Subhash K Jha celebrates Ajay Devgn as the movie star turns 53.
'Whose blessings should I take, whom should I tell my troubles?'
Apparently, the number and the style in which it will be shot will echo the chiffon-in-the-snow style of Karan's mentor, Yash Chopra.
'You write stories about the world you live in.' 'The day I try to write a film with agendas in mind, I will be a fake.'
'Ruksana affected me very deeply.' 'It was the circumstances around her that changed her in various ways.' 'Of course, I carry her back home, hoping and praying from the bottom of my heart that nobody ever has to be in this situation.'
'We didn't realise what a tsunami The Kashmir Files was going to be.'
'What matters to me is that the film is reaching out and touching hearts.' 'An 85-year old man and his 75-year wife, who had never stepped into a cinema, went to see The Kashmir Files.' 'That is my real achievement.'
'I had to get back into Parliament. Mamata has given me that opportunity.'
'While assisting on Made In Heaven, Ritesh Sidhwani asked me if I had anything I wanted to make.' 'Luckily, I had this script. I was working on the script of Eternally Confused And Eager For Love for four years.' 'Excel pitched the show to Netflix, and that was it!
'This film has changed me from within.'
Netflix, who were scheduled to stream Gangubai Kathiawadi a month after its theatrical release, has been 'requested' to postpone their streaming plans by at least a month, to allow the film to grow in the cinemas.
Bappida's softer more creative work got buried in the noise, rues Subhash K Jha as he picks the late lamented composer's most soulful songs.
'This anti-Muslim narrative is happening only in the minds of those who are always standing on the other side.'
Raj & DK will start working on Citadel after they wrap up another series for Amazon, featuring Shahid Kapoor and Vijay Sethupathi.
Kareena has signed on the dotted line for Sujoy Ghosh's Devotion, an adaptation of Keigo Huganshino's Japanese novel The Devotion Of Suspect X.
'I did get a coach to learn Telugu and I did learn the language for my role in RRR.' 'But I don't know if they are keeping my voice. If they aren't, it's because the emotion in the scenes must not be compromised by the spoken lines.'
On the Holi weekend, Allu Arjun's blockbuster Pushpa: The Rise will premier on Dhinkchak TV, while Kabir Khan's World Cup bio-pic '83 premieres on Star Gold.
'In a scene where they were asked to have tears in their eyes, one of them came up to me and said, 'How does one cry?'
'If I can make Radhe Shyam successful and if the audience likes it, that would be a big relief.'