Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

The making of a contemporary classic Rang De Basanti set a trend in filmmaking with its unconventional narrative style The making of a contemporary classic Rang De Basanti set a trend in filmmaking with its unconventional narrative style…

In her upcoming projects, actor Saiyami Kher will be seen collaborating with filmmakers Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari and Tahira Kashyap Khurrana In her upcoming projects, actor Saiyami Kher will be seen collaborating with filmmakers Ashwiny Iyer…

India is celebrating the stupendous performance of its athletes at the Tokyo Olympics. But, is it enough to be applauded? Yes, believes Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, the man behind films such as the National Award-winning Bhaag Milkha Bhaag…

The memoirs of the filmmaker who gave us 'Rang De Basanti' 15 years ago, a heady tale of idealistic youth fighting a second freedom movement At the turn of the millennium, when the Hindi film industry was looking for new voices to break…

Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra revealed in his autobiography, The Stranger in the Mirror, co-written by Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta, that Sonam Kapoor charged only a token amount to appear in his film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. The sports drama,…

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra recently launched his autobiography, titled The Stranger In The Mirror. On Thursday, he revealed a new excerpt from the book, this time by the lead actor of his debut movie Aks, Amitabh Bachchan.The quote by Amitabh…

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra revealed Aamir Khan had attempted to convince Hrithik Roshan to play the role of Karan Singhania in Rang De Basanti. The role was eventually played by Tamil actor Siddharth.In his autobiography titled The Stranger…

R Madhavan has revealed that during his romantic scene with Soha Ali Khan in Rang De Basanti, the actor couldn't help but think of her brother, actor Saif Ali Khan. In the movie, Madhavan's character proposes to Soha's and they share a…

Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra has recalled how he roped in actor Amitabh Bachchan to do his first film, Aks. In his autobiography, The Stranger in the Mirror, Rakeysh described himself 'quivering like a fiddle string' when he showed…

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra credits Aamir Khan for the timely completion of Rang De Basanti. The filmmaker has revealed that the actor had included a clause, under which, he would double his remuneration if the film wouldn't be completed on…