It was a week of personal recollections and release updates across Hindi cinema, as six public figures spoke about career choices, family, food and an early romance. The throughline was history: several names linked back to films and events that have become part of the Bollywood record—from Vicky Donor in 2012 to the Ladakh shoot of Tashan in 2008.
Ayushmann Khurrana reads his own filmography
Ayushmann Khurrana marked 14 years since his debut in Vicky Donor by attributing his longevity to content-driven, atypical projects. He named Andhadhun, Article 15, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan and Dream Girl as examples of a pattern built on risk.
In a statement, he said he has “always believed in walking the road less travelled” and wants to keep choosing stories that “break away from the expected.” He credited audiences with giving him the room to move across genres, and pointed to the response to Udta Teer as evidence that unusual narratives are still being accepted.
His next release, Yeh Prem Mol Liya, is a Sooraj Barjatya-directed romantic family drama with Sharvari, Anupam Kher, Supriya Pathak and Seema Pahwa.
Madhuri Dixit and Saif Ali Khan look back
Two older stories resurfaced on television. Madhuri Dixit, on Kon Honar Crorepati, said marriage and a family were always part of her plan; meeting Dr. Shriram Nene made the decision immediate. She also referenced a line from Dil To Pagal Hai about destined partners. The couple married in October 1999 and have two sons, Arin and Ryan.
Saif Ali Khan, on Kaun Banega Crorepati, recalled a Ladakh motorcycle ride during the shooting of 2008’s Tashan. Kareena Kapoor had accepted the invitation, then kept asking him to stop. “No, I hate bike rides,” he remembered her saying; his conclusion was that the interest was not in the motorcycle. The two married in October 2012 and have sons Taimur and Jehangir.
New and forthcoming turns
Tara Sutaria posted a London food diary on Instagram, noting she has spent 25 summers and winters in the city. The highlights included oysters, scallops, escargot, truffle ravioli, baked camembert and crème brûlée, with meals at Boisdale, Devonshire Soho and Brasserie Zédel. She also said she has seen The Phantom of the Opera more than 30 times. On the work front, she will share screen space with Aditya Roy Kapur for the first time in an untitled Milap Zaveri romantic drama, produced by Bhushan Kumar, expected to go into production later this year for a 2027 theatrical release.
Mira Rajput, speaking on Kareena Kapoor Khan’s What Women Want, described early motherhood as challenging but not something she would undo. She said supportive family—especially Shahid Kapoor and her two sisters—helped. Her daughter Misha arrived shortly before Rajput’s 22nd birthday and son Zain two days before she turned 24.
Elnaaz Norouzi, in an interview, framed her move from India to Hollywood as a continuation of an unlikely path: born in Tehran, raised partly in Germany, then known in India for Sacred Games. She said India “very much” feels like her country. Her next project, The Fix, is an action film based on a true story, and she promised “a totally different avatar.”
- Ayushmann Khurrana: Yeh Prem Mol Liya, directed by Sooraj Barjatya.
- Tara Sutaria: untitled Milap Zaveri romantic drama with Aditya Roy Kapur, planned for 2027.
- Elnaaz Norouzi: The Fix, a true-story action film.
- Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan: relationship traced back to Tashan, released 2008.
Why it matters: This cluster of updates is less about breaking box-office news than about how Hindi cinema remembers itself—through debuts, weddings, food and on-set anecdotes. For audiences who follow the record, these details fill in the longer arc between a star’s first break and the next release.
Source: INDIA New England News
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