As means of transport or metaphor, the romance of trains is unmistakable in Hindi cinema.
Sukanya Verma presents the changing faces of Shashi Kapoor.
'Other designers take empty suitcases and go shopping for the actors's clothes in New York.' 'To me, this is bankruptcy of imagination.'
Saddled with glaring plot holes, caricaturish supporting cast, unintentionally funny punchlines, and Himesh Reshammiya, The Xpose is like Gunda, with better production values.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Veteran actress Waheeda Rehman remembers Nanda, her friend of 55 years who passed away on March 25.
Sukanya Verma looks at the jhoola, and how it's an unforgettable part of many a Bollywood imagery in celebration, romance, frolic and, sometimes, even menace.
'Panipat has all the meat for a political drama meets war movie. But in Ashutosh Gowariker's failure to process its complexity, the material never rises beyond a mediocre hurray to the Maratha manoos,' says Sukanya Verma.
Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra's Kar Gayi Chull is the latest song to praise Bollywood's heroines.
Chandra Barot's cult film turns 40.
'For the past year, people have been asking me about my wife, Sonali, who suffered from cancer. It was a tough year but I have seen worse in my life.'
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's various terrace moments.
The most rocking disproportionate screen couples of Bollywood.
Looking at the Hindi film heroine at her thrilling best.
What if these old classics were made in today's times? Sukanya Verma figures it out.
From Awaara to Deewar to Junoon to In Custody, Shashi Kapoor leaves us many movies to love and remember him by.
Aseem Chhabra sensed an internal turmoil in Vinod Khanna, which sometimes showed the moody person on screen.
With the festival of colours just around the corner, we dig out some lively bhang-soaked ditties just for you.
'I am happy that I got to meet Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan. I get very excited when I see a message from Aamir on my phone.' Sunny Leone is all praise for the Khans.
'I have the best role in Baadshaho.' 'The film revolves around my character, so it doesn't get any better than that.'
Saluting Amjad Khan on his death anniversary on July 27.
Ram Gopal Varma's Veerapan to hit the screens this Friday.
'Her short black choli with a deep cut-out back and multi-coloured pom-poms became quite a sensation. It was clearly meant to draw your attention to Kareena's perfect figure.'
Director Anil Sharma gives us an insight into the Deol men, and other Bollywood Greats.
Son Suneil Anand talks about his famous father, and their life together.
Ambassador B S Prakash has fond memories of Vinod Khanna, his minister.
'Khaike Paan Banarasiwala doesn't sound like a Hindi song,' Kishore Kumar said. 'I don't think I can sing this song.' We pleaded with him. Finally, he relented on one condition...
Aseem Chhabra lists the movies that taught him about the Idea of India.
In our special series revisiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Randhir Kapoor and Jaya Bhaduri's 1972 film, Jawani Diwani.
'It is ironic that the guy who set the standard of stardom was forgotten. It was his death that made us remember him again.'
Dr Kalyani Gomathinayagam, a young Indian doctor who volunteered to spend four weeks in west Africa helping those suffering and dying of Ebola, speaks to Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com why she took on an assignment many would shy away from.
'When I was staying in Teen Batti (in south Mumbai), I had one washroom and we were 10 people. Today I have three washrooms and I am the only one using all of them. Can you see the quantum leap that I have taken in life?' Jackie Shroff gets candid.
'His son had become a composer after all, and one now chased by producers. But while finding peace in one quarter, he had lost it in another. Jet was not a home any more. The room across his was empty, there were no sounds floating through the door.' The world, in the eyes of the Burmans.
Moushumi Chatterjee, one of the biggest stars of her time, gives us a peek into her life.
