'He had a terrific sense of what works at the box office and what doesn't.'
'Everybody has stood by Rajpal Yadav. The industry has been supportive.'
The crucial sequence in the film will feature Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan together on screen for the first time since God Tussi Great Ho.
'I know that it can be dangerous when people's expectations increase, but I don't think like that.' 'I just do my work honestly and let fate decide the rest.'
'Even Wikipedia has fallen for it. Who are these so-called sources spreading false news?'
'My life and career have changed in subtle but meaningful ways.'
'If I count how many films I refused and how many heroines got awards in those films...'
'I feel as proud as a father when I see Aditya Dhar being celebrated for his work.'
As 2025 draws to a close, film folk recap the year, and tell Subhash K Jha what excites them most about 2026.
'Most of us try to be good human beings; he was genuinely a good person.'
'To have made it to the shortlist of 15 films for the Academy Award is a big deal for us.''
'It is wrong to say he turned director to create starring opportunities for himself. He was happy with what he had.'
'The audience has accepted Tere Ishk Mein with all its flaws. My film doesn't need any other validation.'
'The biggest mistake was that he fled Karur after the stampede.'
'Shah Rukh takes any attack on his friends personally.'
'The heavens are intoxicated with his charm now. Zubeen will keep singing in peace.'
'He knows people in a small town like Karur would give anything for a glimpse of the superstar.'
'When someone complimented him, he hugged that person with such sincerity. That genuineness stayed with him.'
'Dharmendra has never coveted other actors' roles, never indulged in competitive games.' 'There is not a malicious bone in that rugged body.'
'The army and all the people we did spend time with, they emphasised the kind of impact Arun Khetarpal has had on one, the Indian Army and two, just the country as a whole.'
'Just before his death, he did Bhoot Bangla with me. What a honour for that boy from the village who watched him in Sholay!'
She is no longer Samantha Ruth Prabhu. She will be known henceforth as just Samantha.
'The Dhamaal director wanted an innocent guy who's still like a child. He hinted that my voice was very strong.' 'I worked it out: I got this dungarees look, made him slouch, got rid of the bass in my voice, and added a lisp to make him cuter.' 'These are things an actor does because you want to bring something to the table.'
'...That people are suddenly recognising me.'
'We had just shared the warmest of hugs just a week back at the shoot of Haiwaan.'
'What a talent, what an actor! 'Cast him as anyone, anything, and he is ready for the challenge. I get restless when I don't have him in my film.'
'I was a boy from a small village in Punjab. Who would have thought I'd be loved by everyone?'
'I have just completed the script and now I will look for the actor who is convincing as the great Rafisaab.'
'In these times of vitiated politics, we miss people like Advaniji and Atal Bihari Vajpayee in active politics more than ever.'
Kamini Kaushal was one of Indian cinema's long-lasting actresses, who went from playing Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand's heroine to Manoj Kumar and Rajesh Khanna's mother.
The film's director Lokesh Kanagaraj and producer Kalanithi Maran took a collective decision to add a...
'Sulakshanadidi was never the same after Sanjeev Kumar turned her down.'
Two movies from across the world will be honoured at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
Salman won't host Bigg Boss from the next season.
'If they said the shift is at 9, I would reach by 9. But no one came until 12. Slowly over the time, I felt very disappointed with the whole thing.'
'It is so important to have co-stars who don't think about their own performance only while creating something special.'
'When he was not shooting, he was telling us stories and anecdotes. And reciting poems.'
S S Rajamouli announced his new epic Varanasi at a grand event at Hyderabad's Ramoji Film City over the weekend.
'I didn't charge any money for Coolie. Working with him was all the remuneration I needed.'
'Somewhere our society's collective morality is lost. There's a kind of moral confusion in our society which reflects in our films.' 'Filmmakers are hiding behind romance, ghost stories, murder mysteries and sex. No film is looking at social issues.'
