Dil Chahta Hai

Aamir Khan, see you break ke baad!

Aamir’s “break” seems like a bit a con-job. What break is he talking about when he says he will return in a year or a year-and-a-half? That’s not a break. That’s a pause, a marketing strategy , a stopover to gauge the public’s reaction.

Retake: Disastrous foreign trips and the tools of rediscovery

Indians have travelled to unknown locations in our films, but when it’s to a different country, there is anxiety, thrill and a humbling reckoning with the self.

Saif Ali Khan is the Shashi Kapoor of this millennium

In Kal Ho Naa Ho Saif Ali Khan was to Shah Rukh Khan what Shashi Kapoor was to Amitabh Bachchan in Deewaar, or Amitabh Bachchan to Rajesh Khanna in Anand.

As Sonu Nigam celebrates his 49th birthday, we look at the ace singer's most celebrated songs

In a career spanning over three decades, Sonu Nigam has established himself as a leading vocalist and music composer in the industry.

Explained: The reason for the success of licensed films on streaming platforms

Pratiksha Rao, Director, Films and Licensing, Netflix India explains meaning of licensed films and its success in India.

On Shankar Mahadevan's birthday, a playlist to some of his most-loved tracks

Shankar Mahadevan has composed music for films such as Bunty Aur Babli, Taare Zameen Par, Kal Ho Naa Ho and Raazi among others

On Farhan Akhtar’s birthday, let’s look at his cinematic vision and dialect

With Dil Chahta Hai, the nation and its biggest critics celebrated the birth of a striking director. We were all bowled over by the freshness of Farhan Akhtar’s cinematic vision and dialect.

Dil Chahta Hai turns 20: Akshaye Khanna's character Siddharth Sinha grounded Farhan Akhtar's coming-of-age film

Without Sid, Dil Chahta Hai would still have been a breezy coming-of-age story about friendship and love, but it would have lost its soul, its introspective quality that prevents it from being any other forgettable rom-com spun by the dozen every year.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali completes 25 years; new teaser of Mahesh Babu's Sankranthi release: Round-up of Film and TV updates

The Farhan Akhtar interview | 'Glad Toofan is releasing at a time when people are finding their way back to normalcy'

"I have immense faith in the ability of Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra to tell a story in an amazingly profound way. As a director myself, I don't want to come into his way," says Farhan Akhtar ahead of his boxing film Toofan.