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Time of India
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
From tribal threat to theatre staple: Anubhav Sinha traces Popcorn's journey, questions modern movie-watching habits
Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha took to social media to share a thought-provoking note where he traced the history of popcorn. Taking to Instagram, he wrote a lengthy note where he reflected on popcorn's journey from ancient South American roots to becoming an inseparable part of the movie-watching experience. In his post on Instagram, Sinha talked about how popcorn, once considered a low-class snack, rose to prominence during the Great Depression and eventually found its way into cinemas-becoming as iconic as the films themselves. Sharing a photo featuring different types of the beloved snack, the filmmaker wrote, "Big deal on popcorn and cinema these days. Thought I'd disturb the history of this. So it is said that popcorn in South America (then Americans used to speak), and especially tribals in Mexico and Peru have been eating about three and a half thousand years BC. In the early nineteenth century, a man named Charles Crater has found a method to make corn popcorn from steam. There the popcorn tradition began. Then it started trending at fairs, circuses and other events like that." "When cinema halls were built in America in the early 20th century, it was thought in the bar. But it's noisy, dirt spreading and lower class symbol kept out of theaters. The game started in the thirties. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like How to Trade ETH/USD Without Holding Ether IC Markets Learn More Undo At the time of the Great Depression. People had no money, and popcorn was cheap. Lihaza opened shops outside theaters and then slowly it was allowed in theaters at higher prices. Remember the poor had food and were slowly sliding up. And cold drinks were also trending. Here the romance of popcorn and cold drink begins." The 'Anek' director added, "Sugar deficiency during and after the Second Pure. Cold drinks in crisis. Costly and reduced. Popcorn and cold transgender started here. The popcorn won. The cold also came back later. Now in cinemas, these two, (Hindustan had samosa, now biryani has reached) earn more or equal money than cinemas in cinemas. The accountability of the filmmaker is that why should we spend so much money and go to watch the movie. This is a reasonable question. But the reasonable question of the filmmaker is that we have only made a film. Someone else selling popcorn and cold. Her civil opinion is also that if you don't like it then just come to watch the movie." Anubhav ended his note writing, "A question also came in the heart related to this. Questions should keep coming in the heart. How much popcorn do we eat in our homes? I eat often. You guys? Once in a week? Once in a month? Less than that? Only in theaters?."
Time of India
13-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Anubhav Sinha on "Tum Bin" turning 24: 'Had no idea what a hit or flop was'
Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha's heart-touching romance saga, "Tum Bin" completed 24 years of release on Sunday. Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha 's heart-touching romance saga, "Tum Bin" completed 24 years of release on Sunday. Marking the occasion, the filmmaker penned a nostalgic note on his official Instagram handle. He revealed that when he started the film he only had a story he wanted to tell. Sinha penned on the photo-sharing app, "Today 'Tum Bin' has turned twenty-four. I had no idea what a hit was or what a flop was. There was a story and a lively producer; everything else happened gradually. The team was like a small army. Everyone was doing everything. Whether we ate or slept made no difference. Movies were made like that. They should be made like that. An open heart, an open sky. Fly. There is no rule book for flying. " He revealed that a film's success is not detemined by its box office numbers, but by how many years it is remembered by the viewers. "A film is not successful or unsuccessful on a Friday. The journey of a film is a journey through time. How many years the film is remembered for - that is the true journey of art. This is a twenty-minute making video. If you have time, do watch it. Not to see how it was made, but to see how little fear there was of winning or losing among us all," the filmmaker wrote. The post included a BTS video from the making of 'Tum Bin'. Sinha concluded the post by showing his gratitude to producer Bhushan Kumar . "Thanks to Bhushan Kumar and the atmosphere in which producers made films. Where have those people gone? All the producers who made films in the nineties and are no longer making them should come back. Films were made like that. Thank you, Bhushan ji, and to all those producers who make films trusting their directors. The audience is still the same," the note ended. Featuring Priyanshu Chatterjee , Sandali Sinha , Himanshu Malik, and Raqesh Bapat in the lead, "Tum Bin" got a theatrical release on July 13th, 2001.
Time of India
15-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Anubhav Sinha: Most of the time, it's the people of Delhi that made the shooting work
Anubhav Sinha recently wrapped up an almost four-week shoot schedule in Delhi Anubhav Sinha just wrapped up an extensive shoot schedule in Delhi for his next film. In a four-week period, he covered over 20 locations in NCR and his biggest takeaway was how helpful the people of the city were and, of course, the amazing food. The director says he left the capital 2-4kgs heavier and with many warm memories. While the director shot extensively in the capital, the locations he picked were not the typical visuals you see of Delhi – the posh localities of South Delhi, the elegance of Lutyen's Delhi or the old world charm of Purani Dilli. Instead, he chose the more mundane, gritty side of the city – from Sadar Bazar and Amar Colony to Yamuna Ghat and the Ghazipur landfill. Excerpts from a chat about his experience in the city: Anubhav chose the more mundane, gritty side of the city – from Sadar Bazar and Amar Colony to Yamuna Ghat and the Ghazipur landfill 'Delhi people are such wonderful hosts' Most of the time, it's the people of Delhi that made the shooting work. It's the people. People who love films, and they see a unit of 150 people running helter-skelter to make something work which they can't see, they don't know what it is. Somewhere in the corner there is one camera and in front of it there's something going on – but for 100 meters there is chaos, there is mess, people running around with lights and properties and costumes, and so they don't know what's going on. They're a little disoriented, but they're trying to do their best to make it happen. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch vàng CFDs với sàn môi giới tin cậy IC Markets Tìm hiểu thêm Undo I loved interacting with the people of Delhi. It was great fun. The fact that everybody wants to host you, everybody that you stand and talk to would want to host you for a meal or for a cup of tea. They're such wonderful hosts. It's the Punjabi effect. Anubhav with the team in Amar Colony We shot a lot in Lajpat Nagar – Amar Colony. And we reached out to the (traders) union, we sat down with them and told them what we required and all of that. Suddenly, every shop owner was told that there's a shoot. The people were anyway helpful to begin with and then they were also offering food and inviting us home to have a cup of tea at least, if not a meal. And I was saying 'no, no, I am shooting I can't come to your house to have lunch', but then they will send something. At least tea will show up… It was great fun shooting here. It's such a wonderful city. I had such a ball. The local people are very, very, very helpful. You go to them and request, can I use your garage? Can I use your terrace? Can I use this? Can I use that? They try and go out of their way to help you. Because, you know, India is a country that's fascinated with movies and cricket. Never had such an extensive schedule in Delhi: Anubhav 'Never had such an extensive schedule in Delhi' I have never shot for 20 days in Delhi. I shot for Thappad here a bit, I shot for Anek here a bit. But never such an extensive schedule. I needed it to be in Delhi, without making you feel that this was probably shot in Meerut or Lucknow or somewhere else. So it was a really tricky shoot in the sense that you were not in those iconic places that you know at a glance as Delhi. But still, you should feel through the film that it's in Delhi. Anubhav chose to show a very different side of Delhi and picked offbeat places – from Amar Colony to the Ghazipur landfill 'I love Delhi's chhole bhature!' It's a joy to shoot in Delhi. The discussion that we have before we go to any city is about the eateries – 'What are we eating every day?' And Delhi offers so much! At every nook and corner there is some 'special' food. It doesn't matter where you are, there's always a place within a kilometer from you which is iconic and super famous. I'm convinced that I put on 2-4 kilos during these four weeks. The hotel breakfast menu always have puri sabzi or chhole bhature - I love chhole bhature so much that I hate them - because I want to have them every day (laughs)! We clicked Anubhav gorging on chhole bhature in Bengali Market back in 2016 'Delhi is the real microcosm of India' Mast shehar hai - khana, music, kapde, bahut sara bhaichara. This is the real microcosm of India. There are all the classes, adjacent to each other. So there is the real rich class, the neo rich class and the bourgeois. And then there are the slums, which is the underbelly of any metropolis. And you know they exist together and it works endlessly. Seems like the city works so seamlessly - which is not true anywhere in the world, but it seems so.
Time of India
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Anubhav Sinha celebrates 5 years of being smoke free on World No Tobacco Day, reveals he consumed 20 cigarettes a day
Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha On World No Tobacco Day, acclaimed filmmaker Anubhav Sinha opened up about a deeply personal milestone of completing five years without smoking. In a heartfelt note shared with Hindustan Times, the 'Article 15' and 'Thappad' director reflected on his long and difficult relationship with cigarettes, offering an honest account of how he started and more importantly how he stopped. Sinha recalled how smoking in his younger days was equated with growing into manhood. Influenced by advertisements featuring rugged male icons, lighting a cigarette was seen as a rite of passage. Back then cigarette warnings were often dismissed as mere background noise. 'Warnings felt like dares,' he shared, adding that the urge to rebel often overpowered reason in adolescence. Addiction and denial in adulthood By his mid-30s, smoking had become a daily habit of consuming an entire pack of 20 cigarettes a day. It had transitioned from being a rebellious act to a part of his daily identity. He remembers discussing cigarette brands like fashion choices but deep down he knew he needed to quit. The problem? Nicotine had its claws in too deep. Despite multiple attempts, some lasting days, others months, he always found himself back where he started. 'Ninety-nine percent of smokers I know want to quit,' he wrote in the article published by Hindustan Times. 'But they struggle.' Even after health scares, many smokers, he said continue because the addiction is overpowering. What finally made him stop Sinha finally found his resolve five years ago. No external factor triggered it. He simply told himself, 'Enough.' After trying over 20 times across three decades, something clicked and he quit. For good. 'Now my pillow doesn't smell. I enjoy smoke-free spaces. I'm clean,' he wrote. Support from his family, especially his younger brother Anupam who had quit a month earlier, and his son Shlok, a staunch anti-smoker helped solidify his decision. His message to young people: Don't start at all Today, Sinha is urging young people to never light that first cigarette. 'Not starting is so much easier than quitting,' he emphasized. Once you begin then the battle to quit becomes one of the hardest things you'll ever face. 'And if you don't quit it will hit you so hard.' Anubhav Sinha whose work often challenges social issues hopes his story helps others understand the true grip of addiction and the freedom that lies beyond it. Check out our list of the latest Hindi , English , Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam , and Kannada movies . Don't miss our picks for the best Hindi movies , best Tamil movies, and best Telugu films .
Hindustan Times
31-05-2025
- Health
- Hindustan Times
World No Tobacco Day: Director Anubhav Sinha marks 5 years as a non-smoker; says youth shouldn't take to it ever
On World No Tobacco Day today, we get filmmaker Anubhav Sinha to pen down his journey as a non-smoker, celebrating five years of quitting smoking. He writes the following: Smoking, when I was growing up, generally started at boyhood, when you are struggling to become a man. Cigarette advertising back then used to be associated with 'manhood'. Then starts a struggle to quit. But you are deeply addicted to it. Also, you are still at an age where you give an adult damn. You think you are Iron Man. But no one is. What I personally learnt was that cigarette will never forgive you. Never. It will hit back sooner or later. In some form or the other. There are phases of quitting. Some last three days, some seven. Then you run into months of not smoking. Then creeps in a feeling that now I don't need it. But you are wrong. You light one, and you go back to where you were in two days. Then you quit quitting. Then three years later, you start trying again. Ninety-nine per cent of smokers I know want to quit. They are struggling. So, I always tell youngsters never to start. In my opinion it is way rarer to turn into an alcoholic than to turn into a deeply addicted smoker. I have known smokers smoking after a heart attack, after a heart procedure. It is so addictive. I got lucky. Five years back, one day I said, Enough. I had tried no less than 20 times during my thirty-plus years of smoking; one day I quit. I just quit. I tried some alternate addictions, but now I am clean. My pillow doesn't stink anymore. It is a great feeling to ask for non-smoking public spaces. Now I wonder why I smoked ever because after a point cigarettes do nothing to you. You smoke because you smoke. It is a chemical that keeps you hooked. Cross that line, and you see the futility – actually, the damage. Thankfully there was enough support around me, like my younger brother Anupam, who quit a month before me, and my son Shlok, who hates the idea of smoking. So here is a final word to youngsters on the verge of starting for whatever reason. Not starting is way easier than quitting because once you start, you will want to quit, and then it will be way tougher. And if you don't quit, it will hit you hard. Very hard. So, don't start. (Anubhav Sinha is the director of films such as Mulk, Article 15 and Thappad)
