'Single woman fighting alone': Jaya Bachchan hails Mamata

Hailing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as a fighter who is single-handedly battling against all atrocities, veteran actor and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan on Monday took a swipe at......

Uproar in Rajya Sabha over UP gang rape

Rajya Sabha on Wednesday witnessed heated exchanges between Congress and Samajwadi Party members over recent instances of rape in Uttar Pradesh, particularly the gang rape of a mother and daughter......

Hrishikesh Mukherjee dead

Veteran filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee, who made directed several memorable movies including Anand that launched Amitabh Bachchan on the path to superstardom, died here at a hospital in Mumbai.He......

'Demolitions meant to tarnish Bachchan image'

Terming the demolition of some structures in her flat in Bhopal as "attempts by the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government to tarnish the image of the Bachchan family," Indira Bhaduri, mother......

The Path-Breaking '70s Actor You Didn't Know

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......

The Genius Behind Bollywood's Beautiful Words

As a uniquely multi-hyphenated writer-director-lyricist-author, Gulzar has built a reputation across multiple spheres of film-making and literary creative endeavours.Dinesh Raheja salutes the......

The day Jaya Bhaduri wed her lambooji...

Amitabh, Jaya have been married for 47 years!Look who else wed on the same day, June 3 (many years hence, of course!).   Photograph: Kind courtesy Amitabh Bachchan/Instagram '47 years ........

Zanjeer@50: The Gamble That Paid Off

'There was an extraordinary intensity about Amitabh Bachchan even in bad films.''Kuch baat thi.''Salim saab and I insisted on casting him in Zanjeer.' Zanjeer changed a lot of lives. It turned......