Light
Dark
It is a reflection of the ironic times we live in, that farmers in Uttar Pradesh were mowed down by a VIP car, a day after the birth anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri who coined the slogan, Jai jawan! Jai kisan! Even as politicians seem to have forgotten him, a good way for lesser folks to remember […]
SRK has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons after his son Aryan Khan was arrested from a cruise ship for the consumption of illegal substances. Meanwhile, SRK has called off his upcoming projects to be with his family in Mumbai, and recently BYJU’S took the hard decision to pause their association with the […]
Alia Bhatt, the actor known for her originality, spontaneity and powerhouse acting is also a smart investor. Her latest investment is Kanpur-based startup Phool. It is an IIT-Kanpur-backed startup that converts floral waste into incense products. Founded in 2017 by engineering graduate Ankit Agarwal, Phool enables the conversion of floral waste into charcoal-free luxury incense […]
Your upcoming film, Rashmi Rocket, is the journey of a girl from a tourist guide to a top track and field athlete, and the sex test or gender discrimination test that Rashmi Veera is forced to take. What’s your personal take on these tests? The yardsticks set over years and applied are horrific! What gives anyone […]
On October 2, 2021, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) raided a rave party on a Cruise ship off Mumbai Sea and apprehended some rich kids for illegally possessing 3 grams of Cocaine, 21 grams of Charas, 5 grams MD and 22 MDMA pills. Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan is one among them. The others […]
Aryan Khan is just the latest known name to come under the clutches of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). Before him, there have been many Bollywood biggies who have been summoned and interrogated by the NCB in relation to drug probes. Bollywood actors have been under the NCB’s scanner for quite some time now. In […]
Aryan Khan, son of actor Shahrukh Khan, was arrested by the Narcotic Control Bureau in connection with the seizure of drugs on a cruise off the Mumbai coast. Satish Maneshinde, who will represent Khan’s son, has also represented Rhea Chakraborty in a drugs case. He also defended Sanjay Dutt in the Mumbai blasts case. The […]
Aryan Khan was best known as Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s oldest son – who bore a resemblance to his superstar father. But October 3 has quite a lot changed people’s perspectives towards him. The 23-year-old’s identity saw a shift when he became the headlines after being detained followed by a drug haul aboard […]
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 […]
