Shilpa Rao hails from Jamshedpur. Her father, who holds a degree in music, was her first guru. She’s trained under Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan since she was a teenager and also considers Hariharan to be her guru. It was Shankar Mahadevan who encouraged her to be a commercial singer, giving …

Sanjana Sanghi was 14 when Rockstar (2011) fell in her lap. She balanced school assignments on one hand and the demands of working under the baton of Imtiaz Ali on the other. Working closely with Ranbir Kapoor at such a young age imbibed in her a love for acting which hasn’t gone …

Shilpa Shetty Kundra. One envies her for her hourglass figure, which she still has managed to maintain even after two children. She was known for her dance numbers. Contestants look up in awe when she dons the dancing shoes and shows them how it’s done during reality shows. She’s battled …

Ask Maniesh Paul the secret of his ever-smiling face and he asks you for a million dollars. He’s the man with a hundred comebacks lined up. Someone who knows the art of delivery and no, he isn’t a bowler or a gynaecologist. Maniesh Paul always greets you like a long-lost …

Sunny Deol’s younger son Rajveer Deol is making his debut in Dono, directed by Sooraj Barjatya’s son Avnish and co-starring Poonam Dhillon’s daughter Paloma. Going by the trailer, they play two strangers who meet at a destination wedding and fall in love. So it has all the ingredients of a …

Simrat Kaur was recently seen in director Anil Sharma’s film Gadar 2 as Utkarsh Sharma’s wife and Sunny Deol’s daughter-in-law. The film has broken all the records in the box office. Simrat, who belongs to a Sikh family, started her career with the Telugu film Prematho Mee Karthik (2017), opposite …

Avneet Kaur made her Bollywood debut with Nawazuddin Siddiqui in Tiku Weds Sheru. The actress, who has done TV before, met Nawaz for the first time during the script reading stage. “He has always been punctual and I admire that in him—the discipline he has in his life. During our …

What changes in sports would you like to see?We should show our support for those involved in sports. I believe that our country needs to change its mindset. Sports are still viewed as a game by the middle class. It is now a serious profession. You can make a lot …

Rakul Preet Singh is all things sugar and spice. She bats all my queries with the elan of a veteran opening batswoman who loves knocking balls out of the park. She isn’t a babe lost in the woods but a strong, resilient woman who has thrived both in the South as well as …

Sooraj Barjatya’s movies are like much-loved wedding videos. You put them on wherever you’re feeling low, run them from anywhere you like and they still keep you engaged and lift your spirits up. He mostly shot his films on grand sets, caring more for the ease and order of a …