'I didn't want to be the bottom-most in the food chain of a commercial film.' 'I'd rather do something experimental and learn and hope that this translates into somebody noticing me.'
'So the ice melted even before it was frozen.' Bolly Gupshup from Subhash K Jha.
'Prashant has left us and it is really tragic. But I want to hold on to those little moments of happiness that he shared with me and with others whose lives he touched. That is how I want to remember him.' Aseem Chhabra pays tribute to Patang director Prashant Bhargava, who passed away on May 16. He was only 42.
Jagame Thandhiram is a failure alright, but it is certainly an interesting one, given that both the ideas that it was borne out (twin seeds, if you may) were sure-shot movie ideas on their own, observes Rohit Sathish Nair.
Kya Kool Hai Hum 3, Mirzya and Mohenjo Daro make the list.
Bal Thackeray became a cult in his lifetime. Does Thackeray show this picture of him? Yes, it does, feels Utkarsh Mishra.
Bollywood has taught us a lot this year. Sukanya Verma picks the most important lessons.
'That only a certain Mumbai story -- look at Salaam Bombay and Slumdog Millionaire for other examples -- gets made when an international audience is as much a target as the desi viewer, should invoke questions of representation,' notes Vikram Johri.
A look at the top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Sometimes, the movies likes to use the rains in its title!
'Salman asked me if I would be open to playing a negative character.' 'I told him I would do even a single scene for him.'
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Vishal sir said he would sign me only when I accept to gain 10 kilos.' 'No matter what, I was ready to accept if I was getting an opportunity to work with Vishal sir.'
'We don't have that support system.' 'The last six years has gone into making Manto and raising Vihaan and it has been tough.'
Since its entry in 2016, Netflix has announced over 60 titles to be sourced from India.
Raam Reddy gets candid about Thithi, his film journey so far and his next project.
'The feeling that you can go out for a coffee, that feeling of freedom would be nice.'
'I don't know if I became an actor, I was just trying to book jobs and survive.'
Check out the impressive line-up at the International Film Festival of South Asia.
Munna Michael's hollowness is as striking as Tiger's chiselled torso, one that he freely bares in everything from an unzipped hoodie to a doily masquerading as a shirt, says Sukanya Verma.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Salman has just launched Pranutan Bahl and Zaheer Iqbal in Notebook. Urvi Parikh looks at other talents who have bloomed under his care.
Even with an ongoing pandemic, theatres in many states functioning at 50 per cent occupancy, a quieter social life and fewer movies, Bollywood still managed to pack in plenty of drama and trauma, fun and festivity, love and war into the year.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Some asked why Budapest?' 'I had two relatively new actors and a limited budget; Budapest gives you a rebate.' 'We have spent around Rs 32, 33 crores, which is very good.'
And other top moments from the closing of the 70th Cannes Film Festival.
'As an actor, I think about the beauty of getting comfortable in the uncomfortable.'
'Are we seeing the beginning of the communalising of one of the most iconic film industries in the world?' asks Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
'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.'
'From a bright young kid who came to Balaji to a star who made the Nation swoon.' 'You had come a long way and had many more miles to go.'
'This Ajay Devgn video game gets more unwatchable with each minute -- and there are 173 of them,' rues Raja Sen.
'I was on my toes the entire time because I was working with such great actors.' 'I learnt a lot.'
In his nearly 80-minute long speech on the first day of the three-day conclave, Bhagwat also asserted that RSS is "most democratic" and not dictatorial, insisting that it neither imposes its ideology nor remote-controls its various affiliates, apparently rejecting criticism that the Bharatiya Janata Party is controlled by it.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
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The filmmaker turns 42 today, September 10.
