'My chacha's music is sweet and intoxicating'
Whether roles for women get better or not, women are getting better at their craft with each passing year. In 2019, we saw some of our finest female actors show us exciting new facets of their capabilities in ways that'll inspire how roles ought to be written for years to come.
Sukanya Verma remembers the star in some of her significant movies.
Four contestants who competed at the Lakme Fashion Week Plus size model auditions tell us how they deal with body shaming.
Ultimately, whether the UP ordinance is struck down by the courts or not, it will be the courage of young Hindu and Muslim women and men that will act as a foil to the UP police-cum-mobs who will be out to get them.
Zora, who is married and stays at her in-laws house, keeps coming back to what once used to be her paternal house in Indira Gandhi Camp II in Sewa Nagar in South Delhi, for she does not have parents, but has two younger sisters and a brother. Her two sisters live in a plastic tent, which is often targetted by miscreants at night.
'The people are angry. They feel let down.'
'The Scindias betrayed Jhansi ki Rani and now the Congress party.' 'So this is nothing new as he is repeating the history of his family.'
There's no scarcity of hairstyles that have inspired fans to sport the same. A look at 13 of the most popular styles.
Rangoli Chandel is in the news again. This time, for spreading communal hate through her Twitter posts.
'Switch it on at 2 pm, they will scream the same.' 'Are there no other problems that the country is facing today about which people need to know or these channels must need to broadcast?' 'There has to be some limit to this naked TRP greed.'
'Bapusaab was so passionate about cinema that he influenced anyone who came in contact with him.' Anil Kapoor pays tribute to the legend.
Natalie Di Luccio, who gave up opera for Hindi film songs, is touring with the Oscar winner
'I am just making a creative film. It has nothing to do with propaganda.'
Shabana Azmi shares some beautiful stories of her frequent co-star Vinod Khanna.
'The Bigg Boss 12 trophy may go to anyone, but I will always say the true winner is Surbhi Rana.'
'We have finished that fear.'
As we prepare to return to the land of silver screens and samosa, Sukanya Verma looks at notable theatre moments in Hindi films.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Foot-in-the-mouth seems to be a common syndrome afflicting many politicians who find it too tough to be politically correct all the time.
A special session to discuss NRI women's issue was convened on the third day of the Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas.
'In normal procedure, policemen wear helmets to protect ourselves from lathi, sticks, poles, bamboos of a rampaging mob - but how do we protect ourselves from bullets?'
China's First Lady Peng Liyuan mistook a group of students from the northeast as Chinese only to be told by them that they were Indians.
Sukanya Verma lists her favourite frames from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.
The headline-grabbing item girl who is participating in the second season of Zara Nachke Dikha lets loose.
Speaking exclusively with M I Khan/ Rediff.com, Mankiant said that the family is afraid for Kanhaiya's life although the court's have guaranteed his security.
'Sonam is my lucky charm.' 'Because of her, 2018 went well for me, as I got four big weddings.' 'It started with Sonam's in November, then Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh's in December, Kapil Sharma's wedding and then Isha Ambani's wedding.'
'Basuda welcomed viewers into a world that was instantly familiar and comfortable,' observes Sukanya Verma.
In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, Sukanya Verma looks back at Madhubala and Kishore Kumar's Half Ticket (1962).
Watch Hindi a capella group Penn Masala, who performed for US President Barack Obama last year, belt out a few hits!
Singer Shilpa Rao sings her favourite Lata Mangeshkar song.
'It's not easy to perform in front of 5,000 people, who are standing right behind the camera. You have to remember the dialogue even when the crowd is shouting and saying things to you.'
After the success of Rakhi Ka Swayamvar, NDTV Imagine is coming up with another unique show called Pati Patni Aur Woh, the desi version of international show Baby Borrowers.
There's something about the fringe.
'Kindly have us airlifted at the earliest. We are in a very bad situation here.'
Condemning the police crackdown inside Jamia Millia university, several film industry insiders, including one from Hollywood, on Monday rallied behind the university's students and said the government is trying to stifle voices of dissent against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Rakhi Sawant expresses her thoughts about her mother's participation in the reality show Bigg Boss 3.
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