Innholdsfortegnelse for February 2021 i STARDUST

“I’m very filmy about my breaks-ups. I cry, listen to music, eat chocolate, and think about the tanhai, I need my filmy moment.”– Ananya Pandey It’s the love month and you’ve just had a break up but before you use up all the Kleenex, listen to the gorgeous Ananya Pandey for some ‘Ananys’ism on break up and bouncing back. Young un Ms Pandey wisely claims, “You will kiss many, many frogs before you find your prince or princess charming.” So what about the earth-shattering break ups, don’t they worry her? The 22-year-old endearingly confesses, “I’m very filmy about my breaks-ups. I cry, listen to music, eat chocolate, and think about the tanhai, I need my filmy moment.” In fact, she sure believes that ‘Bollywoodizing’ a heartbreak can help lighten the…

“I congratulate Stardust for completing 50 amazing years in this industry. 50 is a huge landmark and for me, Stardust is the reason I am in the film industry. It is through Stardust Talent Hunt that I got selected and I got to be a part of the movies. Stardust cover pages were embedded in my head as a child because the glamour and glitz I was mesmerised by. I was also featured by Stardust many times and also in the cover pages. I congratulate Stardust once again.”– Divya Dutta “I Am Aditya Panscholi. My real name is Nirmal Panscholi. When I entered the film industry in 1982-83, my name was Nirmal. The name Aditya was given to me by Mr Nari Hira (Chairman, Stardust). I think I am one…

Aayush Sharma and Ahil Sharma giving father-son goals! Riteish Deshmukh looks chic as he poses for a candid picture. Janhvi Kapoor raising the temperatures in a red dress. Ishaan Khatter is a water baby. Siddhant Chaturvedi enjoying Udaipur’s beauty through a window. Newly married Varun Dhawan shows off his body. Fitness is the way for Malaika Arora. Sara Ali Khan wishes mom Amrita Singh on her birthday. Jacqueline spent her weekend horse-riding. Alia Bhatt with her girl gang. Ananya Pandey shares a photo with her furry friend. Winters got Parineeti all packed up in her brother’s jacket. Mommy-to-be Kareena pouts her way in a lovely Kaftan. All work, no play makes Rajkummar a dull boy! Mommy duties for Anushka Sharma. King Khan likes to play Snooker. Yami shares a sun-kissed…

It’s the season of love and what better way to celebrate love than with the outstanding music video Bechainiyan sung by Amit Mishra and Dr Reena Mehta, starring Bigg Boss 12 finalist, actor, trendsetter and heart-throb Romil Chaudhary with budding talent Aishani Mehta. ‘Bechainiyan’ has been really creating a huge buzz and is already winning hearts all over the country. Here, the talented four speak to Nikita Nikhil about their musical journey, bechainiyans and why they feel that the song will win the nation’s hearts! Read on… Amit Mishra, there is this big buzz about your new music release in collaboration with Dr Reena Mehta titled Bechainiyan which has released on 14th Feb. Can you talk about the song? So the song is featuring Romil Chaudhary and Aishani Mehta. I…

“I am very happy that my film Krack is India’s first blockbuster to be released in theatres in 2021.”– Gopichand Malineni Telugu film Krack starring Ravi Teja and Shruti Haasan is the first film to hit the theatres in 2021 after the horrific lockdown. Not only that, but the film is also a huge blockbuster. Though now it’s released on AHA platform, director Gopichand Malineni was absolutely sure that he wanted to release the film only in theatres first. Here, he talks about working on Krack, Ravi Teja and Shruti Hassan and his plans of making Krack in Hindi and his dream team. Gopichandji, 2020 has not been a happening year for many people but for you, 2021 has started extremely well. Your film Krack is a huge hit. How…

Snapped! We are starting a listing page to help aspiring actors/singers/models/directors/cinematographers/musicians/dancers who are interested in entering the Indian Film & Television Industry. The listing will have one full length and one close up/profile picture, name, age, dreams & aspirations, hobbies and a link to a performance video (if any), and links to personal Facebook, Instagram & twitter accounts. Stardust e-magazine goes to various production houses, directors, PR agencies, casting agencies and producers. The page will be highlighted so that they can have a look at new talent. Listing fee applies, Please contact Prashant Rane on 212-725-7833 or send an email to stardustmagazine@aol.com for further details. Disclaimer: • Stardust or Magna Publishing Inc does not guarantee work/assignments in the industry.• The listing is just a point of contact for upcoming artists…

“When Chiranjeevi gaaru heard it, he told me to jump into it right away and because it’s my first story and I wanted this to happen through his hand.”– Vaisshnav Tej The trailer looks amazing. Could you say more about your film Uppena? It’s a very pure love story. It’s high on emotions and has its own commercial elements with a bit of comedy and romance. It has everything in it. I guess every age group will connect to it and it’s going to be a good film. Keerthi Shetty is playing the lead role opposite you in Uppena. How was it working with her? It’s wonderful actually. She is such a great co-artist and co-actor. She is very hardworking. And she is always in that mood like if there…

“Sridevi and Jaya Prada have dragged the image of an Indian woman behind by twenty years” – so stated Smita Patil a few months back. And she couldn’t have been more apt. All said and done, the three feminists of the industry – Smita, Deepti Naval and Shabana Azmi, despite their internal rivalries have each in their own way strived to better the status of the Indian woman, through the characters they portrayed. And a different kind of cinema was emerging. Reflecting a stronger, thinking woman. Even commercial actresses like Rekha (‘Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye’) and Hema Malini (‘Andha Kanoon’) had begun to change tracks, when Sridevi and Jaya Prada invaded – and took the industry by storm with their writtling hips and crude oomph-appeal. Thus destroying what the other three…

Pratibha Singh Baghel truly epitomizes her name. Brimming with talent, she burst onto the music scene with a craft that she has honed over years of arduous practice and an exacting discipline. There were hurdles on the way, but success has been that much sweeter for it. Today, she is one of the most revered female vocalists in the music circuit today and her talent has been appreciated by musical stalwarts like A.R.Rahman, Shankar Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam, Salim Suleiman to name a few. She has lent her voice to many Bollywood movies and has performed extensively in more than 30 countries. She has essayed the roles of Bahaar and Umrao Jaan in musical plays like Mughal-E-Azam and Umrao Jaan respectively. She remains an integral part of these epic musical dramas…

“We took a call very early that economically releasing films on our OTT platform was not working for us because of the cost of acquiring a film and making up the difference of what the producer would have tried to do in the theatre.”– Karan Bedi Karan, one of the youngest, MX player, is now one of the biggest platforms in the OTT domain. How has the journey been? As you said, we are probably the youngest player in the OTT market, we launched only less than two years ago. It’s been a phenomenal journey because we came into the market with a very strong proposition about where we wanted to position ourselves. And, I think we’ve done that with great success. We are now the largest OTT platform in…

“The one thing the casting department is lacking is that I think they’re not getting the due credit they deserve in terms of the industry.”– Kunal M Shah Kunal, the casting department has become a very important department globally. However, it is comparatively a new segment in our Hindi film industry. as perhaps 5 to 10 years ago, it was very disorganized but over the last few years, it started becoming more professional. I think casting has become one of the most important technical departments of filmmaking or for a web show. It is definitely not disorganized at all any more. I know a few years back, it was still the assistant directors who would cast and call actors and there was no designation as “casting director” as such. But…

Nick Jonas has posted on his Instagram that perhaps Priyanka Chopra Jonas would be the only Jonas to be honoured with an Oscar soon. People in the know claim he is perhaps referring to Priyanka’s mind-blowing performance as Pinky Madam in the film The White Tiger. And we absolutely agree, she was absolutely fabulous in it and if not an actual Oscar, Priyanka would definitely get nominations. Globally too, The White Tiger has shown its class and is the number one film in a record breaking eight countries so no wonder both the cast and crew are busy patting each other’s backs. Even in India after Netflix streamed this beautifully made film, both critics and the audience haven’t stopped raving about it. In fact, ‘producer’ Mukul Deora had even tweeted…

These three iconic ladies – Smita Patil, Deepti Naval and Shabana Azmi had created an indelible niche for themselves amongst the glamour dolls of the industry. Strong, opinionated and articulate, all these three ladies never hesitated to voice out what they felt even if it caused ripples of turmoil in a hitherto male chauvinistic industry. Smita Patil, award winning actor, one of the best in the industry, unfortunately expired after a post pregnancy complication. Her amazing genes however sparkle in her son Prateik Babbar who has at last found his mettle and is enjoying his craft as an actor. Shabana Azmi worked in several award-winning films. Till date, she doesn’t hesitate to take up cudgels for issues that need to be heard. Deepti Naval too has acted in her share…