Sara-Sahara case: Dawood's brother acquitted

A special court in Mumbai on Wednesday acquitted fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar along with a builder and four civic officials in the case related to the unauthorised......

The Common Man Who Became A Star

'A lot of actors auditioned for Wagle Ki Duniya, but R K Laxman rejected them all.''He was the decision-maker, as the serial was based on his Common Man.''He wanted a natural, who looked like a......

The Wonderful Films of Basu Chatterjee

'Basuda welcomed viewers into a world that was instantly familiar and comfortable,' observes Sukanya Verma. Basu Chatterjee didn't just make movies for us. He made movies about us. I saw life in......

PIX: Ranbir, Dia, Lara celebrate at Prithvi

Prithvi theatre turns 40! Prithviraj Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kapoor's Prithvi Theatre marks 40 years this November. And, this year, the Prithvi Theatre Festival is being held from......

Poster Boys review: Low-IQ comedy

Shreyas Talpade's film, co-starring the Deol brothers, never adds up to anything beyond a shrill or overdone caricature straight out of a dummy's guide in how to amuse, says Sukanya Verma. There's......

Why Anjali Sacrificed Her Career For Sachin

Anjali quickly decided not to pursue her career in medicine. If she had worked in a government hospital, she would have had to do her fair share of nights and weekends in hospital, which would have......

Why Sachin Tendulkar Is So Happy

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar with his coach Ramakant Achrekar. Photograph: Sachin Tendulkar/X   The Maharashtra urban development department has approved a proposal for a memorial dedicated to......

Untold story of Sachin's golden ducks and one crucial run

0 0 1: Sachin Tendulkar's sequence of scores before he got down to changing cricket IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar said that was when he understood the importance of scoring one run. Photograph:......

Events That Changed Indian Cricket Forever

Would there have been an incomparable batsman named Sachin Tendulkar had Doordarshan not telecast Guide one summer afternoon?A fascinating excerpt from Abhishek Mukherjee and Joy Bhattacharjya's......

'The lessons have stayed...': Sachin remembers coach

The legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar fondly remembered his childhood coach, Ramakant Achrekar, on what would have been his birth anniversary on Sunday. Tendulkar, taking to the platform......