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Bestsellers behind the box office: 5 books that made Bollywood history

June 25, 2025 2:15 pm

Cinema taking inspiration from literature and illustrating through Indian storytelling.

Irrfan breathed is last four years today (Instagram/irrfankhan)

When Irrfan Khan opened up on transient nature of life, said he may not be here 5 years later: 'If there's a God, let Him come'. Watch

April 29, 2024 5:46 pm

In an earlier interview with The Indian Express' Expresso series, Irrfan opened up about his bond with wife Sutapa Sikdar and his thoughts on transient nature of life.

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Books that merged cities with the story

May 25, 2020 6:35 pm

Literature has always given space to cities, making them protagonist and the backdrop. But there have been some novels which have gone one step ahead; they blended the spirit and character of the city with their story till they couldn't be told apart.

Jhumpa Lahiri's 'The Lowland' among the contenders for the prestigious Booker prize

October 15, 2013 4:43 pm

Lahiri won the Pulitzer for her collection of short stories 'The Interpreter of Maladies'.

League of Her Own

September 15, 2013 12:26 am

The magnificent sweep of her new novel,The Lowland,positions Jhumpa Lahiri as a yardstick unto herself

Reluctant Fundamentalist is for my son: Mira Nair

March 18, 2013 3:21 pm

Mira Nair dedicates it to her son who is growing up and looking for a place to call home.

Tabu to play Irrfan Khan's mother in Life Of Pi

December 18, 2010 1:02 pm

Irrfan and Tabu were earlier cast as husband-wife in Mira Nair's 'The Namesake'.

Irrfan,Tabu picked as parents in Lee's Life of Pi

December 07, 2010 2:33 pm

Director Ang Lee has chosen Irrfan and Tabu as the protagonist's parents in his upcoming film,Life of Pi.

Irrfan Khan to play lead villain in new Spiderman film

December 04, 2010 2:26 pm

The untitled Spiderman film is being directed by Mark Webber and is expected to hit screens in 2012.

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Deepika, Priyanka, Aishwarya, Irrfan : Bollywood actors in Hollywood films

December 07, 2015 12:26 pm

Deepika Padukone is the latest to join the bandwagon of Bollywood actors who have starred in Hollywood films. Earlier we have seen actors like Priyanka Chopra, Irrfan Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Anil Kapoor and several others in big Hollywood Projects.