Vikrant Massey is set to headline Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s intimate small-town love story, planned before Karna. Meanwhile, Rashmika Mandanna is ready to return to film sets nearly a month after her hip injury

Javed Akhtar recalls arriving in Mumbai at 19 with dreams of assisting Raj Kapoor or Guru Dutt. With little money, uncertain meals and no plan B, the young writer survived years of struggle before finding his breakthrough