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The Bombay Film Story

A series of candid conversations between host Mayank Shekhar and people of Mumbai and movies, sharing anecdotes, pop culture history, and trivia served with a side of some drama.

  1. SEP 26

    Episode 13 : The Bombay Film Story ft Guneet Monga Kapoor

    Did you know that a "broke" Guneet Monga Kapoor had e-mailed Richard Branson and Ratan Tata, requesting them to sponsor her maiden trip to Oscars in 2010? Or that she had sold her Delhi house to finance Monsoon Shootout? Plug into our latest episode as she breaks down the hustle, heartbreak and jugaad it takes to go from indie producer to two-time Oscar winner.

  2. JUN 18

    Episode 12 : The Bombay Film Story ft Hansal and Jai Mehta

    Did you know that Hansal Mehta was to direct Gangs of Wasseypur before Anurag Kashyap? Or that he left Mumbai after a spate of flops and resurrected his flagging career with Shahid from the outskirts of Lonavala? Plug in as Lootere creator Hansal, with his filmmaker-son Jai, charts his journey from helming TV's most popular cookery show to delivering one of Indian OTT's biggest series in Scam 1992.

  3. JUN 14

    Episode 11 : The Bombay Film Story Ft. Sonali Bendre

    How did a home in a rough Mumbai neighbourhood propel Sonali Bendre's acting career? How did she land Humma humma, the mother of all item songs? Plug into our latest episode as the actor takes us back to the '90s when a star's X-factor was as important as talent, and actresses sometimes needed to 'dumb themselves down' as a survival tactic.

  4. 10/22/2023

    Episode 10 : The Bombay Film Story Ft. Prosenjit Chatterjee

    Which director was the first to call Prosenjit Chatterjee after watching Jubilee? Which Hindi film did he turn down, only for it to be picked up by Salman Khan? Plug in to our Durga Puja special episode where we have an 'adda' with Bengal's biggest star, as he takes us from Kolkata's Park Street to Chembur's RK Studios and Juhu's Sun-n-Sand

  5. 03/02/2023

    Episode 9 : The Bombay Film Story Ft. Smriti Mundhra

    How did filmmaker Jag Mundhra's daughter reveal Yash Chopra's son, Yashraj scion, Aditya, actually exists? What was it like to be the last to interview Rishi Kapoor, for the Netflix series, The Romantics? How did Oscar nominated filmmaker Smriti Mundhra find 'Sima Aunty' for Indian Matchmaking? Plug in for more!

  6. 02/08/2023

    Episode No 8 : The Bombay Film Story Ft.Vasan Bala

    There are movies, and then there are 'B' movies. What's the difference between the two? Vasan Bala, film-buffs' ultimate filmmaker, and director of docu-series, Cinema Marte Dam Tak, walks us through secret bylanes, the stars, and the auteurs of Bollywood's C-grade cinema, that peaked in the late 1990s!

  7. 08/14/2021

    Episode No 7 : The Bombay Film Story with Mayank Shekhkar Ft. Kabir Bedi, India's first truly international star-actor

    One of the very few Indian actors to become an international star, Kabir Bedi engages in a candid conversation about his journey in Bollywood, stardom in Italy, his friendship with the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and more!

  8. 07/16/2021

    Episode No 6 : The Bombay Film Story Ft. Ranjeet

    Indian film and television actor Ranjeet indulges in nostalgic stories from the 70s and the 80s and opens up about becoming the most popular villain of Bollywood.

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A series of candid conversations between host Mayank Shekhar and people of Mumbai and movies, sharing anecdotes, pop culture history, and trivia served with a side of some drama.

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