'You don't have to be screaming and making faces to be evil.'
It was a hit and miss for some but each one of them revelled in the opportunity to showcase their talent.
Film folk get fashionable on the red carpet at the Bollywood Hungama's Style Icons Summit Awards 2024 in Mumbai.
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.
'In the name of creativity, Bhansali fudges India's history.' 'Bajirao was such a great warrior, but he was shown as a lover boy by Bhansali.'
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.
Tamasha, meanwhile, has been postponed to March 2016.
Just in case anybody's forgotten how gorgeous Sonakshi Sinha can look, the actor sends a timely reminder.
Reportedly, the filmmaker signed Deepika and Ranveer for this film as well.
'Since we are in the same party now, there has to be political camaraderie if nothing more.'
Reports state that around 150 unidentified men set fire to the director's sets in Kolhapur.
Some of the star guests at the wedding.
After a hiatus of 14 years, Fardeen Khan makes his comeback in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Web series, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar.
The year was rich in content as far as Web series were concerned.
'340 films have been shot in Rajasthan in the last 50 years.' 'The Rajput community has never opposed any film except for Jodhaa-Akbar and Padmavati.' 'Rajasthan is known for welcoming guests, but why did these two films get into trouble?' 'They got into trouble because these two filmmakers wanted to create a controversy.'
'The casting of a popular hero Ranveer as Bhansali's Khilji sends out an erroneous and contradictory missive to the lay public; a message that tends to equate a leading light with a notorious and treacherous player of medieval history,' notes Vivek Gumaste.
'I need to disconnect from the stress, smell the roses, chase the butterflies...'
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.'
The rupee has depreciated by 0.6 per cent so far in the current financial year.
'While I was performing it, I had a weird feeling that people would love it because it's so bizarre.'
The problem with Jee Le Zara is the male cast.
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.
The production company sent a missive to Shree Rajput Karni Sena and Shree Rajput Sabha Bhawan, its leaders claimed but alleged that the move was only a ploy "aimed at fooling".
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.
The actor-filmmaker plays a Maratha king in the film
'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.'
It was perhaps for the first time that any parliamentary panel deliberated on a film before it had been approved by the censor board.
The film has many an interesting nugget about it.
That's all Ranveer Singh is saying for now.
'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.'
The filmmaker has been instructed to pay Rs 10 lakh as renumeration and damages.
A fringe group in Bareilly announced a reward of Rs 1 crore for anyone 'burning her alive'.
The bank follows RBI discomfort with quid pro quo pact.
Check out the star arrivals.
Aditi attended the screening of L'Amour Ouf directed by Gilles Lellouche.
Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali talks about his new film Guzaarish.