'I made it very clear even at the casting process that there was going to be a lot of nudity.' 'And I wanted to be sure that it would be done with ease.'
As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's newsmakers and events.
How did Bollywood spend the long weekend? By travelling, of course!
March is going to be an exciting month when it comes to Bollywood releases as it would be a good mix of theatrical and OTT arrivals.
Director M Manikandan talks about his National Award-winning Tamil film Kaakka Muttai.
Zwigato urges viewers to think critically about the kind of unethical behaviour that food delivery workers have to put up with on a daily basis because of insensitive customers, observes Chintan Girish Modi.
Stars who hit the red carpet on day six at the Toronto International Film Festival!
He may try to keep it as natural as he can but there's no doubt that he's stolen a piece of everyone's heart, and some of these pictures are proof of that.
'There are millions of Americans who are doing their best to undo the damage that he (Trump) is doing to the world,' Michael Moore tells Indira Kannan in Toronto.
Of all the Indian films screened in Toronto, three stood out for Aseem Chhabra -- A Death in the Gunj, Mostly Sunny and An Insignificant Man.
'When democracy first came to Bhutan people had no idea and they were like 'What is that?' Oh it's that thing they have in India where the leaders are always fighting and arguing.' When I screened the film to Bhutan's film committee, they thought my film was good but they were concerned about that line. They wanted me to change that line. They said, 'We don't want to offend India.' I tried to tell them that Indians have a great ability to laugh at themselves but they insisted I change it.'
'We didn't know where the story was going. But I knew I was telling the story of an extremely lonely journalist.'
Bolly celebs have a new party place to go to!
'We are thinking on something like the 'Irrfan Memorial Award' given to the most promising new actor.'
'Karenge aur kaam, sir. Zindagi bahut choti hai, ideas bahut sare hain.'
'We'll certainly have Hollywood productions, so why wouldn't we have Bollywood?'
'My worst performances are in those movies in which the directors showed me how to act,' Emraan Hashmi tells Arthur J Pais/ Rediff.com in Toronto.
Bang Bang scores big worldwide, while The Hundred-Foot Journey becomes Om Puri's biggest hit.
Sridevi had updated her art to become more contemporary than current actors. She was new-age and yet vintage. By making the predictable so precious, she makes it a scene that could hold its head high anywhere in world cinema.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Here's looking at Priyanka's sexiest red carpet looks in the recent years.
It's the risk taker in her that makes us go 'wow'. Presenting birthday girl Priyanka's best style moments.
Check out the star arrivals.
Iram Haq's What Will People Say is a deeply relatable story of family values at odds with a modern culture.
Satyajit Ray. Films from Italy, Iceland and Albania feature on Aseem Chhabra's list.
The actress, who turns feature film director with A Death in the Gunj, discusses the cinema she is comfortable with and why she loves being an outsider.
A lowdown on what's happening in Hollywood.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films from the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
We look back at some of the most inspiring fashion moments of the year.
Director Ritesh Batra discusses his film, The Lunchbox, which releases this week.
An ultra-violent film about violence, Kill's greatest accomplishment isn't its death count alone but to challenge our perception of violence, observes Sukanya Verma.
'The script, the way it has been written, the relationships, the intensity... everything was so powerful.'
More than anything, he played his parts with great gusto.
'What the film shows is an India, which was headed in a completely different direction than where we are headed.'
Politics, favouritism and poor taste in cinema have contributed to embarrassing choices for the Oscar race in the past. This little gem from India needs the love, emotional and financial support from the government as well as the Indian film industry, argues Aseem Chhabra.
'The point about arranged marriages is -- because I come from a progressive family -- the idea was completely alien. But I have realised over time that there are instances of assisted marriages working very well. If you look at it, really, in a microcosm, it is the same thing as Tinder, isn't it? I mean, if you are trying to meet -- yes, no, yes, no, no.'
