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Recently, the Chief Justice of India rued the absence of sufficient women in the judiciary and argued that there should be a significant reservation of seats for girls in law schools. While many applauded his suggestion, those against reservations felt women should make it on their own steam. Against this background, re-visiting Raj Kapoor’s film, […]
In your upcoming film Shiddat, you stumble across the love of your life in Paris. If you were to go there alone today, who would you want to bump into? The charm of being in Paris would be to connect with a stranger, someone I don’t know even remotely. And what if you discovered, like your […]
After making India proud with the world premiere of the short film ‘Vulnerable: Scars That You Don’t See’ at Milano Fashion Week, actor Taapsee Pannu announces its release in India through her social media handle. A collaboration of creative powerhouses Shabinaa Khan and Kulsum Shadab Wahab, the short film now streams over YouTube. Following the […]
I can imagine Hrishikesh Mukherjee, or Hrishida as he was affectionately and respectfully called in the film fraternity, at 99. That’s what he would have turned today, And even though my interviews always took me to his bedside because by then he was already ailing, I would want to see him on a film set. […]
“I couldn’t believe I was seated between Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle, the two pillars of the music industry, at the premiere of my first Hindi film, Bees Saal Baad,” reminisces Biswajit Chatterjee on Lata Mangeshkar’s 92nd birthday, September 28, adding that the evening became even more magical when after the screening, she invited the […]
Today, September 27, is Yash Chopra’s 89th birth anniversary and the film that is playing in my mind is Deewar. Its iconic dialogue, ‘Mere paas maa hai’ still resonates, 46 years after its release, on January 24, 1975. In fact, even the ‘Mozart of Madras’, AR Rahman, had referenced this line in his Oscar acceptance […]
Samantha Akkineni is one of the most popular actresses in the Tamil and Telugu film industries. The 34-year-old actress has done some wonderful work in the entertainment industry, including films like Super Deluxe, Mersal and Majili. Samantha has been making headlines in the media due to her growing differences with her husband, Akkineni Naga Chaitanya. […]
Would you believe that Dev Anand’s romantic drama, Guide, which ranked No. 4 in Time magazine’s 2012 list of ‘Best Bollywood classics’, opened at Mumbai’s Maratha Mandir to a lukewarm response? Even in Gujarat, the film did not take a flying start. A drought saved it from oblivion. In the film, Raju, a discredited small […]
If it is easy to incite violence in Bengal, today, it would seem it was even easier in the 1970s, as films like Seemabaddha reflected. Satyajit Ray’s national award-winning film, set in 1970, shows how stooges of a vested management, could cause the lockout of a factory, by creating unrest and a bomb blast, over […]
There were reports claiming that the actress is dating her co-star Raj Anadkat. Munmun Data has finally spoken against the trolls for slut-shaming her and age-shaming to allegedly have a relationship with TMKOC star Raj Anadkat who plays the role of Tappu. Both actors have an age gap of around nine years. Munmun Dutta penned […]
Malaika Arora recently shared a video clip on her official Instagram account where she and her sister Amrita Arora were seen grooving to one of the most trending songs, Touch It by KiDi. The two were seen pulling off some cool moves with a hilarious twist at the end where Amrita knocks Malaika out of the […]
JAGRITI (1954) This path-breaking film won a Certificate of Merit at the National Film Awards. It also bagged the Filmfare Award for Best Film, with Abhi Bhattacharya as the new school superintendent Shekhar, taking home the trophy for Best Supporting Actor. Shekhar, unlike the other teachers, doesn’t believe in punishment. Through songs like “De di […]
Sources claim that Actor and model Siddharth Shukla who died yesterday of a great attack complained of chest pain on Wednesday night and asked his mother, who lives on the 6th floor of the same building, to visit him. After talking to her and drinking water, he went to sleep. Later, he suffered a heart […]
HUMA QURESHI-SAQIB SALEM There’s food for thought here On April 8, 2020, Huma Qureshi baked a birthday cake for baby brother Saqib Saleem as he turned 33. She described it as the world’s ugliest cheesecake but consoled herself with the thought that it’s the thought that counts. Her dishes gave Saqib plenty of thought too. […]
Tisca Chopra, who asserts that she’s always looking to do something exciting alongside acting, be it scripting, producing and directing short films or writing a book. Now, she’s ready to go one step up and make her directorial debut on the big screen. So, you are all set to direct a feature film now? Will […]
Saroj Khan had a nickname for him when he was a participant on the 2010 reality show, Dance Sangram. The late choreographer was appreciative of Avinash Dwivedi’s “Robotics Steps” and gave him her signature blessings—Rs 101—three times during the competition. “She called me ‘Akshay Jackson’ because I would integrate the dance styles of Akshay Kumar […]
On a regular day, these couples will shy away from the public eye, but once in a while, on their Instagram handles they open their hearts to the world That Alia Bhatt is missing RK is no secret. On July 14, she posted a picture of her silhouette against a gorgeous sunset. She was quick […]
August 4 is a red-letter day for music aficionados across the world because it was on this day, 92 years ago in 1929, that on a Sunday evening in Khandwa, Gauri Devi went into labour. Abhas was the youngest son of lawyer Kunjilal Ganguly and his wife Gauri, born after Kumudlal, Sati Devi and Kalyan. Today, the […]
The Corona virus-triggered lockdown confined many people to their homes, but you can’t keep a filmmaker down. Ananth Narayan Mahadevan picked up his Sony HD camera and decided to shoot a short film. Since he couldn’t get any actors, writers, locations, not even a cameraman and editor, he decided to shoulder all the roles himself, […]
Rashid Irani is no more. In the last year or so, which has seen so many pass away, Rashid Irani joins them. With him, perhaps, one of the best chroniclers of Mumbai cinema has moved to another abode. Rashid Irani would be best described as a consummate lover of Mumbai cinema just as the late […]
