'When there is a paucity of time, strangely the maximum work gets accomplished. When there is no paucity of time, work never even gets a start.'
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I panicked and suggested he cancel his long-promised visit, recalls Subhash K Jha.
'On the set, he was this big personality, the great Om Puri. But at home, he was like a fluffy teddy bear.'
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'Salman has never been given a reason to change his ways.'
'After the first Kantara, when they announced the second one, I kind of knew he will call me. I had this instinct. Then he called me at midnight and I didn't pick up. I was like, I'm not talking to anybody at 12 at night. The following day, I called and we chatted. He said, I have to narrate you something. I said, I know, it's Kantara!'
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What we see in him today is not just stardom, but the reflection of his sincerity, humility, and an artist who carries the fragrance of his roots, asserts K R Nayar, who has known the Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner from their school and college days.
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'People ask me about my biggest action sequence; this is it, because it involved two giants of Indian cinema.'
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Big B is definitely improving and the doctors are happy with this. The Bollywood icon has thanked his fans for their good wishes and prayers, the spokesperson added. The hospital has, however, declined to comment on reports that Bachchan is likely to be discharged today.
'Madhubala in Kala Pani looks divine and yet, she's not just there for glamour.' 'In Do Raaste, the character of Neelambari (played by Bindu) isn't a heroine in the traditional sense but she has such a pivotal role.' 'That Raj Khosla gave a non-heroine such a central role, instead of the heroine, says a lot about how he valued female characters.'
She revamped him, that's what. And what a fun avatar it was!
Amitabh Bachchan who was hospitalised after he suffered acute stomach pain on his 66th birthday on October 11 resumes to work after a month long leave.
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Though Zanjeer is credited as Amitabh's breakthrough film, it didn't immediately enthrone him. Rajesh Khanna countered with a huge hit in Daag that year. But Deewar upended audience's cinematic taste and filmland hierarchies at the very start of 1975. Bachchan emerged as a one man industry, the angry young man who could regulate the thermostat of the entire film industry, recalls Dinesh Raheja.
'Do films today even have the courage to question the establishment?'
We speak to Bachchan's heroines, who have shared a close rapport with him but have hardly spoken about it.
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'They (stunts) are audacious and they are a risk. But then, I could well slip on a banana peel and head to Thy Kingdom come.'
'Pahlaj Nihalani came to my rescue. There was no Instagram in those days so I didn't recognise him.' 'I almost fainted when he told me he was Pahlaj Nihalani, the producer of Ilzaam, the hit film that had just made Govinda a star.' 'I told him I was a model and an aspiring actor, and he responded, "You have an interesting face. Come and meet me in the office tomorrow".'
Amaal and Armaan Malik doff their hats to the Big B.
Here's thanking you for being you, writes Raja Sen.
The Big B loves his unusual jackets. Here's a look.
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