'But you have to keep in mind the entertainment value. It can't be preachy.'
'Umrao Jaan has a beautiful soundtrack, and has been very dear to us right from our childhood days. We felt it had the perfect story to recreate for a stage musical.'
'The script, the way it has been written, the relationships, the intensity... everything was so powerful.'
'Raj and DK have taken the effort to look at Moosa as a person.' 'Like, what happened to him?' 'What made him become a terrorist?' 'The emotional trauma that he might have had... that clicked for me.'
'I have done so many films but even today when I walk on the road, people call me Kaalia. I don't feel bad. I feel proud that people have seen me in Sholay and remember me.'
And the two characters he really, really loves!
'I don't believe in the length of the role. But I definitely don't want to be decoration.'
'Films were made on a very low budget, so if there was a small defect, we would let it pass, and audiences often didn't catch those defects.' Shyam Ramsay tells us his 'horror' story.
Amazing stories about some of our best loved movies from Bhavani Iyer who wrote them.
When Khayyam talked about his favourite singer, the song he can never forget and the film that won him the National Award.
'I regret the years that I did not work. I took a break at the peak of my career. I should not have done that. You lose contact with people and to start all over again is a struggle.' Rajnigandha actress Vidya Sinha looks back at her life.
'In our textbooks, we never had chapters where a woman does something. We had one Rani Laxmibai chapter, the rest only the men did. We have been trained like that but, now, things have to change.'
Anupriya Goenka's humble abode!
'It was fun trying to regulate ourselves and keep it in the family zone and yet, be tongue-in-cheek.'
Relationship advice from Sunny Leone and Rannvijay Singha.
Tips from Sunny and Rannvijay on how to spice up your marriage.
'It's not easy being an actor for anyone.' 'Every actor, even the most successful ones, are waking up with the same insecurity.' 'If you're on top, you're worried about coming down.' 'If you're fit, you're worried about your stomach coming out.'
'I have started getting a lot of messages from people, directors, photographers...and I realised the importance of being visible.'
When stars get ready for a public appearance, they make sure to do a photoshoot at home before heading out. Here's a look at some of them.
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