'...it didn't make sense to me.' 'If the character was not adding (to the story), I wasn't interested.' 'The reason why I chose to act is because of the way it makes me feel when I'm acting, not for the fame and money.'
'That will happen and we shall overcome sooner than we expect.'
Will Vijay will go the most successful MGR/Jayalalithaa way, or that of Vijayakanth, Seeman or Kamalahaasan, or will he end up as another Rajinikanth who cries wolf at the last minute and quits the scene even before it all had really begun, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
'I went to meet him and he asked me, "Are you Maharashtrian?" and I said yes.' 'He said you are absolutely different in Batla House, but when I meet you, there is this freshness about you.'
Joginder Tuteja lists the highest-grossing female-centric films.
Making a blatant mockery of the great religious epic, Adipurush showcases the worst side of today's Bollywood, declares Sumeet Nadkarni.
How many of these films will actually go on to have the next installment? Let's check out.
If reliable sources are to be believed, S S Rajamouli's big-screen spectacle RRR may go to OTT after all, but with conditions.
'I have never played a character like that before -- very non-glamourous and hard-hitting.'
'The only way to bring the audience back is to give them stories that come from the heart.'
'Ours is a disaster movie with no big stars, songs or commercial ingredients.' 'Yet, it is Malayalam cinema's highest grosser.'
Joginder Tuteja looks at the biggies coming our way this year.
Looking at Bollywood's Class of 2023 Directors.
About Rs 35 crore (Rs 350 million) was required over the second weekend to register good numbers. But the film did even better and registered Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million), resulting in an estimated Rs 213 crore (Rs 2.13 billion)
'They have so much to battle every hour but they still have a smile on their faces. At times, they stumble and fall but they get up and continue their struggle. Their resilience is what I love about them. That's what inspires me as an actor to keep moving. They don't stop. Neither do I.'
Mammootty should sign up for an OTT series because he's too charismatic to let this be our last memory of the CBI diaries, suggests Divya Nair.
Gems you can enjoy from the time he was at his handsome and magnetic best.
'While OTTs are a reality, big film producers will prefer a theatrical release before a digital one.'
'This man could hypnotise you with his voice, his words have so much depth.'
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).
'I can't wait for the day when the market value of an actress is not judged by the heroes or the superstars she's acted with.'
Bambai Meri Jaan features horrific massacres and violence so brutal that it ought not to be seen on a home entertainment platform, warns Deepa Gahlot..
'This world shows humanity in a fraudulent light.'
'There have been people who are the sons and the brothers of superstars, but they have not lasted more than one or two movies.'
'Unless you are a superstar, you will never have the kind of reach in theatres that the OTT platform provides.'
'I try to spread positivity in whatever way I can.'
Buoyed by Sooryavanshi's success, the Hindi film industry is banking on 25-30 big movies lined up with a collective cost tag of Rs 2,000 crore.
Joginder Tuteja looks at Bollywood's new lot of actress-turned-producers.
'One of the three directors from The Family Man -- Suparn Verma -- is my real life Chellam Sir.' 'He is somebody who has the answers to everything, so I call him anytime.'
Priya Banerjee's fashion judgement for casuals is top of the line.
Will these December theatre releases also bring in good cheer in keeping with the Christmas spirit?
'I'm probably the actor who should have the Guinness Record for the maximum obituaries written for his career.'
'Earlier, it was four songs and four fights, and some story. That was enough.' 'Maybe we are in a box then and the audiences were not prepared for anything new.' 'Now we have got bigger scope.'
'The reason is the subject and the way Anubhav sir (Sinha, director) has executed the idea. The film being black and white makes it even more special. It is very real in nature and has some of the finest actors of our country.'
'This movie is not a reminder of the disaster we went through. It's a reminder of how we survived it.'
