Journalist turned filmmaker Mahesh Nair speaks to Syed Firdaus Ashraf about his struggle to make it in Bollywood.
'...but subjecting our heritage to rigorous evidence-based understanding.'
'Rahul Gandhi is raising the issue of a caste census though his party has been doing injustice on this front from the 1950s.'
'The liberalisation of the Indian economy has triggered a growing belief in education, because they believe they can be a part of the economic bandwagon and benefit from it.'
'Every Haryana assembly seat has its own unique problems to earn victory for a political party and you as a politician need to know what are those issues and tackle it.'
'Heavy rains are not the primary reason for landslides in Wayanad.' 'There are all sorts of (human) intervention going on in that area.'
The filmmaker, whose latest film, Black & White hits the marquee on Friday was in a philosophical mood as he recounted the debacle of Kisna, and why Bollywood needs writers more than ever.
'Modi will do himself a favour if he starts studying about Mahatma Gandhi.' 'I feel pity that we have a PM who has no idea of our own history.'
Scenes from Azad Maidan.
'If a Brahmin child by birth is poor then he must get reservation benefits rather than an OBC child who is rich and born in a rich family.'
Syed Firdaus Ashraf feels director Omung Kumar shares too much in the trailer of his upcoming film, Bhoomi.
R Madhavan talks about life after his huge hit, 3 Idiots.
After giving us one of the biggest hits of 2009, Salman Khan is back to prove his mettle once again with his pet project, Veer.
'No Musharraf or Vajpayee can solve this problem till the people of Kashmir are involved,' JKLF leader Yasin Malik tells Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Nikhil Advani gets a second chance in life with Patiala House.
'The BJP will not win a single seat in Punjab.'
Himesh Reshammiya talks about his Radio experience, and his next film Kajra Re.
'Many people have this perception that Biharis are abnormal people,' says director Prakash Jha.
Ajab Prem lyricist Irshad Kamil tells us what inspires him.
Katrina Kaif talks about her upcoming movies and teenage love.
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt tells us what keeps him so young at heart.
Nagpur police commissioner SPS Yadav says Marlon Samuels' conversation with an alleged bookmaker was no crime, but it certainly violated the ICC Code of Conduct.
He does not have the flamboyance of Karan Johar. Yet, Priyadarshan is Bollywood's top director, whose last five films have made a good Rs 150 crores in theatrical release only. The director is back with his new film, Mere Baap Pehle Aap.
Arshad Warsi talks about his new film, Short Kut: The Con Is On.
Amrita Rao talks about her upcoming film, Short Kut: The Con Is On.
Director brothers Abbas and Mustan Burmawalla are back with what they love most -- thrillers! Their new film, Race, starring Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Khanna, Anil Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif and Seema Reddy, looks like a slick suspense film about two brothers trying to outsmart each other.
Akshaye Khanna talks about his latest, Hulchul.
Bollywood's comic sensation recommends his all-time favourites.
A sixth of AAP's 67 MLAs in Delhi are either out on bail or behind bars in cases ranging from domestic abuse to sexual harassment, to desecration of holy books, to corruption charges.
'There is a huge wait in Kashmir for compassion from the prime minister of India.'
Abbas is a completely new team for me. He has written the lyrics too. So working with him was a little strange in the beginnig. we we got used to each other. When the music was done Aamir was happy and appreacited us. He said that the two of us made a good team.
At a time when even family relationships have come under strain over political differences, how have Mahesh Bhatt and Anupam Kher remained friends despite their ideological differences?
'For 13 years, my father lived with the stain that his son was a terrorist. It was the worse thing to happen to him'
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