'Nawaz's character was created around Vikram Betaal.' 'Betaal was a little more gimmicky, funny; he would laugh at you, tease you.' 'That's why I made Nawaz very quirky.'
'My music is my life. I can never be dishonest with my compositions.'
'Two of the songs haven't been shot by me. When I saw the film, they came as a shock.'
'Sometimes things get stale in a relationship and people seek solace elsewhere.'
The actress will be see in Aparna Sen's Bengali film Arshinagar.
Inspector Zende had the potential to be genuinely entertaining. Instead, it settles for formulaic fun, observes Mayur Sanap.
Rediff's film critic Raja Sen lists his best Hindi songs of 2015.
'I have the qualification every actor would love to have: A Buddhadeb actor.'
'My character Meena seemed like a selfish, cold, heartless woman, who abandons her lover because he is moneyless. But look the girls today. They are as practical as my Meena was in Pyaasa so many years ago.'
Guru Dutt took an overdose of pills twice, once even swallowing opium, calling out for Geeta Dutt even when he was not fully conscious. One suicide attempt, according to sister Lalita Lajmi, was definitely deliberate with Guru Dutt leaving a letter for brother Atma Ram asking him to take care of the production company, his wife and the kids. But she always wondered if the third attempt was actually suicide since there were no calls and no letters.
After a character and film like this, at least for a while, everything else Vicky Kaushal does will look bland, asserts Deepa Gahlot.
'It's a tremendous accomplishment to have a father like Amitabh Bachchan and still be so sorted, to not taste the kind of success that he should have and yet be so balanced.'
'...Shyam had not given me the roles he did.'
Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood.
Veteran filmmaker Chandra Barot, best known for directing the 1978 Amitabh Bachchan-starrer 'Don', passed away on Sunday due to cardiac arrest at a hospital in Mumbai. He was 86.
'My family are the mainstream audience and think I am wasting my time. Until I make a Rs 100 crore film, they won't be convinced.'
'Govinda was a legend in his own right, with a style no one can copy.'
'He was a tremendous artist of a very high order, gone too soon. He not only reshaped the visual language of Indian Cinema through his cinematography in Aravindan's films, Shaji sir gave us all a sense of direction through his mainstream work as a cameraman.'
It will be a start-to-finish quickie and feature the multi-faceted Dulquer in a role never seen before.
'The politics of divisiveness won't work.' 'The janta is too clever not to see through it.'
'Everyone knows the money the stars are asking for is absurd.'
'Story-telling is at the core of everything I do.'
Angry young men (and old) dominate the OTT this week. Take your pick.
'I wouldn't change a single shot even if I could, the film is just perfect even with a supposedly flawed script!' Celebrating Sholay's 50th anniversary on August 15 with a special series, where contemporary film folk analyse the cult classic.
'I crave to do a film about lost kingdoms, kings in exiles and ethereal princesses.'
In a special series, we will put YOU to the test everyday!
'This is where I grew up. The only business I know is cinema.'
Manoj Kumar's musical imprints are as deep as his cinematic ones.
'If I got more work, I would do even more! Recently, I did the Tanishq ad.' 'I keep working because I am fit. I love acting, that is my relaxation.'
Veteran actor and politician Raj Babbar, who shares a very close personal and professional relationship with the Chopra family, remembers the late Ravi Chopra.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
'Social media managers, bouncers, their catering department people... they tell the actor whether he should do a film or not.'
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
'People ask me about my biggest action sequence; this is it, because it involved two giants of Indian cinema.'
'He is the action hero born from our streets.'
'The pain of not having a home is bearable, but the pain of having one -- and not finding peace in it -- is far worse.'
Siddhant Chaturvedi and Triptii Dimri put forward their never-seen-before intense side in Dhadak 2, which is deemed as the spiritual sequel to the Ishaan Khatter and Janhvi Kapoor-starrer 2018 film, Dhadak.
Like the stars, cast magic with blue and purple iridescent eye shadow.
'It's been seven years since I did a movie. Now, I'm back.'
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movie legend who turns 70 on October 10.
