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Itni Starry Baatein

We see the glitz and glamour of Bollywood but what is the story behind-the-scenes? 

Itni Starry Baatein is a weekly podcast where series host Abira Dhar catches up with India's favourite stars in their raw, uncut, uncensored avatars.

Itni Starry Baatein with Abira

As this season of Itni Starry Baatein comes to an end, I take you on a journey with me and tell you my stories in this special episode – the stories that brewed behind the scenes of these starry interviews.

Over the course of this series, I've done so many interviews that it was hard for me to pick which ones to talk about. Kuch mazedar, kuch chatpati, aur kuch just plain emotional. I hope you enjoy listening to this episode.
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Season Finale | A Behind-the-Scenes Journey With Ranveer, Ayushmann, Ratna Pathak & Others

In 2002, a 20-year-old woman, Neha Dhupia, was crowned Miss India and 20 years later The Quint sat down with her after she was re-crowned. Neha recalls the moment she was on stage with her kids, husband and parents, reliving the dream.

Neha who is also a mentor to women who compete in beauty pageants says that over the years it has become more and more difficult for young women because of the competition and social media.

She opens up about how she got into the film industry and her first film with Ajay Devgn. And she also has some advice for her 20-year-old self who was crowned Miss India.

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'Mehr Slept With The Crown Under Her Pillow': Neha Dhupia on Being Re-crowned

Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan's granddaughter Navya Nanda is the co-founder of Aara Health, a health platform aiming to create awareness and build services around women's health and hygiene in India. She is also the founder of Project Naveli, in collaboration with L'Oréal Paris, and will be a key spokesperson in ‘I Know My Worth’ Campaign.

During her conversation, Navya spoke about her entrepreneurship journey which she started very young, the sexism and ageism that she faces in the business world, her experiences with menstrual education and more. 

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'I Always Go to My Nani in Moments of Self Doubt & Confusion': Navya Nanda

Finally, India has some statistics which point to the current state of female representation in the Indian film industry and digital space. Spearheaded by Ormax Media and Film Companion, and supported by Amazon Prime Video, we now have a detailed study that reveals the state of female participation, from boardrooms to film sets.

The Quint spoke to Aparna Purohit, the Head of India Originals, Prime Video, Anupama Chopra, Founder and Editor of Film Companion and actor Vidya Balan, who is known to play powerful characters on screen. The experts spoke in detail about their survey, and their experiences as women who were once vulnerable and are now in power.

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A Heyy Babyy Review Said Starring Akshay; My Name Wasn't Even There: Vidya Balan

In this episode of Itni Starry Baatein, the mother-daughter actors' duo, Neena Gupta and Masaba Gupta, get candid about the behind-the-scenes stories of Masaba Masaba, now streaming on Netflix.

During the course of the conversation, Masaba revealed that although Neena comes across as an unconventional mother, she is as conventional as a mother can be.

They spoke about how the show incorporates parts of their life stories, the fashion extravaganza of season 2, how both of them tend to their emotions, the mature portrayal of mothers in filmmaking in recent times and much more.

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'Won't Do a Reality Show Because Most of the Time I'd Have To Lie': Neena Gupta

On this episode of Itni Starry Baatein, Anil Kapoor talked about his recent release JugJugg Jeeyo, working with Neetu Kapoor and Maniesh Paul, Sonam Kapoor's pregnancy, his upcoming release No Entry 2 and much more.

Recalling the time that Sonam Kapoor told him that he was going to be a grandfather, Anil Kapoor said, "I thought I won't feel emotional but I did."

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‘I Choked up a Bit When Sonam Told Me About Her Pregnancy’: Anil Kapoor

In the new episode of Itni Starry Baatein, we are in conversation with the cast of Shamshera – Ranbir Kapoor, Vaani kapoor and Karan Malhotra. The film is releasing on 22nd July in theaters and this will be Ranbir Kapoor's first release in 4 years.

Karan Malhotra, Shamshera's director, shares how Ranbir reacted when he broke the news of him having a baby and RK reveals why he did not invite Vaani to his wedding.

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Alia and I Want to Have Lots of Kids : Ranbir Kapoor

This new episode of Itni Starry Baatein is all about Ratna Pathak Shah and Paresh Rawal's personal and professional journeys. With host Abira Dhar, they discuss their love stories, the lens that writers look at older characters through, the pay disparity within the film industry, what a comeback of Maya Sarabhai and Baburao should look like, and more.
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What Should Comeback of Maya Sarabhai, Baburao Look Like? Ratna Pathak, Paresh Rawal Open Up

In this episode of 'Itni Starry Baatein', Sanjay Kapoor recalls the ups and downs of his career, the preparation that went behind daughter Shanaya's debut and all about his experience of working in OTT.

Sanjay Kapoor is all set to bring back Rajiv Gural in the second season of The Gone Game, now streaming on Voot. The first season, which came out in 2020, lapped up praise for its stellar performances, and the final episode ending on a gripping cliffhanger has made it all worth the wait for the audience.

Talking about the changes that he had to make as an actor to fit into the OTT space, he says, "Today, more realistic films are being made so the performances too have to be much more realistic."

Sanjay Kapoor’s daughter Shanaya Kapoor will also make her big Bollywood debut soon. In this podcast, we also asked him about the excitement in the family, as another Kapoor enters the entertainment industry, and whether they have it easy.

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Nobody Signs You Because You Are Somebody's Child or Brother: Sanjay Kapoor

In this episode of 'Itni Starry Baatein', we are in conversation with Krishna Shroff.

Being Jackie Shroff's daughter, expectations were high from Krishna since her childhood. After discovering her love for fitness, Krishna turned this passion into her profession and is now a successful entrepreneur.

During the course of our chat, she talks about all the diets she has tried, her magazine shoots, the journey to a fitter self, what keeps her motivated and more.

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Krishna Shroff Opens up About Her Fitness Journey, Diets, Motivation, and More

Divya Dutta has been garnering a lot of praise for playing a negative character to perfection in her new release Dhakkad where she stars alongside Kangana Ranaut and Arjun Rampal.

In this episode of Itni Starry Baatein, she talks about how the last 25 years in Bollywood have been for her, the first time on a film set, sharing the screen with Amitabh Bachchan, and more.

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Host: Abira Dhar

Music: Big Bang Fuzz
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