The country is all set for the second round of elections on April 18 in the ongoing seven-phase Lok Sabha polls that will elect 543 members to the lower house of Parliament. Going to polls in the second phase will be 95 seats in 12 states and one Union Territory. Here is a look at some of the big names contesting in phase two of Lok Sabha elections.
Sukanya Verma lists the memorable use of trees in Hindi movies.
On that note, Sukanya Verma lists 10 times when Bollywood assembled a bevy of evil-doers to make life hell for its leading man.
Saluting the late music composers most memorable film songs.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Sukanya Verma lists her favourite episodes from Koffee With Karan over the years.
We pick some actresses who we think can replace Shilpa Shinde as Angoori Bhabhi. Vote for your favourite at the end, or simply send us your own picks in the message board below.
'And though I wasn't too shocked to see Swami Om go, I wonder how his stay in the secret room will make the show more entertaining.'
Her speech was laced with Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit and even Tamil verses.
Five Congress ministers lose. Only Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi win.
Why do the biggest, most talented and successful film-makers of India suck up to the establishment so breathlessly, asks Shekhar Gupta.
This episode doesn't reach the heights of the one with all the Kapoor siblings; Hema Malini and Zeenat Aman's blast from the past or Ranveer-Arjun's raita rendezvous but amply underscores SRK's reputation as the superstar we love to hear talk, writes Sukanya Verma.
'Mr Kejriwal has played it cool in distancing himself from Delhi's hotspots, adroitly pandering to the BJP's Hindu vote.' 'He neither visited the scene of JNU violence nor has he dropped by at Shaheen Bagh,' notes Sunil Sethi.
These Bollywood gems truly deserve two thumbs up!
In a grand ceremony with overtones of a United States presidential inauguration, heads of state and government, India Inc honchos, opposition leaders, Bharatiya Janata Party members and showbiz stars rubbed shoulders as they watched President Ram Nath Kovind administer the oath of office to India's 58 new ministers.
The hounding of Rhea Chakraborty in the Sushant Singh Rajput case is a drug that is being carefully pumped into India's veins to make it comfortably numb as it is wracked by economic ruin and disease, notes Sumit Bhattacharya.
Elections will also be held in 35 assembly constituencies in Odisha.
Raabta is about reincarnation, so here's comparing the pre and post reincarnation looks of characters actively engaged in punar janam.
We take a look at his life through his pictures over the years.
'My parents once went to watch Rajkumar Kohli's Insaniyat Ke Dushman. In the film, I "rape" Anita Raaj. My father was very upset. My mother left the theatre. Years later, my father asked me to do a positive role with a heroine like Hema Malini. Unfortunately, I never got to do that. I played her brother-in-law in Satte Pe Satta. Now in Ramesh Sippy's Shimla Mirch, I am romancing her but my father is not alive to see it.' Shakti Kapoor, straight from the heart.
Hema Malini and Shaina NC have also been omitted from the group.
Looking forward to Salman's cameo in Shah Rukh Khan's Zero?
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attributed the impressive show by his party to the "alert voters" who he said rejected the 'mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance) of opposition parties.
We bring you glimpses of the Raksha Bandhan moments in Bollywood.
There are many, many instances of this 'dark' approach. Sukanya Verma looks at a few.
Remembering an incomparable actor by re-visiting his finest films.
Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit get ready to make Total Dhamaal on the big screen again!
Like the rest of India, film folk like Lata Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Karan Johar came out on their balconies to clap and give a shout-out to people, who have been providing medical and other essential services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as part of PM Narendra Modi's Janta curfew initiative.
Radhika Rajamani pays tribute to the legendary film producer Daggubati Ramanaidu who breathed his last on February 18.
Tamil film Touring Talkies is let down by an almost insensitive script, weak characterisation and inept execution, says S Saraswathi.
Rumblings within the Bharatiya Janata Party came to the fore on Wednesday night as the party decided to field L K Advani from Gandhinagar for Lok Sabha polls, angering the patriarch who wanted to shift to Bhopal in a reflection of his tensions with Narendra Modi.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Veteran actor Vinod Khanna passed away on Thursday after battling cancer. He was 70.
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