Not again

Due to her busy schedule, Katrina Kaif has turned down offers of three item numbers. Katrina Kaif's Sheila Ki Jawani act may have grabbed eyeballs but the actress now has no time to do item numbers. The actress has been apparently approached by ...

Live coverage of the opening ceremony for IPL 6 from the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.

According to one Western stereotype, India is a noisy, chaotic and colourful country, and so it's natural that our popular culture- our films and novels- would reflect this. They burst at the seams trying to capture our confusions and ...

According to one Western stereotype, India is a noisy, chaotic and colourful country, and so it's natural that our popular culture - our films and novels - would reflect this. They burst at the seams trying to capture our confusions and ...

In this column last fortnight, I wrote about a film - - that centred on a protective father and his free-spirited daughter, with the latter's personality brushing against stereotypical ideas about "good Indian girls". Coincidentally, a few days ago, ...

Electrifying performances: Rani Mukherjee in Karan Johar's segment in Bombay Talkies. Anurag Kashyap's segment is on a Bachchan fan's efforts to meet the star. Not again! Yet another film that panders to the west! Four directors—Karan Johar, ...

Editor's Note: This article about Bombay Talkies contains spoilers. Zoya Akhtar's short for Bombay Talkies seems to have gone the Barfi way. Meaning, first come the effusive descriptors like ebullient and enchanting (Deccan Herald), simple (CNN-IBN) ...

Tragedy Queen: Meena Kumari was seen in many immemorable films like Pakeezah and Sahib, Bibi aur Ghulam. A hundred years ago on this date, India's first film Raja Harishchandra was released. Over the past hundred years, our cinema and its facets ...

Washington DC: It was All roads lead to the Krazy 2 show as I, along with thousands of excited fans made our way to the sprawling Patriot Center on April 27, 2013 which was the venue of the live Bollywood concert featuring renowned artists Sunidhi ...