Aruna Raje

Filmmaker Aruna Raje shared poignant memories of Smita Patil, detailing the actress's profound love for Raj, her emotional struggles, and her isolation. Raje recounted the heartbreaking night of Patil's passing and revealed how personal letters exposed the depth of her devotion, even observing a fast while pregnant. The interview offers a glimpse into Patil's private world.

Shilpa, who has stuck to commercial films so far, is now testing new territory. The actress has now signed Aruna Raje's next film which is the story of sex workers and their rehabilitation in Mumbai.

Smita Patil was a paradox. Terrific and tragic. Though not an alumna of the FTII, she front-lined the parallel movement along with graduates from the high-brow institute. In a career spanning just a decade, she was the first living Asian actor to have a retrospective of her films beamed in Paris, hosted by Greek filmmaker Costa-Gavras.

MUMBAI: Shilpa Shetty seems to be tiring of running around tress and playing the glamourous angle in Indian pot-boilers.

On the occasion of Hema Malini's 74th birthday, ETimes connected with Aruna Raje who directed the Dream Girl of the Hindi cinema in the film 'Rihaee'. Talking about working with the veteran beauty, Aruna Raje said, "It was great working with Hemaji! Everyone except my dialogue writer thought she would never do the film. But after my narration, she said 'yes' immediately."

The films are curated by film scholar Gayatri Chatterjee and will be screened at the two venues from 11am-6pm.The festival is open to all.

For Naseeruddin Shah, script is the star of any film and he says within few minutes of reading the story of upcoming 'Waiting' he knew he would do it as the plot kept him hooked.

Before becoming Shahenshah, Amitabh Bachchan faced numerous setbacks. He was dropped from films like Shaque and Duniya Ka Mela due to his initial box office failures. Director Aruna Raje Patil revealed that Vinod Khanna replaced Bachchan in Shaque. Raza Murad mentioned Sanjay Khan replaced Bachchan in Duniya Ka Mela. Zanjeer became a turning point after Jaya Bhaduri suggested his name.

Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu has been invited to speak at the International Film Festival of India in Goa from November 20-28.

Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu has been invited to speak at the International Film Festival of India in Goa from November 20-28. The organisers have also roped in director Aruna Raje, actor John Edathattil, and director Vivek Agnihotri as speakers at IFFI. Manoj Bajpayee too is among the speakers.

Actress Samantha made history as the first South Indian actress to participate in the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) held in Goa in 2021. She expressed her joy and gratitude for the opportunity on her Instagram. Samantha's presence alongside industry veterans added diversity to the festival, showcasing the talent in the Indian film industry. Despite her previous film not performing well, Samantha has highly anticipated projects, including 'Chennai Story' and 'Citadel: India', in the works.

Roopa Vohra showcased her jewellery collection in Mumbai lately.

Various options were discussed between information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry and the striking FTII students to break the current impasse.

On Sunday April 2, at 11 am, the graduation ceremony of the SPJ Sadhana school took place in the Sophia Bhabha Hall. It reverberated to the video film, 'A New Paradigm'.

Hema Malini had spoken about doing a bold film like 'Rihaee' in that era as it was way ahead of its time. The actress had said that she did the film because it was made by a female director. 'Rihaee' starred Vinod Khanna, Naseeruddin Shah, Neena Gupta and Reema Lagoo as well.

'‘Naxalites are not bad guys’...says Suniel Shetty, who won an international Best Actor award for his role as one in Ananth Mahadevan’s film

PUNE: The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), which is attempting to restore its lost glory after student agitations over the past few years, has decided to re-introduce short-term courses in acting, script-writing and television and video.

Why is Suniel Shetty avoiding news? TOI finds the answer, and a lot more.

The 5th edition of India’s first horror film festival Opens with Shruti Haasan starrer British Psychological thriller 'The Eye’ who will do a post-screening Q&A and Close with Ishan Shukla’s IFFR winner feature ‘Schirkoa - In Lies We Trust’

The issue of ‘political appointments’ on the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Society was not discussed at the third meeting between the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry officials and agitating students at Films Division in Mumbai on Wednesday.

MUMBAI: In a bid to shrug off its crisis-ridden image and market itself as the storehouse of talent the 43-year-old Film and Television Institute of India, will host a four-day festival in Pune. Come August the best works from some of its brightest talents will be on display.

PUNE: Will he script a new success story or will he administer the institute in the usual bureaucratic manner was the question on everybody's mind at the Film and Television Institute of India on Monday, where IAS officer Tripurari Sharan official took over the reins of FTII's new director.

Thursday's Supreme Court decriminalising adultery evoked a wave of mixed emotions within the film industry. Hindi cinema has dealt with the subject in a serious and sensitive manner especially when the finest creative minds of the field were engaged for these pictures.

GraFTII, the alumni association of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) — which has around 3,000 members — on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to intervene and resolve the issues of the agitating FTII students, who have been on strike since June 12.

...says filmmaker Anant Mahadevan in an exclusive chat with LT.

Reema Lagoo, who personified the amiable mother in Bollywood’s feel-good family blockbusters such as Maine Pyaar Kiya (1989), Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994) and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai(1998), died of heart attack at a Mumbai hospital on Thursday. She was 58.

...says Suniel Shetty about his ‘split’ with the Czarina of TV.

Sameera Reddy is ready to talk about her career which according to the actress, is on an upswing.