Jet Airways denied me job for 'lack of good personality': Smriti Irani

We all know that Textiles Minister Smriti Irani worked at McDonalds before she became famous playing the role of ‘Tulsi Virani’ on the serial ‘Kyunki Saas bhi kabhi bahu......

Eleckshun gupshup: What EC can learn from Modi

Nitish is resigned to his fate; Smriti's an unknown; Modi's weighty issues; Will Jaitley win? All this and more from the election battlefield. Too bad the honourable Election Commission doesn't......

Congress fires first salvo at Modi

Congress fires salvo at Smriti Irani. Is the demoralised party trying to open its account as an Opposition party? Rediff.com contributor Anita Katyal reports. "We will be an effective Opposition,"......

Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi Season 2: The Magic Is Missing

Smriti Irani is the oxygen of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.When the camera zooms in on her, you momentarily forget she is a feisty politician in real life, notes Divya Nair. Long before......

Quantum leap for Kyunki

India's most popular serial, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, takes a leap of 20 years on June 7 the second such move since it began in 2000. The prominent changes include Tulsi Virani (Smriti......

'New serials are old wine in new bottle'

The idiot box might be getting revamped with daughters taking the centre stage replacing the saas-bahus, but the small screen's most successful daughter-in law, Smriti Irani believes it is just the......

'Tulsi is not going to die'

It's got to be the biggest TRP-boosting gimmick in recent times. And it seems to be working better than the people behind it bargained for.Last week, home viewers were shocked out of their couched......