'The industry has lost a legend... and we've lost someone who shaped the very soul of our cinema.'
'Some time back, music was just noise.' 'Producers wrongly think item songs sell better.' 'Audiences are intelligent, they accept whatever you give, but that doesn't mean you can fool them.'
'Star didn't think Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi was good enough to come immediately after KBC.' 'Except for Ekta, no one imagined it would become such a hit.'
'He used to do his homework before singing a song.' 'He used to find out who the hero of the movie would be or the situation in which the song would play in the film.' 'Accordingly, he moulded his voice.' 'For example, he sang Tel Maalish and Main Bambai Ka Babu for Johnny Walker in Johnny Walker style.' 'He would sing in different tones for Shammi Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Guru Dutt.'
Days after Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani's wedding, pictures of the celebrations continue to pour in.
'I faced difficulties, but today when I look back, it all looks mazedar (fun).'
'Once I left my photographs at Ram Gopal Varma's office.' 'I told a friend I was concerned no one had contacted me. My friend said, "Itni jaldi nahin hota idhar. Time lagega".'
'Even after Awaara Hoon and Mera Joota Hai Japani, between 1946 to 1963, there were plenty of upheavals in his career. My parents had moved into two rooms of a chawl, with an attached bathroom, by then, but life was hard, and often there was no food at home.'
When you are the Ambanis, you can get even Mata Saraswati to bless you.
'Finally it was S D Burman who brought us together.'
'I want to something drastically different, where people will get the shock of their lives. But that has not happened yet.'
'Sonam is my lucky charm.' 'Because of her, 2018 went well for me, as I got four big weddings.' 'It started with Sonam's in November, then Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh's in December, Kapil Sharma's wedding and then Isha Ambani's wedding.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'How can the romance of Indian Cinema ever leave us? Never.'
The legend talks about her favourite singers. Syed Firdaus Ashraf listens in.
'If somebody remixes my song Banno 20 years later, why would I feel bad about it?'
Rani Mukerji, unusually candid.
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