All stories by Patcy N
'I am done with sex comedies'
Rediff.com21 Aug 2018'A journalist met me after Mastizaade failed and said, "'Whatever you do in life, you will never get rid of the Sex Comedy King of India tag".' 'She didn't mean to hurt me, but it broke me.'
How Saina saved Shraddha from serious injury
Rediff.com21 Aug 2018'I try to do my own stunts as much as possible.' 'I tried this stunt for Saaho and my foot got stuck. My other leg was stretched in the air.' 'If it had stretched two more inches, there could have been a tear.' 'I was limping for a while, but thankfully, because I have been physically training for Saina, my body is warm all the time.'
'Sadly, acting is taken as the easiest job in this country'
Rediff.com16 Aug 2018'Acting is the toughest job in the world.'
Watch out for Aisha Sharma, folks!
Rediff.com13 Aug 2018'The best thing about John is that he's tall! So you will never be told, 'Aisha, you are too tall'.' 'Not once did John make me feel it was my first film.' 'The chemistry in the song Tere Jaisa is phenomenal.'
Why John Abraham still travels by rickshaw
Rediff.com9 Aug 2018'My middle class upbringing has shaped me up like that.' 'I am not saying actors are bad -- they are lovely people -- but I don't know which world they come from.' 'They come with their baggage, this aura...'
'Who is safe in this country?'
Rediff.com9 Aug 2018'Look at what we are doing to the goats, the cows, the women, the children...'
'Politics should not be treated like lavatory cleaning'
Rediff.com9 Aug 2018'Politics has become a toilet because we delegate everything.' 'We have to catch a bus, watch a cricket match, live our life... we feel this (politics) is not part of our responsibility.'
How politicians tried to break Kamal Haasan
Rediff.com8 Aug 2018'Those involved in the government had invested in cineplexes in Tamil Nadu, so they wanted Vishwaroopam stopped to further their gains.' 'When there was a difference of opinion, they started punishing the film by banning it.' 'It is ugly, tyrannical politics which the nation did not understand.' 'They broke me for Rs 60 crores.' 'Because I am a star, I am living to tell the story.'
'I don't dwell on success or failure beyond Monday'
Rediff.com2 Aug 2018'If the film becomes a hit within Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I am relieved.' 'But by Monday, I need to come back to earth.'
'It was scary working with Irrfan, Dulquer Salmaan'
Rediff.com1 Aug 2018'I was like a child in Disneyland! There was Irrfan Khan, Dulquer Salmaan...' Mithila Palkar confesses to Rediff.com's Patcy N.
'I have never been happier making someone else cry'
Rediff.com28 Jul 2018'This is a movie for a lot of people, but for us, it's an experience.' Dhadak stars Ishaan Khatter and Jahnvi Kapoor talk about their success.
'Janhvi is a full Bollywood heroine!'
Rediff.com19 Jul 2018'Janhvi came into our lives thanks to Manish Malhotra.' 'He knew Janhvi for a long time and asked Karan to meet her.' 'He said, she has been doing natak from the age of four!' 'I made her do scenes from Badri just to see what she can do.' 'When I saw the scenes and how she responds to directions, I was convinced that I had found Parathvi.'
'Jahnvi has a unique energy about her'
Rediff.com17 Jul 2018'With Janhvi, we spent a lot of time together during the prep.' 'So by the time we went on the sets of Dhadak, it felt like being on the sets with your best friend.' 'On the sets, we were having too good a time.' 'We were having so much fun that I was worried if we were getting the work done or not.'
'My mom painted such a colourful world'
Rediff.com13 Jul 2018'I think my mom's fear came from the fact that I would be compared to her.' 'She was worried about the comparisons because she would say, "I have done 400 films and this is your first, but they will compare you to my 400 films".'
'I want to be a pan-Indian entertainer'
Rediff.com5 Jul 2018'After Bharat Ane Nenu, I have been getting a lot of interesting scripts from the Telugu industry.' 'I would like to balance between Hindi and Telugu films.'
'I don't like making stories about guns and drugs'
Rediff.com29 Jun 2018Raju Hirani on making Sanju.
Ranbir's BIGGEST worry about playing Sanjay Dutt
Rediff.com29 Jun 2018'He decided that if the looks did not match, he would not do the film.' 'We did not want a 100 percent match, but we did not want to look completely stupid.'
'We are not here to portray Sanjay Dutt as God'
Rediff.com27 Jun 2018'You might hate him, but it will be an honest portrayal.'
'I don't take success to my head and failure to my heart'
Rediff.com27 Jun 2018'When Rajkumar Hirani offered me the film, I was probably in the worst phase of my life.'