Kajol and Niranjan Iyengar chat with Anupama Chopra about the response to their short film Devi, the accusations of plagiarism on the film and how they went about roping the stellar cast including Kajol, Neha Dhupia, and Shruti Haasan, Mukta Barve, Rama Joshi, Sandhya Mhatre, Yashaswini Dayama, Shivani Raghuvanshi, and Neena Kulkarni.

Interviews with Anupama Chopra

85: Kajol & Niranjan Iyengar On Devi, Plagiarism Allegations & More | Anupama Chopra | Film Companion

He said the illness helped him discover who Irrfan the human being is - Homi Adajania and Radhika Madan chat with Anupama Chopra about the challenging circumstances of making Angrezi Medium, what they learnt from Irrfan Khan and the story behind the voice note.

84: Radhika Madan and Homi Adajania Interview with Anupama Chopra | Angrezi Medium | Film Companion

Ahead of the release of his first web series Special Ops, filmmaker Neeraj Pandey chats with Anupama Chopra about creating for the web, what it takes to make a good thriller, and what keeps him hooked to the genre. He also tells us about what we can expect from his Ajay Devgn starrer Chanakya.

83: Neeraj Pandey Interview with Anupama Chopra | Special Ops | Film Companion

After 8 years, Karisma Kapoor returns to the screen with ZEE 5 & ALT Balaji's new web series Mentalhood. She talks to Anupama Chopra about how coming back to acting was never planned, how she's happy to be spending time with family at home, and how her sister Kareena Kapoor Khan contributes to her decisions.

82: Karisma Kapoor Interview with Anupama Chopra | Mentalhood | ZEE5 | ALT Balaji

Director of Netflix India's new film Sooni Taraporevala, along with main leads Manish Chauhan and Achintya Bose sit down with Anupama Chopra to talk about making a dance film, along with comparisons with Gully Boy.

81: Yeh Ballet Interview with Anupama Chopra | Netflix India | Film Companion

Bollywood has always been ‘aspirational’ - Allu Arjun chats with Anupama Chopra about his blockbuster Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, being a member of the mega family of Telugu cinema and his plans for Bollywood.

80: Allu Arjun Interview with Anupama Chopra | Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo | Film Companion

Ahead of the release of their film Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, actors Ayushmann Khurrana, Jitendra Kumar and filmmaker Hitesh Kewalya talk to Anupama Chopra about making a film around homosexuality. They talk about the stigma attached, trying to cast a gay actor for the role and why the masses in India are still homophobic.

79: Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan | Ayushmann Khurrana | Jitendra Kumar | Hitesh Kewalya | Film Companion

Alaya F, who made her debut in Jawaani Jaaneman, chats with Anupama Chopra about the wait to get her first film, her ‘obsession’ over Instagram & what she’s hoping to have inherited from her grandmother Promita Bedi.

78: Alaya F Interview with Anupama Chopra | Jawaani Jaaneman | Film Companion

From reacting to the memes around the Love Aaj Kal trailer, to her relationship with Kartik Aaryan - Sara Ali Khan is candid and unfiltered in this chat with Anupama Chopra about stardom, trolls and why she’s never derived her confidence from her looks.

77: Sara Ali Khan Interview with Anupama Chopra | Love Aaj Kal | Film Companion

Saif Ali Khan comes clean in this interview with Anupama Chopra on the politics of Tanhaji and why he felt the film is based on a 'dangerous idea'. As he turns 50 this year, the actor talks about being realistic about his stardom, why he chose to do Jawaani Jaaneman and how invested his wife Kareena Kapoor Khan and he are in each other's script choices.

76: Saif Ali Khan Interview with Anupama Chopra | Tanhaji | Jawaani Jaaneman | Film Companion

Gully Boy's MC Sher, #SiddhantChaturvedi (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23SiddhantChaturvedi) invites Anupama Chopra home for an interview. They chat about how life changed for the actor after Zoya Akhtar's #GullyBoy (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23GullyBoy) and what the 10 months after it have been like for him. The actor also lets us in on the Dharma and YRF movies he has green lit and getting a chance to work with the likes of #DeepikaPadukone (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23DeepikaPadukone) , Rani Mukerji and Saif Ali Khan.

75: Siddhant Chaturvedi Interview | Anupama Chopra | Gully Boy | Bunty Aur Babli 2 | Film Companion

It was so liberating to have people not recognise me - Deepika Padukone chats with Anupama Chopra about filming #Chhapaak (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Chhapaak) , taking the year off to creatively ‘enrich’ herself, how much she’s comfortable sharing on social media and the kind of films she sees herself producing.

74: Deepika Padukone Interview with Anupama Chopra | Chhapaak | Film Companion

Don’t take away my achievements because I’m married to a producer - Rani Mukerji on wanting to work outside the Yash Raj Films universe and why she believes her character in Mardaani 2 is as real as the cops in Delhi Crime and Soni.

73: Rani Mukerji Interview with Anupama Chopra | Mardaani 2 | Film Companion

Panipat isn’t jingoistic or religious in it’s telling - Arjun Kapoor, Kriti Sanon & Ashutosh Gowariker chat with Anupama Chopra about the lens through which they made the film, how they got into the headspace of the 18th century characters and what they hope the audience takes away.

72: Arjun Kapoor, Kriti Sanon & Ashutosh Gowariker Interview | Anupama Chopra | Panipat | Film Companion

Priyanka Chopra made it easier for the next Indian to break into Hollywood - Indian-American actor Devika Bhise talks to Sneha Menon Desai (https://www.facebook.com/sneha.menon.798?eid=ARBmgHjqL8vbmWqHBFoOY_jXxQ79shqUb3N0pj4aNHcrYo7HSzGyirXWy_0A2ctEmDBPjMhEigvM4ISI) about making #TheWarriorQueenOfJhansi (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/thewarriorqueenofjhansi?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG) , comparisons with #Manikarnika (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/manikarnika?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG) and what she’s looking for in a Bollywood project.

71: Sneha Menon Desai Interviews Devika Bhise | Film Companion

Anupama Chopra is a film critic, television anchor and book author. She has been writing about Bollywood since 1993. Her work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Hindustan Times, The Los Angeles Times and Vogue (India). Here you can find all of her interviews and conversations with Bollywood and Hollywood's leading actors and filmmakers. In short, everything you need to enhance your cinematic experience.

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