'What is the fun of making a film without any message?'
'The idea is to celebrate your imperfections because God has made us all the same, right?'
Where a few film-makers are sensitive in their treatment as noted in the depiction of lesbian love in Hindi movies, a significant number is prone to poking fun for cheap laughs.
'If you listen to the title track of Judgementall Hai Kya, you will find some crazy things happening in it -- from crazy laughter to as if someone is inside your mind.'
'The most difficult thing in the world is to convince someone to put Rs 20 crore on your movie script.'
'During casting calls, people want you to a copy-paste version of who they think is good enough to be in Bollywood, especially if you are a girl. I didn't fit into that at all.'
'We are not in the crore game, at least not me.' 'So when I do a film, I do it purely on its merit, where I think we will go ahead and make a fantastic film.'
'You think of Sulu as someone who is sexy, sultry and intimate. You don't imagine her as someone clad in a sari.' And yet, Vidya Balan gets ready to seduce you again.
Sukanya Verma celebrates 25 years of Bollywood images.
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020.
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