Dev Anand News

Second innings: Film star Padmini Kolhapure is making a comeback after two decades.

Wahid Mansoori grew up watching Hindi movies from the 1930s. Courtesy his father's habit of collecting Bollywood memorabilia, Mansoori now runs a business selling them.

By Subhash K. Jha, Mumbai, Dec 15 : Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, who has made up with his uncle Dev Anand after eight years, describes the legendary actor as a 'karmyogi, completely fearless' and says he is in many ways like the evergreen star.

By Subhash K Jha, Shekhar Kapoor has just designed a chandelier for a leading crystal company, which will now go into production shortly.

CLICK HERE FOR EXCLUSIVE WALLPAPERS! Ranbir Kapoor is on a hattrick this year. He looks all set to close 2009 with yet another solo hit Rocket Singh Salesman of the Year .

What's your Enfield story? I've got many. But this is about my baptism into the Bullet brotherhood long after I had started riding it.

"Do Ka Char, Paanch Ka Dus".Tickets being sold in black, an unheard phenomenon in these times of Multiplexes, tele and online bookings.

Miss India Canada Aanchal Dogra admires legendary Bollywood actor Dev Anand for his energy level and megastar Amitabh Bachchan for managing his personal life well.

"O ne has thousands of memories of those who have been close. I met her again after a long gap only last year at the 'shack' . It is sadsadsadsad" Dev Anand's voice continued to sink on the mobile, as if moments long forgotten began to flashback on his mind's screenon the news of the demise of his sister-in-law, Uma Anand.

In the mid 1940s, a young lad came to Bombay, wanting like many others to make it big in the film industry.

Sachin Dev Burman explaining a composition to Lata Mangeshkar. Kumar Shri Sachin Dev Burman , also credited as 'Burman da' or 'Sachin karta', was one of the most celebrated music composers for Hindi movies and a Bengali singer and composer.

'My father Guru Dutt was a very pessimistic person' October 23, 2009 14:59 IST A run Dutt has a measured, polite and apologetic tone when he speaks -- as though he was to blame for your ignorance -- and a way of quietly stressing some words.

In celebration of the announcement of Dada Saheb Phalke award for Manna Dey , let's do a playlist.

Even in the evening of her life, Lata Mangeshkar's voice is as fresh as the morning sun.

"Speak, your lips are free. Speak, it is your own tongue. Speak, it is your own body.

Bollywood Rumors > Dev Anand"'absolutely "unputdownable" -Tribute to Bollywood Actor ... [ Calcutta Tube:Bengali Movies-Bollywood News ] Each was born within a couple of years of each other , each started his career around the same time , and while Raj Kapoor died in 1988, and Dilip Kumar has been in retirement for more than a decade, Dev Anand ...

Bollywood Rumors > AWAARA / THE VAGABOND / THE TRAMP [ ELLIPSIS ] The Kapoor dynasty continues to be measured against the hugely popular cinema of Raj Kapoor and one can see why such a truism exists when isolating the brilliance of a film like 'Awaara'. Though the 1956 film, 'Jagte Raho', may certainly have been imbued with a sense of outrage ...

While in the capital, she is also to address the opening of the four-day Film South Asia '09, the region-wide biennial documentary festival that begins on Thursday, September 17.

Young at 60? It's possible-if driven by undying youthful energy and optimism. Since its co-founder Dev Anand radiates both, small wonder that Navketan Films has retained its enduring appeal even after six decades of highs and lows in the industry.

L ata Mangeshkar turns 80 on September 28. rediff.com heralds this milestone event with a month-long celebration of memories and song.