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Shekhar Kapur picks John Abraham as next James Bond, actor reacts: 'Practising my martini order'

May 17, 2026 1:28 pm

After filmmaker Shekhar Kapur backed John Abraham as the next James Bond, the actor thanked him for his kind words and encouragement.

Shekhar Kapur recently opened up about his highly anticipated futuristic film Paani and why Yash Raj Films (YRF) pulled the plug on the project.

'YRF decided they didn't want Sushant Singh Rajput in Paani, he had been rehearsing for 6 months,' recalls Shekhar Kapur

March 10, 2026 11:16 am

Shekhar Kapur recently opened up about his highly anticipated futuristic film Paani and why Yash Raj Films (YRF) pulled the plug on the project.

Shekhar Kapur recalls his spat with Javed Akhtar over Mr India sequel, says writer asked what he had done for the film: 'I have no rights'

March 10, 2026 10:48 am

Shekhar Kapur, responding to his famous public spat with Javed Akhtar in 2019 over his tweet about intellectuals, said that the screenwriter had completely misunderstood his point.

Amrish Puri joked about feeling 'trapped' by Mogambo, was asked to repeat his iconic dialogue wherever he went, recalls Shekhar Kapur

February 28, 2026 2:39 pm

Shekhar Kapur recalled that Amrish Puri had grown tired of saying 'Mogambo khush hua' as fans kept asking him to repeat the dialogue wherever he went.

Shekhar Kapur predicts AI-created stars in future who 'won't ask for a raise': 'Wo beemar nahi hogi'

February 18, 2026 10:07 pm

Shekhar Kapur recently recalled an incident when his cook approached him with a script for Mr India 2 created using a generative AI chatbot.

Angry boys surrounded Shekhar Kapoor after Masoom flopped on day 1: They lost all their money, told me not to make 'Article films'

February 09, 2026 11:49 am

Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur recalls the rocky start of his debut Masoom, when theatres were empty and distributors gave up, before it became a hit. The director recalls getting pity, and advice, from black marketers.

Shabana Azmi didn't talk to Jugal Hansraj when he worked as a child actor on Masoom: 'She didn't want us to become too close'

December 27, 2025 12:47 pm

Jugal Hansraj recalled that during the shooting of Masoom, Shabana Azmi maintained her distance from him to authentically portray the on-screen tension between their characters.

Alisha Chinai collaborated with Kishore Kumar for Mr India

Kishore Kumar was ‘busy clowning’ during Mr India recording, says Alisha Chinai: ‘He gave me a look…left without a word’

November 30, 2025 10:12 am

Alisha was barely 21 or 22 when she stepped into the studio to record the duet with Kishore Kumar, who was more than twice her age and already an icon.

'Dharmendra cried, hid face so no one could see': Jugal Hansraj recalls biggest fan of Masoom, reveals why he turned down Shekhar Kapur's film

October 31, 2025 1:13 pm

Jugal Hansraj also recalled how Dharmendra was so impressed by his performance in Masoom that he went on to cast him as his on-screen son in several of his subsequent films.

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Sohaila Kapur on life, bond with brother Shekhar, and mental health: 'Have experienced depression in my youth'

September 11, 2025 7:54 am

Sohaila Kapur says while the men in her family freely joined films, women were held back — a contrast she overcame to build her own identity on stage and screen.

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10 must watch films that were submitted to Oscars by India

September 25, 2017 1:53 pm

Rajkummar Rao's 'Newton' is India's latest entry to Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The trend was started in independent India in 1957 with Mehboob Khan directorial 'Mother India'. Over the years, there have been only three films that have actually made to the final Oscar nominations list. Scroll through for a list of top movies that were submitted to Oscars by India.