'Sushant was our first choice for Lakhna.' 'Apart from looking desi, I wanted an actor who had a lot of physical energy.' 'Sushant came on board very quickly because he really liked the story.'
'I wouldn't say it's difficult to enter the film industry because Hindi films have evolved, and newcomers are always welcome.'
Aseem Chhabra lists the elements that he loved and was pleasantly surprised by in the movies.
'Daniel Craig was my first choice but he requested if we could allow some time as he was also being considered to be the next James Bond.'
'Sushant Singh Rajput, a bright young lad who had a life beyond films, was probably too good for Bollywood.' 'To blame his death by suicide on a gang of Bollywood bullies is stretching the point too far,' argues Saibal Chatterjee.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'These days you are the main inspiration for a lot of young film-makers. They are mimicking your films.'
Deepa Gahlot lists the most popular Yash Chopra films -- the ones he directed, not produced (yes, so that means no DDLJ) -- that can be watched on OTT.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Where a few film-makers are sensitive in their treatment as noted in the depiction of lesbian love in Hindi movies, a significant number is prone to poking fun for cheap laughs.
'A journalist met me after Mastizaade failed and said, "'Whatever you do in life, you will never get rid of the Sex Comedy King of India tag".' 'She didn't mean to hurt me, but it broke me.'
Its worldwide gross is already a staggering Rs 1,250 crores.
'She was a modern-day Tansen among the female classical vocalists of the country.' Musicians and film folk pay rich tribute to Kishori Amonkar.
'I have been offered the main lead many times now, including romantic and action hero roles. But they're not interesting. I want to do films like Aandhi, Angoor, Ram Aur Shyam, Mela, Deewar, Zanjeer and Sholay but I don't have a plan.' Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub gets ready for the next level.
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A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'When Zubeida came, everybody loved me and I got a slew of offers of the same kind.' 'People started saying, "Aap nayi Aruna Irani ban jayegi".'
Bollywood stars took to Twitter to pay tributes and extend condolences to the family of late actor.
'At a time when the news channels are screaming louder than the worst crowd, you can't be subtle if you really want to say something important,' Anubhav Sinha tells Bedika/PTI.
Celebrating one of Bollywood's finest cult classics, as it turns 20.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Condemning the police crackdown inside Jamia Millia university, several film industry insiders, including one from Hollywood, on Monday rallied behind the university's students and said the government is trying to stifle voices of dissent against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
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'A lot of people in the West think that India has a very conservative culture, so we don't show much intimacy and sex in movies here. But I always say that, without sex, India won't have a population of over 1.2 billion people.'
Over the last decade the Indian film industry has reinvented itself. Do film critics need to do that too?
Ace cinematographer and filmmaker Santosh Sivan is delighted by the government's decision to honour him with Padma Shri.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'You are not going to find success all the time and you will feel insecure when your film fails at the box office, but that's a part of the game.' 'You just deal with it and move on.; 'Maybe the problem was something else and not so much about his career.'
Are you looking forward to Bollywood's new love stories?
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Isn't 11.3 million Instagram followers and 1.9 million Twitter followers enough to make you feel wanted and loved as a successful star?' 'Can a huge bank balance, a fleet of fancy cars, and a big house assure you happiness and contentment in life?' 'For Sushant, it did not.'
Horror, drama, romance and action... it's all on your plate this year!
'For me personally, there was nothing till Aranyak made me say, 'This is it!''
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'People are already talking about what my character will do in Mirzapur season three.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Ajay has made some brilliantly reviewed films, some big hits and many, many, entertainers.
Sukanya Verma offers some amazing opening scenes in Hindi films that fuels an excitement for what happens next.
