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.'
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'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.
'When I met him, I was a behaving like a 16 year old!' 'He is incredible, very casual and chilled out.' 'He told me he would watch Gully Boy and then he said a dialogue from Gully Boy, 'Bahut hard!'.'
'You must always feel the need to do something different, something new.' 'I don't think I should be content.'
'Katrina gives a lot of inputs, like the colours that suit her skin tone.'
'Girish Karnad has left behind a lot of wonderful plays. We must continue to do his work. That's the way to keep his memory alive,' says Lillete
'I lived in a chawl for 33 years, aur potty ke liye line lagaya, holding a dabba in my hand (I would queue up to go to the loo, with a bucket in my hand). Even after I became a hero, I had to stand in line. It has become so ingrained in my bones that it cannot come out easily.'
"From a very early age, I imagined myself playing powerful characters," she says, and she proves it with her filmography.
'The honest truth is, after Tiger Zinda Hai released, the next time I was in contact with Salman again was on the sets of Bharat.'
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