Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; November 9, 2015)
LARA DUTTA
I would love to go on a road trip with Smita Patil. Shyam Benegal's Bhumika is one of my favourite Smita films. I have read that she used to enjoy driving. So may be we could drive down from Manali to Leh. Nothing teaches you life's lessons better than a road trip!
ALI ZAFAR
- Imagine watching Dilip Kumar on the Devdas sets saying, “Kaun kambakht hai jo bardaasht karne ke liye peeta hai, main toh peeta hun ki bas saans le sakun...“
- Making a portrait of Mr Amitabh Bachchan and Mr Shashi Kapoor at the Do Aur Do Paanch shoot...
- Whisking Parveen Babi and Zeenat Aman off on a date.
RAVEENA TANDON
Shammi Kapoor for me is one of the most romantic heroes of all time. If I could flashback to the swinging '60s I would shake my head in that distinctive way of his to the title track of Dil Deke Dekho... And of course, slide down snow with him shouting, “Yahooooo... chahe koi mujhe junglee kahe...“ Yayyyy!
VIR DAS
- As crazy as this sounds, I want to go back to 1958 and chat up the multi-talented Kishore Kumar who could sing, act, script and direct. I didn't see his Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi until I was 25, but when I did, it immediately topped my list of favourites. I'd want to be on the set of that movie and watch it being made. It took comedy to another level.
- I'd get to meet the gorgeous Madhubala.
NEIL NITIN MUKESH
I would like to go back in time and cajole my grandfather (singer Mukesh) to take me along to one of Mr Raj Kapoor's shoots. It would be a dream come true watching the legend in action. I have grown up on a steady diet of RK films and Sangam is the one I rewind to, again and again. I would ask Mr Raj Kapoor to sing “Mere man ki Ganga, aur tere man ki Jamuna ka, bol radha bol sangam hoga ki nahin“ while my grandfather danced to it and I stood by watching the roles being reversed and history being recreated.
ARJUN KAPOOR
I wish to talk movies with Marlon Brando. On The Waterfront is one of my top Brando films. If I could, I would dissect all the characters he has played and the performances that made him unforgettable. James Dean is another golden oldie I'd be happy to get to know. The Rebel Without a Cause was an enigmatic guy with a great sense of style.
AMYRA DASTUR
I am a huge Madhubala fan. For me she's the epitome of beauty and her Anarkali in Mughal-E-Azam is romance at its ultimate. Whenever I have to do a romantic scene I always think of her and “Pyaar kiya to darna kya“. If I had an opportunity to interact with her, I would watch each of her films with her and ask how she emoted so well in every frame. I'm pretty sure she would be exasperated with me but I am willing to take a chance. May be I could even persuade her to do the iconic “Pyaar kiya...“ dance with me. Wow!
I would love to go on a road trip with Smita Patil. Shyam Benegal's Bhumika is one of my favourite Smita films. I have read that she used to enjoy driving. So may be we could drive down from Manali to Leh. Nothing teaches you life's lessons better than a road trip!
ALI ZAFAR
- Imagine watching Dilip Kumar on the Devdas sets saying, “Kaun kambakht hai jo bardaasht karne ke liye peeta hai, main toh peeta hun ki bas saans le sakun...“
- Making a portrait of Mr Amitabh Bachchan and Mr Shashi Kapoor at the Do Aur Do Paanch shoot...
- Whisking Parveen Babi and Zeenat Aman off on a date.
RAVEENA TANDON
Shammi Kapoor for me is one of the most romantic heroes of all time. If I could flashback to the swinging '60s I would shake my head in that distinctive way of his to the title track of Dil Deke Dekho... And of course, slide down snow with him shouting, “Yahooooo... chahe koi mujhe junglee kahe...“ Yayyyy!
VIR DAS
- As crazy as this sounds, I want to go back to 1958 and chat up the multi-talented Kishore Kumar who could sing, act, script and direct. I didn't see his Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi until I was 25, but when I did, it immediately topped my list of favourites. I'd want to be on the set of that movie and watch it being made. It took comedy to another level.
- I'd get to meet the gorgeous Madhubala.
NEIL NITIN MUKESH
I would like to go back in time and cajole my grandfather (singer Mukesh) to take me along to one of Mr Raj Kapoor's shoots. It would be a dream come true watching the legend in action. I have grown up on a steady diet of RK films and Sangam is the one I rewind to, again and again. I would ask Mr Raj Kapoor to sing “Mere man ki Ganga, aur tere man ki Jamuna ka, bol radha bol sangam hoga ki nahin“ while my grandfather danced to it and I stood by watching the roles being reversed and history being recreated.
ARJUN KAPOOR
I wish to talk movies with Marlon Brando. On The Waterfront is one of my top Brando films. If I could, I would dissect all the characters he has played and the performances that made him unforgettable. James Dean is another golden oldie I'd be happy to get to know. The Rebel Without a Cause was an enigmatic guy with a great sense of style.
AMYRA DASTUR
I am a huge Madhubala fan. For me she's the epitome of beauty and her Anarkali in Mughal-E-Azam is romance at its ultimate. Whenever I have to do a romantic scene I always think of her and “Pyaar kiya to darna kya“. If I had an opportunity to interact with her, I would watch each of her films with her and ask how she emoted so well in every frame. I'm pretty sure she would be exasperated with me but I am willing to take a chance. May be I could even persuade her to do the iconic “Pyaar kiya...“ dance with me. Wow!