S D Burman is that unique composer who remained successful right up to his death with his creative engines never running on empty.
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.
As we celebrate singer Mukesh's birth centenary on July 22, it is a nice time to recall his closeness to Lata Mangeshkar, who would call him 'Mukesh bhaiyya'.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
You will need less than 30 minutes to perform these workouts.
'He personified the kind of debonair charm, sublime sensuality and unabashed romance women fantasise about,' says Sukanya Verma.
If these instances are any indication, stories featuring twins have seldom failed at the box office. But will Bipasha manage to cash in on the ageless trend?
Warm or warring, back home too Bollywood has depicted many, MANY faces of sisterly love.
Going on a date? Read this first.
The director-producer was suffering from blood cancer for the past few months, his nephew Rono Mukherjee said.
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.
Sukanya Verma presents the changing faces of Shashi Kapoor.
A look at the celebs on the red carpet.
From Awaara to Deewar to Junoon to In Custody, Shashi Kapoor leaves us many movies to love and remember him by.
Check out the arrivals.
Teatime enjoys a special place in Hindi films.
Sukanya Verma looks at the many, many reasons for marital discord reported in Hindi movies.
If Kishore Kumar were alive today, he would have turned 90 on August 4.
Manoj Kumar praises Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan... Luv Ranjan's success formula... Check out Subhash K Jha's Bollywood Buzz.
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'The news that the once dashing, absolutely handsome, utterly charming Shashi Kapoor is no more makes me feel terribly sad.' Aseem Chhabra, author of Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, the Star, pays rich tribute to the iconic actor.
Shashi Kapoor, the star who made us laugh, romance and cry, passed into the ages on December 4. We look back at the often underrated actor, who reinvested all his earnings as an actor into making films and keeping the theatre he established, Prithvi Theatre, alive.
KK discusses his top songs with Rajul Hegde/ Rediff.com, and even sings some of them!
Yesteryear's heart-throb Shashi Kapoor will get the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award for his contribution to Indian cinema. On this occasion, we reproduce Dinesh Raheja's nostalgia piece on the actor here:
'In the late 1960s, Shashi Kapoor did not have any work. We saw a lot of him then. He sold his sports car. Mum also started selling things because we didn't have money.' 'After Sharmilee (1971), things changed again.' Kunal Kapoor talks to Patcy N/ Rediff.com about his famous father.
'We will never really lose him because in death, his spirit, trapped in a frail body, has been set free and will surround us like the air we breathe.'
'When it came to S D Burman, a Guide song was completely different from a Tere Mere Sapne song which was completely different from a Sharmilee song. Except for their quality, there is nothing to link them together.' 'Lata was his ultimate voice. He felt there was nobody like Lata. "Give me a harmonium, give me Lata and I will make music," he said.'
Son Kunal Kapoor's insight into his legendary actor father are a must-read!
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