'Hot Mess Holiday airs on December 11 -- it's a really fun story.'
'I was very scared as I was a first-time director. 'Janhvi is a star and a star kid. But the moment she asked me if she was capable of playing the role, we became equals.'
Her film, The Sky Is Pink, will release in October.
Amitabh Bachchan was preparing to pack up his bags and return to Allahabad if Zanjeer failed.
Bollywood mourns Saeed Jaffrey.
Feeling the heat and tension of the crisis? Fikar not!
Subhash K Jha celebrates Ajay Devgn as the movie star turns 53.
Subhash K Jha remembers the flamboyant star, 12 years after he passed away.
'In one case, she wasn't even there in the scene, but she just kept watching it and cheering me on.'
'Karenge aur kaam, sir. Zindagi bahut choti hai, ideas bahut sare hain.'
To make a date fun and novel, ideally you must choose a partner from another generation, says Solene Paillet.
'You can't call this a pure Western. This has got love, passion, violence, suspense.' 'This is a film of today.'
'The pressure was very high because I am not a Saroj Khan or a Vaibhavi Merchant.' 'I am someone from a reality show.' 'I was a nobody who was given an opportunity to express myself in the best way I could.'
It's been a disastrous year for Hindi cinema, what with us in Month 5 and not one unanimously loved film among the lot. What we do have, however, are films of unparallelled idiocy, comedies each more harebrained than the other, thrillers that plumb the depths of low farce.
Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar makes for a good watch, assures Joginder Tuteja.
'While there cannot be any doubt that the national anthem should be shown utmost respect, cinema halls are not the most appropriate places to play the national anthem.'
Monsoon is here, and time to bring out the chhatris.
'After the audience watches the film, if they say Rakul stood her ground in front of Ajay Devgn and Amitji.' 'That's what will be important.'
'The filmi keeda was always there.' 'I hope I can get even five percent of the love that audiences gave my mother.' 'But I'm here to make my own identity.'
'Villagers are people without masks.' 'That is why I call them genuine human beings.' 'As an actor, I have been inspired by many such genuine characters.'
The death of the veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor a huge loss for the Indian film industry.
'Other designers take empty suitcases and go shopping for the actors's clothes in New York.' 'To me, this is bankruptcy of imagination.'
Three very different kinds of Diwali songs from Bollywood films
'If you perform well, if you do your best, it stays with the viewer. That's how you grow.'
Crazy Loka: Kavitha Lankesh has made a youthful film and has tried to include a message to the youth along with entertainment.
'Everywhere Anil Dharker went, he assembled teams of talented people, gave them opportunities, then got out of the way and allowed them to flourish.' Meenakshi Shedde remembers a very special editor.
Badhaai Do carries its audience on the wave of those little farces that come with being queer in India, a land where masculinity still has some say, observes Sreehari Nair.
'My mother is a lady with a lot of emotional stability and strength. And wisdom.' 'When I was younger, she would tell me that if I ever refused water to anyone, I would have to drink gutter water.' 'When I grew up, she would say, "Be liberal when you know what you are talking about, and be conservative when you don't".'
'The digital release is part of cinema's ongoing process of evolution.' 'One shouldn't avoid change. I wouldn't.'
'I don't find characters that are not grey that exciting.'
For Dosanjh to stand by his faith, retain the turban and beard, and yet not trivialise himself in the roles he has essayed, is really his biggest achievement, observes Sandeep Goyal.
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'The affection and love and blessings of the audience is all that matters.' 'That is most important for me, nothing else.'
Countless screen pairs have come together but only few can lay claim to that extra something called chemistry.
'For me, success is saying 'no' when you want to say no.'
'I was so nervous and embarrassed that I hid behind a pillar, just watching my son quietly.' 'I could see him very quiet, not communicating with anybody.'' 'I thought he was not interested. But when he gave his first shot, he was perfect!'
'I was getting paid great money.' 'I was a part of some wonderful films, which I loved making, but I was becoming very complacent with my approach to my work.' 'And I did not want that.'
