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Underdog stories always appeal to the audience if made well, and Aamir Khan's presence guarantees that, assures Deepa Gahlot.
Day 1 of Cannes 2025 saw Hollywood's biggest stars walking the red carpet and making news.
'I am not playing someone's mother or grandmother just because a big director is offering a role. Believe me, I have many got such offers but they don't persuade me.'
'My first love died in a car crash so this film always hit different.'
Today's Hindi film mothers are younger, trendier, more mischievous. But, truth be told, says Dinesh Raheja, I still do miss sometimes the comforting presence of the trad mother.
Urvashi Rautela seems to love animals, and loves to make a splash with them at Cannes.
The Mumbai-born film-maker is currently working on two films set in her city, which will form a trilogy along with All We Imagine As Light.
Indian celebs are all set to dazzle Cannes this year.
'When Shahid, Ishaan and I are together, it is a madhouse because we are all performers.'
Over the years, many Bollywood beauties have weaved their magic on the Cannes red carpet by making dazzling appearances.
'We mourn the lives that have been lost, soldiers who will never come home, whose names are now etched in the soul of this country. May their families find strength in the nation's gratitude. So tonight, and every night forward, we hope for less silence born of tension, and more silence born of peace.'
At a time when India is banning all things Pakistan, thanks to the recent war-like situation between the two countries, BJP MP Kangana Ranaut is encouraging Pakistani music.
It's been a beautiful Mother's Day for Priyanka Chopra in New York, and hubby Nick Jonas fills us in.
The organisers of the 78th Cannes Film Festival have announced the dress code for the attendees regarding the gala screenings at the Grand Theatre Lumiere, set to take place from May 13 to May 24.
Bollywood has come out in full support and shown solidarity to Indian army by postponing film releases and several events post the deadly Pahalgam attack and India's Operation Sindoor
'He had just come out of the ICU after surgery.' 'He opened his eyes, spoke to Sara for a bit, and asked for me.' 'I said, I'm right here, dad. 'And then he said, If you were there, you would've beaten that guy up.'
'Alaya has kept her career disconnected from me in every way.''She wanted to achieve success by herself without any help or interference.'
On Mother's Day this year, we celebrate the unsung mothers-in-law of Hindi movies who go all out to make life heaven for their bahus.
Bollywood stars got nostalgic on Mother's Day and shared childhood pictures with their moms.
While many film folk raised a toast to their mums on Mother's Day, others celebrated their children, the reason they became mums!
'As you gain experience, you realise that none of this is personal.''The failures actually teach you bigger and better lessons.'
Bollywood celebrated Mother's Day with beautiful pictures of their mums on social media.
Raid 2 has entered the Rs 100 Crore (Rs 1 billion) Club.
At 250 million unique visitors a month, MX Player has for long been in the same bracket as YouTube (454 million) and Meta (324 million) in reach.
'He surprised us by telling us he wanted to make a career in acting.''We were scared since we knew nothing of this profession but then, he landed a role in Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding.''After seeing him holding his own on screen, we decided to let the boy pursue his passion.'
Celebrate Mother's Day in a musical way this year!
On Kaifi Azmi's death anniversary on May 10, Subhash K Jha revisits some of his best songs.
Athiya Shetty, Deepika Padukone, Drashti Dhami... 10 celeb moms who will celebrate Mother's Day for the first time this year.
Kangana Ranaut will make her debut in Hollywood with a lead role in the horror drama Blessed Be The Evil, reports Variety.
Aditya Dhar, who directed the 2019 film Uri: The Surgical Strike based on the 2016 Uri attack and India's retaliatory strikes, as well as actor Suniel Shetty, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, Vivek Agnihotri, Ashok Pandit, production banner T-Series are among those who have applied for the above mentioned titles
'Being a Telugu native and growing up on Telugu films, the industry always felt like home.'
This Mother's Day, we celebrate the club of single moms in Bollywood, who shine in their roles.
While Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh have been inspiring us, many of Bollywood's actresses have tried to make the uniform their own on screen.
'Both Shahid and Ishaan are over-thinkers and I'm constantly telling them to lighten up, chill.'
Gram Chikitsalay uses the same template as Panchayat but with a fraction of its humour or charm, observes Deepa Gahlot.
There's room for all kinds on OTT this week, as Sukanya Verma tells us.
Whether on screen or off, India never misses a chance to teach a lesson or two to its neighbour country when it comes to war and terrorism.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
When the producers of Abir Gulaal signed Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, they did not imagine that tensions between the two countries would escalate to this extent.
'A Lufthansa crew member reached a hotel in the middle of night and slept.''The next morning, something fell and she bent to pick it up.''She saw a dead body under the bed!'
Sukanya Verma looks at instances of aristocrats falling for commoners on the silver screen.
Of the 156 LCH, 90 would be for the Indian Army while 66 would be for the Indian Air Force.
This marks a 67% increase from the Rs 2,537 crore lost in scams in 2022-2023.
The Enforcement Directorate said on Monday that it had conducted search operations at four locations in Mumbai and Delhi as part of its money laundering investigation into an alleged Rs 4,500 crore (Rs 45 billion) fraud by Pancard Clubs Limited and others, in which more than 5 million investors have been duped.