'...and showcased in their original beauty.'
'The ending Vijay Tendulkar had written was different.' 'According to him, the film ended with Anant Welankar's suicide.' 'I felt such an ending would be too nihilistic.' 'Bahut zyada defeatist ho jaata.'
Author-Scriptwriter Sadia Dehlvi remembers Zohra Sehgal.
Director Vipul Shah talks about his latest, Namaste London.
Kangana Ranaut plays an Air Force pilot in Tejas, joining an increasing list of films and shows centered around women playing significant roles in their careers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country is proud and elated with "Naatu Naatu" winning an Oscar and hailed the song as one that will be remembered for years to come.
'With him by your side, you can even leap from the Bhuj Khalifa knowing that even if you crash land, the journey will be unforgettable.'
What is noticeable in both movies is the willingness with which both the ageing stars -- Kamal is 68 and Rajini, four years older at 72 with a kidney transplant that he has not shied away from acknowledging -- have learnt to respect their age and bodies, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
With IFFI done and dusted, eyes have now turned towards the 23rd edition of the International Indian Film Academy Awards.
'I started losing sleep.' 'I started having trust issues.' 'I knew that actors sometimes go through this and I thought I'll be able to step in and step out of the character.' 'But it took me a while to feel good again.'
The court said being the author, Ray was the first owner of the copyright to the screenplay and the right to novelise it is also vested in him.
Mickey Nivelli, an Indian expat better known as Harbance Kumar, is often credited with pioneering the art of filmmaking in the Caribbean.
Cinematographer Kiran Deohans, who has worked in films like Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Aks, Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham, Jodhaa Akbar and Agneepath, discusses the films that have inspired him.
Women's Day is coming up on March 8 and we're marking the occasion with a series on India's women achievers across entertainment, business, sports, politics and fashion. Today, we look at the forerunners in the world of Indian cinema. Vote for your favourite!
'I do not support this viewpoint that if there is no work here, go to the south, and vice versa.'
The annual IIFA weekend in Abu Dhabi saw Bollywood's top stars in attendance, as they walked the green carpet and put up power-packed performances.
It's not everyday that we get to interview the mesmerising Hema Malini.
Aruna Irani looks back at her association with the iconic actor.
'The moment I met him, the first thing he did was hug me, and then warmly gave a kiss on my forehead.' 'In that moment, I was like, "Oh my God!"'
In spite of its flaws, I enjoyed reading the book, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. Simply for the joy of digging into the life, in pictures and words, of one of the most enduring stars of Indian cinema.
'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.' 'And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole world, then we are really being losers.' 'The visionaries of the industry must pull up their socks and say that now we will create for the world.'
'We bonded over the fact that we are both from Delhi and he spent a lot of his childhood in the same neighbourhood as me.'
Yet again, it's a Hollywood film that's scoring in Indian cinemas this season.
'Proudly representing & winning for Indian Cinema. #jaihind...'
It's a really unique film, never done in Indian cinema before.
There were so many beautiful moments from Oscar night.
Many films and shows go back in time to bring alive so many fading and forgotten memories.
South Indian cinema's biggest superstars rock the show on OTT. Sukanya Verma gives us some recommendations for the week.
President Kovind offered his condolences to Kumar's family and said his demise marks the end of an era of Indian cinema.
Appearing before cheering fans at the star-studded opening ceremony of the Kolkata International Film Festival in Kolkata on Thursday, Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan spoke of staying positive and alive, and on the new crop of historical films being steeped in 'fictionalised jingoism'.
'...you start running after the star.' 'If the star says yes to the film, the ecosystem supports it.' 'The biggest cog in the wheel of the ecosystem is the audience and we forget that.'
There are some interesting sequels coming up, with one magic name attached to them: Ayan Mukerji!
The IIFA weekend saw a bevy of Bollywood stars, with green carpet arrivals, performances and awards.
Much as we'd like it to, all hasn't changed. In our country, the revolution must be polite and careful not to offend. Still, Raja Sen assures, there is hope.
'I am writing two films. Something very different from Rocky Aur Rani.' 'I know I'm back on the set next year.'
'We shot the song Zinda Banda for about six days.' 'We were dancing relentlessly for six days to a point when we thought our knees had started making sounds!' 'He was on set, every day, dancing next to us for all those six days.'
When stars travel, they make lovely pictures on social media.
'It's amazing how many different kinds of patriotic songs we have in our country.'
'Krishna and his brother Hanumantha Rao were the producers of the majority of my Hindi remakes of their Telugu films.'
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