Keshto Mukherjee

Gulzar reminisced about Meena Kumari's commitment to his directorial debut, 'Mere Apne,' despite her failing health. He revealed that she was in the terminal stages of her illness during the film's release. Romu Sippy played a crucial role in convincing her to take on the project.

Veteran actress Aruna Irani recently spoke to ETimes, reminiscing about her experience working on the cult classic Bombay To Goa (1972), which completed 53 years on March 3. The film, which starred Amitabh Bachchan and was produced by comedian Mehmood, remains a fan favorite. Aruna, who played the female lead, shared fascinating insights about the shoot, her co-stars, and how the film impacted her career.

Starring Uttam Kumar and Sabitri Chatterjee in the lead, the romantic drama had an ensemble cast.

After dancing and acting, Rithvik Dhanjani has found a new hobby

Mrinal Sen's first directorial ‘Raat Bhor’ was released in 1955. But did you know Uttam Kumar made his debut in this Mrinal Sen film?

Though the film itself was apparently nothing to write home about, you can’t deny the historical value associated with it, especially after the iconic director’s demise.

Did you know Ritwik Ghatak was the co-writer of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s ‘Musafir’?

Released in the year 1975, the movie directed by Dulal Guha has always been a remarkable one under Deol's acting career list.

A fresher's party organised at a city hotel by an institute had all the basic ingredients that made the event a grand success.

MS Narayana was Tollywood���s answer to Keshto Mukherjee. He played a drunk in close to 300 of the 750 odd films he has acted in

Ritwik Ghatak’s works are still a testament to the social, personal and political turmoil he faced in life.

With films like 'Bharat' and 'Pataakha' under his belt, Sunil Grover might have moved on from just doing TV to more meatier roles in films, but for majority of his fans he is still Gutthi, the character he played on 'Comedy Nights with Kapil'

In these depressing times of recession, when Mumbaiites were desperately looking for some happiness, Amrita Arora, now Ladak, and Shakeel Ladak’s sangeet party on Thursday night gave everyone a reason to celebrate.

Veteran actor Dharmendra talked about the character of Dr Piramal Tripathi and how he wore a monkey cap and sweater in the movie to disguise himself as a watchman.

Comedies are enjoying huge box office success. BT finds out what’s evoking the laughter

LUCKNOW: The event was a technical assessment of breath analysers which the state traffic police department is all set to procure. But what happened during the live demo on Friday left the top brass of the traffic police virtually breathless.

Famous comedian Bharti Singh was arrested by the NCB on Saturday (November 21) for possession of 86.5 grams of Cannabis after the department had conducted a raid at her Mumbai apartment.

Women are no longer just weeping and plotting on TV. Having entered the male domain of humour, they have unleashed their funny streak on the unsuspecting viewers.

At the outset, I must clarify that I'm not a film historian. My views are more or less off the cuff. There seems to be a perception that comedy has deteriorated from what it was in the Johny Walker era.

When was the last time you split sides while watching a desi film or sitcom? Can’t remember? Jaane bhi do yaaron, it’s not really your fault. Kyunki, yeh jo hai zindagi turned dour and schmaltzy ever since Anthony (Amitabh Bachchan in Amar Akbar Anthony) turned sober, Veeru (Dharmendra in Sholay) gave up his ‘soo-cidal’ stunts and Chupke Chupke, the giddy-headed Golmaal on-screen gave way to syrupy Hum-Sangh-Hai variety of soap and cinema.

One of my biggest regrets is that he went away too soon with the result that I never got to meet him. So, every year, on his birthday, August 4, I scout for someone who knew him, worked with him, someone who can share memories of the inimitable Kishore Kumar with me.

Kamaleshwar Mukherjee's Meghe Dhaka Tara, based on the life of Ritwik Ghatak, has released the cloud-capped star.

Though drunken songs are the most popular leitmotifs of Hindi cinema, our fondness for the genre remains somewhat under-acknowledged, perhaps because it’s more of a guilty pleasure

Gypsies, vamps, tramps and smugglers...Vishwas Kulkarni lists 10 things that added pizzazz to Bollywood in the past