I wanted to pay a tribute to films and the TV industry while making my first film. Maybe we film-makers always try to convey our love for the medium when we think of a feature film for the first time,...
Madhumita Sarcar went click-click. “This film was absolutely new and challenging for me but I was really lucky to be a part of it. It’s great that everyone had so much trust in me... hopef...
Almost every number in the album has a reprise/ revisited version. Why was it important for you to do that?
This was very, very important. Through this album, I have tried to introduce some ne...
Superstar Akshay Kumar on Monday said he has been admitted to a city hospital as a precautionary measure a day after testing positive for the novel coronavirus.
In a statement posted on his official ...
What was the starting point for Bansuri?
Bansuri started really interestingly. Director Satarupa Sanyal got in touch with me and told me that a very talented director from the South wants to work wit...
The (prolonged) death scene
Let’s face it. Bollywood could have saved many a character from a dramatic (and badly acted out) death only if the damned ambulance would have been called on time! T...
The star, who was shooting for "Ram Setu" in the city, urged all those who came in contact with him to get themselves tested.
"I would sincerely request all those that have come in con...
When Best Actor trophies crowd Manoj Bajpayee’s shelves this season, they make two emphatic statements. The first is that the boys of Bihar have not only settled down comfortably in the world of...
A film is waiting to be made on Frances McDormand’s face. A face unflappable yet brimming with emotions that waft across in the blink of an eye but convey so much. You see that as she peruses th...
What were some of the most important realisations for you?
We are so wrapped up and caught up in our own lives that we forget to look outside our own world. We had not appreciated nature for a very l...