The 48th International Film Festival of India promises extraordinary movies, enticing activities, an electric atmosphere and a whole lot of memories. Star of the millennium Amitabh Bachchan and Badshah of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan have confirmed have their attendance More +

Known across India for her Goan restaurants in Mumbai, author and celebrity chef Deepa Mhambre Awchat looks forward to sharing her love for traditional cuisine with franchises in her home state More +

Rajendra Talak on his experience handling the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) as vice chariman of Entertainment Society of Goa More +

Renowned photographer Karan Kapoor, the London-based son of yesteryears Indian film icon Shashi Kapoor, is showcasing his early memories of Goa at an exhibition in Mumbai. An exclusive VIVA GOA interview More +

The best gift my parents ever gave me was a home in Goa. At the age of three, our second home became the Love House on Baga Beach. It took a while for the local fisher folk to accept us. They watched us from a distance and gradually understood what my family was all about. And once accepted, they became fiercely protective of us. So much so that often it was just my mother, young brothers and me with my father away on a shoot, and the fishermen would take it in turns to sleep on our balcony to guard us! More +

Owner of Planet Hollywood Beach Resort in Utorda and former actress Urvashi Sharma, now known as Raina Joshi, reveals how the silver screen has come full circle in her life More +

Segregated seating (by social status!), the shocking absence of pleases and thank you, and that enemy of manners – the smartphone – have left SHOBHAA DE wondering where it will all end More +