Brand India's societal divisions and distortions have remained as much relevant in 'liberal' America and Europe as it still is in the structurally stratified Indian society of the 21st century,......
Remember that unforgettable line from Deewar? Yash Chopra, who directed that Hindi film classic, would have been 90 today, and what better way to mark the movie mogul's birth anniversary than these......
Aseem Chhabra remembers Master Chef Floyd Cardoz who died of coronavirus in New York on Wednesday. IMAGE: Floyd Cardoz, the legendary chef, at work at his restaurant Tabla in the early 2000s. All......
Besides the five Indian films that are playing at the Toronto International Film Festival this year -- a rather large collection at an international film festival, says Aseem Chhabra -- there are......
The film industry bid an emotional farewell to Manoj Kumar, one of Bollywood's legendary actors. The funeral was held on April 5 at the Pawan Hans crematorium, Vile Parle, northwest Mumbai. The......
Some actors are known for their style. Some for their versatility. Manoj Kumar is famous for his on-screen patriotism, which is so deeply etched in public memory that he came to be known as......
IMAGE: Rakul Singh, Arjun Kapoor and Bhumi Pednekar in Mere Husband Ki Biwi. Bollywood's warped sense of humour sees much fun in a man's attachment to two women as he hyper oscillates between a......
'We didn't create the Angry Young Man persona for Amitabh Bachchan.''We created the Vijay persona and then Amitabh Bachchan fitted into it.' IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan in Deewaar. Yash Chopra's......
'Do films today even have the courage to question the establishment?' IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan in Deewar. It was a standout year, and not just in Indian politics. 1975, the year of the Emergency,......
His pa is famed film-maker Vidhu Vinod Chopra, his ma is celebrated movie commentator Anupama Chopra, but Agni Dev Chopra's passion is not movies, but cricket. IMAGE: Representing Mizoram in the......
IMAGE: Jaismine Lamboria won her opening bout. Photograph: Twitter/BFI Commonwealth Games medallist Jaismine Lamboria packed a powerful punch to win her opening bout against Nyambega Beatrice......
IMAGE: Nikhat Zareen outpunched Fatima Herrera to enter the quarterfinals. Photograph: BFI Indian boxers Nikhat Zareen, Nitu Ghanghas and Manisha Moun extended their dazzling show at the Mahindra......
IMAGE: Nikhat Zareen has cut down her weight from 52kg -- the weight category in which she found glory last year in Turkey -- to 50kg after her preferred weight categories was scrapped for the......
IMAGE: While the first FIR against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh pertains to allegations of a minor wrestler and was registered under POCSO Act, the second was......