Putting together a play about the Father of the Nation is no easy task. But when that play is a musical, the challenges increase.
'In my personal life, I honestly find it very difficult to express my anger.' 'And then, when you are a public figure, you feel watched that much more and then you are all the more careful.' 'Begum Jaan, therefore, was the answer to my angst.'
'Do we not all exhibit a sense of entitlement every day,' asks Savera R Someshwar.
'Her ability and confidence to 'do her own thing,' both in her music and in her life -- and the great integrity with which she did it -- was amazing.'
Shobha Deepak Singh, whose association with the legendary Kishori Amonkar, spanned 35 years, shares her memories of the musical genius.
'At the end of the day, stars are actors.' 'They love performing. And the more challenges I feel that you end up giving stars on the sets, the happier they are.'
Anaarkali Of Aarah is a tale well told.
'My God, what do I say? It's shocking!' 'They had 27 MLAs in 2012. And now they have just seven.' 'My party (the Apna Dal-S) contested 11 seats and won in nine.'
What does someone from Uttar Pradesh on the streets of Mumbai think of the results back home?
"A writer must be like a sponge. I absorb everything from different parts of life."
Only if the script was better... Only if the film maintained the promise of its beginning... Only if situations weren't conveniently and easily resolved... Only if the director understood the potential of the story he had on his hands... Running Shaadi wouldn't be the morass of boredom it is. notes Savera R Someshwar.
Sudha Murty has various roles -- philanthropist, author, teacher, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt -- and she revels in each one of them, discovers Savera R Someshwar.
Sudha Murty worries that India has still not learnt its lessons from history.
Her brother Karan made her hate Leonard Cohen's music. And then, she bumped into the singer in a Mumbai swimming pool.
Fascinating insights about PeeCee from her mom, Dr Madhu Chopra.
'Ultimately if your aim is that you need to be able to deal with a security situation, you need to deal with a black money situation, you need to deal with a counterfeiting situation then, to that extent, I think everyone will need to able to tolerate a little bit of inconvenience.'
'This wipes out the entire black money in the nation in one stroke. Ninety per cent plus of the black money is kept in Rs 500, Rs 1,000 notes. What they have done is a brilliant move.'
Priyanka Chopra's mother Madhu opens up about her famous daughter.
'When I was younger, 15 years or 20 years seemed like a really long time. But, as you journey though life, you don't realise where the years disappear...'
As a mother, as a woman, as a human being, Savera R Someshwar is horrified by some of the provisions of the Surrogacy Regulation Bill, 2016.
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