'We did not allow the enemy to sleep'

'Before going to battle, Captain Anuj Nayyar gave me the engagement ring and photograph of his fiance.''I told him, "Why don't you keep it? It will motivate you to fight'.''He said he did not want......

The soldier who became a legend

A fortnight after he became the face of the Indian soldier in the Kargil war, on July 8, 1999, Vikram Batra died. He was mortally wounded after fighting through the night while recapturing Peak......

This is for Captain Anuj!

After the blazing summer of 1999, Delhiwas bathing in the respite provided by the monsoons in July. I was working on a campaign idea with my art partner when I got a call from my mom. She......

Real life, reel spins

Ronjita Kulkarni Somehow, real life incidents have rarely featured in Hindi films. In fact, these days, most ideas are derived from Hollywood, South Indian films or previous hits. Basing films on......

Why we can never forget Kargil

Around April 1999, Pakistani infiltrators captured some Indianterritory in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Army fought for over fourmonths to reclaim the territory and lost around 450 soldiers in the......

Why you must watch Om Puri faint

It is a role tailormade for an actor of the calibre of Om Puri. In an interview to rediff.com earlier, director Ashwini Chaudhary says, "My hero is the father who fights the bureaucracy to give his......

Why Gul Panag doesn't want to be a star overnight

"Please clean this area," Gul Panag instructs someone on the sets of her latest film Jurm, directed by Vikram Bhatt and co-starring Bobby Deol, Milind Soman and Lara Dutta. The floor in her makeup......