'The next Cannes is in India'

'We are the land of stories.' IMAGE: While Deepika Padukone's pleated shirt and sleek black pants were lovely, her serpent necklace grabbed everyone's attention. Photograph: ANI Photo/ANI Picture......

'Shekhar will bring much-needed vitality to FTII'

Photograph: Kind courtesy Shekhar Kapur/Instagram Shekhar Kapur never went to acting school or learnt film-making. Trained as a chartered accountant in England, Shekhar drifted to film-making in......

Are Alia and Ranbir the best actors?

Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar Are Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor the best actors in Bollywood? PadMan Director R Balki, who has worked with Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Tabu and Radhika Apte,......

'Bhansali has never been political'

'Politics has risen around Padmavati, but the film has nothing political in it.' IMAGE: Deepika Padukone in Padmavati. Shekhar Kapur believes Sanjay Leela Bhansali did not make Padmavati with an......