Actresses

Dastaan-e-Dilrubai: Mukhtar Begum's music moved a world that desperately needed her magic

As the world reels from the spread of a pandemic and is forced to reckon with the breakdown of its known systems, perhaps those of us who have the means to do so can seek a quiet moment to find Mukhtar Begum's music, and let it change us | From #DastaanEDilrubai, a series by Shreya Ila Anasuya.

Dastaan-e-Dilrubai: Remembering Jahanara Kajjan, whose incandescence burned briefly, but brightly

Little is known about Jahanara Kajjan, a singer-actress who was active in the 1920s and 1930s, on the stages of the Parsi theatre in Calcutta, and in early cinema, and whose 105th birth anniversary was observed in February 2020. What we do know about her makes one lament the limitations of the Indian film archive, particularly lacking in information about the interiority of the women who were crucial to the making of the film industry — not only in Bombay, but in regional centres such as Calcutta and Madras. Introducing #DastaanEDilrubai, a new series by Shreya Ila Anasuya.

Shraddha Kapoor: Physical training for 'ABCD 2' helped me with action in 'Baaghi'

In a chat with Firstpost, Shraddha Kapoor talks about the action in Baaghi and how her ABCD 2 training helped her for it

Madhubala's Anarkali, Hema Malini's Basanti in recreation of Raja Ravi Verma's classic

Indian artist paints Bollywood heroines from different eras in a vintage frame

Indian films high on sexualisation, stereotyping of women: UN report

India tops the chart in showing attractive women in its movies and as much as 35 percent of these female characters are shown with some nudity, said UN.

List of winners at the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards

List of winners for the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Sunday in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association