Interviews with Anupama Chopra

People like certain things in movie actors which I don’t fit into - Vijay Varma speaks to Anupama Chopra about the rave reviews for his performance in Netflix’s She, why he did Baaghi 3 & breaking away from the typecast after Pink. He also lets us in on what we can expect from Mira Nair's A Suitable Boy.

Ranveer & I just barged into Kapil sir’s house and lived there, observing everything - Kabir Khan chats with Anupama Chopra about directing Ranveer Singh in '83, the impact of the delays on the film industry and why he feels we will come out of the lockdown more ‘empathetic’.

Life as we know it has completely changed - Sonam K Ahuja chats with Anupama Chopra about self-isolating at home in New Delhi, the impact COVID-19 will have on the film industry and why she chose to back Kanika Kapoor despite not knowing her.

I started hating the songs that made me Armaan Malik - The singer chats with Anupama Chopra about his new English single Control, his rapport with Salman Khan and how he’s practicing social distancing.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 movi...

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.

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.

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.

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) , compa...

Bollywood can really break you - Riding high on the success of Bala, Yami Gautam chats with Anupama Chopra about the struggles of Bollywood, constantly needing to prove herself and what success feels like right now.

The audiences here don’t respect stars enough - Nawazuddin Siddiqui tells Anupama Chopra why Hindi film actors don’t take as many risks, what it was like to shoot for Motichoor Chaknachoor with Athiya Shetty & why he did the cameo in Housefull 4.

#AishwaryaRaiBachchan (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23AishwaryaRaiBachchan) tells #AnupamaChopra (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23AnupamaChopra) about dubbing for the Hindi version of #AngelinaJolie (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23AngelinaJolie) 's #Maleficent (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Maleficent) . The actor talks about star...

The team behind #LaalKaptaan (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23LaalKaptaan) , #SaifAliKhan (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23SaifAliKhan) and director Navdeep Singh chat with Anupama Chopra about what drew them to each other and the gruelling shoot schedule for the film. Saif Ali Khan shares anecdotes of getting into hair and makeup and learning to ride the horse. He...

#PriyankaChopraJonas (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23PriyankaChopraJonas) , #FarhanAkhtar (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23FarhanAkhtar) , Shonali Bose and Siddharth Roy Kapur discuss their film #TheSkyIsPink (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23TheSkyIsPink) , how they went about making it and how they individually deal and cope with death. Priyanka al...

The team behind Amazon Prime Video's #TheFamilyMan (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23TheFamilyMan) , #ManojBajpayee (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23ManojBajpayee) , Raj and DK speak to #AnupamaChopra (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23AnupamaChopra) about how they approached the series and why this tells the story of  'a quintessential Indian guy with...