'The real change will happen when more powerful roles come to me.' 'I am looking forward to that change.'

'I want to believe that now the world is my oyster.'

Many of our leading men and women are also all for dramatic physical transformation for the sake of artistic authenticity.

'If there is an artiste somewhere in India or in the world who wants to express her art, I hoped that this award would inspire them, and add meaning to their journey.'

'That's how big this taboo is.' 'It would be difficult for them to understand what I am trying to show with Jaggi.'

She wept when the director took 101 takes to shoot a song for Heeramandi.

The electoral battle in Varanasi, according to locals and political experts, is not about whether the PM will win for a third successive occasion, but if he will increase his share of the votes polled and his win margin.

'Thank you to the Cannes Film Festival for having our film here. Please don't wait 30 years to have another Indian film.'

Flight attendants, football coaches, renegade robots, underwater superheroes, it's all there on OTT this week.

Santosh Sivan Sivan is the first Asian to receive the prestigious Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography honour at the Cannes Film Festival, which celebrates outstanding contributions to the field of cinematography.

Considering factors like job prospects, growth potential and industry trends can provide valuable insights into selecting a suitable career path, suggests rediffGURU Rohit Gupta.

They easily gave the A-list stars tough competition in the fashion department.

Utkarsh Mishra's impressions of the Narendra Modi roadshow in Varanasi.

'You suddenly realise that in this entire big scheme of things, you're just one speck.'

Never before in history have Cannes and its sidebars found space for eight Indian, or India-themed, films.

'I am always rocking.' 'I am a rockstar.' 'That's the way the world will always see me.'

French hospitality at its best at a state dinner in honour of China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan at Elysee Palace, Paris.

Alia Bhatt's look at the MET Gala 2024 is winning hearts.

'When it was confirmed that I would do the song, Manishaji walked up to me and asked, "Please Vijayshree, tell me how are you planning to do the song. Give me a rough idea so that I am mentally prepared".'

'I joined Heeramandi's shoot right after completing Laapataa Ladies.' 'When I landed on the Heeramandi sets, I was like "Oh my God!" because this was for the first time I was seeing such a huge set in my life.'

It is doubtful there has been a more popular winner of a Formula One race in recent years than McLaren's Lando Norris, who was celebrated by everyone from Max Verstappen to Donald Trump following his victory at the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday.

'India mattered to him and he wanted to matter to India.'

The film's focus lies in humanising a larger-than-life star and breaking down his celebrity, aimed at a simplistic takedown of the 'superstar' myth, observes Arjun Menon.

'Before every scene, Sanjay Leela Bhansali would play two or three songs over and over again, especially when Sharmin and I would shoot, because it invoked his emotion. One of the songs was from The Last Samurai. Everything is in rhythm for him. If he doesn't have that rhythm in place, then something is off.'

'My respect for Irrfan has grown 100 times now when he is no longer with us.'

'When you walk on to a Sanjay Leela Bhansali set, it is complete surrender. You have to become a sponge.'

At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most likely have been hanging out with Dua Lipa.

The Maidaan actor shares her diet, fitness and fashion fundas with Rediff.com.

rediffGURU Ashwini Dasgupta offers handy tips on time management for a stress-free work life.

While the markets have factored in a number close to 350 for the BJP and almost 400 for the NDA, 50 seats fewer could trigger a market correction

For these dedicated folk, cosplay is more than just masks and costumes. Months of effort -- they often create their costumes from scratch -- go into making their outfits. Some even invest thousands of rupees to perfect their look.

'It's dull because this time the election is spread over such a long period.'

The Himachal Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party Sunday filed a complaint against the Congress and the Hamirpur Youth Congress Club for allegedly portraying actor and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Mandi, Kangana Ranaut, in a negative light by using pictures from her films.

Vineeth Sreenivasan deserves applause for striving to blend the past with the present and revoking your memories, states Divya Nair.

Pratik Gandhi's emotional range makes him a treat to watch while Vidya is as wild as she's wise, observes Sukanya Verma.