'I think I have been lucky that I have found directors who take me for what I am and what they think I am capable of, rather than go on my previous films and see what I have done.'
ZEE5 has launched a short film festival. Joginder Tuteja tells you what's on offer.
Meet the Big B, a master of (voice) disguises.
Soha Ali Khan pays rich tribute to National Award-winning director Anjan Das, who succumbed to liver cancer on June 2.
Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade.
Meet the Shaandaar siblings of Bollywood.
'I have started getting a lot of messages from people, directors, photographers...and I realised the importance of being visible.'
'I asked all the actresses to stop waxing, shaping eyebrows, pedicures and manicures because I wanted a rustic look.' 'They are very glamorous women, so there was a bit of insecurity.' 'They would put on a little make-up on the sly, but I would sit like a school teacher and check make-up and nails!' 'I would make sure that every bit of unnecessary make-up was taken off.'
'Mamata's fascination with stars is so deep-rooted that she uses her clout as chief minister to get close to them.'
'I choose the best of what I get. I will not do every Hindi film that comes my way. I would rather wait and do good films than do rubbish films because I will have no career left. It's tough in Bollywood because there is a lot of competition. You have to create a niche for yourself.' Raima Sen tells us why she's been away from Bollywood.
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! stumbles considerably because of its simplistic plotting, says Raja Sen.
How many of the 319 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2018 have you seen?
Aseem Chhabra looks at the year's best Non-Hindi Indian movies.
Raima Sen comes out of her grief to tell us what grandmother Suchitra Sen's death means to the family and to cinema.
Veteran Telugu film producer Dr Daggubbati Ramanaidu passed away into the ages on February 18. In an interview he had granted Rediff.com in September 2010, he tells us how he started making movies.
Manobi Bandyopadhyay, India's first transgender principal of a college, speaks of her struggles in a moving interview.
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