'She isn't the same Aishwarya, who walks the red carpet at Cannes. She doesn't look like that at all in the film. That is half the battle won from my side.' Sarbjit director Omung Kumar tells us why he likes transforming his actors.
'The hotel room number can never total up to 8.' 'I fly First Class and won't take a pre-9am flight.' Check out Bollywood's travel plans.
Satyajit Ray. Films from Italy, Iceland and Albania feature on Aseem Chhabra's list.
'In my personal life, I honestly find it very difficult to express my anger.' 'And then, when you are a public figure, you feel watched that much more and then you are all the more careful.' 'Begum Jaan, therefore, was the answer to my angst.'
Aseem Chhabra picks his favourite movies from the Telluride Film Festival.
'One of the director's primary jobs is to make sure that all the actors perform as if they are in the same movie, playing in the same band -- one is not acting in a different band than the other.'
'Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts were tables away, seated next to each other, at the SAG awards. I was shamelessly staring,' Nimrat Kaur tells Aseem Chhabra/ Rediff.com
'Her greatest strength is not her acting or her dancing abilities, but that she has an incredible number of fans.'
Winners of the 2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year.
'I may have been six, but children at that age are aware that there is something called death. I was petrified for Pa, but tried not to show it. I would pray every night, begging for his recovery, at the same time sneaking in a request for a new toy or a pencil set.'
'Outsiders are the ones who have to make the biggest journey to realise themselves, to come back to some sense of normality.' Director Jacques Audiard and actor Jesuthasan Antonythasan discuss the human landscape behind the award-winning film, Dheepan, with Aseem Chhabra/Rediff.com
'I don't know how they dared to send Krrish for a National Award. It was a horrible film! Films like Dabangg and Bang Bang are trash films. Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram Leela was so bad; only the music was good. Straight talk from Garm Hava director M S Sathyu.
Amitabh Bachchan talks about Te3n, Aaradhya and actors he would love to work with!
'It was impossible to please everyone with Amy Winehouse's story because it is complicated and dark. Everyone has his or her own version of what was going on and I found myself caught in the middle of it.'
Here's your weekly digest of the craziest stories from around the world.
India's foremost ad guru, award-winning lyricist, and scriptwriter turns 46 today.
Aseem Chhabra celebrates 40 years of the prestigious Telluride Film Festival.
Abhishek Bachchan talks about Housefull 3, co-star Nargis and fatherhood!
'Amitabh Bachchan told me, "I don't appreciate other people doing my voice".'
Anurag Kashyap explains why he is finally releasing his long delayed film, Ugly.
Indian actors from different generations and worlds, Roshan Seth and Sendhil Ramamurthy, star in a remarkable film, co-starring Oscar winner Mary Steenburgen and Oscar nominee Michael Lerner. Brahmin Bulls director Mahesh Pailoor, in a fascinating conversation with Arthur J Pais/Rediff.com
It is always wonderful to discover a gem of film at an international film festival. It is even more exciting when that film is from India.
