If Sanjay Leela Bhansali could make Mumbai's Kamathipura sparkle in Gangubai Kathiawadi, Heera Mandi is bound to be drowned in glitter, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'Sometimes the cast wouldn't come together; sometimes I wasn't in a position at the box office to make this film. But I didn't give up,' Sanjay Leela Bhansali tells Avantika Bhuyan after Bajirao Mastani won 7 National Awards.
'You don't have to be screaming and making faces to be evil.'
Film folk get fashionable on the red carpet at the Bollywood Hungama's Style Icons Summit Awards 2024 in Mumbai.
Bachchan versus Bachchan... Dev Patel turns director...
Some of the star guests at the wedding.
Salman and Sanjay Bhansali have made up and will work together soon.
The rupee has depreciated by 0.6 per cent so far in the current financial year.
'Since we are in the same party now, there has to be political camaraderie if nothing more.'
Just in case anybody's forgotten how gorgeous Sonakshi Sinha can look, the actor sends a timely reminder.
'I need to disconnect from the stress, smell the roses, chase the butterflies...'
Kohli's repy to Bhansali's comment on Koffee With Karan.
After a hiatus of 14 years, Fardeen Khan makes his comeback in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Web series, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar.
There was a time when Aishwarya Rai turned down Sanjay Leela Bhansali, with whom she had worked before in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas.
The problem with Jee Le Zara is the male cast.
The who's who of Bollywood lined up to attend the wedding reception of Sonakshi Sinha and Zaheer Iqbal at the Bastian restaurant in Mumbai.
'No one has the right to take the law into their hands whether it is Sanjay Leela Bhansali or anyone else,' Adityanath said.
'It's all bizarre. The flare-up, the film industry's silence, the way Padmaavat was hounded, and now this sudden calming down of nerves after the film is released.'
Film folk attended a special screening of this week's release, Do Aur Do Pyaar, starring Vidya Balan, Pratik Gandhi, Ileana D'Cruz and Sendhil Ramamurthy.
'People had a perception that I may be angry as a person.' 'Or I'm older than I really am.' 'Or I can't speak in English because of the characters I've done at the beginning of my career.'
'While I was performing it, I had a weird feeling that people would love it because it's so bizarre.'
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'When it comes to interpretation of history, you can disagree with him, but at least allow the film to release.' 'By asking for a ban, you are creating an atmosphere where nobody will attempt films on Indian history.'
'I will be missing the celebrations tonight where our Heeramandi family will be together with her on the dance floor.'
'It looks like an overnight success but nothing happens overnight.' 'There's a lot of struggle, hard work and sacrifice.'
'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.'
'...be it a comedy, thriller or a love story.' 'The bhindi costs Rs 30 per kilo, but the price of potato remains unchanged.'
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.
Aditi attended the screening of L'Amour Ouf directed by Gilles Lellouche.
Sonakshi Sinha is all set to get married on June 23 to longtime beau Zaheer Iqbal.
'The film industry will remain soft targets and continue to be picked upon with no respite, with no choice but to give in due to personal safety and financial compulsions,' says director Suparn Verma.
'He has poured his blood, sweat and tears in Padmavati.' 'Now he has left the matter in the hands of his producers.'
'I am angry because this ever happened.' 'I am sad because it's painful to think what they must be going through.' 'I am glad we've fought hard to break through such cruel tradition.' 'But it burns my blood to think we're still holding on to regressive culture that is stemmed from preserving this so-called honour,' says Sukanya Verma.
The committee is scheduled to meet on Thursday.
Holidays turn into horror, Bhansali brand of razzmatazz and tons more on OTT this week.
Sharmin Segal is described as a "combination of Divya Bharti and Preity Zinta" while Mizaan Jaaferi is said to convey the "reckless passion" of Shah Rukh Khan and the "bridled intensity" of Ajay Devgn.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was spotted at Mumbai airport as she left for Cannes.
'I have a really strong support system at home and they keep me going.'
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