'Over a span of three years, our entire studio was devoted to Heeramandi.'
'Diljit and Prabhas are so similar -- very humble, down-to-earth, extremely shy introverts and at the same time, extremely talented guys.'
'I need to disconnect from the stress, smell the roses, chase the butterflies...'
Sources close to Director Farhan Akhtar confirm that Shah Rukh Khan is no longer a part of the Don franchise.
'I suppose all the excitement of the past few weeks caught up with me.'
As Heeramandi, set in 1920s Lahore, drops on Netflix on May 1, Sukanya Verma marvels at Bhansali's magnificent slices of history in 25 resplendent frames.
She wept when the director took 101 takes to shoot a song for Heeramandi.
Bollywood has a history of making heads turn -- theirs and everybody else's -- in shiny hair accessory.
The film is being submitted for BAFTA members' consideration in all categories including Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Leading Actress and Film Not in the English Language.
Continuing our Navratri colour trail, Sukanya Verma lists nine royal blue impressions that Bollywood left on screen.
Actor, dancer, choreographer Shantanu Maheshwari reveals his equation with fashion.
'I've been a villain, I've been a champ, I've been a superhero, I've been a zero, I've been a rejected fan, and I've been a very, very resilient lover.'
Dazzling, dancing and decked to the hilt, courtesans in Hindi films are a breathtaking mix of shiny fantasy and flirtatious poetry to behold.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's niece Sharmin Segal wed Aman Mehta, and quite a few film folk were spotted at her wedding reception held over the weekend.
It's an emotional time for Manisha Koirala, as she stars in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Web series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar.
Holidays turn into horror, Bhansali brand of razzmatazz and tons more on OTT this week.
'Before every scene, Sanjay Leela Bhansali would play two or three songs over and over again, especially when Sharmin and I would shoot, because it invoked his emotion. One of the songs was from The Last Samurai. Everything is in rhythm for him. If he doesn't have that rhythm in place, then something is off.'
Film stars are beloved in our cinema-obsessed country. Stars are not only watched and worshipped on screen but also talked about with much fondness.
Aishwarya was dressed in an outfit completely out of her comfort zone from Sophie Couture's collection.
'Why go to the trouble to build elaborate sets when it could all be done in front of a green screen?'' 'Nitin lost out on a lot of good work; film-makers no longer needed his lavish studio in Karjat as much as they did earlier.'
May offers a mix of original Web series and digital movie premieres on OTT.
'The government wants to ban surrogacy and take away women's fundamental right to do what she wants with her body.'
Alia, we hear, has no more than 15 minutes of playing time in RRR.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali will direct the first episode of Netflix's Heera Mandi.
On Alia's 31st birthday on March 15, Subhash K Jha looks at her best films.
Alia Bhatt won hearts when she wore her wedding sari at the 69th National Film Awards at the Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi. The ivory embroidered drape was designed by Sabyasachi Mukherjee.
Heeramandi, a passion project that took off after years in development and planning, mirrors Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film-making's finest and frustrating features, observes Sukanya Verma.
'I joined Heeramandi's shoot right after completing Laapataa Ladies.' 'When I landed on the Heeramandi sets, I was like "Oh my God!" because this was for the first time I was seeing such a huge set in my life.'
'Heeramandi is not for audiences of the Pakeezah/Umrao Jaan era. SLB has designed it as attuned to today's youngsters.'
On her 50th birthday on November 1, Sukanya Verma raises a toast to Bollywood's Golden Girl and 15 of her noteworthy performances.
Subhash K Jha gives us the lowdown on what's going on in showbiz.
The OTT boom has proved a boon for a lot of hibernating '90s beauties as they rediscover themselves in exciting new avatars.
Its callous perspective and comical treatment of a sensitive matter makes a complete hash of things, asserts Sukanya Verma.
'It was Ranbir's idea to take a paternity break. He is a very excited father-to-be.'
We remember some of Nitin Chandrakant Desai most influential works.
'While I was performing it, I had a weird feeling that people would love it because it's so bizarre.'
'This is where I grew up. The only business I know is cinema.'
Richa Chadha has started shooting for her first international project Aaina in London.
Alia meets Bhansali... Tara promotes Ek Villain Returns... Urvashi glams up...
