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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"It was an impossible dream" - The team behind The Disciple, Chaitanya Tamhane, Vivek Gomber and Tanaji Dasgupta tell Anupama Chopra about the film’s historic win at the Venice Film Festival, what it was like to walk the red carpet and watch the film in a 1000-seater cinema hall and the big question about its India release.
"Just because I’m 40 doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be desirable." - Kareena Kapoor Khan chats exclusively with Anupama Chopra about her pregnancy, completing Laal Singh Chaddha with Aamir Khan and turning 40 this month.
"If you have the right people, you just need 10-15 people to make a film" - Fahadh Faasil, Roshan Mathew & Mahesh Narayanan tell Anupama Chopra about the logistics behind making C U Soon in lockdown, the skeletal crew they worked with and how they managed to capture the emotions.
"I’m glad they call Ananya a star kid, that makes me a star" - Chunky Panday candidly tells Anupama Chopra about his second innings with Abhay 2 on ZEE5, having to watch his daughter deal with online trolls and his best memories of 90s Bollywood.
"My father’s last words to me were, ‘Apne mulk ke liye kuch karna.’" - Baba Azmi and Shabana Azmi reminisce memories from their childhood, what their father Kaifi Azmi stood for and what drove them to make Mee Raqsam, streaming on ZEE5.
"My family won't be impressed even if I win the biggest award in the world." - Nawazuddin Siddiqui tells Anupama Chopra about how he's bettering his craft by spending time in his village during lockdown, where he stands on the insider-outsider debate in the film industry and news of his separation from his wife.
"I have to still knock on doors for work." - Bobby Deol chats with Anupama Chopra about Class Of '83 on Netflix, being ‘more ambitious’ now than ever before and why he still has to ‘struggle to get work’.
Post the release of her film Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, Janhvi Kapoor chats with Anupama Chopra about the responses she's received for her performance, how the resistance on social media fuels her as an actor and what she hopes to have imbibed from her mother Sridevi.
"My work is my life and ‘mazaa aa raha hai’" - Diljit Dosanjh chats with Anupama Chopra about his new album G.O.A.T. trending worldwide, cooking in lockdown and why he feels he’s in fact not the ‘Greatest Of All Time’.
Sanjana Sanghi on how her character in Dil Bechara has ‘spoilt' her, her lessons from the bumpy ride the film saw and the notes Sushant Singh Rajput wrote to her.
"He pushed me out of my comfort zone and made me think big." - Chaitanya Tamhane chats exclusively with Anupama Chopra about ‘The Disciple’ heading to the Venice Film Festival’s main competition and having the Oscar winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón as executive producer.
Ahead of the trailer launch of Honey Trehan's directorial debut Raat Akeli Hai on Netflix India (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCZSNzBgFub_WWil6TOTYwAg) , Anupama Chopra chats with the filmmaker and his actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui & Radhika Apte about creating the world for the film. Honey also shares a valuable piece of filmmaking advice he got from Vishal Bhardwaj.
Amit Sadh speaks to Anupama Chopra about returning with the @Amazon Prime Video India (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC4zWG9LccdWGUlF77LZ8toA) web series Breathe Into The Shadows, the insider-outsider conflict in Bollywood, and what kept him going for 10 years. Listen to him share anecdotes about how he went from being a security guard to an actor in Bollywood.
Actors are like slip fielders. You have to grab onto what comes shooting at you." - Abhishek Bachchan chats with Anupama Chopra about how he differentiates his OTT & theatrical choices, the star dynamic in Bollywood and his biggest learnings from the sports field, prior to the release of his web series 'Breathe Into The Shadows' on @Amazon Prime Video India (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC4zWG9LccdWGUlF77LZ8toA)
"I have been in lockdown for 15 years of my life" - Bulbbul stars Tripti Dimri and Avinash Tiwary chat with Anupama Chopra about how as actors they are prepared for lockdown, the struggle to make a mark in the industry and the rave response to the Netflix film.
"I remember Amitabh Bachchan as the romantic hero from Silsila" - Gulabo Sitabo’s Fatto Begum, Farrukh Jaffer chats with Anupama Chopra about her terrific performance in the Shoojit Sircar film, auditioning for the role, and her memories from the sets of Rekha's Umrao Jaan, in which she starred.
Kiara Advani chats with Anupama Chopra about having to hit the pause button on a packed release calendar, what she learnt from the super success and criticism that Kabir Singh received, and a possible digital release for Laxmmi Bomb with Akshay Kumar.
"He kept trying to hide his age from me" - Sushmita Sen candidly speaks about falling in love over Instagram, what she misses about movies from the 90s, and what it was like to be on the sets of Aarya, after so many years.
It’s unfortunate because it was my dream to see myself on the big screen with Amitabh Bachchan - Ayushmann Khurrana chats with Anupama Chopra about working with his mentor Shoojit Sircar on Gulabo Sitabo, why it felt like a ‘homecoming’ and when he sees himself being ready to go out and shoot films again.
It did tug at my heart, but I knew a digital release was right for the film - In this FC exclusive, Vidya Balan chats with Anupama Chopra about her short film as actor & co-producer premiering at the We Are One Global Film Festival, and accepting that Shankuntala Devi would have a digital release on Amazon Prime Video. She also tells us about how she feels content will change forever in a post-Corona world.
My son made his debut at the same age as I did - Madhuri Dixit Nene chats with Anupama Chopra about her new single 'Candle', getting her doctor husband to shoot the video for her, and why her ‘heart isn’t in the scripts’ she’s reading right now. #Candle (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Candle) #MadhuriDixit (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23MadhuriDixit) #AnupamaChopra (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23AnupamaChopra)
The migrant workers are ‘trapped’ in their own country - Real and reel life hero Sonu Sood chats with Anupama Chopra about being on the front-lines in the battle against COVID-19, what a day in his life is like right now, and shares a heartwarming story of a newborn baby that was named after him! #SonuSood (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23SonuSood) #MigrantWorkers (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23MigrantWorkers) #Coronavirus (https://www.youtube.com/results?search...
She’s kept us entertained with her mop review and the how-to-wash-your-dishes videos on Instagram - Katrina Kaif chats with Anupama Chopra about what she’s learnt about herself while in lockdown, how the definition of beauty changed for her with her makeup brand, and that truly relatable mop review that gave her maximum engagement on her social media! She also lets us in on a possible female-led big-budget film franchise.
"I will definitely take a pay cut if it helps the industry" - Kartik Aaryan chats with Anupama Chopra about filming in a post-corona world, the accusations of misogyny on a recent video and why he’s enjoying making the Koki Poochega videos.
Randeep Hooda is candid in this chat with Anupama Chopra where he tells us about why he stopped doing theatre, what he learnt from Naseeruddin Shah and what aspiring actors should be doing with their time in lockdown. #RandeepHooda #Extraction #AnupamaChopra
Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi speak to Anupama Chopra about that horrific car accident, the 'atrocious' nature of today’s music, and why India should be proud of lip-sync songs.
Filmmakers Nitesh Tiwari and Ashwini Iyer Tiwari tell Anupama Chopra about the many similarities between cooking and filmmaking that they have discovered during this lockdown. Watch this interview to know about the films that shaped them and helped keep them positive in these times of uncertainty.
Saif Ali Khan chats with Anupama Chopra about how he and his family are spending time in lockdown owing to COVID-19, Kareena making her Instagram debut, and what the rules of picture sharing are at their house. He also tells us about wanting to be more of a 'commercial' actor and helping Sara Ali Khan cope with the failure of Love Aaj Kal.
Many people still think Titu mama is a real person - Bhuvan Bam chats with Anupama Chopra about not being able to create while in quarantine, what he's currently binge-watching, and how he went about making his new video Time To Be A Hero.
People need to stop looking at actors as dumb people - Deepika Padukone chats with Anupama Chopra about mental health during the COVID-19 crisis, the films she’s considering, and how Ranveer and her stay entertained during the lockdown.
