'The film industry has a lot of competition. You don't always get the roles you want.'
A playlist of 10 'so bad it's good' songs, our hostile neighbours will regret the day they decided to take panga.
Soundararajan, who is also a gynaecologist and fetal therapist, made the remarks while launching Garbha Sanskar programme of an RSS-linked body.
Natasa delivered memorable wedding day style, radiating elegance in designer outfits that made headlines. Which of these looks are your favourite?
Sukanya Verma recaps all those events from 25 years ago.
'When Julie 2 releases, I will tell you whether I am sanskari or not.'
Two seconds of Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai pack in more chemistry than two hours and 44 minutes of Ranbir and Shraddha's romance in Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar, feels Sukanya Verma.
...and she shuts the sanskari trolls. You slay, PeeCee, in a way only you can!
It would have helped Raees' creative -- not box office -- cause to have the courage of its conviction and not turn Raees into the story of a whimpering, sanskari gangster, feels Prasanna D Zore.
Here's imagining Craig's James Bond as a typical Bollywood hero.
Singhvi said when the release was ordered on August 15, the Modi government maintained a studied and deliberate silence on freeing the criminals, an action which has drawn legitimate criticism the world over and "exposed our system to widespread shame and ridicule".
'Rubina has created an image of being this sanskari contestant, but she is totally opposite of what is shown on TV.'
Twenty years after the burning of a train in Godhra killed 59 'karsevaks' and triggered one of India's worst post-Partition riots, the poll-scape reflects the yawning gulf between the two communities.
Bollywood heroines generally avoid taking on the Central Board of Film Certification or its chief but Bidita made has no bones about how she feels over the CBFC's cuts in her film.
Beg, borrow, steal or adopt, fake parents share a history of coming to the hero or heroine's rescue ensuing in much mirth and masala.
'I've always figured that it's the people who don't get laid enough, or well enough, who feel compelled to constrain and tear down anyone who looks as if they're having a good time.'
Here are things you can learn from Bollywood about Indian villages.
'We are the largest film industry in the world.' 'We employ millions and entertain billions.' 'We generate the highest amount of sales tax.' 'Our stars pay the highest amount of income tax.' 'All I would say is: Don't f*** it up!'
From romantic to risky to ridiculous, here are Sukanya Verma's lessons from Bollywood on how to spice up your shaadi.
What if these old classics were made in today's times? Sukanya Verma figures it out.
The complainant had alleged that the actor had raped her 19 years ago.
The Emperor of Bollywood Romance tries to play a lecher for the first time in his career.
It's high time that they found a mention in the baap of all' dictionaries.
While we wait for Batra's latest to drop on Amazon Prime Video on February 11, Sukanya Verma looks at how Bollywood has dealt with affairs of the heart over the years.
From cool to cocky, fun to furious, stern to sanskari, here are all the crazy lessons you can learn from Bollywood dads this Father's Day.
They have everything they wanted as a teenager - only they seem to have got it all 50 years later, says ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
Is there no 'normal' background? Sure there is.
'Delhi voters have liked the politics of performance over noisy rhetoric and empty promises,' points out Vijaya Pushkarna.
Perfect occasion for Sukanya Verma to look into all the Woh woes in Hindi cinema.
'The skin of any celebrity will show its age more than a normal person because we are always exposed to lights. So, we need to take extra care.'
'We have suffered grave and irreparable loss, harm and injury which could never be compensated in terms of money.'
Luka Chuppi is as much about live-in as Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was about pigeons.
'I hope I am remembered as the CBFC chairperson who took a firm stand against vulgarity and pseudo-liberalism, no matter how unpopular it made me,' Pahlaj Nihalani tells Subhash K Jha.
A delightful supporting cast rescues an underwhelming film, says Sukanya Verma.
Former Censor Board chief and Julie 2 producer Pahlaj Nihalani takes on the film industry.
A fun excerpt from Diptakirti Chaudhuri's Bollygeek: The Crazy Trivia Guide to Bollywood.
Warm or warring, back home too Bollywood has depicted many, MANY faces of sisterly love.
Bollywood gets ready for IIFA, coming up in June.
