Saurabh Shukla, Piyush Mishra and Sanjay Mishra are not likely to be in the limelight when a film releases, but they are the ones who eventually light up the movie.
Before you catch a brawny Prabhas as the Prince of Ayodhya in its VFX-heavy edition, Sukanya Verma looks at the many, many on screen portrayals of Ram over the years.
As 2022 readies to bid adieu, Sukanya Verma raises a toast to the 10 high points of the year.
'I never wanted to be an actor. I took it up because it was about a boxer.' Ritika Singh talks about her amazing film journey so far.
'He is busy building an image on the social media as an anti-right-winger.' 'But remember: An actor is only good at what he was born to do,' observes Subhash K Jha.
'Success is not easily gained. Even if it is, it's very hard to sustain it.'
Sukanya Verma shares a mix of images shared by Bollywood celebrities on social media and movie captures of our favourite stars back when they were 20.
'He was intelligent beyond belief and some of you can barely read.' 'And you know what? He didn't care about all of you or your dumb opinions then.' 'He won't care any less now.' 'But I do.' 'Protecting his legacy is important to me.'
Sudipto Sen, the lone Indian in the jury board of the just-concluded International Film Festival of India, Saturday maintained that the remarks made by Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid about The Kashmir Files were his personal opinion even as three other co-jurors came out in support of the jury head.
'It's amazing how many different kinds of patriotic songs we have in our country.'
'They wanted a character, who could speak both Tamil and Hindi. That's how I got on board.'
March is going to be an exciting month when it comes to Bollywood releases as it would be a good mix of theatrical and OTT arrivals.
A little bird in the know of things tells me that Allu Arjun will most likely become the face of a global cola brand very soon. And he has jacked his brand endorsement price to an unheard of Rs 7.5 crore per day, leaving the likes of Virat Kohli and Ranveer Singh trailing by quite a margin, reveals Sandeep Goyal.
Check out the star attendees and winners of the CAMA awards 2017.
'Every film cannot do a business of Rs 200 crore.'
'I can't wait for the day when the market value of an actress is not judged by the heroes or the superstars she's acted with.'
Children can be quite lucky at the box office too!
'I can sense that because we have shared a room for 20 years of our lives.'
Here looking at 10 of Bollywood's best-known crime movies.
Sukanya Verma salutes the legend and celebrates some of the finest soundtracks of his career.
And other top moments from the closing of the 70th Cannes Film Festival.
Writer's block, rejection from publishers and negative criticism are just some of the problems first-time authors face.
'Until I remove that character from my head and empty the space, other characters cannot take that place.'
Aseem Chhabra presents his list of 10 international films that mattered to him, stories that he connected with and characters that gave him a better understanding of the human condition.
Sukanya Verma looks at what stood out in a mostly humdrum affair.
Raja Sen list his favourite moments at the Golden Globes.
Before Akshay Kumar takes centrestage in the courtroom this Friday, here's looking at filmi lawyers before him.
'This trope must have been taken in 30 films.' 'The rogue agent is a common trope and not something unique.'
Joginder Tuteja looks at the top 10 JA productions.
'All my life, I have made expensive films. This time, I want to make the least expensive film ever made in Bollywood.' 'It's an honest attempt to climb Mount Everest without knowing if I will reach the peak.'
The funny man of Hindi cinema has passed into the ages, but the laughter he generated will echo for years to come.
'Deepika has got a lot to do with whatever I have achieved in the last six years.' 'She has kept me grounded. Otherwise, who knows what I would have turned into?'
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'If you sit collar turned up and tell yourself, you are great, you will never evolve as an actor.'
By the time they turned 40, Prithviraj Kapoor had done about 50 films, Raj Kapoor about 46 films and Rishi Kapoor about 80 films. As Ranbir Kapoor turns 40, Deepa Gahlot explores the Kapoors cinematic landscape to find out where the young actor stands in comparison to his great grandfather, grandfather and father.
'Visibility is very important, but visibility is also very expensive.' Swapnil Joglekar explores the Parasite phenomenon.
'For me personally, there was nothing till Aranyak made me say, 'This is it!''
'I told Shah Rukh I wanted to sign him for our film, Deewana.' 'He responded by saying that he had no dates.' 'I was shocked because he hadn't had a single release till then.'
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