meeting....Vijay has a feast...
All Hema Malini wants is a quiet birthday.
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'I know people have great expectation from me and I shall try to live up to their expectations,' she said.
Rashmika goes red... Adah goes blue...Tripti's fusion fashion...
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Editor M S Shinde deserves full credit because, I'm told, Ramesh Sippy had shot 300,000 feet of footage, which was brought down to 18,000. 'He died in 2012, in a 126 square foot flat in Dharavi, penniless, a forgotten hero.'
This is how the residents of Jamnagar danced the Garba.
'Mr Modi has the power and pre-eminence in the BJP-RSS to choose how long he wants to serve, and he is definitely going to want to contest in 2029.' 'He will only be 79, as old as Donald Trump now, and fitter,' observes Shekhar Gupta.
Film folk have been celebrating these last few days. Here's looking at just how.
Kangana Ranaut, who is the BJP candidate from her hometown Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, feels Prime Minister Narendra Modi is an 'ansh' (part) of Lord Ram and Lord Vishnu.
'I played five different versions of Woh Subah Kabhie Toh Aayegi for Raj Kapoor, only to be greeted with a totally blank reaction.' 'Thereafter, for 40 minutes, he disappeared, leaving us baffled.' 'But when he emerged, he couldn't stop appreciating our efforts!' 'He said Sahir Ludhianvi's writing was sheer poetry and since all my five tunes were equally wonderful, he would leave it to my discretion to chose the final tune.' 'What could be greater appreciation for an artiste?'
Sukanya Verma looks at instances of aristocrats falling for commoners on the silver screen.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
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'Standing before the majestic Ram Mandir, embraced by a sense of peace and devotion. A truly humbling experience. Grateful for this blessed moment.'
Today's Hindi film mothers are younger, trendier, more mischievous. But, truth be told, says Dinesh Raheja, I still do miss sometimes the comforting presence of the trad mother.
The BJP leader stressed that she rushed to Mathura immediately after getting the news of the violence and had cancelled all her film shoots.
The Bachchan family have this knack of going out of their way to make you feel extremely comfortable.
'She deserves every recognition she gets, and more.'
Amy goes on a date with her son... Prajakta is happy... Kriti enjoys the snow...
How some Bollywood ladies celebrated Holi.
BJP MP Hema Malini on Wednesday blamed the father of the four-year-old girl for the child's death in the road accident involving the actress' Mercedes.
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's best-known diamond robberies in film.
Bollywood's biggest stars arrived at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai on May 1 to take part in the inaugural edition of World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025.
Film folk turned up in numbers to celebrate Bollywood Dream Girl Hema Malini's 75th birthday on October 16.
Laxmi enjoys the sunset... Sanjana attends a wedding... Erica's beach time...
'Automatically, what happens, you have to accept.'
On Hema Malini's 75th birthday, the star and her daughters -- Esha and Ahana Deol -- hosted a birthday bash in Mumbai, and invited friends from the industry for a musical night.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met up with legendary actress Vyjayanthimala in Chennai, and shared pictures of their meeting.
'I am not an aspiration-oriented politician.' 'This is the time to redefine politics.' 'Politics of power is not real politics.'
Film folk exercise their right to at the Maharashtra assembly elections.
Manoj Kumar's musical imprints are as deep as his cinematic ones.
Entertainers can be good politicians if they treat the citizens as the audience, and treat their job like a live show, and work hard to make sure the audience likes them, asserts Sandeep Goyal.
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