'Due to rural stress, volumes continue to remain an issue for the industry, and we are yet to see any revival in demand.'
Mahogany Emberkai from Minnesota has been in Lucknow for three weeks now, 21 years after she was adopted by a US woman and taken to America. "I have been in Lucknow for the past three weeks to trace my family. I was found in Charbagh Railway Station in Lucknow and taken to an orphanage and was adopted in 2002 by a US woman (Carol Brand). She took me to America, raised me there even though she was an abuser, and now I am back to Lucknow to figure out my history," Emberkai told PTI.
Maxim India launched its annual hunt for the new KamaSutra Miss Maxim 2014 with a fashion show in Mumbai.
When Bollywood divas dress up for a star-studded reception party...
'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.' 'Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.'
Rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore, Hitesh Harisinghani and Afsar Dayatar return moist-eyed, elevated, after spending an evening with clowns and derring-do stunt artistes at Rambo Circus.
Some of her best films are not available on streaming platforms, but Deepa Gahlot looks at her Hindi cinema oeuvre on OTT.
Keep your fashion foot forward this festive season and slay like a Bollywood diva.
Singer Palak Muchhal is all set to tie the knot with music composer Mithoon on November 6.
If you have never seen Sriram Raghavan fly, you would hardly realise that this time, he is happy in his cage, this time he isn't reaching for the skies, notes Sreehari Nair.
Embracing the past and the present, Mexico City pulsates with warmth and vibrancy, discovers Payal Singh Mohanka.
The former beauty queen and actor turned showstopper for House of Kotwara at the Lakme Fashion Week.
Is North Korea really dismantling its nuclear programme? Rajaram Panda explains the many challenges to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula.
The World Photography Organisation has revealed the winners for the Sony World Photography Awards 2024.
On her cover for Femina Wedding Times, Taapsee Pannu gives us a glimpse of the wedding trends for 2020.
Dressed in Indian designer outfits, the singer shot for the cover of Vogue India.
The actor turned covergirl for Khush Wedding magazine dressed as a bride.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Janata Dal-Secular leader H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday appeared to be warming up to the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that "a new chapter has to begin to control looters" as he targeted the Congress government alleging corruption.
The CJs' conclave didn't touch core issues and remedies within their reach, says M J Antony.
'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.'
After a sometimes exhausting day at work, Mouni Roy loves to return to her beautiful home that she has made with husband Suraj Nambiar.
Debates on changing the name of India to Bharat continue to spark a crisis of identity without answering moot questions that stare us in the face. Ramesh Menon asks a few of those questions that do not have easy answers.
The singer-actor walked for Shubhika Davda whose latest collection was quirky, fun and full of drama.
Malaika Arora gave fashionistas serious style goals on how to nail the silver look effortlessly.
Shibani made sure she got the best to be a part of her special day.
The HOTTEST looks from designer Arpita Mehta's coffee table book The Mirror.
Paloma Sharma captures the chaos that becomes order on the runway
Happily, it does not require the world to hold a mirror up for us. We can look at ourselves and understand easily if we choose to be honest about where we find ourselves three quarters of a century after Independence, asserts Aakar Patel.
What models do when they're not on the catwalk.
Which celeb took your breath away? Take the poll and vote for your favourite.
'We are the same people who can quench a man's thirst and also kill him.'
The singer wore three different outfits. Tell us which one impressed you the most.
By the time, Mumbaikar gets to where it wants to be via a twisty third act, we begin to see how much better the film could have been. But it's almost too little, too late, complains Mayur Sanap.
Rakulpreet Singh turns bride for designer Reynu Tandon.
Accusing the Sheila Dikshit-led government of failing to fulfil its promises made in Congress manifestos in the past, Delhi BJP on Sunday said the assurances made by the party were not more than a "bundle of lies."
Was descending into the telling of only Diana's tale in four long, slightly-draggy soap-opera-ish episodes of the last season the original premise of The Crown? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
Malaika Arora looked gorgeous as she brought in her 46th birthday with her pals and partied until the wee hours.
'When democracy first came to Bhutan people had no idea and they were like 'What is that?' Oh it's that thing they have in India where the leaders are always fighting and arguing.' When I screened the film to Bhutan's film committee, they thought my film was good but they were concerned about that line. They wanted me to change that line. They said, 'We don't want to offend India.' I tried to tell them that Indians have a great ability to laugh at themselves but they insisted I change it.'
'If we have to restrict and fight terrorism, first and foremost, we have to ensure communal harmony in the country.'
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