Aamir Khan set the trend by not attending any of the award ceremonies being trumpeted about by such luminaries as Filmfare, Screen, Stardust and so on. Today, every other entity wants to award filmstars, be it a publication, a film guild, a fan group, an NGO, a gutkha company or a TV channel. The result:…
2010 could well be called the year of Indian journalists in Bollywood. Two journalists did the industry proud even though they didn’t belong to any filmi khandaan. I am talking about Anusha Rizvi and her successful film Peepli [Live] and Subhash Kapoor’s Phas Gaya Re Obama. Both films were rooted in the rural hinterland, but…
The other day, I saw Phas Gaya Re Obama on TV, and was quite impressed. It’s an engaging drama about thieves stung by recession and how they realise the NRI they have kidnapped for ransom is of no good. What follows is a series of entertaining situations in which the NRI goes one up on…
As we move into 2011, I thought of sharing my key moments of the year gone by. 2010 was a special year. A lot happened in my life. I got even more comfortable working independently. I focussed a tad more on my writing and reading, thanks to the Just Books library chain and the ereader…
Leander Paes is getting the heebie-jeebies with his debut role in Rajdhani Express. Aamir Khan going underground to guard his new hairstyle for his upcoming film to be directed by Reema Kagti of ‘Honeymoon Travels’ fame. Manisha Koirala is breaking up with her Nepalese businessman husband because she cannot keep herself from her innumerable exes….
