'Nobody prepares you for stardom.' 'Nobody prepares you for what happens to you after your first film.' Uncle and nephew -- Anil and Arjun Kapoor -- get together.
Bollywood's Badshah turns 50 on November 2, and it's time to celebrate his life and movies.
Superheroes, Holi, apples and other happenings from Sukanya Verma's super filmi week!
And you thought Bollywood was just about making movies!
Salman Khan, star of this year's Eid release Bajrangi Bhaijaan, talks about his journey from supporting actor to superstar.
'The first time we actually got to meet a Bollywood star, it was Salman Khan.' 'We met him at his farm house.' 'For Pia, an actor is just an actor. There is no such thing as a star in her world, and that may or may not go down well with some people.'
Ranbir's daku aspirations, Alia's magical transformation, Aishwarya's mommy love and more in Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week.
'Kader Khan could be horribly intimidating, impossibly silly, achingly human and, sometimes, all at once.' 'I was drawn to his magic and magnetism even when I didn't know he was behind it,' recalls Sukanya Verma.
Here's how Mrs Funnybones gives us major #lifegoals!
'When you are involved in a relationship and get married, why do you do that? To have a happy life together, right?' 'Not for arguments and divorce.' 'We face challenges at every stage of life.'
'A woman, with her clothes on, can be more sensual than a naked woman.'
Singer Samira Koppikar tells us what its like to be a Bollywood singer, and how she achieved it.
Abhishek has been posting fond memories and interesting anecdotes on Instagram, recapping his #RoadTo20.
Raja Sen feels Apoorva Lakhia's Zanjeer is an unwarranted, atrocious remake.
'I was in love and so I got married very early. Love makes you do crazy things. If I had not married then, my life would have been different. Today, I see women balancing their careers and homes. They are giving equal importance to their personal desires and their families, and that is great. I haven't been able to find that balance.' Bhagyashree, close and personal.
Mickey Virus gets better only in the second half, according to Paloma Sharma.
Love at first sight -- happens or not -- Nisha Jamvwal explores the possibilities here.
Sukanya Verma discovers what she loves about Anushka Sharma's 'spirit' on more than one occasion in her super-filmi week.
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya is the kinda film Simran (of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge) would have loved, says Raja Sen.
Bollywood inspired weddings, Dharmendra's cringe-worthy attempt at realism, Sridevi and Aishwarya's painful connection and more in Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week.
Hrithik Roshan on bouncing back as he returns to the marque with his snazzy actioner Bang Bang.
'It is very easy for me to choose different genres, but a lot of actors are still stuck in the same rut.'
Bezubaan Ishq is pure drivel, warns Paloma Sharma.
Bereaved families of Sukma bravehearts have demanded justice and questioned the intelligence failure and government inaction.
'Laxmikant-Pyarelal called upon Abba to ask him to sing this ghazal. "Please sing this ghazal for us. The producer is keen that only you should sing this ghazal, so that it will have the desired effect. But he doesn't have money enough to pay you".' Abba's heart was bound to melt on hearing this. He consented immediately. His daughter-in-law Yasmin K Rafi remembers the legendary Mohammed Rafi who would have been 91 today.
Rescued from slavery at age 7 by Kailash Satyarthi's Bachpan Bachao Andolan, Om Prakash Gurjar is today one of the world's 7 top influential youngsters.
Here's a closer look at Farah Khan's latest movie.
Such is Sharma's clout that very few are willing to take sides in this controversy. 'It's like talking about Salman Khan.' 'No one wants to ruffle feathers.'
'I get scared of horror films. Chak De! India was (first) offered to me but Shah Rukh Khan also needs to get some good films. When has Aamir seen me without clothes?' When Salman Khan was in the mood for fun.
'The critics were writing so well about me, I was shocked!' 'My phone didn't stop ringing!' 'This is the biggest tribute for a senior actor.' 'Now, I can pack up.'
'I don't compete with anyone but myself.' Sonam Kapoor speaks her mind.
'As a director, I am happy to take the blame because that's mine but I get blamed for everything.' Anurag Kashyap gets candid.
'The whats app messages came as a tsunami on to dry, sparse, corroded, forgotten parts of the brain. Thoughts, memories, faces and long erased episodes were irrigated once again and with that came a turmoil not felt in a long while.' 'In the stark difference of time zones, how does one work in a work day and when checking messages cope with the instantaneous transport to a time that was different in every possible way?'
Singer Nakash Aziz gets candid about his journey in Bollywood!
Salman Khan's latest, Jai Ho, didn't set the cash registers ringing, and one reason could be that his diehard Muslim fans were put off by his support for Narendra Modi, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
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