A fun excerpt from Diptakirti Chaudhuri's Bollygeek: The Crazy Trivia Guide to Bollywood.
'There are times in your life where you have to pause a little bit.' 'The kids are growing up, and I want to be with them.'
In a career spanning six decades, Chatterjee has acted in more than 300 films.
Sukanya Verma salutes the power of Saroj Khan and her brilliant choreography.
'After doing films like Dedh Ishqiya and Bucket List, I am ready to take up risks in films. I am game for any kind of roles that put me in a different light.'
'Not many know I am a Rajput from Jodhpur.' 'My ancestors shifted to Kolhapur as my great grandfather and grandfather were both engineers.' 'They were called by Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj to build the city of Kolhapur.'
It is not just in the film industry. It happens everywhere, she said.
'We have created an enemy we can't even see and that enemy is entertaining us while tightening the noose around our necks.' 'As the radiation increases, it will affect everything -- from your little bumble bee to plants to every living cell.' 'By the time the effects are understood, it might be too late.'
Sukanya Verma celebrates its grandeur and grandiloquence in 25 glorious frames on its diamond anniversary.
'I find Katrina and Deepika very graceful. Sonakshi dances well too. I was surprised to see Alia dancing so well on one of the live shows. Shraddha did a good job in ABCD 2.' Dancing diva Madhuri Dixit submits her report card.
'I am only slightly puzzled by why the childishness has not left the minister. It is easy to be prejudiced and closed-minded when one is in one's teens. But adults should view the world as adults, not as squabbling and petty schoolchildren,' says Aakar Patel.
Are you looking forward to Bollywood's new love stories?
'There's zero emotion and logic in anything about Baaghi 2,' says Sukanya Verma.
'I lived in a chawl for 33 years, aur potty ke liye line lagaya, holding a dabba in my hand (I would queue up to go to the loo, with a bucket in my hand). Even after I became a hero, I had to stand in line. It has become so ingrained in my bones that it cannot come out easily.'
The film is a long, tedious and predictable film about friendship and revenge, set in the backdrop of the Mumbai underworld
Sreehari Nair attempts to bring you up-close the pleasures of Javed Akhtar's poetry.
How many of these have aged well?
The amazing Shraddha Kapoor on Rock On 2, acting as Dawood's sister and why she thinks journalists are unfair sometimes.
'I would like to do a biopic (on) Parveen Babi. She was such a gorgeous woman. She was also my neighbour. It was very sad when she died. It is so tragic when you are young and have fame, fortune, praise and everything and then you are alone.' Shraddha Kapoor discusses her big hits.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
Throughout, Mekhail spoke calmly, with hardly an inflection making even the barest attempt to hijack his tone. His tone was so empty it made his narrative all the more touching. And ugly and grey, as the monsoon sky beyond the window.
'Acting is my first passion and it will always be. The wait for good work kept getting longer so I chose to learn something new. Maybe after this show, some offers may come my way.' Shamita Shetty gets ready for television, and Jhalak Dhikhhla Jaa.
Sukanya Verma discovers what she loves about Anushka Sharma's 'spirit' on more than one occasion in her super-filmi week.
'The Ek Do Teen song was shot for many days.' 'Listening to it so many times during the shoot, we knew it would be a big hit.' 'When Tezaab was released, Madhuri had gone to the US for a holiday.' 'When she returned to Mumbai, there was a large crowd waiting for her at the airport, calling out 'Mohini, Mohini,' her character from Tezaab.' 'That day Madhuri had arrived in the real sense.'
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More than two decades after Michael Jackson wowed us all with Thriller and Bad, his iconic dance moves continue to inspire Bollywood's best dancers.
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro is one of the best and most uncompromised films of Indian cinema, says Sukanya Verma.
How has Raj Thackeray, who is as much a businessman as politician, been able to pull it off, when most Opposition politicians live in fear of IT and ED and CBI, asks Krishna Prasad after attending a Raj rally in Nashik.
'I would count my rotis and eat.' 'I broke my sister and brother's insurance policies.' 'Whatever savings I had got over.' 'I was struggling for work.' 'I used to struggle for Rs 500, Rs 1,000.'
'There have been so many instances where I have auditioned for a film and been finalised, and even cut a cake (to celebrate) but then I got a call saying sorry, that the role went to someone else. It's a very cutthroat industry. When your film becomes a hit, they come to you but when it doesn't do well, nobody comes.' Baaghi actress Shraddha Kapoor gives us an insight into her life.
Mumbai visarjans take place with military precision. Thousands and thousands of Ganpatis are immersed across 11 days with hardly an incident. And minimum traffic disruption given the scale of the festival. Meet the the folks who ensure visarjans happen smoothly and efficiently.
'Today, music directors do not work on a song that turns out to be the biggest hit of the year.' 'Their main focus is on creating a song which becomes an instant hit.' 'Whether the audience remembers that song after a couple of months or not, that does not concern them anymore.'
Akshay Manwani traces Aamir Khan's fascinating journey to stardom.
As Peter sits outside the court with his sister, Indrani walks in with a request. It has been three months since Peter has started speaking to Indrani again, after a long silence of two years.
After 800 days, is it a little clearer that Accused No 1 through 4 are responsible for her death?
