Piku

15 Years of Deepika Padukone: From Cocktail to Piku to Tamasha, here are the star's most stunning roles

As Deepika Padukone teams up with Shah Rukh Khan 15 years later for the most anticipated film ‘Pathaan’, we go down memory lane and take a look at her most loved characters of all time.

Amitabh Bachchan @ 80: Eight faces during eight phases of his career

We’ll take a look at the final four phases of the superstar's career, charting the course from the mid-80s to the present day.

When Irrfan Khan once said to Shah Rukh Khan, "Mohabattein earned a lot of money but you didn’t do much in the film"

The late Irrfan Khan was seen hosting the Filmfare Awards back in 2016 when he took a dig at Shah Rukh Khan’s film Mohabbatein, which also starred Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in crucial roles.

First Take | Fathers, daughters & fantasies

In M Padmakumar’s underrated Malayalam film Pathaam Valavu, a father has no solution on hand when his 6-year old daughter is raped and murdered.

Deepika Padukone on Piku: Me and my sister are at an age where we are Piku

The 36-year-old actor said she and her sister, professional golfer Anisha Padukone, relate the most to Piku.

First Take | Father Dear Father

The authoritarian fathers that we see in our film are not always likeable. But when played by actors of Anthony Hopkins, Mammootty and Paresh Rawal’s stature they exude a lived-in scent.

How Shoojit Sircar's Piku, Satyajit Ray's Aranyer Din Ratri transport me back to dining table, food escapades of my Bengali home

"Interestingly, Piku is obsessed with food in a way that's familiar to all upper-class Bengalis, but the obsession manifests through the constant talk of shit and diseases, which also, very honestly, is quite familiar to this group of people."

With Vicky Donor, Piku, and October, writer Juhi Chaturvedi demonstrated how many cities reside in one Delhi

“There is a Lajpat Nagar for every Khan Market, a Daryaganj for every Vasant Kunj. But all of them know their 'place.' They are judged, but are fully aware that they judge others too. They do not hesitate to show off who they are," says Juhi Chaturvedi.

On Irrfan Khan's 55th birth anniversary, revisiting characters brought alive by this versatile actor

From Maqbool to Rana in Piku, here’s looking at some of the most memorable roles of Irrfan Khan since his debut with a cameo in Mira Nair’s Salaam Bombay in 1988

Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird, Studio Ghibli's Only Yesterday, and a homecoming of my own

When I returned home after a pandemic cut short by my millennial Mumbai moment, Saroise Ronan's Ladybird and Taeko Okajima in Only Yesterday helped me reconcile with a long-lost past.