Words can barely capture the depth and beauty of Asha Bhosle's voice, at once ethereal and ineffable. Her demise has created a void but the songs she sang will never die.
The VHP president said that it is beyond understanding that the administration is denying permission for a peaceful Yatra.
Raakhee, who turns 77 on August 15, remains an enigma wrapped in a riddle. Dinesh Raheja remembers Raakhee telling him how she loves the rains and how she would drive down to Tulsi Lake in the 1970s and float paper boats in the water. He would like to imagine that Raakhee still does that at her farmhouse.
Bollywood loves number games. And not just the rat race kind. There's a slew of movies with numbers in their title.
Fluorescent shirts, see through t-shirts, silver pants, torn jeans, spandex shorts, mesh vests, a tie embellished with 261 precious diamonds, is there any look Salman cannot carry off?
'Padmini and I are very different people.' 'Our acting styles are very different. She's from a different era.'
'When he was offered B R Chopra's Zameer, many advised him against playing Saira Banu's father, pointing out that a decade ago, he had been her hero in her debut film, Junglee.' 'When he asked me, I pointed out that he was an actor first, so nothing should stop him from playing any role.'
If Rajesh Khanna was the greatest star of Hindi cinema, the songs played a major part in his superstardom.
Subhash K Jha selects his favourite rain songs. Do list your favourites in the message board below!
Vidya dances in the rain... Samantha's mommy takes her pic...
John's Pathaan look... Athiya's selfie... Daisy's birthday...
'It's amazing how many different kinds of patriotic songs we have in our country.'
Apparently, the number and the style in which it will be shot will echo the chiffon-in-the-snow style of Karan's mentor, Yash Chopra.
With the monsoon sweeping across many parts of India, Subhash K Jha picks 5 of his favourite romantic rain songs.
Prolific and passionate, Omji's cinema is far more valuable than we think.
'He loved reality in all his films.' 'He would say films are made for the common man and they should feel the realness while watching it.'
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
'Even after Awaara Hoon and Mera Joota Hai Japani, between 1946 to 1963, there were plenty of upheavals in his career. My parents had moved into two rooms of a chawl, with an attached bathroom, by then, but life was hard, and often there was no food at home.'
Yogesh, who worked across generations with everyone from Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna to Amol Palekar and Shah Rukh Khan, passed away on May 29.
'...as much as in India, it's only because she sang for mankind, not the details on the passport.'
'He was always sweet and polite with me.'
'He made me feel like a crorepati even without sitting in the hot seat.'
Here's looking at fashion designer Sakshee Pradhan's wedding album.
Monsoon is here, and time to bring out the chhatris.
Saloni Aswani on her full-fledged role in the director's latest Telugu film Maryada Ramanna.
Joginder Tuteja looks at Bollywood's ladies, where they will be calling the shots in their films.
Music director Shantanu Moitra tells us how he made music for 3 Idiots. Read the interview, and listen to him sing as well!
A look at the arrivals.
Madurai Veeran's album is reasonably good. The film stars Ramesh and Saloni in the lead roles.
Film music flourished in the 1970s. Some old masters did some great work, but it was also the decade of new composers.
'A month before he died, he rang me up to say he wanted to meet me. I was alarmed by the tone of his voice.'
Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week.
Sukanya Verma presents a playlist of 100 Lata Mangeshkar songs from different decades of Hindi films -- songs that make me sing, smile, sob and sigh.
'It would be great if Pakistan and India have a relationship similar to the one between the United States and Canada. People should have the freedom to travel back and forth easily.'
Sometimes, the movies likes to use the rains in its title!
'These days you are the main inspiration for a lot of young film-makers. They are mimicking your films.'
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