'A great General who had become a legend in his lifetime.' 'India will not see the likes of Sagat Singh again.'
I remember a showbiz wedding during which guests had to sit through several painstakingly rehearsed but awkward dances performed by the bride's and groom's relatives. When Karan rolled his eyes, I smiled and said to him, 'You started it, now you suffer it.' An enchanting excerpt from Anupama Chopra's A Place In My Heart.
'If you look at my career, I am among that rare species that has always worked in non-mainstream films. And people liked it. As for TRPs, popularity, and 100 crore club, I have never thought about it.' Amol Palekar gets ready for his television comeback.
'I believe this song became a hit because of Aishwarya Rai. She is totally responsible for its success.' 'People would go to see the film all over the country, just to see her dance.'
A low down on the Salman-SRK special episode on Bigg Boss!
'I don't trust these days. Like now, everyone likes Mimi and my phone is constantly ringing. But tomorrow if I make a flop, the opposite will happen.'
'There's zero emotion and logic in anything about Baaghi 2,' says Sukanya Verma.
Here is Sukanya Verma's pick of 10 best male performances of the year.
Utkarsh Mishra imagines what is it that Baba Gandhi would say if he got the chance.
'All my life, I have made expensive films. This time, I want to make the least expensive film ever made in Bollywood.' 'It's an honest attempt to climb Mount Everest without knowing if I will reach the peak.'
'After the shoot, I was like, "Yeh maine kiya hai?"'
Journalist Anita Saluja was one of the last persons to meet Sushma Swaraj on August 6. She spent nearly an hour chatting with the late leader, which is why her sudden death later in the evening came as an unexpected shock for her. She talks to Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com about her association with Sushma Swaraj over the last few decades.
'I went to Nagpur for my engineering. I used to model there, those amateur fashion shows. Then you know, I thought why not try my luck in films and all?'
'Helmet is a proper family film, just a film on condoms.' 'It can never be a sex comedy.'
Kaif, who has been trolled for posting a picture of him playing chess with his son, was attacked for putting up a family photo alongside a Christmas tree while celebrating the festival.
'Kindly have us airlifted at the earliest. We are in a very bad situation here.'
As he was giving evidence, Dr Matcheswalla peremptorily summoned the CBI representative over to the witness box and whispered something. Indrani Mukerjea's advocate Sudeep Pasbola immediately cut in, wondering what he was up to: "Please, please, please." Dr Matcheswalla, looking innocently startled, said: "I was asking if I can order for tea."
Those in love with kabristan used to spend public money there, those who love religion and culture are spending the money on their uplift and upgrade, he said
'There was so much grace, depth and serenity in him.'
'Ek ghante ke andar humare paas 78,000 calls aaye.' '78,000!'
If Kishore Kumar were alive today, he would have turned 90 on August 4.
'It is the moment where compassion and empathy must supersede our identity, politics, or our ambitions.'
Why do Hindi cinema superstars flounder in their fifties, asks Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
'This world shows humanity in a fraudulent light.'
The news of his passing is sad and sudden but the body of work he leaves behind will neither fade nor be forgotten.
'You want poor people who take 5 kg rice to produce an Aadhaar card.' 'The poor man may or may not have Aadhaar.' 'Poor people are losing their food and dying.'
As Salman Khan turns 56 on December 27, his friends from the film industry get together on social media to wish him well.
Sukanya Verma presents a playlist of 100 Lata Mangeshkar songs from different decades of Hindi films -- songs that make me sing, smile, sob and sigh.
If only making it official was as easy as falling in love, says Sukanya Verma.
From the hilariously funny Harold and Kumar series, Kal Penn moves on to the more serious Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain, his first Hindi film. On the 30th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, the actor discusses his movie with Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/ Rediff.com
She said that despite government scheme and initiatives ranging from roads to agriculture, housing, scholarships to electricity benefiting lives of people, a false narrative was being created by the opposition that the government was working for cronies.
'The chief minister has said on the floor of the House that he knows everything (about the criminal-politician mafia).' 'If you know about this nexus, why aren't you acting against them?' 'Ask him why is he so helpless.'
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
As people wait in long queues outside banks, they appear happy that the ban on Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes will unearth black money and root out corruption.
Was romance invented so that Sanjay Leela Bhansali would one day make Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, which released on June 18, 1999, asks Subhash K Jha.
'So let's have fun with it. Let's do something that nobody is expecting.'
Acid attack survivor Lalita ties the knot with Rahul Kumar at a dream wedding.
'Salman said he would listen to our top five songs. If he didn't like them, he would leave for his next shot.' Brothers Sajid-Farhad tell Patcy N/ Rediff.com that dreams do come true.
