Sukanya Verma applauds the man, the movies and the many, many, MANY memories he's created on big screen through 80 Amitabh Bachchan moments.
'Through this one step, and more steps that follow, log judte jayenge (more people will come together); I'm sure of that.'
On Kapil Sharma's 41st birthday, Subhash K Jha looks back on the comic's fall and resurrection.
Thar fails to ignite any excitement on screen, sighs Sukanya Verma.
Long before she won royalty rights for playback singers, there was an undisclosed incident in Lataji's life where she not only put a male colleague in place, but also refused to sing with him thereafter.
In a blow to the Congress in poll bound Kerala, Senior leader P C Chacko on Wednesday announced his resignation from the party, alleging group interest in deciding party candidates for the assembly elections.
The one-minute-long ad features a young Hindu girl, dressed in a white t-shirt, who chooses to get stained in Holi colours in order to protect her young Muslim friend who has to go to the nearby mosque to pray. The advertisement ends with its classic tagline, 'Daag achche hain' (stains are good).
Sporting stars joined the country in mourning the demise of iconic actor Dilip Kumar
Joginder Tuteja looks at the hit music Raamlaxman made for Salman Khan.
Explaining the rationale behind his statement, Chaudhary said, "Lord Ram's wife, goddess Sita, was abducted by Ravan, but Lanka was burnt by Hanumanji. It's injustice being done to someone by someone and the third person does not know either of them. This is the nature of Jats... they intervene whenever any injustice is done to anybody."
'This man changed the mindset of a generation.'
Pancham, like his father, was besotted by Lata Mangeshkar's voice and his career's finest songs were reserved only for her.
Subhash K Jha lists Holi songs that you have probably never heard.
His remarks at the Maharajganj rally come against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine from where India is trying evacuate thousands of its citizens. Modi, however, did not specifically mention the crisis.
14 Phere delivers on the feel-good factor, but if you are looking for ground-breaking humour, it will fail to work its way into your hearts, notes Anita Aikara.
India's most vibrant festival is the perfect excuse for friends to flirt and foes to become friends again.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
'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.'
WFI is concerned that the good reputation built over the years with stupendous international performances has been ruined.
Twenty five years on since its release, the Mira Nair film has aged well.
'I once thought Shah Rukh Khan to be the most knowledgeable actor in our industry,' Paresh Rawal once told me. 'But Sushant was just as well-informed on any topic under the sun.' Subhash K Jha recalls his many conversations with the actor.
'She was gutsy and rebellious enough to take on roles other more conventional actresses wouldn't dare and she excelled in them.'
Test your knowledge on some of Hindi cinema's memorable dialogues.
'A month before he died, he rang me up to say he wanted to meet me. I was alarmed by the tone of his voice.'
As Dilip Kumar passes away in the ages, Sukanya Verma feels a deep gratitude for the enormous legacy he's left behind.
The singers of Mehangai Daayan Khaye Jaat Hai' from Aamir Khan's home production Peepli Live are unhappy with the amount paid for their work.
Rediff readers share their favourite Holi pix and memories.
Prolific and passionate, Omji's cinema is far more valuable than we think.
'Hate and violence are an ever-present threat to us.' 'The community is staying vigilant of their surroundings.'
On the occasion of Pandit Ravi Shankar's birth centenary, his biggest fan, Lata Mangeshkar, pays tribute to one of Indian classical music's greatest legends.
Sukanya Verma makes a playlist of 15 profound Rajesh Khanna ditties.
The BSP chief alleged that Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party considered the Dalits as lowly.
Sreehari Nair attempts to bring you up-close the pleasures of Javed Akhtar's poetry.
'Mahira took a stand for me for four months in Bigg Boss.' 'So many people tried to separate us in the house.'
Remembering Sridevi's strongest words on her 56th birth anniversary.
'We have finished that fear.'
Sukanya Verma celebrates its grandeur and grandiloquence in 25 glorious frames on its diamond anniversary.
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