Umesh Mehra reveals Sunny Deol’s TOUGH time shooting in Russia for Sohni Mahiwal as a vegetarian: “He survived on fruit, bread, butter, milk; NEVER complained”; recalls Hema Malini finding MEAT in her ‘vegetarian’ soup Published on Aug 13, 2026 06:38 PM IST Fenil Seta
REVEALED: More than 40 years before Shah Rukh Khan created history with Pathaan, Yash Chopra had planned Pathan; was shelved due to the Afghan-Russia conflict Updated on Aug 13, 2026 06:29 PM IST Fenil Seta
Umesh Mehra recalls HEARTBREAKING incident that still HAUNTS him: “A youngster saw Dilip Kumar in Qila and told his father, ‘Papa, yeh toh Shah Rukh Khan ki COPY kar raha hai’” Updated on Aug 13, 2026 12:37 PM IST Fenil Seta
50 Years of Sholay: Sachin Pilgaonkar reveals that he refused payment for his role: “Instead of a fee, Ramesh Sippy gifted me my FIRST-ever air conditioner; till today, I can’t sleep without AC, a habit I owe to Sholay!” Updated on Aug 15, 2025 10:58 AM IST Fenil Seta
50 years of Sholay EXCLUSIVE: Umesh Mehra of Minerva cinema breaks the MYTH that the film struggled in the initial 2 weeks; says, “Sab jhooth hai. There was negative publicity”; also reveals that this is the only film that ran genuinely for years Updated on Aug 15, 2025 10:57 AM IST Keyur Seta