Doesn't he know that the Indian audience has settled itself with a certain strain of mediocrity that lands up at the cinemas every Friday?
Siddhant Chaturvedi and Triptii Dimri put forward their never-seen-before intense side in Dhadak 2, which is deemed as the spiritual sequel to the Ishaan Khatter and Janhvi Kapoor-starrer 2018 film, Dhadak.
'This is the age where if you Blinkit, you will get things in eight minutes.' 'But nothing will happen here in eight minutes. It takes at least eight years to do something.'
There are rumours of the film being remade in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Hindi.
'So my question was, 'What is it that you are proud of? What have you achieved? What is your contribution?' 'He had no answer.'
'We are wondering if this will ever get over, if there will be a light at the end of the tunnel.'
Joginder Tuteja lists those who are expected to score big with their Bollywood debuts in the months to come.
'A struggling actor once came to me and told me there's no work.' 'I said when there's no work, that's when you have a lot of work.' 'He said he didn't understand.' 'I explained that you have to keep reading, watching, writing, traveling.' 'It is like riyaaz for an actor.'
'I knew Sairat would make an impact because its theme of inter-caste relationship and marriage connects with our entire country. I won't pretend the success was unexpected.' Sairat director Nagraj Manjule basks in the film's success.
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Amitabh plays a football coach in his next, and who better than Abhi to give Pa tips!
The song has been made for the Satyamev Jayate Water Cup 2.
Like Ranbir Kapoor, we probably won't see Amitabh Bachchan in a movie this year.
Dhadak is a film that turns Nagraj Manjule's vision into naught, only so that a few more zeroes can be added to Karan Johar's bank account, says Sreehari Nair.
'It's taken me very long to get my foot into the door. But the kind of work or central roles that I want are still few.'
Shahid Kapoor packs in a lot of blood and gore in his new film, Bloody Daddy, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar (Tiger Zinda Hai, Gunday).
A look at the starry arrivals.
Amazon Prime Video has announced a huge number of assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.
Royal tragedies, loony vampires, nuclear disasters, scoop hunters becoming the story, all that and more on OTT this week.
'There's deep-seated revenge and at the same time, longing.'
'Two years since the film released, but everything is still Sairat, Sairat...'
'The affection and love and blessings of the audience is all that matters.' 'That is most important for me, nothing else.'
A look at the starry arrivals.
'The stories I want to tell are very important.'
'Film shooting is a long process, and it is important to have a good bonding with the person you are going to spend six to eight months of your life.' 'Baaki, film toh bann jaati hain.'
Sharmin Segal is described as a "combination of Divya Bharti and Preity Zinta" while Mizaan Jaaferi is said to convey the "reckless passion" of Shah Rukh Khan and the "bridled intensity" of Ajay Devgn.
Rehabilitation of street kids, pet parenting, housing dreams, desert dramas and life changing magicians, Sukanya Verma suggests all this and more on OTT this week.
Joginder Tuteja peeks into the Big B's date diary, and tells us what to expect from him next.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Here are 25 stories special to me for one reason too many,' says Sukanya Verma who scored 25 years writing about the movies last week.
The remake rights have been bought by Rockline Venkatesh and the film is expected to go on floors by August.
'The real change will happen when more powerful roles come to me.' 'I am looking forward to that change.'
He is producing Swapna Waghmare Joshi's film Laal Ishq.
Sukanya Verma gives us her picks for the Top 10 Actors of 2022, in no particular order.
'Khaitan's film will continue to invite comparisons with Manjule's, but the fact that it is out there for viewers to see is perhaps a greater tribute to the original than is conveyed by the cautious desire to remake it,' says Vikram Johri.
Sukanya Verma lists her 15 favourite Hindi songs of 2022 in no particular order.
'In a scene where they were asked to have tears in their eyes, one of them came up to me and said, 'How does one cry?'
Newcomers Rinku Rajguru and Akash Thosar reveal how their life has changed post Sairat!