'If you are not doing a Hindi film, it doesn't mean you are not doing any work. Success is all about saying no to what you don't want to do. Thankfully, I have been successful.' Neetu Chandra has just won a National Award and she's hugely excited!
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'It's not easy to perform in front of 5,000 people, who are standing right behind the camera. You have to remember the dialogue even when the crowd is shouting and saying things to you.'
Folk artist from Chhattisgarh Teejan Bai, Guelleh, Naik and theatre actor from Maharashtra Balwant Moreshwar Purandare will be honoured with Padma Vibushan.
Despite a few flaws in the film, Yash Chopra distinguishes himself.
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's various terrace moments.
Sukanya Verma looks back at the decade gone by, in the movies.
'Forget dating, I am struggling just to have a crush on someone,' says the gorgeous looking actress.
A hard, unrelenting film that doesn't give in to over-sentimentality, Citylights is like the city of Mumbai -- it beats you down and when you are broken, takes you in its arms and loves you. Suparn Verma, who has directed films like Aatma, Acid Factory and Ek Khiladi and Ek Haseena, raves about the film.
'I have an absolutely professional relationship, nothing personal, with Amitabh Bachchan.' 'I am the only person in the industry whom he never calls for home parties or festivals. Unless we have work, we don't call each other.'
Sukanya Verma's super filmy week was high on emotions.
'As long as you are moving, it's all right.' 'You are going to fall, you are going to have to pick yourself up and sometimes, it will hurt.' 'Sometimes, you would just want to lie there and look at the fan.'
'India is called the largest democracy in the world, and one cannot believe that there are two Constitutions, two penal codes and two sets of laws.'
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'I am most happy about the memes of Thor and me; that was so cool!' 'I showed my wife one where my face was photoshopped on Thor's body.' 'She loves muscles -- she's always keeps telling me to get muscles.' 'I showed her the photo and told her that the muscle guy has been replaced by the artist.'
'No one institution can cleanse it: Not the courts, government or activists.' 'And least of all the Indian Police Service,' argues Shekhar Gupta.
Say hello to John Abraham's new co-star, Aisha Sharma.
'Of the people here in Europe who have watched The Story of Film: A New Generation, the most talked-about clip is the one from Ram Leela.'
'I am not a part of any group or politics.' 'I work with everyone.' 'I have worked with Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn.' 'None of the Khans have ever taken me in their films.'
'I felt a constant gag in my throat, and emerged from the movie somewhat mugged,' confesses Sreehari Nair.
Om Puri was that rare actor who could carry a film on sheer power and versatility of his performance
Indians took to social media to pay their respects.
A Molotov cocktail of lies, abuse and bigotry is blowing up social media.
'What you saw in Gangs Of Wasseypur is only two percent of what really happens. Murder and other crimes are a daily affair even today. There is no value for life. People can shoot someone for Rs two! Once, I was talking to a person. I turned around to ask for tea, and when I looked at him again, someone had shot him dead.' Meeruthiya Gangsters director Zeishan Quadri talks tough.
Saurabh Shukla, one of our finest character actors, on his life and movie career.
'When the same rotten paratha is served to someone year after year, it shocks them when all of a sudden there is a change in taste.' Kay Kay Menon justifies why he took up Yudh.
Ram Gopal Varma is back with Part Three of that series, which presented to us the first clear evidence that the great man was slipping, rues Sreehari Nair.
'For me, success is saying 'no' when you want to say no.'
On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Nikita Puri lists the best shows and films to watch online as you ace social distancing.
Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us.
Aseem Chhabra celebrates 40 years of the prestigious Telluride Film Festival.
As we celebrate the spirit of childhood, here are some children who've made India proud.
Bollywood celebrities mourn the death of the charismatic actor.
'I have experimented a lot with my acting, now I want to get into the commercial heroine space.' 'I am toning myself up to live up to the hotness standards of Varun and Jacqueline.' 'I am trying to get there.'
'Woman need to be respected much more in our country. But choices should be allowed for women as well as men. I don't care about the box office collections of Ki & Ka; I care about the thoughts and conversation that it brings on. Every actor has that one film in their filmography where they pushed the envelope further.' Arjun Kapoor takes on new challenges with Ki & Ka.
'You walk out of Mukkabaaz feeling good about yourself, but unlike Kashyap's best pictures, it releases you from the responsibility of seeing yourself in it; the movie is darn clever, most of the way, but it hardly has any wisdom,' says Sreehari Nair.
'I could have debuted with my father but that would have been the most cliched way to enter films. I want to be his strength, not his problem.' Tevar star Arjun Kapoor was determined to prove himself as an actor before he worked in a home production.
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