'Saurabh Shukla and Annu Kapoor are the biggest pillars of Jolly LLB 2. I used to joke that Subhash (Kapoor, director) has got six actors from the National School of Drama and four actors from the Film and Television Institute of India and I am the only one from Khalsa College.' Akshay Kumar holds on to his humour, as he celebrates the success of his new film.
'I was in China and when they learnt I had made Disco Dancer, they started singing Jimmy Jimmy, Aaja Aaja.'
Ahead of India's 69th Independence Day, a special comic book is all set to be released this week chronicling the life, valour and sacrifice of 21 awardees of the Param Vir Chakra, the nation's highest military decoration.
'A great loss for the fraternity. Your work will be missed & cherished.'
Murthy's life story is to be the content of a new comic to be brought out by Amar Chitra Katha, the popular comic book series, making him the first living person to be featured in the Amar Chitra Katha series, which mostly focuses on popular Indian myths and legends.ACK Media, the publisher, will follow this up with stories of famous personalities like cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and former Indian President and Bharat Ratna award winner, APJ Abdul Kalam.
They were present at Bushan Kumar's birthday bash.
'All the actresses we approached for the role of Sakeena were demanding a lot of money. After a point, we collectively decided that we would cast a new face opposite Sunny Deol and the money that we would save by doing so, we would give it to Amrish Puriji and get him onboard for the role of Mayor Ashraf Ali. I was completely okay with signing a new heroine but there is no alternative to Amrish Puriji in the industry.'
Gold and silver will be used in the design of the main doors of the temple.
And the fine actor also celebrates 25 years in the movies...
Quite a few major stars would be seen on OTT this year, marking their digital debuts.
Co-produced by Seven Arts and K Balachander's Kavithalaya, the Tamil version will be directed by Rajni's mentor K B P Vasu, who remade Manichitrathazhu in Tamil as Chandramukhi.
Asoka still makes for irresistible viewing, raves Sukanya Verma, and tells us why.
'Tanhaji has so much fun recreating a bygone legend and fictionalising history, authenticity and spellings, it gets infectious,' feels Sukanya Verma.
Among the A-listers, only Aamir and Akshay consistently deliver hits. They have also been most active is doing projects that go beyond romance or action stories.
'In today's time, everyone is distressed and we don't know with what mood a person will come to watch a movie.' 'So it is better to say whatever you want with humour.'
As the country paid tributes to the 1965 war heroes on Friday, a special comic book chronicling the life, valour and sacrifice of 21 awardees of the Param Vir Chakra, the nation's highest military decoration, was released.
Like the rest of the country, Sai Paranjpye, who directed the late veteran in her 1981 cult comedy Chashme Buddoor, was stunned with the news.
Chandralekha starring Chiranjeevi Sarja and Dil Rangeela starring with Ganesh will release this week.
'Patriotism shouldn't be taken as a sellable thing.'
'Every creative person goes through ups and downs.' 'We all try to do good work.' 'Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we don't.' 'I don't think that should directly reflect on the immediate stardom of a person.'
The hits and misses of the week.
'There are 31 million houses without electricity.'
''In this 100th year of Indian cinema,' says Amitabh Bachchan, 'when the history of Indian cinema is written, it will be Before Kochadaiiyaan and After Kochadaiiyaan.'
Kashmiris protest against the killing of Amarnath pilgrims.
Here's looking at the best of Kannada cinema so far.
Chiranjeevi Sajra talks about Chandralekha and what led to the failure of his earlier film.
This is the film festival's third edition.
The actor said he would like to continue contributing in his small way to causes he believes in and to "make India stronger and stronger".
If people make films like Baahubali, which has Indian content, it will always be a hit. But nobody makes it nowadays.
'Despite his recent resurgence (Listen... Amaya and Lahore for which he won a National Award as Best Supporting Actor), Farooque stayed away from the rat race,' says Dinesh Raheja. 'And to think that in Sai Paranjpye's Katha, he ironically reprised the famous ambitious hare of the Hare and Tortoise story.'
The commission had rejected the theory that it was a spontaneous act by karsevaks whereas the CBI court has ruled that there was no evidence that demolition was a conspiracy.
BJP CMs promote a lawless culture, one where groups backed by the State are encouraged to attack fellow citizens, where being trigger-happy is the official police policy, notes Jyoti Punwani.
Everything you need to know the original blockbuster, right here!
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Who all came to watch Akshay's film? Find out...
It's comeback time for many Bollywood stars. With the OTT platform opening up, quite a few actors, who had taken a break, are getting ready to be seen again!
Vicky Kaushal, Mithila Palkar, Jubin Nautiyal are part of the list too!
Deepti Naval on her new film, her former husband filmmaker Prakash Jha, and how she likes to spend her free time.
