'I start filming Call Me Bae Season 2 really soon and we're filled with lots of love from the audience from season 1 so I hope they enjoy this one too.'
'I would rather make movies in this universe and build up a loyal fan base over a period.'
Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster's trailer features up front on this list.
Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor, one of Hindi cinema's most admired on-screen pairs, created a buzz as they crossed paths at Mumbai airport recently.
Piku is a film with tremendous heart, raves Raja Sen.
2024 may have seen a few flops at the box office but there have been some hits as well.
'You can't make art with a point of view of fear. You have to present the truth.' 'That's why such films are not being made these days.' 'You never put the truth in the script because you fear you might offend somebody.'
'Even if I had the backing of a big corporate house, which I don't, in today's market, I wouldn't want the responsibility of making a Rs 300 crore-Rs 400 crore film.'
Here's imagining Craig's James Bond as a typical Bollywood hero.
'People worship Krishna. People don't worship Ved Vyas, who wrote the Mahabharata.' 'It's a cultural thing because we don't see the heroes behind the screen, we see the heroes who are in front of the screen.'
'If you look around the world at people of colour, religion, caste, sexuality or any of the marginalised communities, we are always talking in numbers.' 'We are always assigning them a statistic.' 'That is an easy way to assuage your urban guilt. Because you hide your apathy with hollow sympathy.' 'We are, in a way, making them invisible.'
More than six years after Dangal, there is finally a worthy follow-up Hindi film, which has not just gone past the lifetime score of the Aamir Khan starrer but also emerged as the biggest Hindi film of all time (including dubbed blockbusters too).
'So my question was, 'What is it that you are proud of? What have you achieved? What is your contribution?' 'He had no answer.'
After the disappointment of War 2, there was some respite this weekend as Param Sundari managed to have a decent opening at the box office.
'He was not at all calculating, what I see in many singers today.'
'Look after your own mother before looking after your neighbour's mother.' 'I don't believe in starving my own mother and feeding sweets to the neighbours.'
This is a very good number since so many Hindi films struggle to earn this much in their entire opening weekend, and Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning managed that in just two days.
'A 100% tariff could cut the Indian film industry's US revenues by 30% to 40%.'
'I saw Bimal Roy's Devdas again a few years ago, almost 50 years after it had been made.' 'I found it very intelligently made; the scenes flowed so beautifully.' 'There is just one scene with both Suchitra Sen and me in the film, and it's beautiful.'
Wondering what to watch on OTT this weekend? Namrata Thakker lists options to choose from.
'Pahlaj Nihalani came to my rescue. There was no Instagram in those days so I didn't recognise him.' 'I almost fainted when he told me he was Pahlaj Nihalani, the producer of Ilzaam, the hit film that had just made Govinda a star.' 'I told him I was a model and an aspiring actor, and he responded, "You have an interesting face. Come and meet me in the office tomorrow".'
Here's YOUR pick of the greatest Hind film.
Kiran Rao's Laapataa Ladies has been picked as India's official entry for Oscars 2025.
'...there's something better and meaningful to explore.'
It's 'not looking like a Diwali lineup, which is usually grand and has superstar movies.'
'The way the anticipation is built up for Gabbar Singh's introduction scene with sound, image and details of his personality, like the combat boots he wears.' 'The camera comes so close -- not a tele lens shot, but a wide-angle close-up -- that you can almost smell Gabbar's breath.'
'We will take all necessary steps to ensure that Abir Gulaal is not released in India.'
Dinesh Raheja celebrates Lata's 96th birth anniversary on September 28 by picking some choice examples of her non-typical songs that are tinged with a rare eroticism.
'More than the shooting dabbas which we take with us, it's about what's going in their school dabbas.'
The young star kid is all set to make his big fat debut in the OTT series, The Ba***ds of Bollywood.
'One is not allowed to smoke on the sets of a Hollywood film even during a break.' 'When I asked an assistant to suggest some place where I could light a cigarette, he recommended the bad boys' corner -- where Jack Nicholson smoked.' 'However, I hesitated.' 'But when I was heading back to my chair after the shot, Jack Nicholson asked me if I wanted to join him for a smoke. We had a long conversation over cups of cappuccino.'
It was a black weekend for the Bollywood box office, as close to half a dozen new films arrived in theatres and all of them flopped!
'I'm so grateful Kathal is getting the recognition it deserves.'
'Playing a negative role was a positive experience for me, doing things I'd never do in real life.'
'The sincerity and commitment to art is something you don't see much these days; it's more about the moolah.'
'What do you think... those working in the film industry are illiterate people? Why don't you go and work with Bimal Roy?'
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