Tabu
shared about how she lost and found Ashima Ganguly in her first international
film Namesake with Mira Nair.
Kiron
Kher spoke about shooting Khamosh Pani
during troubled times in Pakistan, Guddi
Jaya Bachchan was facing the camera after decades in Hazar Chaurasi ki Maa and identified with her character Sujata.
Shabana Azmi discussed the dividing line between the actor and the activist and
also because nobody speaks as passionately about acting as she does. Azmi said
India cinema will change in the 21st century and it did.
Rekha was enacting her first deglamourized
role as the midwife and mother in Lajja
and even though pushing 50 at that time, she remained the first choice of
filmmakers casting for the role of a courtesan as in Yatra.
I
was privileged to spend quality time with all generations of directors.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s last interview post Jooth
Bole Kauwa Kaate and Yash Chopra’s last interview post Veer Zaara. I didn’t know at that time that Hu Tu Tu would be curtain call for Gulzar as a director and he
would rise to dizzy heights as India’s prime lyricist.
The
new breed of directors like Karan Johar and Sanjay Leela Bhansali were then
young and restless. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
for Karan and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
for Sanjay had raised the bar and both were anguished to live up to the high
expectations from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie
Gham and Devdas.
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