Innholdsfortegnelse for December 2020 i STARDUST

You are a powerhouse performer and one of the finest actors in the Hindi Film Industry, could you tell us about your journey – what made you decide to be an actor? I don’t know if there was ever much of a choice. Nothing else holds my interest for too long. I love stories: telling them, hearing them, getting inside them, being surprised by them, reminding myself and others that, oh no love, you’re not alone, you’re watching yourself but you’re too unfair, you got your head all tangled up, but if I could only make you care, oh no, love, you’re not alone, no matter who or what you’ve been, no matter when or where you’ve seen. You started out in Neerja as the menacing Khalil in the Hindi…

“I am very instinctive like that. If I feel a particular situation will lead me into that spot, I just take two steps back from it beforehand.”– Digangana Suryavanshi You became an actor because…? …Because I was insanely driven towards it at an age where I didn’t even know what it meant. And I wanted to be on TV from the age of four to five …and that became the rest of my life. Your dream film…? Wow! It would be something in which I am playing somebody with whom I have lived an entire life. And that would give me an immense amount of satiation. The film you enjoyed working in… All my films! (laughs) It is really hard to choose one, but the debut is always special and…

Skin Sense Disha believes in the simple cleansing, toning and hydrating routine and for that a soft cleanser and a moisturiser works well for her. Ask her about her radiant look and she insists, its because she drinks a lot of water which hydrates and cleanses her system. A peel-off replenish skin mask once a week makes her face glow. When she’s not shooting or she’s doing her workouts, she keeps a no makeup look so that her skin doesn’t get clogged. The basics she swears by are: daubing rose water on her skin, washing her face with a good face wash and then putting on cold cream to keep her skin moisturised. A good sun block and Disha is sorted. Makeup Essentials An eyeliner, face mist, Prep +Prime Fix…

He was touted to be the “next superstar” after the Khans who would rule Tinsel Town. And why, not! He was Bollywood’s chocolate boy who had eight back-to-back hits from the time he debuted in KJo’s Student Of The Year (SOTY). In fact, after his debut, Alia Bhatt and he were the only ones who flew soaring high and were pegged to be the next big things in the Hindi Film Industry. And for that matter, he did live up to all the flowery prophesies as his next eight films after SOTY – Main Tera Hero, Humpy Sharma Ki Dulhania, Badlapur, ABCD2, Dilwale, Dishoom, Badrinath Ke Dulhania and Judwa 2 - became huge blockbusters at the Box office. Indeed, it was a home run for him with 100 percent success…

“I did get some flak for being a part of Bad Boy Billionaires, but I brushed it aside.”- Parveen Dusanj Bedi You were the Vice President at Contentflow Studios and a producer with 10 years’ experience of working in the entertainment industry, how did you start in the industry? I really began my career by working for international clients coming into India for short-form content who needed a point person, a sane voice and a solutions person. From there things just grew. I directed a nonfiction episode for a L.A team and produced the rest of their episodes. I knew I was good at what I did. Foreign clients were always comfortable working with me. They can see my work ethic, the transparency with which I work and my ability…

Child Of The Wild Pooja Bhatt’s Pains And Passions-Harish Kumar It’s not easy being Mahesh Bhatt’s daughter! And who would know this better than a pretty young girl called Pooja Bhatt. Her childhood (not that she’s any grown up now) she spent in a whirlpool of trauma. While papa Bhatt went around making statements like “I am a bastard…!” It was his little baby doll who had large accusing eyes glaring at her. Then again, she was a silent spectator to the raging fights at home between her two strong but conflicting, parents. The final straw was when Mahesh Bhatt deserted his wife Kiran, Pooja and younger son Sunny for another woman – Soni Razdan! Who he expected them to accept as a new part of their family. As coolly…

“A few idiots have glamourised the word ‘nepotism’ and become advocates of it for their personal gains…”- Aditya Seal From Student of The Year 2 to Indoo Ki Jawani, the charismatic Aditya Seal is indeed going places. Here in a very candid conversation with Sumita Chakraborty, Aditya speaks from his heart about his turbulent journey, nepotism and of course, the ‘riot’-a-thon Indoo Ki Jawani. His journey has been chequered… with a lot of serpentine ups and downs. But he’s been determined and has persisted despite the many thorns strewn in his path. Meet the gorgeous Aditya Seal whose newest project Indoo Ki Jawani is garnering a lot of praise. Read on as he frankly talks about the good, bad and ugly times he faced, his take on nepotism and more……

She was 17 then but now she’s in her late forties. But the very articulate Pooja Bhatt has not lost any of her exuberance. She still talks non-stop without pausing for a breath and has an opinion on any and every subject you bring up. Thirty years ago, she starred in several films including Daddy, Dil Hain Ki Manta Nahin, Zakhm, Sadak, Border etc. and was considered a powerhouse performer. But there was so much more to Pooja than just being an actor. Soon enough she followed in her daddy dearest Mahesh Bhatt’s footsteps and moved on to direction and production. Her debut directorial venture Paap won her a coveted award and she went on to make Jism 2. Recently she was seen in Sadak 2 - a film that…