Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood.
'While I was shooting fake guns in Minsk, there were real grenades being thrown just a little distance away.'
Subhash K Jha presents five super-talented actors waiting to break through.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the big November hits in the past decade.
There have been several instances of cop films doing quite well at the box office.
Girish Karnad's demise leaves Shabana Azmi shattered.
200: Halla Ho's filmi treatment of events diminishes the impact of a fiery reality, says Sukanya Verma.
The President and the Prime Minister led the tributes for Mangeshkar who spent close to a month in the hospital before her demise.
'We like to look at a screenplay as a spiral staircase.' 'You never know what awaits at the next turning.'
'I broke into Hindi cinema with Tere Mere Sapne and the song Aankh Mare become a big hit.' 'And now that song has become a rage again in Simmba.'
'I think my performance in Ray's Devi still ranks as my best,' says Sharmila Tagore.
'Today, 25 years later, Raja Hindustani is as much a Dharmesh Darshan film as it is Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor's 'different' love story.'
I cannot think of another Hindi movie that has, without so much as a hint of cynicism or speechifying, brought out that fundamental fact of Muslims being an integral part of the Indian culture while being at the same time a subculture with its own polite niceties, observes Sreehari Nair.
'The heroine's role could have been done by any Telugu actress.'
'There are so many actors and films that have influenced the lives of millions.'
Did you know that the original choice for the title role in Piku was not Deepika Padukone? It was Parineeti Chopra.
'Before you get married, you should know each other's secrets.' 'You should know all the things that could cause problems later on.'
'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.'
'Whether the Ram or the Raavan within us wins is what makes us who we are.'
'There is a lot that I find extremely annoying in Ramu, like his constant attempts to shock and stir up controversy by needlessly needling sacred cows.' Subhash K Jha salutes the maverick filmmaker on his birthday.
'Life is unpredictable and it's not like once you have fallen in love with someone, you can't fall out, right?'
'Sushant Singh Rajput, a bright young lad who had a life beyond films, was probably too good for Bollywood.' 'To blame his death by suicide on a gang of Bollywood bullies is stretching the point too far,' argues Saibal Chatterjee.
'If she hadn't been the force that she was, we, who came later, would have continued to be footnotes in the credit titles.'
'The young generation doesn't want to work with old hats like me.' 'They don't understand that we are brighter and wiser because of our experience.' 'We can take them on the right path, but they should keep their ears open.'
RRR isn't the "spectacle" it is made out to be, argues Sreehari Nair.
Among Hindi cinema's leading men of the last century, Sunil Dutt, who passed away 16 years ago on May 25, did not hesitate in doing women-oriented films which addressed the issues of their upliftment, empowerment and equality.
Bollywood took to the stage quite glamorously at IIFA Rocks, the event that kick-started the 20th edition of IIFA.
'I told Shah Rukh I wanted to sign him for our film, Deewana.' 'He responded by saying that he had no dates.' 'I was shocked because he hadn't had a single release till then.'
'Then suddenly, I was out, Jaya was doing Guddi instead.'
Priyadarshan has made some of the best comedies in Hindi cinema, but the director says it none of it would have been possible without the cult success of Hera Pheri which completed 20 years on March 31.
After playing the Rani of Jhansi, Ms Ranaut will play kabaddi in her next film.
SRK's persona and brand power has been built over nearly 30 years of public acclaim and love. Brands perhaps believe that his troubles are transitory and that as a human brand he has long legs capable of striding over controversies, explains ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
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