Bolstering its chances for the Oscars scheduled later this month, the film based on India's diplomat-turned author Vikas Swarup's novel went into the ceremony with 11 nominations and won prizes for best film, best director, original screenplay, music, cinematography, editing and sound.
Even as Ponniyin Selvan: I arrives on OTT to enjoy a whole new audience after its theatrical release, its director Mani Ratnam threw a party.
India opened its first Apple store in Mumbai, and everyone, including Bollywood, paid a visit.
Fatima shows us how to 'palat'... What's A R Rahman doing in Cairo? And why's Tripti getting coy?
More than the jingoism overkill, it's the tedious tone of telling stories of this genre that hurts Pippa, observes Sukanya Verma.
As we continue grappling with an irrepressible pandemic, music is both a refuge and source of comfort.
Singer Hamsika Iyer chats with rediff readers about life after Chammak Challo.
Singer Hamsika Iyer chats with rediff readers about life after Chammak Challo.
Actor Meera Chopra is not done with Cannes yet.
'He's always been an all-inspiring kind of director that nobody can surpass,' R Madhavan tells Subhash K Jha about Mani Ratnam.
It was heartening to see so many women -- young and old, many in hijab and burqa shaking their bodies, raising their arms and singing with complete abandonment.
Abdu will make his Bollywood debut in Salman Khan's film Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan.
99 Songs's mesmerising music distracts you from its sketchy screenplay and bland story, says Moumita Bhattacharjee.
Everybody knows he's a master of sublime, but Mani Ratnam's brilliance in escalating drama delivers a goosebumps-inducing impact when bolstered by A R Rahman's musical gravitas,
In the mood for romance but don't know which movies to watch? Tamil cinema has a lot to offer on OTT, and Arjun Menon lists his favourites.
Looks like the good folks at the ministry of civil aviation have requested our airports and airlines to play Indian music at airports and during flights as part of its culture promotion initiative.
Meanwhile, several Twitter users linked Rahman's post apparently to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remark on Hindi and subsequent reactions from several quarters.
On her 50th birthday on November 1, Sukanya Verma raises a toast to Bollywood's Golden Girl and 15 of her noteworthy performances.
As India successfully lands Chandrayaan-3, does the moon look as beautiful as one's beloved or has the Chanda Mama of folk ditties acquired a whole new meaning?
'I would also like to congratulate the team of The Elephant Whisperers on their win today bringing another Oscar to India.'
Royal tragedies, loony vampires, nuclear disasters, scoop hunters becoming the story, all that and more on OTT this week.
Sukanya Verma recaps all those events from 25 years ago.
Yuvan Shankar Raja on why his first live concert in Chennai is nothing like that of the Oscar winning composer.
Bollywood stars love to travel, and document their adventures on social media.
Celebrating Aamir Khan and his 55 popular songs on his 55th birthday
Rahman had received Rs 3,47,77,200 from Libra Mobile during 2010-11 in his individual capacity as an artiste which must have been considered for taxation and this was not considered by the Assessing Officer in the reassessment order.
Bollywood made heads turn at the The Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, when its biggest stars attended the opening night.
Do yourself a favour and let's NOT play Holi to the same handful of Holi songs each year. There's so much more than Holi Ke Din Dil Khil Jaate Hain (Sholay) or Rang Barse (Silsila)!
'Rahman Sir is still very wide-eyed when it comes to creating a new song.' 'He still thinks about it as if it is his first song.'
Afsar Dayatar/Rediff.com brings us moments from the film's music launch.
Anushka enjoys the beach... Chiranjeevi parties with Kamal, Salman... Alia's family outing...
'It's not necessary that only superstars can give you blockbusters.'
The IIFA weekend saw a bevy of Bollywood stars, with green carpet arrivals, performances and awards.
Music composer Ajaneesh Loknath talks about compsing music for Ulidavaru Kandanthe and his experience of working with Rakshit Shetty.
And just what were these cool guys discussing?
'There were many experts around me,' A Ganesh Nadar discovers at the India-Pakistan hockey game. 'One of them was explaining to his neighbour, that fellow is a good dragger and flicker, that fellow is a penalty corner specialist, that fellow is a penalty specialist, that fellow is a very good defender, etc, freely dispensing with his expert knowledge.'
He thanked Rahman and Ananya for composing the song in such difficult times of COVID-19 pandemic.
'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.'
Bollywood stars are constantly on the go! And they are recording their travels with lovely pictures on social media.
