As Gulzar turns 86 on August 18, Subhash K Jha celebrates the iconic figure by picking his five favourite songs.
'Time is throwing something at you, one should grab such opportunities right away.'
The award ceremony was held in Hyderabad.
'His aura is such that you get intimidated.'
The investment will enable Airtel to add EdTech to its premium digital content portfolio and give distribution scale to quality learning material from Lattu Kids.
Do a straw poll of any business friends and you will laugh and weep at what they go through, points out Rahul Jacob.
Manikanth Kadri on composing for the Telugu film Village to Vinayakudu.
For podcasters -- those who create podcasts -- the medium's appeal also owes to the fact that its content remains unregulated. Uncomfortable conversations, taboo subjects, stigmatised issues, are all encouraged.
Thirty-seven years and some three generations later, the darkness of that night when 40 tonnes of lethal methyl isocyanate leaked out of the Union Carbide plant hangs like an impenetrable cloud over the lives of untold thousands, including children as young as three whose parents were exposed to the toxin when they themselves were children.
The latest updates from the Telugu film industry.
'I always feel that to shake up human beings, you have to go a little extreme.'
In the past couple of years, Saregama has redefined itself into a 'content IP company'.
'Deepak's character is not an out and out sexual predator.' 'I liked the way it was done because I felt it was more real, rather than a more dramatic take where a girl feels that oh, I must fight for my rights.'
A lowdown on what's going on in the Tamil film industry.
'Why should I go and sing for the country where they run factories for creating terror?' he asks.
'If I look in a certain way, have an innocent face, I will only get offers for the girl-next-door roles. As an actor and creative person, you want to explore and experiment more but you don't get the opportunity. That gets frustrating at times.'
'When my school principal heard that I took science in college, he slapped me hard.' 'I had once told him I was interested in arts.' 'He asked me if I wanted to be a doctor.' 'When I said no, he asked why I took science then.' 'My father said he would change his name if I survived science for more than two months.'
Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced the commercial launch of 4G services in 296 towns across India after testing the market in select cities.
The 14-minute mini movie released on December 2, 1983, was named the best ever on the eve of its 26th anniversary.
Despite the Oscars, the box office glory, and the universal acclaim, Francis Ford Coppola, I am sure, remembers The Godfather with as much frustration as pride. Like Michael Corleone, he got into it with the best of intentions, and got out of it on top but lost in the heights. Sreehari Nair revisits the film as it turns 50 this month.
The Dutch football season was effectively ended on Tuesday after the government extended a ban on major public events by three months, the Dutch football association (KNVB) said in a statement. Colombian President Ivan Duque also dismissed the idea of restarting the county's soccer league behind closed doors, saying to do so would endanger the health of players and staff.
'I told Illaiyaraaja when he had composed music for 786 films that soon there will be 1,000. Today is that day.' The film industry felicitates music composer Illaiyaraaja.
The dull Kannada film is marked by listless narration and uninspiring performances.
Bollywood is rushing to embrace him, but Vivian Fernandes aka DIVINE wants to rap his own tune, discovers Shreevatsa Nevatia.
Uttama Villain music available online.
The number of contestants in the next season may be reduced by half to allow space for social distancing.
Pictures from the glittering IIFA Utsavam awards.
'Getting a song in Bollywood isn't easy.' 'I don't charge for Bollywood songs.' 'Your song may release today, but it can be possible that you may not get another song for a year.'
Sanjay B Jumaani, India's leading astro-numerologist, makes his predictions.
'To this day, women, especially housewives, come up to me to tell me how much Arth matters to them.'
Sanjay Leela Bhansali remembers Gautam Rajadhyaksha.
The latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
Dulquer Salman and Nithya Menen feature in the legendary director's musical love story.
Members of fan clubs of various leading actors, including Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan and Vijay, also held prayers, wishing that the singer whose golden voice mesmerised generations for over five decades recover soon.
What does the National Educational Policy 2020 mean for students, parents and teachers?
These movies may or may not have got critical acclaim, but when it comes to sheer eyeballs, these films did their job rather well.
World renowned Carnatic musician and a legendary Mandolin player U Srinivas passed into the ages early Friday morning at a private hospital in Chennai owing to complications related to a liver transplant. He was only 45 years old.
'We like to look at a screenplay as a spiral staircase.' 'You never know what awaits at the next turning.'
Though he went back to writing "beautiful scenes" for other Bollywood directors, his deep interest in the lives of ordinary citizens never slackened, evident from the way he made himself available to human rights groups whenever they called him.
If Indian storytelling can deliver, it can make the entertainment industry an engine of economic growth and a substantial contributor to GDP, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
