All stories by Patcy N
'Nicole Kidman is amazing but I am not a fan girl'
Rediff.com21 Feb 2017'The entire journey was beautifully nourished and I was very lucky that Lion came out the way it did. Otherwise, I would have really regretted it.' Priyanka Bose is ready to take her film Lion to the Oscars.
'I am anxious about Ram Gopal Varma's reaction to Running Shaadi'
Rediff.com17 Feb 2017'I have been a part of more than a dozen films as a cinematographer but this was the smoothest shoot of my life. There was not a single day, when I wondered how a particular shoot would be done.' Meet Running Shaadi director Amit Roy.
'I have work and am paying my rent on time'
Rediff.com16 Feb 2017'I have always wanted to do a rom-com but I always get hard-hitting characters. I thought that if I do a rom-com at 50, it will look silly. So I was excited that it come to me at the right time.' Amit Sadh discusses his new film.
'One mistake and you will be thrown out of the industry'
Rediff.com15 Feb 2017'I don't have a family member in the industry and haven't been launched opposite a superstar. I don't have multiple film deals with any studio. It's difficult because I have to prove myself with every film.' Yet, Taapsee Pannu is one of the the busiest actresses in Bollywood.
'I never felt I was 'somebody''
Rediff.com13 Feb 2017Saurabh Shukla, one of our finest character actors, on his life and movie career.
'Why should I compare Raees's collections to Dangal or Sultan?'
Rediff.com31 Jan 2017Shah Rukh Khan sets the record straight.
'Hrithik's personal life did not affect Kaabil'
Rediff.com24 Jan 2017'Hrithik is 10 years junior to Shah Rukh, so I know there will be an impact on the box office. Star power matters, they bring in the crowds. But that is only until Sunday. From Monday, the star doesn't work, the film does.' Director Sanjay Gupta talks Kaabil.
'I still cry every time I watch Dangal's climax'
Rediff.com20 Jan 2017'When you are half decent looking, you want to look like yourself, especially in your first project. But it was important to do justice to the role, especially when it is such a big project. I don't want to play the lead and look like a hero. I am open to do character roles, what is the harm in it?' Dangal actor Aparshakti Khurrana looks ahead in life.
'It is such a blessing that Deepika is in my life'
Rediff.com13 Jan 2017Vin Diesel can't get enough of Deepika Padukone!
'I am not positive at all'
Rediff.com11 Jan 2017'When I started off the process for Kaabil, we were making the character sympathetic as he is blind.' 'Just looking at him and his environment, you would say, 'Arrey bechara'.' 'But meeting blind people, I realised there is no essence of helplessness in them.'
Om Puri: Rag-picker who became a legend
Rediff.com6 Jan 2017'I belonged to the working class, not the middle class.' 'I was a rag-picker. I used to pick up coal from the railway tracks.' 'I was rejected from the FTII, as I was very unkempt and skinny.' 'I did not look like a hero, villain or comedian.' 'But Girish Karnad and Jairaj said I should be taken based on merit, not looks.'
'He was very confident that I would sing a Hindi song well'
Rediff.com6 Jan 2017Happy Birthday AR Rahman
Revealed! Anil Kapoor's fitness secrets at 60
Rediff.com24 Dec 2016He is 60, sexy and stylish and he knows it. Here's how Anil Kapoor does it.
'Shah Rukh Khan is the George Clooney of India'
Rediff.com29 Nov 2016'Aditya Chopra says the only time Shah Rukh acts is when he laughs' 'I never realised this, but when I see him, I realise that he has never laughed.' 'So I asked him why doesn't he laugh.' 'He said he didn't know, that he never thought about it.'
'I could never sell myself'
Rediff.com28 Nov 2016Pavan Malhotra, one of our finest actors, shows us another side of Bollywood.
'They are not just filmmakers; they are life-makers'
Rediff.com10 Nov 2016Shah Rukh Khan turned 25! we are not kidding, he actually completed 25 years in Hindi film Industry.
How Ajit became a suave villain
Rediff.com21 Oct 2016'My father became a very popular villain and in some films, was paid more than the hero. He was a very simple person. All he needed was six pairs of white shirts and trousers for the whole year, one or two packets of Dunhill cigarettes a day and books.' Shehzaad Khan on his famous father Ajit.
'After Indira Gandhi's assassination, it wasn't riots, it was a massacre'
Rediff.com20 Oct 2016'People, who were killed, didn't even know why they were being killed.' 'Because a couple of Sikhs assassinated Indira Gandhi, the whole community had to pay for it.'
'Kareena and Saif are a solid couple'
Rediff.com18 Oct 2016'I am fortunate that I have never been stuck in riots. I have had a very protected life and upbringing. I remember my brother was in Mumbai during the 1992-93 riots and we were all worried about him. But he was fine.' Soha Ali Khan gets serious.
'My style of acting is different from what you relate Anil Kapoor with'
Rediff.com4 Oct 2016'My father knows that he was not good in Parinda. He himself told me that he messed it up because he was so successful at that time with Ram Lakhan and Tezaab. He was so iconic as Munna that he tried to recreate it all the time. It is not necessarily the best thing to do.' Harshvardhan Kapoor says why he's blessed to be an actor in today's days.