Vijay Deverakonda unveiled his intense look from his upcoming film Ranabaali, making his fans and followers deeply curious about what the film will be all about.
Sreenivasan could so willingly be 'our little man' because in his heart of hearts he never felt trivial or inconsequential. And to the very end he stayed that way, the shrimp who knew he was a giant. Sreehari Nair doffs his hat to the late legend.
'One of the dignified aspects of their relationship is that Hema reportedly told Dharamji that she would never disturb his first family.'
'We have come to the point in civilisation where emotion seems to be something you hide or you have to be discreet about, or to be ashamed of.'
Om Puri would have been 75 in October. We look back at his early years through these 16 pictures from his life.
'Life does not change in such a way that everything becomes easy. Struggle and hustle is there for everyone. 'The difference is that people have started knowing me.'
'Ours is a disaster movie with no big stars, songs or commercial ingredients.' 'Yet, it is Malayalam cinema's highest grosser.'
'Rani made it very clear when she signed the film that she would shoot only during her daughter's summer vacation so as not to disturb her role as a real life mother.'
Hansal Mehta on the challenges he faced while making Shahid, and more.
Goodbye makes ordinary places, ordinary people and ordinary events become interesting, observes Mayur Sanap.
The Shakti Bhatt Foundation is inviting entries for the 2012 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize. In its fifth year, the prize is a cash award of Rs 1 lakh, and a trophy. The award covers poetry, fiction (including graphic novels), creative non-fiction (travel writing, autobiography, biography, and narrative journalism), and drama.
Wayne Rooney, the Manchester United star, captures the drama of the 2011 season when his team lost the EPL title to Manchester City in the League's very last game.
Subhash K Jha picks his favourite five Sushant performances.
The Shakti Bhatt Foundation has invited nominations for the 2009 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize.
Entries can be in any genre: poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction (travel writing, autobiography, biography, and narrative journalism), drama. Authors from the subcontinent are eligible but the book must be published in India. Publications must be in English or translated into English from an Indian language.
A lowdown on what's happening in Hollywood.
Dear Friend is for those who idealised Dil Chahta Hai all out of proportion, and then warmed up to the premise that friendship could be a lot more complicated, and transient, observes Sreehari Nair.
India-born poet Vijay Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for his collection of poems '3 Sections'.
Jaitley's endorsement of Upadhyaya doesn't come as a surprise, for the latter has been the source of ideological guidance and moral inspiration for the BJP since its inception.
Aseem Chhabra introduces you to the Irrfan you never knew.
'I belonged to the working class, not the middle class.' 'I was a rag-picker. I used to pick up coal from the railway tracks.' 'I was rejected from the FTII, as I was very unkempt and skinny.' 'I did not look like a hero, villain or comedian.' 'But Girish Karnad and Jairaj said I should be taken based on merit, not looks.'
It is learnt that the SNLTR is also working on Bangla classics.
'Some of his decisions were not so good, but his intentions were always guided by a deep national interest.'
A Nedumudi Venu character was happiest when moving his head to a piece of music with his eyes closed; or, when inventing off of a note that a co-actor had left unfinished; or, when reciting a poem by Kavalam Narayana Panicker where a hymn about nature descends into a musing about cheating, depression and death, feels Sreehari Nair.
The great pity is that Mr Siddiqui has a remarkable, even inspiring, story to tell, feels Sunil Sethi.
Modi: Journey of a Common Man is blatant propaganda, feels Utkarsh Mishra.
'He never went to the Bombay industry.'
'We felt like we were a part of something bigger than just a film.'
'If questioning and dethroning hierarchies is your primary motive, why not put an end to the practice of announcing your shining star, your box office draw, in big flaming letters and mentioning everyone else's name in small font at the bottom of the screen?' asks Sreehari Nair.
'There is a group who want to internally damage the Congress and they may be hand in glove with the BJP.'
There's no steam in the intolerance debate anymore but the opposing sides still refuse to let it go, says Sampath.
Rediff.com gives you a look at films in the past that have captured the lives of sporting icons, and their rise to glory, on the silver screen.
'The Red Sari' is not a historical account of Sonia Gandhi and puts her in good light but it could not be published in India around four years ago because of 'poor PR people' of the Congress, says its author Javier Moro.
Mohammad Sajjad salutes the memory of Mushirul Hasan -- historian, thinker, academic, institution builder, -- who passed into the ages this week.
'What was previously buried in the sands of time now gets buried by the weight of banality,' notes Sreehari Nair.
And you thought Bollywood was just about making movies!
'It is very easy for me to choose different genres, but a lot of actors are still stuck in the same rut.'
Om Puri was that rare actor who could carry a film on sheer power and versatility of his performance
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