By | Saturday, 10 Feb, 2018
A black London cab with a chipped license plate was parked outside R. Balki’s office in IMPAA House on Pali Hill. This used to be the HQ of the Indian Motion Pictures Producers’ Association. They..... Read more...
By | Monday, 05 Feb, 2018
I LIKE to think of Akshay Kumar as the People’s Champion. It is a nickname that was given to Muhammad Ali by Elvis Presley in the 1970s. And then WWE legend Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson..... Read more...
By | Sunday, 17 Dec, 2017
John Abraham is 45. Which is the start of middle age according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Only he does not look it. I have known him from 1999. That’s when he won the Gladrags Manhunt..... Read more...
By | Wednesday, 11 Oct, 2017
I REMEMBER Amitabh Bachchan’s 74th birthday last year. I happened to be interviewing him for HT Brunch. He was meeting-and-greeting fans at Pratiksha and Jalsa: his old and first home in Mumbai; and, the newer one down..... Read more...
By | Saturday, 07 Oct, 2017
I did not recognize Aamir Khan at first. I was sitting in the actor’s vanity and makeup van. Waiting for him at Mumbai’s Film City. His aide set the AC at 24 degrees C and..... Read more...
By | Monday, 18 Sep, 2017
I liked the trailer of Sanjay Dutt’s Bhoomi very much. It stirred me. Told me that there’s hope for Bollywood after all. And it was good to see Dutt back on screen again. Larger than..... Read more...
By | Saturday, 09 Sep, 2017
For his 50th birthday today, I wish I could give Akshay Kumar a hug. But I can’t. The actor is somewhere in the Swiss Alps. Snowboarding and paragliding and doing other adventure sports that he..... Read more...
By | Thursday, 24 Aug, 2017
I met Nawazuddin Siddiqui but once. He was promoting a forthcoming release. He sat across me talking and unconsciously rolled a cigarette. I watched him quietly. He did it with the ease and familiarity of..... Read more...