Lord Meghnad Desai, renowned British Indian economist and House of Lords peer, has died at the age of 85. Tributes pour in from political figures and colleagues.
'They are as layered and complicated as life itself.' 'There is love, but there is also pain and fire.'
'I think my performance in Ray's Devi still ranks as my best,' says Sharmila Tagore.
The film celebrates the language of cinema that permeated our system long ago, writes Sukanya Verma.
What keeps the momentum going is Kajol's fully committed performance that elevates this generic material to a surprising degree of watchability, feels Mayur Sanap.
'When India opened its doors to the world, moving away from an agrarian to a market economy, everything, whether life or love, was commodified.'
Here's what Tamannaah has in common with Malaika Arora Khan and Sameera Reddy!
Sholay's Basanti is the face of women's empowerment and gender equality. That's why, half a century after the movie first released, we're still talking about her.
'Even if I had the backing of a big corporate house, which I don't, in today's market, I wouldn't want the responsibility of making a Rs 300 crore-Rs 400 crore film.'
Sukanya Verma lists 10 terrific films available on OTT you need to watch right now.
Pushpa 2's advance bookings have set a new record, with advance bookings standing at Rs 50 crore on Day One.
Rehana Sultan was all set to be a path-breaker. The time was right. Hindi cinema had emerged from the 1960s musicals era. But somehow, leading film-makers of the time did not believe Rehana had that cachet. It was Zeenat Aman who ended up being the definitive taboo-trasher of the era. Dinesh Raheja salutes the trendsetter of the 1970s, Rehana Sultan.
'I was in serious depression during the shooting of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.' 'I realised that this is not the film I wanted to make.' 'Aamir told me we will redo, remove eight key characters and reshoot.' 'He gave me the confidence and told me it was a timeless script.'
'Republic Day week has consistently been a lucrative period for the film industry.'
'If there is one thing Shyam Benegal expressed best: It was the Poetry of the ordinary face and ordinary lives.'
Veteran actor B Saroja Devi passed into the ages on Monday, July 14, in Bengaluru.
As Yesudas turns 84 on January 10, Subhash K Jha salutes the legend.
Saiyaara ends up a bland rehash of old ideas served in an older bottle, notes Arjun Menon.
'Playing a negative role was a positive experience for me, doing things I'd never do in real life.'
'I should make a Rs 1,000 crore film with you.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'A 100% tariff could cut the Indian film industry's US revenues by 30% to 40%.'
Given all the talent involved and a rousing real life story at its centre, Haq is looking solid, notes Mayur Sanap.
'One of the dignified aspects of their relationship is that Hema reportedly told Dharamji that she would never disturb his first family.'
Film stars from Hindi cinema as well as the south came together on a common platform, where they were honoured for their work.
It's 'not looking like a Diwali lineup, which is usually grand and has superstar movies.'
While Amitabh Bachchan's chemistry with his heroines -- from Jaya Bhaduri to Rekha to Hema Malini -- brought sizzle to his films, many of his biggest blockbusters have been powered by his combustible combination with male co-stars.
'Sulochanaji was indeed a mother-figure to both the Hindi and Marathi film industry.'
Maine Pyar Kiya, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Kayenge, Ek Duje Ke Liye... add YOUR favourite to the list!
'I don't think Waheeda had the confidence that I could pull it off, so she said no.'
It was a black weekend for the Bollywood box office, as close to half a dozen new films arrived in theatres and all of them flopped!
'Those movie stars are asking for Rs 35 crore and are opening to Rs 3.5 crore.' 'How's that math working?'
'I wanted to do something different, so I turned Dharamji into Hardy, making him waddle with Naseer's stick-like Laurel.' 'People enjoyed seeing him in these avatars. When you work with an evergreen superstar like Dharamji, you can make such 'items'.'
Prabhas never looked more heroic and magnetic than he did in the dual role of Amarendra and Mahendra Baahubali, applauds Mayur Sanap after watching the nearly four hour-long Baahubali: The Epic.
This week's release JohnDay will see Naseer in one of his most violent roles.
'It is daunting, for sure, because you're rowing upstream.'
'I went from being a teenager, to an actor and eventually into a star all so quickly.'
On Wednesday Kamal Haasan, now president of the Makkal Needhi Maiyyam, went over to Rajinikanth's bungalow in Chennai's posh Poes Garden area to seek his friend's blessings ahead of taking oath as a Rajya Sabha member on July 25 in New Delhi.
After spinning into the spotlight with the hit song-and-dance number Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu in Howrah Bridge (1958), Helen signed scores of films as a dancer. But Helen was raring to step out of her dancing shoes, and play heroine instead.
