All We Imagine As Light remains heart-warmingly affecting because you know experiences like this are few and far between. Payal Kapadia's film-making voice must be cherished, asserts Mayur Sanap.
'It was a very disorganised industry back then and people were very disrespectful towards actors.'
'...just be neutral about everything.' 'I will just take life as it comes.'
'We want to hide it (by saying) we are too busy in our lives, we have other things to attend to, we have families.' 'But they all had families, including Jyotiba or Mahatma Gandhi, or anybody who challenged the system.'
'Listen to the voice in your head and keep your inner sanctum safe.'
It was a hit and miss for some but each one of them revelled in the opportunity to showcase their talent.
Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani is sure to raise eyebrows with its over-the-top quality, but hey, this is the unabashed Bollywood we once fell in love with and who is better than Karan Johar to retrieve the genre, asserts Mayur Sanap.
Jaane Jaan looks distinctive thanks to Sujoy Ghosh's wicked sensibilities, observes Mayur Sanap.
'When The Mehta Boys was offered to me, I wasn't very sure.' 'I was doing Bambai Meri Jaan and Khakee at that point. I felt I should do something bigger.' 'I felt a soft film is not what I would want to do.'
'When you try to do something that's not been tried before, nobody likes that.'
Despite Ravi Teja's relentless energy, the drama is bogged down by tedious emotional beats, observes Mayur Sanap.
'Till my wife called me up one day and said, "Hey, we need food on the table".'
'A lot of people are famous. But for how long will you be there?' 'It changes after every three days of release, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.'
'...it was for a very, very big lead actor.' 'I looked at it and saw how beautiful she was. I was like, there's no chance I'm getting it.' 'I auditioned for it and as luck would have it, they were looking for someone like me.'
'Some people tell me you're playing hard to get. But I'm not. It's the other way around.'
When MasterChef India judges Vikas Khanna, Ranveer Brar and Pooja Dhingra start talking, you can be sure it will be a masaledaar conversation.
What makes Pushpa 2 float is Allu Arjun's magnetic performance. The actor really goes an extra mile to deliver the wildfire he promised, observes Mayur Sanap.
'There is nothing that can prepare you for KKK.' 'We have never jumped from a building or picked up a cockroach or a snake.'
'With Chhaava, we had to look from a different lens.' 'We had to write it in such a way that apart from the sacrifice, the fight and the war, there's a lot more to understand about the history of the Marathas.'
'It's always the men who are going crazy, barbaad. They never show a woman going crazy like that.' 'A woman has to be very proper, sitting on a swing, crying.'
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'If you're a person who's not comfortable going out to parties for networking, don't do it.' 'It's not like you're getting a film at a party.'
'Out of sight, out of mind happens.'
As emotions escalate and drama intensifies, The Night Manager 2 becomes more gripping, applauds Mayur Sanap.
Thematically riveting, but inept execution lets Kafas down, complains Mayur Sanap.
Why opt for processed rava when you have a healthy, diabetic and heart-friendly recipe onn hand?
'The more popular, the more work, the more money.'
'I want to break the notion that models can't act.'
'Now I have understood that an actor needs to switch on and off between action and cut.' 'I take my characters only from the vanity van to vanity van.' 'When I put on the makeup and wear the costume, I'm in character.' 'The minute I remove the makeup and take off my costume, I am out of it.'
'I am ready to go an extra mile if I have to. My pain or personal problems don't matter.'
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Make time for this one, you will be in for a pleasant surprise like I was, endorses Mayur Sanap.
If you are looking for a smart popcorn horror to watch with friends, this is a fairly enjoyable romp.
Guntu Kaaram doesn't deliver on its basic promise: Entertainment, sighs Mayur Sanap.
'Konkona just walked up, and both of us froze. She was tearing up, and I was like this is unbelievable.' 'We had Tannishtha Chatterjee, Divya Dutta, Rasika Dugal, Dia Mirza... women I've idolised.'
'When the girls said they want to play football, the mothers were encouraging.' 'It was the fathers who were against the idea.'
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While it's fun for a bit to see enormous robots smashing into one another, it quickly evokes the 'been-there-seen-that' feeling, observes Mayur Sanap.
