'Here are 25 stories special to me for one reason too many,' says Sukanya Verma who scored 25 years writing about the movies last week.
'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.'
As Shyam Benegal turns 89 on December 14, Subhash K Jha takes a look at 10 of his best films and tells you where you can watch them.
As Kuttey hits the screens this Friday, Sukanya Verma looks at the 10 best ensemble Hindi movies in recent times.
Have you seen these lovely behind-the-scenes pictures of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro?
Kajol and her family offered prayers on Ashtami at the North Bombay Sarbojanin Durga Puja -- or the Mukherjee Bari Pujo -- in Juhu, north west Mumbai on Wednesday, October 13, 2021.
'Though his death was sudden, I can't say it was totally unexpected.' 'In a way death has relieved him of all the stress, and that includes the bad films he took on, I presume for financial reasons.' Naseeruddin Shah speaks to Subhash K Jha.
Some of her best films are not available on streaming platforms, but Deepa Gahlot looks at her Hindi cinema oeuvre on OTT.
Om Puri was that rare actor who could carry a film on sheer power and versatility of his performance
Subhash K Jha remembers conversations with the legendary actor who the world lost on Friday.
Extrapolations stars Adarsh Gourav alongside such heavyweights like Meryl Streep, Sienna Miller, Kit Harrington, Tahar Rahim, Matthew Rhys, David Diggs, Gemma Chan and David Schwimmer.
'After The Hundred-Foot Journey, I don't have any work. Indian cinema seems to have nothing to offer me any more.'
Sukanya Verma recaps all those events from 25 years ago.
Om Puri and Anant Mahadevan pay tribute to filmmaker Jagmohan Mundra.
Om Puri talks about his new film West Is West, and his regrets in his long film career.
A pick of just 10 watchable (a couple of them admittedly in the so-bad-it's-fun category) foreign films starring Bollywood stars in significant roles are available to watch on streaming platforms.
'All my life, I have made expensive films. This time, I want to make the least expensive film ever made in Bollywood.' 'It's an honest attempt to climb Mount Everest without knowing if I will reach the peak.'
Bang Bang scores big worldwide, while The Hundred-Foot Journey becomes Om Puri's biggest hit.
A look at the posthumous releases of leading Bollywood actors.
'Rajesh Khanna broke the mould and yet, became the biggest superstar of Indian cinema.'
10 grossers where he either had the leading part or played a pivotal role.
A look at pictures from the prayer meet.
Girish Karnad's demise leaves Shabana Azmi shattered.
Class of '83 is no Ardh Satya and Bobby Deol is no Om Puri, notes Sukanya Verma.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
'Salman is on television for the last 15 years.' 'Why don't you call Amitabh Bachchan a TV actor? He's been doing Kaun Banega Crorepati for 20 years.'
'I always feel I speak best through my silences.'
B-town actors who became dads in their late 40s and 50s!
Every day a Party unfolds on social media where armchair activists, politically charged influencers, trend pundits, gyaan givers and troll armies change the world in their heads but remain clueless about the nation's grassroots reality, feels Sukanya Verma.
'I did a small role in Masoom.' 'Do you remember the scene where an old man brings Jugal Hansraj to Naseer's house?' 'I put on the full make-up of an old man and stood in front of Shekhar.' 'He had no choice but to take me.'
Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to.
'After pack-up, Sridevi took a shower in the studio itself, changed, and returned to the set with a wad of notes.' 'She distributed it amongst every technician who had worked on the song Na Jaane Kahan Se Aaye Hai.'
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
Desi sightings in Western fare are no longer a rarity.
The actor puts his culinary skills to test.
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