Anupam Kher: People don't want to give Modi a chance

'He is not a news channel that whenever any event happens he must immediately talk about it.' Anupam Kher was booed at a debate organised by a literary festival in Mumbai on Thursday, October 29,......

'I think we would be better off with a presidential form of govt'

Hindol Sengupta, journalist and author of 100 Things To Know And Debate Before You Vote, believes that if a democracy has to work, the agenda needs to be set by voters as much as by political......

Smriti Irani to head BJP Mahila Morcha

Smriti Irani, actor-turned politician of the 'saas-bahu' TV serial fame, was on Tuesday appointed as head of Bharatiya Janata Party's Women's Wing while Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar......

Gay love in the movies

Bollywood's homophobia problem bares itself in its various caricatures of the LGBQT community. Where a few film-makers are sensitive in their treatment as noted in the depiction of lesbian love in......

The BRILLIANCE of Hrishikesh Mukherjee

On Hrishikesh Mukherjee's 91st birth anniversary on September 30, we bring back a Rediff Special done on the brilliant filmmaker in December 2002. Read on: Hrishikesh Mukherjee's cinema could make......

Farah Khan: I never miss Bigg Boss!

Choreographer-producer Farah Khanwill replace Malaika Arora Khan as judge on the fourth season of realityTV show India's Got Talent on Sunday, October 21.Farah explains how this came about, what......

Subhash Ghai, Shah Rukh and Dilip Kumar

Subhash 'Showman' Ghai isa filmmaker who likes to do things in style.And Monday's inauguration of his dream project,the film school Whistling Woods International, was no exception. In attendance......

TOPS approves Bajrang, Vinesh's request

IMAGE: Bajrang Punia’s request to train in Cholpon-Ata in Kyrgyzstan was approved by TOPS. Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images The Sports Ministry's Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) has......

It's 'do-or-die' for Kings XI against Mumbai Indians

IMAGE: Kings XI Punjab owner Preity Zinta. Photograph: BCCI. Kings XI Punjab will once again be facing a 'do-or-die' situation during their penultimate round encounter against table toppers Mumbai......

Rampaging de Villiers powers RCB past Mumbai Indians

AB de Villiers celebrates his century. Photograph: BCCI Powered by a swashbuckling 133 off just 59 balls by AB de Villiers and a classy 82 from skipper Virat Kohli, Royal Challengers Bangalore......