"I have suddenly become the talk of the town," Alok Nath laughs.
'Irrfan transcended celluloid and gave us a taste of his humility and humanity,' observes Sukanya Verma.
Things are off to a good start when a lead movie character appears for the first time against strategic music or swaggering drama and the audience bursts into wholehearted whistles and applause.
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha has something pertinent to say but isn't clever enough to venture beyond screaming platitudes, notes Sukanya Verma.
Deepti Naval on the movies she loves.
'There's no love for the song or Madhuri, no consideration for what it meant to an entire generation and zero respect for its iconic choreography,' says Sukanya Verma.
'I'll remember you as the face of joy for ever.' Sukanya Verma remembers the iconic Sridevi.
There is so much goodness in Garm Hava, says Aseem Chhabra/ Rediff.com
For the love of films... and larger-than-life food!
Filmmaker Muzaffar Ali looks back at his movies.
'I don't know how they dared to send Krrish for a National Award. It was a horrible film! Films like Dabangg and Bang Bang are trash films. Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram Leela was so bad; only the music was good. Straight talk from Garm Hava director M S Sathyu.
Saeed Jaffrey lives on through his versatile body of work.
Superheroes, Holi, apples and other happenings from Sukanya Verma's super filmi week!
Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us!
'Most Hindus believe in living in peace with their Muslim neighbours and vice versa.' 'It is this India we have to preserve.'
And no, the list doesn't start and stop with Boman Irani!
'In our film industry, there are not many opportunities for actors... Our films are not character based, they are hero and heroine based. The only roles we have for character actors are to play the girl's or boy's dad or a police officer...'
'I have been offered the main lead many times now, including romantic and action hero roles. But they're not interesting. I want to do films like Aandhi, Angoor, Ram Aur Shyam, Mela, Deewar, Zanjeer and Sholay but I don't have a plan.' Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub gets ready for the next level.
Ananth Mahadevan takes on the audience.
The Bollywood stalwart turns 70 on January 17.
Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 302 films in 365 days on airplanes, on Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Google, Hulu, DVDs and even on YouTube.
Moushumi Chatterjee, one of the biggest stars of her time, gives us a peek into her life.
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