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Lessons from Bollywood: How to play cricket!

Lessons from Bollywood: How to play cricket!

Rediff.com13 Apr 2016

With the IPL season kicking in, here are some unique tips players can pick from Bollywood...

#10YearChallenge: 'Stop expecting. Love yourself'

#10YearChallenge: 'Stop expecting. Love yourself'

Rediff.com22 Jan 2019

Rediff readers take the 10YearChallenge and tell us what has changed.

When R D Burman inspired movie titles!

When R D Burman inspired movie titles!

Rediff.com27 Jun 2014

The late R D Burman has inspired music, musicians and movie titles. On his 75th birth anniversary on June 27, we celebrate the legend all over again.

Saroj Khan turns Bhojpuri director

Saroj Khan turns Bhojpuri director

Rediff.com3 Apr 2006

'In Sagar Sarhadi's death, we lost a powerful voice'

'In Sagar Sarhadi's death, we lost a powerful voice'

Rediff.com22 Mar 2021

'I'm very proud of having worked with one of the finest minds of India and Indian cinema.'

Naseer on Whistling Woods and more

Naseer on Whistling Woods and more

Rediff.com1 Jun 2006

'Actors are the laziest people on earth'

'Actors are the laziest people on earth'

Rediff.com31 May 2006

Naseer talks about his directorial debut Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota

'Sushma transformed MEA, oriented it to people's call'

'Sushma transformed MEA, oriented it to people's call'

Rediff.com13 Aug 2019

Joined by leaders from all major parties, Modi paid tributes to the Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart, who died last week, at a condolence meeting.

'A film like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam just happens'

'A film like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam just happens'

Rediff.com18 Jun 2021

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.

Just imagine! Rahul Gandhi's earthquake-wallah speech

Just imagine! Rahul Gandhi's earthquake-wallah speech

Rediff.com9 Dec 2016

Utkarsh Mishra imagines what is it that Baba Gandhi would say if he got the chance.

Family Man: How Dhriti did the MURDER scene

Family Man: How Dhriti did the MURDER scene

Rediff.com15 Jun 2021

'After the shoot, I was like, "Yeh maine kiya hai?"'

Migrant in viral photo reaches Bihar, couldn't see son

Migrant in viral photo reaches Bihar, couldn't see son

Rediff.com17 May 2020

The powerful image of the distraught man, struggling to reach home in Begusarai, almost 1,200 km away during the nationwide lockdown, was widely shared across all media, becoming a defining image of the trauma of lakhs of migrant labourers stranded away from home.

The BEST Courtroom Scenes in Bollywood

The BEST Courtroom Scenes in Bollywood

Rediff.com17 Oct 2013

Hansal Mehta's Shahid tells the story of slain criminal defense lawyer Shahid Azmi.

Indian IT firms worst hit as H-1B visa rejections rise

Indian IT firms worst hit as H-1B visa rejections rise

Rediff.com31 Oct 2019

Among IT services firm, Cognizant witnessed over 60 per cent of its initial applications rejected, followed by Capgemini, Accenture, Wipro, and Infosys. In 2018, the top six Indian firms got just 16 per cent or 2,145 H1B work permits.

Sahir Ludhianvi's priceless notes, poems found in scrap shop!

Sahir Ludhianvi's priceless notes, poems found in scrap shop!

Rediff.com9 Sep 2019

Mumbai-based Film Heritage Foundation, a not-for-profit NGO, found these items recently amid a dump of newspapers and magazines at the scrap shop in Juhu and now plans to preserve and exhibit "the archives".

The Dream Girl Review

The Dream Girl Review

Rediff.com13 Sep 2019

You'll come out laughing till your sides hurt, promises Sukanya Verma.

Remember Bollywood's TERRACE moments?

Remember Bollywood's TERRACE moments?

Rediff.com2 Jul 2020

Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's various terrace moments.

The bitter irony of Raj Kapoor's Awara

The bitter irony of Raj Kapoor's Awara

Rediff.com15 Oct 2013

In this special series, we re-visit great Hindi film classics. Today, we look back at Raj Kapoor's Awara.

What's Neena Gupta doing in Mukteshwar?

What's Neena Gupta doing in Mukteshwar?

Rediff.com25 Apr 2020

'If we are forced to be confined indoors for a month or two months, it's not such a big deal. It's not like we are in jail.'

Half-Yearly Report: Bollywood's HIGHS and LOWS of 2019

Half-Yearly Report: Bollywood's HIGHS and LOWS of 2019

Rediff.com1 Jul 2019

Sukanya Verma looks at 2019's winners and washouts so far.

Nirmala attacks Oppn for creating false narrative around Budget

Nirmala attacks Oppn for creating false narrative around Budget

Rediff.com12 Feb 2021

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.

Actress Reema Lagoo, 59, dies of cardiac arrest

Actress Reema Lagoo, 59, dies of cardiac arrest

Rediff.com18 May 2017

Lagoo's son-in-law Vinay Waikul said, "She complained of chest pain so we took her to the hospital around 1 am. She passed away around 3.15 am."

Bigg Boss 10: Sallu biased towards the men?

Bigg Boss 10: Sallu biased towards the men?

Rediff.com14 Nov 2016

Salman appeared to compare Manu's jail term with his own. Hand resting on his chest, Bhai declared, 'Yehi hota hai jab koi nirdosh ko jail hoti hai.'

'To make a Bollywood film is not easy'

'To make a Bollywood film is not easy'

Rediff.com4 Aug 2021

'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.'

Raees Review: Na miyabhai ki daring , na baniye ka dimag

Raees Review: Na miyabhai ki daring , na baniye ka dimag

Rediff.com25 Jan 2017

It would have helped Raees' creative -- not box office -- cause to have the courage of its conviction and not turn Raees into the story of a whimpering, sanskari gangster, feels Prasanna D Zore.

'Music directors never tried to find out my worth'

'Music directors never tried to find out my worth'

Rediff.com6 May 2021

'If a hero wanted Mr Rafi to sing for him, naturally it had to be him.' 'Then if it was Dilip Kumar, who is a soft-spoken man, he naturally wanted Talat Mehmood.' 'Raj Kapoor wanted only Mukesh. Now you tell me, where did I stand a chance?'

Karan Johar to direct Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Karan Johar to direct Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Rediff.com1 Dec 2014

Titled Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, the movie will also star Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma.

Sacked IA officer jailed for 4 years in DA case

Sacked IA officer jailed for 4 years in DA case

Rediff.com20 May 2013

A sacked Indian Airlines officer has been jailed for four years for possessing disproportionate assets worth Rs 63.06 lakh, double his known income, by a Delhi court which said he failed to maintain the "purity" of public office.

FABULOUS pix from Veere Di Wedding

FABULOUS pix from Veere Di Wedding

Rediff.com22 May 2018

Girl power, bang on display!

Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl review

Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl review

Rediff.com11 Aug 2020

Janhvi Kapoor does well as the girl trying to assert her 'kaabiliyat', observes Sukanya Verma.

'I don't think the audience expects me to do a sex comedy'

'I don't think the audience expects me to do a sex comedy'

Rediff.com17 Sep 2020

'Helmet is a proper family film, just a film on condoms.' 'It can never be a sex comedy.'

The badshah of romance

The badshah of romance

Rediff.com14 Feb 2005

Teesri Manzil: Style, substance, Suspense and Shammi!

Teesri Manzil: Style, substance, Suspense and Shammi!

Rediff.com11 Apr 2013

In this week's Classic Re-visited special, we look back at Shammi Kapoor and Asha Parekh's 1966 film, Teesri Manzil.

Use your phone for shopping, to pay bills as UPI goes live

Use your phone for shopping, to pay bills as UPI goes live

Rediff.com25 Aug 2016

21 banks have launched United Payments Interface application.

Bollywood's 10 WORST love triangles!

Bollywood's 10 WORST love triangles!

Rediff.com18 Feb 2013

Some films, like last Friday's release Murder 3, leave a distinctly foul taste in the mouth.

'Madhuri, Rani, Ash, Ranbir are the best dancers in Bollywood'

'Madhuri, Rani, Ash, Ranbir are the best dancers in Bollywood'

Rediff.com4 May 2013

Geeta Kapoor talks about her new telly show, India's Dancing Superstars.

10 times Ajay Devgn let his hair down

10 times Ajay Devgn let his hair down

Rediff.com2 Apr 2019

Happy birthday, Mr Devgn!

Cong's poll compulsions defined Cabinet rejig: Advani

Cong's poll compulsions defined Cabinet rejig: Advani

Rediff.com30 Oct 2012

"Honest ministers were demoted and punished (in Cabinet reshuffle) while those who matter in elections are allotted berths in the Manmohan Singh Cabinet," he said. Advani said he was disappointed with the "spate of scams tumbling out of the Centre's closet".

'The country has become like Bigg Boss'

'The country has become like Bigg Boss'

Rediff.com28 Oct 2020

'One cannot deny that the show is tempting.' 'It gives you a lot of fame for whatever time it may be.' 'If you are smart, you can stretch it for more than a year.' 'It gives you the kind of fame that movies or other television projects don't give.' 'Of course, the money is also great, even more if you win the show.'

After Sunny Leone, KRK upsets Mahesh Bhatt

After Sunny Leone, KRK upsets Mahesh Bhatt

Rediff.com15 Feb 2013

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.