'My journey has just been so different. Each character has been so different.'
Masoom 2 will also feature Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah.
As Shabana Azmi turns 60, rediff.com celebrates the star and ten of her best works.
'It's far-fetched to say that human thinking will become subservient.'
The Bollywood veterans were felicitated by President Pratibha Patil in New Delhi today.
Shabana Azmi talks about her new film Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd.
Several Bollywood stars attended Holi parties across the city on March 27.
'It is only recently that a lot of warmth has slid into our relationship.'
Here's what your favourite celebrities are tweeting.
Bollywood stars added glamour to the second edition of MAMI Select, held in Mumbai on April 15.
The veteran actor replaced stepped in for Irrfan Khan in Chalk N Duster.
'Look after your own mother before looking after your neighbour's mother.' 'I don't believe in starving my own mother and feeding sweets to the neighbours.'
Besides their terrific acting talent, of course!
Mere Pyare Prime Minister had a special screening.
Bollywood celebrities usher in the Festival of Colours with much fervour.
Dinesh Raheja celebrates Lata's 96th birth anniversary on September 28 by picking some choice examples of her non-typical songs that are tinged with a rare eroticism.
As she turns 70 on September 18, Subhash K Jha picks five classic Shabana performances which you may have missed.
'If you don't have a discussion, there is no meaning to any film.' 'I hope Haq will come in that category that you like a lot.'
Rashmika's thought for the day... Shalini falls in love...Vicky takes Chhaava to Jaipur...
De Niro is in India for Tehelka's Think Festival in Goa, which begins later this week. This is the actor's first visit to India.
Reader Amish Maske sends us a photograph.
Shyam Benegal passed into the ages on December 23, leaving behind a rich legacy. We look back at some interesting moments from his life.
Yami goes Dhoom Dhaam... Nidhhi shows us her vanity room...Shabana and her ladies...
'...Shyam had not given me the roles he did.'
'Javed Akhtar, Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi have collectively brought more pride and honour to our country than the entire film fraternity put together.' 'Sir, the names you have taken are institutions, pillars of India's popular art, symbolising the very essence of humanism and nationalism.'
Actors, directors and admirers mourned legendary filmmaker Shyam Benegal on Saturday evening.
Sweet surprises are made of actors best known for their dramatics taking us by surprise by shaking a leg on screen.
A special screening of Gurinder Chadha's new film Partition: 1947 was held in a theatre in Mumbai.
'That a song can carry the weight of a people's dreams and move hearts across the world.' On Bhupen Hazarika's 99th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays rich tribute to the legendary singer and composer.
'I don't know how long cinema will survive.'
'Once in a while, I flirt with the idea of direction.' 'If I direct, it will be a human story that touches me.' 'I'm nervous of forcing myself into making a socially relevant film.'
Joining Junaid Khan, Ibrahim Ali Khan and Khushi Kapoor is Suchitra Krishnamoorthy and Shekhar Kapur's daughter, Kaveri, who will make her acting debut with the film Bobby Aur Rishi Ki Love Story.
'I don't think Waheeda had the confidence that I could pull it off, so she said no.'
'They had asked for no monetary compensation but for her apology in writing.'
Kaifi's acting credits include "Bazaar", "Umrao Jaan" and Mira Nair's Oscar nominated film "Salaam Bombay!".
Shilpa gets sweaty... Huma meets Jared... Disha performs in Dubai...
The bond between Bollywood's siblings is there for all to see. While some may not not worked together, they promote and support each other just as strongly.
'Bappi Lahiri was looking for a break so he and his father would meet me.' 'I told Director Bhisham Kohli about this promising young boy from Kolkata, and Bappi came over with his harmonium.' 'Bappi played this composition and Bhisham liked it immediately.' 'As we were discussing, I said I would give the words, and that's how I wrote this song.'
'With his passing, Indian cinema has lost its most undaunted voice, a voice of unsettling truths, a window to history, a school of filmmaking.'
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