By Mark Manuel | August 19, 2021

The Mark Manuel Interview: ‘I had no money for bellbottoms in the 1980s,’ says Akshay Kumar on BellBottom's release

AKSHAY Kumar was telling me that he didn’t own a pair of bellbottoms back in the 1980s. That decade being when this style of flared.....

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By Mark Manuel | June 04, 2020

The Mark Manuel Interview: Is my character ‘Lucknowi’ in ‘Gulabo Sitabo’? Let the audience decide! - Amitabh Bachchan

As the Modi government’s awareness ambassador for Covid-19 on TV, Amitabh Bachchan knows it’s best to practice social distancing these days. But the veteran actor has a new film to.....

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By Mark Manuel | January 07, 2020

The Mark Manuel Interview: I didn’t know it was Ajay’s 100th film when I joined ‘Tanhaji’, says Kajol

Kajol was looking vexed. And sounding furious. She was on the phone. Pacing Enigma at the JW Marriott. Giving snappy instructions to her driver who was delivering gift hampers.....

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By Mark Manuel | January 06, 2020

The Mark Manuel Interview: It is a matter of pride that Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone are playing my wife Romi and me in ’83, says Kapil Dev

Our Kapil Dev was on the phone. Calling for an interview from somewhere North last evening. Latish, around 7.30 o’clock. I tried to guess where. Chandigarh or New Delhi. Where.....

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By Mark Manuel | December 27, 2019

The Mark Manuel Interview: At 54 and after 30 years of cinema, I’m still working hard on myself, says Salman Khan

Salman Khan is waiting for me at Mehboob Studios. It is late evening on Christmas eve. He’s shooting Radhe, his Eid 2020 release. And giving a group media interview for.....

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By Mark Manuel | December 23, 2019

The Mark Manuel Interview: In real life, it took me time to accept the good news that I was becoming a father, says Akshay Kumar

INTERVIEWS for Good Newwz are going on at The Club in Andheri. In a banquet hall with a Christmas tree and blinking fairy lights. Kiara Advani, resplendent in white, looking.....

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By Mark Manuel | April 16, 2019

Bollywood doesn’t make films like ‘Kalank’ anymore, says Varun Dhawan

Varun Dhawan’s suite at the Sun n Sand looked like it had been rearranged by a tornado. Clothes were strewn everywhere. Jeans on the sofa. Jackets dangled from the pelmets......

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By Mark Manuel | April 15, 2019

My audience will definitely see Baba in ‘Kalank’, promises Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt rolled up majestically in his spanking new Range Rover SUV. He bought it only the day before. It paused in the sun while he got out. A gleaming.....

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