Initially, the part she was offered was no bigger than what Alia Bhatt had in Rajamouli's RRR.
'After playing strong women like Kavita and Tulsi on television, it would be very difficult for audiences to accept me as a routine running-around-trees heroine.'
'I was super shy and awkward and had no idea what huge stars I was working with.'
Priyanka Chopra becomes the highest paid Indian actress of all time.
'Expect an emotional dramatic film with action. Expect a world within the crime world.'
Subhash K Jha remembers his conversations with movie legend Manoj Kumar, who passed into the ages on April 4, 2025.
If all goes well, Mansoor Khan, who quit filmmaking 25 years ago to move to Coonoor, is being teased out of retirement to direct his nephew Junaid.
'Whatever he has shot or directed and left with us over the last few decades have so much depth and emotion that we can cherish them for generations to come.'
'Saif is fully conscious and even taking calls from close friends.'
'Tourism will get hit. Thousands of lives will suffer. Businesses will shut down.'
'As an actor I feel I have a strong relatability with the common Indian.' 'Madhav Mishra is not a character of cinema, he is a character from and of our society.'
Buoyed by the retro-success of Sanam Teri Kasam, Rajkumar Santoshi's laugh riot is now returning to movie theatres in April.
'Ashram made people realise that Bobby Deol can play different characters.' 'It was the most watched show till date.'
'Casting the Bachchans NOT as father and son was the toughest and the easiest part.'
'I am not playing someone's mother or grandmother just because a big director is offering a role. Believe me, I have many got such offers but they don't persuade me.'
'The sincerity and commitment to art is something you don't see much these days; it's more about the moolah.'
'We have had several films on the caste system but they are all in different decades, when sensibilities were mature enough to comprehend.' 'Today, we are in a different zone of thought.'
'My father's friends told him that your son has done a film in which he has copied your voice. That's how he saw a couple of scenes of mine in Andaz Apna Apna. He told me I shouldn't have done it.'
'I have achieved a sort of liberation as an actor and as a person after Khakee: The Bengal Chapter.'
'Let's see if Subham gets the audiences' funnybone and their terror-pulse.'
'The franchise can grow only if it evolves. And for it to evolve, it has to pass on to a younger hand.'
'Farhan wanted someone who was young unpredictable and compatible on screen with Ranveer Singh.'
'I did not fall for the box office pressures.'
'Maybe I'm meant to do a few more good films, have some more nice times with family and friends, do some more charity.'
'My health is allowing me to work harder compared to the previous two years.' 'I'm grateful for that.'
'The behaviour, body language and attitude of a streetwalker were alien to me.'
'When Aamir Khan was being launched in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Director Mansoor Khan needed a young vibrant youth anthem, a song that described the uncertain adventures of the young, as they stepped into the real world.'
'I always think I'm going to do maybe two films a year. But then I get these really good scripts and I get greedy.'
'They were not sure that I was of Indian origin as their stereotypical image of an Indian was that of a dark-skinned dude.'
'I am glad Aranyer Din Ratri is being shown at Cannes.' 'The film was better appreciated outside India even when released originally.'
Jaya Bachchan, who was last seen in Karan Johar's Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani, gets ready to face the camera again.
'One day, they will learn that certain lines are not to be crossed when it comes to family.'
'I am not a mother and never had an abortion either, so I had to understand motherhood and child loss from anecdotal experiences of others.'
'Often, the actors and technicians would be rolling in laughter during the shooting. I remember our brilliant cinematographer laughed so hard, he fell off his trolley.'
'I found a story that merged my two passions, history and law. I couldn't have found a better story for my debut film.'
'He was a tremendous artist of a very high order, gone too soon. He not only reshaped the visual language of Indian Cinema through his cinematography in Aravindan's films, Shaji sir gave us all a sense of direction through his mainstream work as a cameraman.'
'It is true Manoj Kumar was an excellent director with an unbeatable music sense.' 'But I had a bad experience regarding the song Hai Hai Yeh Majboori.'
When Aishwarya celebrated her birthday in Dubai on November 1, the speculation regarding the Abhishek-Aishwarya marital rift ran even higher.
'The opportunity to live as the Serpent excited me.'
'Creative impulses ek lifetime mein pura nahi ho payega.'
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