'Life had its own plans and now I have learnt to go with the flow.'
'How many voices from that time have stood the test of time?' 'There have been RJs before him and after him, but no one has enjoyed his popularity and longevity.'
'Shooting with Pankaj was a delightful experience because he was a charming, easy and effortless singer.'
'Life will test you but if you have resilience and fortitude, the crown will be yours forever,' says Miss World Yukta Mookhey.
'One day, just like that, without even saying goodbye, he was gone.'
'If someone were to ask you if you want to die tomorrow, no matter what problems you are grappling with, you would be hesitant, right?'
'You make a song, it gets rejected, you have to make 10 more.'
'I was completely shattered, it was my first encounter with death.' An excerpt from Roshmila Bhattacharya's new book, Spooked! Bollywood's Encounters With The Paranormal.
'I will always cherish the fact that I received the first big award of my life, actually two, in the company of legends for an incredible collaboration.'
Mamata Shankar remembers the amazing actor Sreela Majumdar, who passed into the ages last week.
'Since God was being shown in live action on such a large scale, Prasanth was initially sceptical about going with an animated character.'
'As we grow older, we fight much less with each other.' 'The magic mantra is 'Drop it!'' 'I would recommend it for all relationships.' 'In anger, we can say many hurtful things that can leave a deep scar, so dropping it is the healthy way of preventing that from happening.'
'Later, I asked Hrithik how he could have remained so calm in the circumstances. He told me simply, "What could have happened? At the most, they would have killed me".'
'He was an extremely naughty child, always in trouble and creating trouble.' 'He wanted to fly a kite at night, and sometimes, bunk school.' 'When I insisted on sending him, we could get a call from school that he had fainted.'
'Holding on to superstardom is far more difficult than the struggle to get there.'
'Our viewers have grown up over the years.' 'Today, they want to see something which is sensible, a story rooted in logic rather than jingoism.'
'There can be no bigger compliment than people walking away, carrying the film in their hearts, and thanking you for it.'
'We are the same people who can quench a man's thirst and also kill him.'
'The girl who helps me at home has had a tough life, yet her perspective of life is so much more positive than mine despite the hardships she's endured.'
'The sari is the most comfortable attire for curvy Indian women, who are all bust and butt.'
