Ramesh Talwar

After spending nearly 15 years immersed in theatre, Ranjana Aanjjan has finally stepped into the world of screen acting with Chand Tara — a project that has already earned the distinction of having its trailer screened at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. In this candid conversation with ETimes, Ranjana opens up about the overwhelming transition from stage to screen, her father’s unwavering support, the financial struggles that shaped her middle-class upbringing, and the life lessons she learned from icons.

Ramesh Talwar surprised star writers Salim-Javed by demanding the same payment as them to direct 'Zamana'. Despite their confidence that no one would refuse their script, Talwar held firm, emphasizing his worth. The film faced delays due to financial issues and eventually released in 1985.

Writer Sagar Sarhadi, who has to his credits films like ‘Kabhi Kabhie’ and ‘Doosra Aadmi’, passed away at his Sion residence on Sunday evening. His nephew, filmmaker Ramesh Talwar cites age as one of the factors that led to his demise. He said, “He was no longer the robust and abusive person that he was known for. Of late he had gone soft and subdued and also was not eating food, he often made excuses to avoid eating food. He had fallen in the house and hurt his muscles, he said bye-bye to us and left.''

Sufi songs and ghazals were the flavour of Tuesday night as guests remained put on their seats completely enchanted by the voices of renowned sufi, ghazal and playback singer Kavita Seth and ghazal maestro Jaswinder Singh.

J Karthik will soon foray into Bollywood industry

Zeenat Aman will be making her stage debut in a Hindi play called Chupke Chupke, being produced by Sanjay Goradia and directed by Ramesh Talwar.

The iconic screenwriting duo Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar were the creative force behind some of Bollywood's most legendary films during the 1970s and early 1980s. The duo were known for their powerful stories with strong characters, especially the 'angry young man' persona that became synonymous with Amitabh Bachchan.

The Guru Nanak Khalsa College Alumni Association celebrated the Platinum Jubilee of Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts, Science and Commerce on Wednesday, with much fanfare.

The fraternity got together the other afternoon in Mumbai to talk business and strengthen their association through the forthcoming elections.

The fraternity got together the other afternoon to talk business and strengthen their association through the forthcoming elections.

The mishaps that struck New York last week, have left a lot of people in a profound sort of depression but there are few that really have access in doing their little bit. And the one person making most of his talents at a time that matters the most is none other than Shatru.

Director of movies like Doosara Aadmi, Baseraa and Sahibaan, Ramesh Talwar has fond memories of working with Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor. With Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt's wedding just around the corner, ETimes reached out to the senior filmmaker who had a long and illustrious association with Rishi.

Senior writer-director Sagar Sarhadi, who blazed a trail with iconic films like Noorie, Bazaar, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Chandni, Deewana and Kaho Na Pyar Hai, was admitted to the ICU of a cardiac care hospital in Sion Monday.

Celebrity astrologer Sundeep Kocchar is all set to make his acting debut with the upcoming Marathi film Bhavishyachi Aishi Taishi

The first look poster of Manasi Naik's upcoming Marathi movie 'Bhavishyachi Aishi Taishi - The Prediction' was recently unveiled and has been doing rounds on social media.

The 10th edition of the Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival will begin in the city on October 27.

The actor whose distinct style and performance traits are easy to recall even after so many years, has finally made his theatrical debut in Pati Patni aur Main, a play made to propagate peace and harmony in the world.

"Even today, Noorie makes me shiver as I recall the minus-eight degree temperature in Bandarwar, where we were filming for two long months," says the actor.

SCIPL clarifies 'Tu Hai Aashiqui' is not a remake of 'Baseraa'. Rose Movies warns against unauthorized use of intellectual property. 'Baseraa' features Rakhee, Poonam Dhillon, Rekha, Shashi Kapoor. Ownership rights by Ramesh Behl. 'Aashiqui 3' changes title to 'Tu Hai Aashiqui'.

PATNA: Film star and BJP member of the Rajya Sabha Shatrughan Sinha is scheduled to perform on the stage in Patna on October 17.

Hosted by his wife Punam Sinha and film producer Kamia Mulhotra on Saturday night, things kickstarted with an audio-visual showing Shatru’s film roles over the years

A 50-year-old woman was murdered by her son-in-law on Sunday late night. After committing the crime, the accused man called the police and surrendered.

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor feels Yash Chopra-produced 1977 film Doosra Aadmi, starring him and wife Neetu Singh, had a contemporary and bold storyline.

It was Anjjan Srivastava's 60th birthday and the telly world stepped in to cheer.

The makers of Kartik Aaryan's 'Tu Hai Aashiqui' refute claims of it being a remake of 'Baseraa', amidst legal disputes with Ramesh Behl's family. They assert their commitment to originality, denying any infringement of intellectual property rights. Renaming from 'Aashiqui 3' to 'Tu Hai Aashiqui' addresses the controversy.

The administration on Monday announced its decision to organize a four-day Chandigarh Theatre Festival from September 24 to 27.

Nupur Talwar, mother of 14-year-old Aarushi who was killed under mysterious circumstances at her Noida residence in May 2008, was put through narco analysis by CBI investigators.

Indian People's Theatre Association IPTA observed the first death anniversary of actor AK Hangal on August 26.

AMRITSAR: On the last day of the filing of nominations, six more candidates filed their papers here. With this the total number of nominations has risen to 17.