'You can be a great actress, incredibly good looking, have a huge body of work, have National awards... but until you make a mark in a Hindi project, people will not bother.'
Swara Bhasker gives us 10 pointers that would perhaps help us deal with the crisis better.
'My mother had a vivacious personality and it had to come out, and Vidya was our only choice.' 'She is mummy on screen!'
'That the people who matter are the ones who loved you and stood by you when you were not famous or successful.'
'There is so much you learn on a Mira Nair set.'
'Everyone at home has a very strong point of view about how it should have been.' 'So opinions clash, points of view clash.' 'Everyone will have their favourites, and that '"I didn't like that moment in your performance".' '"This was such a kaam-chalao thing you did".'
'My definition of a true star is when they enter a room, the energy of the room changes.' 'She has the aura of a true star.'
'There were days when we had to shoot the 20-year-old character first and then do the transformed Bulbbul and then return to the 20 year old. Those days were difficult.'
'My journey as an actor started to evolve when Web series started blowing out in a big way.' 'I lucked out because Inside Edge was one of the first big shows so that gave me a good platform, and led to more opportunities.' 'Web series have an ensemble star cast, and the characters are well written.' 'It's not only about a hero or a villain.'
'The feeling that you can go out for a coffee, that feeling of freedom would be nice.'
Did you know Maneish Paul got more votes than Arnab Goswami!
'The training started with guns, knife fights...'
'... the restaurant industry, our industry... Everyone is in the same boat.'
'When you're an outsider, the journey to make it to your first film is a movie by itself.' 'It has struggle, pain, rejection, transformation...'
'Such exciting things were happening and then this speed bump happened.'
'When they were looking for an action girl, I wanted my name to be right on top.'
'What I'm really worried about is that the day this lockdown ends, we will all rush to work and we'll kill the lovely environment we are seeing now.'
'I had been getting many offers, but either something had nudity or sex or abusive language.' 'I am not interested in doing all this just for the sake of it.'
'MeToo is about people who were exploited, and who are now trying to come out and say things out loud.'
'Like you have your first child, your first kiss, your first relationship... this was a first for me.' 'I've never done this before.' 'When it got over, there was a feeling of disbelief that we managed to attain this feat in a matter of three days.'