Subhash K Jha gives us the lowdown on what's going on in showbiz.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's niece Sharmin Segal wed Aman Mehta, and quite a few film folk were spotted at her wedding reception held over the weekend.
'Diljit and Prabhas are so similar -- very humble, down-to-earth, extremely shy introverts and at the same time, extremely talented guys.'
She wept when the director took 101 takes to shoot a song for Heeramandi.
Bollywood has a history of making heads turn -- theirs and everybody else's -- in shiny hair accessory.
'I suppose all the excitement of the past few weeks caught up with me.'
'Why go to the trouble to build elaborate sets when it could all be done in front of a green screen?'' 'Nitin lost out on a lot of good work; film-makers no longer needed his lavish studio in Karjat as much as they did earlier.'
Bollywood doesn't need fire-breathing dragons when it has Bhai.
'It was Ranbir's idea to take a paternity break. He is a very excited father-to-be.'
Alia meets Bhansali... Tara promotes Ek Villain Returns... Urvashi glams up...
Dazzling, dancing and decked to the hilt, courtesans in Hindi films are a breathtaking mix of shiny fantasy and flirtatious poetry to behold.
Alia's white sari with fringes was designed by Rimple and Harpreet Narula.
The year was rich in content as far as Web series were concerned.
'You can see the influence of Charulata in the way I've projected Aishwarya in Devdas.'
It's an emotional time for Manisha Koirala, as she stars in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Web series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar.
'How much will our film industry succumb to these tactics from outfits who have made protests against Hindi films a thriving cottage industry?'
Alia Bhatt won hearts when she wore her wedding sari at the 69th National Film Awards at the Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi. The ivory embroidered drape was designed by Sabyasachi Mukherjee.
Holidays turn into horror, Bhansali brand of razzmatazz and tons more on OTT this week.
'Before every scene, Sanjay Leela Bhansali would play two or three songs over and over again, especially when Sharmin and I would shoot, because it invoked his emotion. One of the songs was from The Last Samurai. Everything is in rhythm for him. If he doesn't have that rhythm in place, then something is off.'
Aditi Roy Hydari on working with Mani Ratnam and Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
'Gangubai required Alia to change her body language, voice, even the look in her eyes.' 'I threw the challenge at her and she was more than up to it.'
Netflix, who were scheduled to stream Gangubai Kathiawadi a month after its theatrical release, has been 'requested' to postpone their streaming plans by at least a month, to allow the film to grow in the cinemas.
Film stars are beloved in our cinema-obsessed country. Stars are not only watched and worshipped on screen but also talked about with much fondness.
'The government wants to ban surrogacy and take away women's fundamental right to do what she wants with her body.'
Alia Bhatt made stunning pictures as she took the stage at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, where her latest film Gangubai Kathiawadi was premiered.
'It used to be a big problem to make people understand that one can be equally passionate about dancing as well as acting, and you don't need to choose one to be good at something. Bagging the kind of roles I wanted to do was a struggle.'
May offers a mix of original Web series and digital movie premieres on OTT.
On Alia's 31st birthday on March 15, Subhash K Jha looks at her best films.
On her 50th birthday on November 1, Sukanya Verma raises a toast to Bollywood's Golden Girl and 15 of her noteworthy performances.
Urvashi, Amyra at the airport... Rakul is at the gym... Kriti is spotted at a clinic.
We remember some of Nitin Chandrakant Desai most influential works.
Richa Chadha has started shooting for her first international project Aaina in London.
'I am writing two films. Something very different from Rocky Aur Rani.' 'I know I'm back on the set next year.'
Alia Bhatt has, in her words, been working 'like a mad woman' to complete all her assignments.
Alia has pushed herself harder on this one than on any other project to date.'
Joginder Tuteja lists the highest-grossing female-centric films.
Apparently, Deepika will now produce a bio-pic on the life of her father, the badminton champion, Prakash Padukone.
Heeramandi, a passion project that took off after years in development and planning, mirrors Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film-making's finest and frustrating features, observes Sukanya Verma.
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