'Once when he was on a flight, the plane hit an air-pocket.' 'The turbulence outside caused it to see-saw violently which caused a lot of panic inside. While his co-passengers were crying and praying for their lives, Salil kaku was writing a song in his head.'
'Hrishi-da often voiced his disenchantment with Bachchan's Angry Young Man persona -- the 'maara-maari', the growth of sidelocks; he even said directors were killing Amitabh the actor and turning him into a stuntman. Yet, as Jaya Bhaduri jovially pointed out, the seeds of that seething persona can be found in Anand and Namak Haraam.'
'We want to send Indians on the moon and create history, but we don't want to accept the reality that is happening on earth.'
'To keep laughing is the most important thing in life.'
'I joined Hrishida when I was 17.' 'He left me with a lifetime of memories.'
'Then suddenly, I was out, Jaya was doing Guddi instead.'
Hrishi Satawane, who found love in Vinh from Vietnam, says "Society is more open minded than you think."
India women's coach Ramesh Powar was sacked as the head coach with less than two months to go for the T20 World Cup.
The stocky all-rounder, who signed a two-year contract with the Rajasthan Cricket Association, said his former teammate and long-time friend Hrishikesh Kanitkar was instrumental in him making the switch.
As Jaya Bachchan turns 73 today, Subhash K Jha remembers her lesser known performances.
Hrishi Karthikeyan, who co-founded SAFO with Devendra 'Dave' Kumar, told rediff.com: "We like the SAFO name, but since the initial objective was to win the election on behalf of Obama and that was achieved, we wanted to keep the organisation around to continue to build others types of positive change."
A peek into the Big B's life.
'Of all the PMs of India, I had the closest relationships with Morarji and Rajiv.' Mark Tully, the most famous foreign correspondent in India, remembers some encounters with prime ministers, dictators and militants.
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