'There was no other Lata Mangeshkar, there is none and there won't be any. I will celebrate her life, today and always.'
Just a day before Shabana Azmi met with a road accident on January 18, she was celebrating husband Javed Akhtar's 75th birthday bash with the rest of Bollywood. And it was a full house, as *everyone* came forward to pay their salaams to one of Bollywood's leading writers and poets.
A Ganesh Nadar wonders what Kamal Hassan hopes to achieve with this film.
'He began to find her boring. She felt lonely and unwanted.'
A string of film celebrities like Waheeda Rahman, Naseeruddin Shah, Girish Karnad among others set to explore the intertwining of cinema with literature at the fest.
'The minute Newton was selected for the Oscar, the Iranian film came into the picture.' 'Almost as if the attempt to pull Newton down was planned.'
On his 90th birth anniversary, Sukanya Verma lists 20 of her favourite scenes that reiterate his extraordinary grasp on the language of cinema and connect with the viewer.
Indian films, and Raj Kapoor in particular, have a special place in Iranian cinephilia or cinemadoosti, Ranjita Ganesan discovers on a visit to Iran.
'Chup is the work that I'm most satisfied with; it won't bore me or make me cringe later.'
'He wrote a letter to his parents every night, and read the Gita every morning before going about his work.'
Subhash K Jha gives us an insight into Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya, as it completes 13 years in November.
'It didn't matter to him if he was not the focus of attention in a film.'
'He had his own style, his own rhythm in the songs that he danced to on screen and in the way he led his life.'
Vishwaroop 2 gives one's nationalistic adrenaline a high, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Check out the star arrivals.
We take you in the middle of all the action.
Some movies of 2021 excelled in content but yet, they did not do well.
As Gulzar turns 86 on August 18, Subhash K Jha celebrates the iconic figure by picking his five favourite songs.
Biswajit, movie heart-throb of the 1960s, remembers The Legend.
Her many friends remember Shammi Aunty and how she enriched their lives.
A look at the guest list.
'Shah Rukh and I have a very good relationship.' 'When he is with you, he is completely yours, once he leaves the room, he doesn't know you.' Pamela Chopra discusses her life with her late husband Yash Chopra, and sons Aditya and Uday Chopra in an exclusive interview.
It's screenings galore for Padmaavat!
Looking at Salman's party pictures.
Rajasthan's royal architecture and striking landscapes are a hot favourite among tourists and film-makers. Its majestic beauty and history has coloured many a movies and their visuals to unforgettable effect.
Sukanya Verma celebrates The Legend's 25 distinctly different moods.
Eid-ul-Fitr has been celebrated in a big way in Hindi films.
Monsoon is here, and time to bring out the chhatris.
Celebrating Mother's Day by remembering a variety of such movie maatajis and her impassioned assertions.
'This man changed the mindset of a generation.'
Bollywood stars rush to be by Salman's side.
Athaiya, who won an Oscar for her work in the 1983 film Gandhi, passed away peacefully in her sleep, her daughter Radhika Gupta told PTI.
'No matter how big the name, no one lives forever; like medicines, we come with an expiry date.' 'But, in the short time that we have, we try to make something that will stay on long after we are gone.'
Bappida's softer more creative work got buried in the noise, rues Subhash K Jha as he picks the late lamented composer's most soulful songs.
A steady stream of film folk have been queuing up at Anil Kapoor's residence to meet the family.
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