Pongal is just round the corner and three films are vying for screens this year.
The committee also picked 19 sportspersons for the Arjuna Award, including the likes of cricketers Ravindra Jadeja and Poonam Yadav, track and field stars Tejinder Pal Singh Toor, Mohammed Anas and Swapna Barman.
'Thirty years ago, if you walked into a chawl, there would be three TV sets in 30 houses. Today, you'll see TV sets in all 30 houses. So the viewers have increased, but of a certain strata. Sadly, the educated and upper classes have stopped watching TV shows because of the availability of the Internet.' Balika Vadhu writer Gajra Kottary tries to explain to Ronjita Kulkarni/ Rediff.com where Indian television is going wrong.
Varun Dhawan's winning streak at the box office continues.
'Apart from being total eye-candies, Saif and Shahid are very good actors. Saif is that classy man, who would open the door for you and pull chairs for you. Shahid would come to the sets with headphones on. He had a boyish charm.' Kangana Ranaut gets in Rangoon mode.
As Ajith's Yennai Arindhaal releases, we look at the movies that made him a star.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
The hits and misses of the week.
Kangana Ranaut, the fiery movie star, continues to be in the news for all the wrong reasons.
This edition of the league will bear special significance with the mega ODI World Cup starting only two and half weeks after the final on May 12. In 2011 and 2015, the World Cup was held before the IPL and this is the first time that it will be held post the tournament.
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya is the kinda film Simran (of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge) would have loved, says Raja Sen.
After months of anticipation (and 31,000 submissions from the British public), the Britain's Duchess of Cambridge's final selection of images for Hold Still is available to view on the National Portrait Gallery's website. Designed to "capture and document the spirit, the mood, the hopes, the fears and the feelings of the nation" during lockdown, the project brings together 100 moving amateur shots of everything from at-home haircuts to make-shift classrooms; exhausted NHS staffers on duty to dedicated postmen in superhero costumes; pensioners FaceTiming with their grandchildren to mothers cradling their newborn babies. Below, see 22 remarkable images from Hold Still - then head to the The National Portrait Gallery website for the full exhibition.
Take a look at some celebrity-approved ways of wearing colours this summer.
Architect-turned-cricketer Varun Chakravarthy, with a base price of Rs 20 lakh, went to Kings XI Punjab for a massive Rs. 8.4 crore, while Rajasthan Royals retained Jaydev Unadkat for the same amount.
Trisha Illana Nayanthara is a prejudiced portrayal of modern day youngsters discovering their sexuality, says S Saraswathi.
Is Kangana Ranaut becoming controversy's favourite child?
Kicking off our Valentine's Day special, filmi style!
Games Sukanya Verma learned at the movies.
Kangana Ranaut's guts, Amitabh Bachchan's venomous threat and dark TV serials occupied Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week.
Akshay Kumar is King of the box office!
Few jokes that do work in this illogical, tardy drivel called Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon have more to do with how idiotic they are then amusing, feels Sukanya Verma.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities:
'Did you ever stop for a while and asked yourself, what is going to happen to me the first night in my grave? Think about the moment your body is being washed and prepared to your grave.
One Night Stand isn't yet another tawdry skin-flick; it actually has something to say, feels, Raja Sen.
Maitri, which provides free and confidential services to South Asian-American families facing domestic violence, at its 23rd annual gala raised half a million dollars. Ritu Jha reports
Here we are, just hanging out with the stars.
Director Prakash Kovelamudi's Inji Iduppazhagi deals with the concept of size zero superficially and you feel no emotional connect, writes S Saraswathi.
A look at the hits and misses of the week.
'I want to know why men can't stand up for themselves.' Kangana Ranaut points a finger at Hrithik Roshan again.
A look at this week's hits and misses.
Rediff.com looks at other sensational murder mysteries that left India shell-shocked.
Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com captures the anxiety and excitement at the model auditions in Mumbai.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf, who grew up in the 1980s, tells us why Befikre is a must watch to understand the new generation.
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