Interviews with Anupama Chopra

Ahead of the release of Roohi, Janhvi Kapoor & Rajkummar Rao speak to Anupama Chopra about the nerves before a theatrical release after a year, how the pandemic has changed what audiences expect and what their hoping to achieve with this horror-comedy.

How does one create imperfect women on screen? The team behind Netflix India's new series Bombay Begums speak to Anupama Chopra about the casting, workshops and what went into creating the real, flawed and perfectly imperfect women for the show. Here's the conversation with Alankrita Shrivastava, Pooja Bhatt, Shahana Goswani, Amruta Subhash, Aadhya Anand and Plabita Borthakur.

Directed by Ribhu Dasgupta, The Girl On The Train stars Parineeti Chopra, Aditi Rao Hydari, Avinash Tiwary & Kirti Kulhari. They chat with Anupama Chopra about adapting the film in Hindi, what about the film industry they would like to see change and why the term 'women oriented film' is actually derogatory.

"The day this feels like a job, I promise I’ll stop acting" - Mohanlal speaks to Anupama Chopra about Drishyam 2 releasing on Amazon Prime Video, how he chooses his scripts and his most favourite film from his 43-year old career.

I call it the 'in-between interviews' book - Priyanka Chopra Jonas chats with Anupama Chopra about her memoir Unfinished, building her career on supporting parts and the Hindi film she is very excited to do next.

"Less than 5% of Indian directors are women" - Ekta Kapoor, Tahira Kashyap & Guneet Monga speak with Anupama Chopra about the gender gap in the industry that drove them to form #IndianWomenRising, sexist statements that they're now used to hearing and how filmmakers can reach their collective for help.

It’s nice to be anonymous - Adarsh Gourav tells Anupama Chopra about his stellar performance in The White Tiger, ‘not feeling famous’ despite the attention and the projects he’s working on next.

When I heard The White Tiger was being made, I went after it - Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Rajkummar Rao, Adarsh Gourav, Ramin Bahrani & Mukul Deora speak to Anupama Chopra about adapting the book to film, finding their sync with each other & why they never called ‘action and cut’ on set.

The creators and cast of Gullak Season 2 that's streaming now on SonyLIV , chat with Anupama Chopra about taking the show a notch higher, bonding over their shared experiences, how they created their chemistry and what it took to shoot the show during the pandemic.

"You have to be crazy to want to be an actor today" - The team behind  Netflix India's AK vs AK - Anil Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane speak to Anupama Chopra about the realities of shooting the film, boundaries they didn't cross and who was the biggest 'diva' on set.

Unpaused on Amazon Prime Video features five short films directed by Raj & DK, Nitya Mehra, Nikkhil Advani, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Avinash Arun. The filmmakers gather to chat with Anupama Chopra about the challenges of shooting during the pandemic and finding the story that closest resonated with their experiences.

Ahead of the release of Anurag Basu’s Ludo, the film’s cast and director chat with Anupama Chopra about the ’tragic absurdist comedy’ they were creating, how the filmmaker creates his whimsical world, and food which played a very integral part in the making of this film which stars Abhishek Bachchan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Rajkummar Rao, Sanya Malhotra, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Pankaj Tripathi, Rohit Saraf,...

"It was very tough to decide what next when Jagga Jasoos failed.” - Anurag Basu and Pritam discuss how they created music together over 5 collaborations, if there will be a sequel to Jagga Jasoos and what they tried to achieve with their upcoming film Ludo.

"My Telugu fans are very possessive of me” - Pooja Hegde chats with Anupama Chopra about juggling multiple film industries, why she believes co-actor Prabhas is ‘very goofy’ and her thoughts on how she was projected in Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo.

Rajkummar Rao & Nushrratt Bharuccha chat with Anupama Chopra about making Chhalaang, what they learnt from each other since the time they started their careers together in LSD and coping with the loss of mentors and co-actors like Irrfan and Sushant Singh Rajput.

Shimit Amin speaks to Anupama Chopra about working on Mira Nair’s A Suitable Boy and how he tried to blend into her vision for the web show that released on Netflix on 23rd October. The filmmaker also tells us about his long hiatus from Bollywood, a prospective film with Yash Raj films and a piece of practical advice for all aspiring filmmakers.

"A Suitable Boy to me is long-form cinema" - Mira Nair, Ishaan Khatter & Tanya Maniktala chat with Anupama Chopra about their Netflix series that releases on October 23rd. They speak about re-creating Vikram Seth's novel set in the 1950s, finding their characters and their backstories and why they refer to it as 'The Crown in brown'!

"I don't think I am in a position today to fill theatres, but I hope to soon." - Yami Gautam & Vikrant Massey tell Anupama Chopra about their new Netflix outing Ginny Weds Sunny and the work that goes into building your brand as an actor.

"I’m back to being the filmmaker I was, with Serious Men" - Sudhir Mishra and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in conversation with Anupama Chopra about their Netflix release Serious Men and what they learnt from the children on set.

"On set, I’m starry-eyed, I’m not starry" - In an exclusive conversation, Ishaan Khatter chats with Anupama Chopra about working with Tabu on Mira Nair’s A Suitable Boy, the controversy around the ‘Beyonce’ song in Khaali Peeli and why he’s currently on an ayurvedic detox.

"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.