'If I can make smaller films that are successful, why would I make big ones? The choice is Shah Rukh's: Would he like to work in smaller films?' Director Kundan Shah, who passed away on October 7, had asked in an interview first published in July 2001.
Kundan Shah passed into the ages on October 7. We go on the sets of his 2002 film Dil Hai Tumhaara, and look back at the way the director made his movies.
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa director Kundan Shah tells Patcy N/ Rediff.com how he impressed he was with Shah Rukh in his early years.
Comedy may be challenging but that wasn't what stressed Taapsee Pannu during the making of Judwaa 2.
'Nobody is sustaining and the movie goers are responsible for it.' When Rishi Kapoor lets loose, all you can do is listen.
Rishi Kapoor discusses his son's career, as Ranbir turns 35.
Varun Dhawan tells us what an actor's life is really like.
Watch the video to see Salman's answer to that question!
'Can't make Munnabhai Chale Amerika kyunki mere ko American visa nahi milta hai, toh Amerika cancel hai.'
'Indian men like Indian women to be decent.' 'If I show everything, what's the point?'
'The stereotype of an actress is that she's dumb, somebody who will sit on your lap, giggle on stupid jokes, come to the van when she's being called, receive a call at 3am and come over to your house. So when a girl comes along and challenges this, people get uncomfortable.'
'I couldn't understand why people didn't want to take me in a film or why I was offered the roles that I got.'
'We have been taking risks with every film.' 'We made a comedy with zombies!' 'Then we made Saif Ali Khan a Russian character with blond hair!'
Last September on the eve of the release of Gurmeet Ram Rahim's MSG: The Warrior Lion Heart, Rediff.com's Patcy N and Afsar Dayatar attended a huge concert in Sirsa, Haryana, to promote the film.
'I have always been told 'thoda sa aur, thoda sa aur.' 'That's why I was always hamming.'
'It is the journey of my father -- how he made it in this industry in no time, from a nobody to a music mogul.'
'Shooting the Golmaal songs are the happiest phase of the shoot because everyone is together and there is lot of fun.'
'I would get bored if I played the same kind of roles and looked the same throughout the years.'
'In our profession, the most important thing is patience.'
'There were days when I wondered what I was doing.'
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