Modern Love: Mumbai has a mostly good selection of stories, and unlike so many other OTT shows that seem to think profanity and sex depict modernity, this one can be watched with the family without any discomfort, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'My worst experiences in the film world concern money. After signing contracts, they don't pay. You always have to forget your last installment. It is very difficult for an outsider to enter Bollywood. You must either have luck or a Godfather. I have neither.' Bidita Bag discusses her big break.
'I am not a supporter of complete freedom of speech or expression on any social platform, but we must have the right to choose as adults in a personal space.'
Will we see a Baahubali kind of blockbuster this year?
Photographer Shivam Gupta knows how to make the stars shimmer even brighter in photoshoots.
'I got a very simple one-line brief from Ekta Kapoor that this character is like the Ramayan's Ram -- ideal husband, son and maryada purushottam.'
'Nobody can put back and seal what the movement has unleashed -- conversation, awareness and support.'
Munna Michael's hollowness is as striking as Tiger's chiselled torso, one that he freely bares in everything from an unzipped hoodie to a doily masquerading as a shirt, says Sukanya Verma.
Nothing in Baar Baar Dekho adds up, warns Raja Sen.
Stay away from theatres, I'd say. 50-kos away, even.
Babumoshai Bandookbaaz actress Bidita Bag gives us a ringside view of Bollywood.
'A lot of fraud films are being made in the name of realistic cinema.'
'I hate people who do such things.' 'The person who bullied me should be ashamed because he tortured other people too.'
'Ek Hasina Thi is the best movie of its kind. Similarly, for Omkara and Hum Tum. But after that, what do you do? You just flatten out and start doing some bad movies because they aren't making any (good movies). I mean, what has Vishal Bhardwaj made after Omkara that is comparable? What has Kunal Kohli made after Hum Tum that is comparable?' Saif Ali Khan hopes that new film Chef impresses.
