'I wasn't getting the roles I wanted to play and the respect I thought I deserved as a senior actor, so I cut myself off from the industry for a while and moved to the US.'
'After pack-up, Sridevi took a shower in the studio itself, changed, and returned to the set with a wad of notes.' 'She distributed it amongst every technician who had worked on the song Na Jaane Kahan Se Aaye Hai.'
'What is there to worry about, he has asked, when there is so much freedom in the country?' 'Freedom can never be adequate, as Kher seems to think.' 'Its presence should be so pervasive that all citizens will feel secure and expect justice to be done if anything untoward happens,' argues Amulya Ganguli.
'Kundan was so knowledgable, and not just about cinema. Way back in 1986, he revolutionised the way we looked at television.'
Bollywood queues up to watch a good film.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the most successful teachers in Hindi movies.
Bollywood has quite a few actors known for their magical awaaz.
'We are all too scared of what she will say next, so everyone keeps quiet. But she takes our silence to be an encouragement for her attack.'
'Though his death was sudden, I can't say it was totally unexpected.' 'In a way death has relieved him of all the stress, and that includes the bad films he took on, I presume for financial reasons.' Naseeruddin Shah speaks to Subhash K Jha.
Shakeela is just not the kind of movie you would recommend to family and friends, notes Joginder Tuteja.
'Naseeruddin (Shah), me and others weren't typically good looking actors as was the demand then but he (Kundan Shah) saw something in us. I can never forget that.'
I remember a showbiz wedding during which guests had to sit through several painstakingly rehearsed but awkward dances performed by the bride's and groom's relatives. When Karan rolled his eyes, I smiled and said to him, 'You started it, now you suffer it.' An enchanting excerpt from Anupama Chopra's A Place In My Heart.
Begum Jaan team enjoys the festival of Holi.
Desi sightings in Western fare are no longer a rarity.
Sukanya Verma looks at husband and wife filmi collaborations.
'Alkazisaab trained innumerable actors to be good human beings.'
Here's looking at Om Puri's career graph, through these pictures from his films.
'There doesn't seem to be much to look forward to in the new year.'
Neeraj Pandey, who makes his debut on the digital platform, tells us what to expect.
'We are thinking on something like the 'Irrfan Memorial Award' given to the most promising new actor.'
Entertainment may be its raison d'etre but the tears brought about by cinema are no less significant.
'If I cared about what is being said and written about me, then I'd get consumed by it and wouldn't have time for what I'm doing.'
A string of film celebrities like Waheeda Rahman, Naseeruddin Shah, Girish Karnad among others set to explore the intertwining of cinema with literature at the fest.
Woh 7 Din released on June 23, 37 years ago. Anil Kapoor look backs at his journey.
Director Neeraj Pandey offers a sneak peek through a poem.
The people behind the film try to give their reasons.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'The reaction to Cutting Chai has been, "I never thought you could do something like this!" and I like that.'
Check out the arrivals.
'It will be very tough to create an audience for such films after the lockdown ends.'
Guess who was spotted at the airport?
The difference between watching a movie on a laptop in your apartment and watching it on a big white screen is almost spiritual, notes Sreehari Nair.
Here's what your favourite celebrities have been upto.
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While we wait for Batra's latest to drop on Amazon Prime Video on February 11, Sukanya Verma looks at how Bollywood has dealt with affairs of the heart over the years.
The word 'Fashionista' is used dismissively to ridicule Sonam's other abilities, as though being fashionable (along with being beautiful) discounts her from any chance of being a competent actor, argues Subhash K Jha.
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