'The pressure was very high because I am not a Saroj Khan or a Vaibhavi Merchant.' 'I am someone from a reality show.' 'I was a nobody who was given an opportunity to express myself in the best way I could.'
Meet the stars Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar spotted over the weekend.
Publicist Rohini Iyer hosted a party at her home, attended by Bollywood celebs.
'His time had not come, he went away before his time was up.'
'For me, Nitin Chandrakant Desai will always be associated with masti-mazaak.'
That's all Ranveer Singh is saying for now.
While Alia Bhatt's songs in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Gangubai Kathiawadi are sung by Shreya Ghosal, there is every chance that Alia will sing her songs herself in S S Rajamouli's RRR.
Gangubai Kathiawadi dominated the 68th Filmfare awards, held on April 27 in Mumbai, as it picked up 10 awards including Best Film, Best Director for Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Best Actress for Alia Bhatt.
The first time Sushmita Sen missed the opportunity to work with Sanjay Leela Bhansali was when he wanted to cast her as Chandramukhi in Devdas.
'Ranbir helped me a lot with emotions and dialogues. As an actor, he makes us very secure.' 'He guides us with his experiences. He makes the work really, really easy and wonderful for his co-stars.'
Sukanya Verma looks at all the significant bald imagery of Bollywood through the years.
Over the years, the singer has given us many memorable songs including Pal, Yaaron, Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai, Aankhon Mein Teri, Khuda Jaane.
Alia Bhatt shared posters of her upcoming film, Gangubai Kathiawadi, on social media. It is based on S Hussain Zaidi's book on female gangsters, Mafia Queens of Mumbai, and the story revolves around the real life story of brothel owner, Gangubai Kothewali.
'I channelised my anxiety into making Padmaavat.' 'I think suffering has always been an incentive for my creativity.'
With an endless number of star kid debuts in the offing, we thought of looking at how this decade's brigade compares to their mums, dads, uncles or siblings.
Padmaavat will now enjoy a solo release on January 25.
'The girl who helps me at home has had a tough life, yet her perspective of life is so much more positive than mine despite the hardships she's endured.'
She said intolerance is growing in the country and a "select few" assume that they represent the masses, "under certain political patronage", and take law and order in their hands.
Top directors are getting ready to put together some of their most ambitious films.
Songs like Mehendi Hai Rachne Waali, Dholida, Tenu Leke Main Jawaanga and Cutiepie have been selected for the performances.
'KK could have been much more successful than he was, but he preferred to concentrate on quality rather than quantity.'
Was Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat really worth the fuss?
'In him resides a fierce lion of an actor who would have made Stanislavsky proud.' 'With Rocky he started with his body, his hair, his clothes; then his walk, his language, the constant listening to Punjabi hip hop and before long we couldn't differentiate between Ranveer and Rocky.'
The Kerala Story is among a long list of films that invited bans and censorship.
The superstar uses his security personnel in place of weights!
'You can't allow people to hijack any situation for the sake of political mileage.' 'This is what makes our actors vulnerable.'
'By billing Amitabh Bachchan as 'friendly appearance', we are acknowledging his exceptional generosity in an industry where actors charge for even a sneeze.'
More than six years after Dangal, there is finally a worthy follow-up Hindi film, which has not just gone past the lifetime score of the Aamir Khan starrer but also emerged as the biggest Hindi film of all time (including dubbed blockbusters too).
'I've spoken to Gangubai's soul.' 'I've had long conversations with her in my mind.' 'I understood her suffering, anger, joys and sorrow.' 'I had to connect to the soul of this amazing woman.' 'I think I did.'
The diva attends a special screening of the film, Satelite Shankar.
The movie, Padmavati, continues to be dogged by controversy.
For reasons that are not known clearly the two actors have shared cold vibes for years, notes Subhash K Jha.
Alia Bhatt has given a whistle-worthy performance in Gangubai Kathiawadi.
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.
Ashutosh Gowariker seems too inspired by Sanjay Leela Bhansali's way of making period films, feels Namrata Thakker.
The Devgns celebrate their anniversary... Nushrratt wants you to love her...
'The magic of Roja can never be replicated because how can you recapture the carefree innocence of childhood?'
'Whether the Ram or the Raavan within us wins is what makes us who we are.'
