'One day, I was working in my office late in the evening when suddenly the peon comes and says Saif Ali Khan has come to meet you.' 'Saif told me, "I'm desperate. I've been thrown out by Sattee Shourie, I'm homeless and penniless. Can you do a film with me?"' 'I thought about it and saw him in the character which I was writing.' 'So I gave him a cheque of Rs 5,000 and said, "We'll work together".'
'At a time when there was little awareness of world music, playing western tunes on eastern instruments like the flute and the dholak, blending vocal polyphony with Indian folk and contemporary styles, Salilkaku created a new musical genre in Bengal called Gana Sangeet.'
'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.'
'I'm a guy who is sure of what he wants and confident of getting it.' 'Jab prem kiya, I knew that one day, I would marry the woman I love and spend my life with her.'
'Basuda hardly spoke, but he had a sense of humour and that showed in his films.'
Shabana Azmi regards Basu Chatterjee as the true father of Middle Of The Road cinema.
'Songs are a commercial compromise.' 'I had to invent tricks to fit songs into my films.'
'He loved reality in all his films.' 'He would say films are made for the common man and they should feel the realness while watching it.'
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.
'These days you are the main inspiration for a lot of young film-makers. They are mimicking your films.'
'...saying 'I love you'.' 'In none of the films has my character ever uttered 'I love you' or 'Main tumse mohabbat karta hoon'.'
'Basuda welcomed viewers into a world that was instantly familiar and comfortable,' observes Sukanya Verma.
Basu Chatterjee's films have wonderful songs, 10 of which Joginder Tuteja lists here.
'Bapi's characters looked and spoke like people we know.'
Not so hatke after all, but no reason to stay bachke either, notes Sukanya Verma.
Some of his best known works are Us Paar, Rajnigandha, Chitchor, Piya Ka Ghar, Khatta Meetha and Baton Baton Mein.
'It didn't matter to him if he was not the focus of attention in a film.'
Subhash K Jha selects his favourite rain songs. Do list your favourites in the message board below!
Sukanya Verma remembers the star in some of her significant movies.
She breathed her last in a hospital in Mumbai on August 15.
Dil Bekaraar is watchable, but not quick-witted enough to binge watch, feels Sukanya Verma.
Subhash K Jha remembers the dear departed.
It goes way beyond a fantastic team!
'I regret the years that I did not work. I took a break at the peak of my career. I should not have done that. You lose contact with people and to start all over again is a struggle.' Rajnigandha actress Vidya Sinha looks back at her life.
'We still look at films with A-listers.' 'There is change, but it's minor.' 'We still haven't learnt how to invest in stories.'
Moushumi Chatterjee, one of the biggest stars of her time, gives us a peek into her life.
'I got to know things early in life.' On Childrens' Day, one of Hindi film industry's most memorable child -- Raju Shrestha - lets us into his life with a twinkle in his eye.
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