Huma Qureshi was paid more for her special number in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Gangubai Kathiawadi than she has been paid so far for her full-fledged lead roles.
RARKPK looks like a family drama packed with loads of emotions, extravagant sets, colourful costumes, stunning cinematography, stellar star-cast and amazing music.
Alia Bhatt made stunning pictures as she took the stage at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, where her latest film Gangubai Kathiawadi was premiered.
Twenty five years after they created magic in Khamoshi: The Musical, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Manisha Koirala reunite in the director's costume drama Heeramandi.
Subhash K Jha gives us the lowdown on what's going on in showbiz.
'It used to be a big problem to make people understand that one can be equally passionate about dancing as well as acting, and you don't need to choose one to be good at something. Bagging the kind of roles I wanted to do was a struggle.'
Sanjay Leela Bhansali will direct the first episode of Netflix's Heera Mandi.
Joginder Tuteja lists the highest-grossing female-centric films.
'Heeramandi is not for audiences of the Pakeezah/Umrao Jaan era. SLB has designed it as attuned to today's youngsters.'
'At a time when there's a lot of conversation happening around how AI has made art directors and production designers jobless, we will simply say that if your work speaks for you, you will never be out of work.'
Ranbir Kapoor's natural born talent and chartbuster karma are open secrets. What distinguishes RK from his contemporaries is his willingness to take chances in his career.
'Not since the time when my Devdas went to Cannes have I felt this level of enthusiasm for my cinema being honoured internationally.'
'There was one sequence in Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya where her character exuberantly runs up to Bobby Deol, piggy-backs on him.' 'Aishwarya told me that she couldn't do the sequence because people would not expect such behaviour from a former Miss World.'
'I've spoken to Gangubai's soul.' 'I've had long conversations with her in my mind.' 'I understood her suffering, anger, joys and sorrow.' 'I had to connect to the soul of this amazing woman.' 'I think I did.'
'In him resides a fierce lion of an actor who would have made Stanislavsky proud.' 'With Rocky he started with his body, his hair, his clothes; then his walk, his language, the constant listening to Punjabi hip hop and before long we couldn't differentiate between Ranveer and Rocky.'
'Ranbir helped me a lot with emotions and dialogues. As an actor, he makes us very secure.' 'He guides us with his experiences. He makes the work really, really easy and wonderful for his co-stars.'
'Gangubai required Alia to change her body language, voice, even the look in her eyes.' 'I threw the challenge at her and she was more than up to it.'
The rupee depreciated 31 paise to an all-time low of 80.15 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday tracking the strength of the American currency and firm crude oil prices. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 80.10 against the dollar, then lost ground to quote at 80.15, registering a fall of 31 paise from the last close. On Friday, the rupee closed at 79.84 against the dollar.
The Indian rupee, which has depreciated 1.1 per cent so far in August, is expected to decline further on the back of a strengthening US dollar and a weakening Chinese yuan, according to a Business Standard poll of analysts. The Indian rupee hit an all-time low recently, closing at 83.15 per dollar. Five of the 10 respondents said the Indian currency might touch 83.5 per dollar in August itself, while others said the worst could be over.
There were reports that Ranbir Kapoor had said no to the project but sources close to the director seemed amused by that.
The ensemble cast of Mani Ratnam's Ponniyan Selvan 2 got together to promote their film ahead of its April 28 release.
'You don't need a godfather to protect you from dangers of Bollywood because nobody will.'
'It was Ranbir's idea to take a paternity break. He is a very excited father-to-be.'
'KK could have been much more successful than he was, but he preferred to concentrate on quality rather than quantity.'
Mrunal wraps up a Mumbai schedule... Mouni starts a restaurant...Sunny takes a nap...
With an endless number of star kid debuts in the offing, we thought of looking at how this decade's brigade compares to their mums, dads, uncles or siblings.
Initially, Salman was offered Shah Rukh's role of the rebellious Max.
'The July 30 theatrical release seems next to impossible.'
Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra's wedding reception was as star-studded as it can get.
'The girl who helps me at home has had a tough life, yet her perspective of life is so much more positive than mine despite the hardships she's endured.'
When the temperatures start soaring, it's the perfect excuse for our celebs to go on a summer holiday.
Alia has pushed herself harder on this one than on any other project to date.'
The rupee depreciated 44 paise and slipped below the 81-mark against the US dollar for the first time in early trade on Friday, weighed down by the strong american currency and risk-off sentiment among investors. Forex traders said escalation of geopolitical risk in Ukraine and rate hikes by the US Fed and Bank of England in a bid to contain inflation sapped risk appetite. Further, the strength of the American currency in the overseas market, a negative trend in domestic equities, and risk-off moods amid escalation of geopolitical risk in Ukraine weighed on the local unit.
Alia meets Bhansali... Tara promotes Ek Villain Returns... Urvashi glams up...
'You can see the influence of Charulata in the way I've projected Aishwarya in Devdas.'
'Alia is going to be the voice of Gangubai Kathiawadi in Berlin.'
Alia, we hear, has no more than 15 minutes of playing time in RRR.
Netflix hosted a get-together for all its stars in Mumbai, and they turned up looking fashionable and gorgeous.
'His time had not come, he went away before his time was up.'
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