There are few leaders in the Opposition line up who can claim a path to party leadership like Sitaram Yechury and certainly, very few who blended that ascent through student politics with awareness......
'Religion and extremism is going to be a big force, a very important force, in Bangladesh's politics.' IMAGE: Motiur Rahman Nizami, then chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami waves to supporters during a......
He was reviled by critics in his party as a neo-liberal in disguise but till the end, he retained his belief in secularism and the humanity of Communism. IMAGE: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, then the......
A new entrant, whether a popular actor or not, has not been able to sweep the polls, as their fans had hoped for. It should hold true for Vijay as well. Or, something drastically has to happen......
If Tamil Nadu voters preferred the DMK combine, it owed to the Modi-Annamalai combo's ideological battle which often crossed the line of political decency and also challenged 'Tamil pride', argues......
'It is for the first time that a film of mine will be released in theatres and Indian audiences will finally be able to buy tickets and experience it on a big screen, where cinema truly comes to......
Mithun Chakraborty started from scratch in bit roles and had no Godfather backing him. Yet, remarkably, his career now straddles six decades and he continues to win acclaim, observes Dinesh Raheja.......
IMAGE: Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi. For Mahatma Gandhi, cinema was a corrupting influence on young minds, a 'sinful technology'. It is that very medium which......
'The maximum struggle that I have gone through in this industry was to try to get a film made which had a female action star.''And that film never got made, despite reaching out to some of the......
Rehana Sultan was all set to be a path-breaker.The time was right.Hindi cinema had emerged from the 1960s musicals era.But somehow, leading film-makers of the time did not believe Rehana had that......
'I very much hope my little joke does not pass for advocacy or expertise in Indian politics!' IMAGE: Garry Kasparov was the youngest-ever undisputed World champion at the age of 22 in 1985 and is......
'Shami will come into picture if they want to rotate Siraj.' IMAGE: Mohammed Shami, who is among the best in the business, might just have to keep warming the bench. Photograph: BCCI At times, the......
'I am not envious of those who are making millions. It's their era and I had my era.' IMAGE: Cricket legend Salim Durani trains budding cricketers in Jamnagar in this January 2004 photograph.......