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Bollywood, beat this! Reunited after 22 years

This is one story that even the late Manmohan Desai, the king of Bollywood potboilers, would have been proud of. Only this time it is for real.On a bright April day in 1981, seven-year-old......

Why was Saibaba denied bail?

'Rejection of bail means they want him to die.'Jyoti Punwani reports. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay high court on Monday rejected the bail application of......

'I was not a PM afraid of talking to the press'

Several Congress leaders interpreted it as a dig at Prime Minister Modi who is yet to address a single press conference in his 54-month tenure.Archis Mohan reports. IMAGE: Then prime minister Dr......

Kamal Nath sworn in as 18th chief minister of Madhya Pradesh

Congress leader Kamal Nath was on Monday sworn in as Madhya Pradesh chief minister at a ceremony attended by a galaxy of leaders. IMAGE: Kamal Nath takes the oath. Photograph: ANI Governor......

Ayodhya must inspire faith, not hate

'It is not with feelings of devotion or piety that these people are gathering.''It is mostly with emotions of hatred.''Listen to their slogans and their rhetoric and this becomes immediately......

Sitharaman delivers 2.17 hr-long Budget speech, earns praises

Nirmala Sitharaman, the country's first full-time woman finance minister, on Friday delivered one of the longest Budget speeches which was peppered with Urdu, Hindi and Tamil couplets. IMAGE:......

Nirmala Sitharaman, only 2nd woman to present Union Budget

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was the first and only women till now to have presented the Union Budget. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday became only the second women in the......

The man who proposed the ban on Rs 500, 1,000 notes

The War on Big Notes 'By demonetising higher denominations of currency notes, we have taken out the vehicle for corruption.'But the motive is still there.' In 2000, Anil Bokil, chairperson of......

FinMin's new A-team to unveil a big bang Budget?

A new team in the finance ministry is in place. But only time will tell whether it can help Jaitley produce a sterling Budget next February and make amends for the disappointment of his first......

Why the Planning Commission failed to meet expectations

The Planning Commission has not been central to the policymaking process since the mid-1960s, says Nitin Desai. In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the end of the......

The Kader Khan interview you must read

'I went away from the industry because all the people I enjoyed working with, like Manmohan Desai and Prakash Mehra, are no more.''They left this world and went away, so I lost interest in my......

Bollywood's movie bloopers

Implausibility is the heartbeat of Bollywood's indispensable masala. From Manmohan Desai's celebration of all things illogical to Farah Khan's wide-ranging devotion to spoof, there's no shortage......

Amar Akbar Anthony, now in Bhojpuri

Manmohan Desai's multistarrer blockbuster, Amar Akbar Anthony, will now be remade in Bhojpuri. It will be directed by Manish Jain, and produced byRajesh Sharma under his banner, Show Man......

The man who thought the unthinkable

Out of the 20 films that Manmohan Desai directed in his career span of 29 years (1960-1988), as many as 13 films were stupendous hits. His success ratio was 65 per cent, in an industry where flops......

Amar Akbar Anthony: Whoop-it-up fun!

Dinesh Raheja'Clear your mind of "cannot"' said Hollywood actor Samuel L Jackson. And that is what filmmaker Manmohan Desai did on screen repeatedly, but most notably in Amar Akbar Anthony. He got......

Smith confident of filling in Warne's boots

From being part of the New South Wales squad that won the inaugural Champions League T20 (in 2009) to a member of the Australian team back in the subcontinent to defend its world title, Steven......

Tendulkar is a great ambassador of the game: Smith

South Africa captain Graeme Smith has termed Sachin Tendulkar as " a great ambassador of the game" and said his desire to become a cricketer got wings after watching the Indian batting maestro......

India forgot the future at the Commonwealth Games opening

What India projected at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, says Sheela Bhatt, was a huge Indian mela in all its old shades. It was India. Chaotic, crowded, loud but warm, colourful......

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Sitharaman delivers 2.17 hr-long Budget speech, earns praises

Nirmala Sitharaman, the country's first full-time woman finance minister, on Friday delivered one of the longest Budget speeches which was peppered... ...

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Manmohan Desai

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Bollywood, beat this! Reunited after 22 years

Why was Saibaba denied bail?

'I was not a PM afraid of talking to the press'

Kamal Nath sworn in as 18th chief minister of Madhya Pradesh

Ayodhya must inspire faith, not hate

Sitharaman delivers 2.17 hr-long Budget speech, earns praises

Nirmala Sitharaman, only 2nd woman to present Union Budget

The man who proposed the ban on Rs 500, 1,000 notes

FinMin's new A-team to unveil a big bang Budget?

Why the Planning Commission failed to meet expectations

The Kader Khan interview you must read

Bollywood's movie bloopers

Amar Akbar Anthony, now in Bhojpuri

The man who thought the unthinkable

Amar Akbar Anthony: Whoop-it-up fun!

Smith confident of filling in Warne's boots

Tendulkar is a great ambassador of the game: Smith

India forgot the future at the Commonwealth Games opening

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