Why India Needs Its Writers, Historians, Entertainers, Scientists

Since Pandit Nehru every prime minister has talked about films and music being India’s soft power. We all know of Raj Kapoor’s following in the Russia, east Eur...

Amitabh Bachchan To Inaugurate Kolkata Film Festival

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan will inaugurate the upcoming 21st edition of Kolkata Film Festival, which will screen 149 films from 61 countries. The opening ceremony ...

Amitabh Bachchan To Donate Pension Of Yash Bharati Award To Social Causes

The Yash Bharati award, one of the highest state level awards instituted by the Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav during his tenure as Chief Minister in 1994, is co...

A Personal Tribute To Smita

That was sometime way back in the seventies. I still remember the two young women in our Tashkent film delegation who were fashionably late for meals, meetings; who giggled...

Special Screenings, Workshops & Celebrities make a cinematic Saturday to remember at 6th Jagran Film Festival

~ Showman Subhash Ghai engages film enthusiasts in a ‘Master Class’ ~

~ Neil Bhoopalam conducted...

Big B Innaugurates Helmet Facilities For Mumbai Traffic Police.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan unveiled helmets for Mumbai traffic cops at an event in Mumbai. The “Piku” star said unlike others he finds traffic in a city fascinat...

Amitabh Bachchan, Ratan Tata Promote TB-Free India

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and renowned business tycoon Ratan Tata on Thursday lent support to the government’s “Call to Action for a TB-Free India”. Both ...

True Review TV - Intrigues And Valour At Prime Time

I, a history buff, have been drawn to two current shows on weekdays at Prime Time -- Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat on Colors and Bharat Ka Veer Putra Maharana Pratap on Sony. ...

Priyanka Chopra, Freida Pinto Come Together For A Social Cause.

Bollywood’s top leading ladies, Madhuri Dixit, Kareena Kapoor, Sushmita Sen, Alia Bhatt, Parineeti Chopra and Nandita Das, star in the film “Girl Rising –...