Posts by: Santosh Mehta

Santosh Mehta -August 30, 2018

Adil Hussain says theatre is his first love but it is cinema that gave full play to his enormous talent in over 40 films, the latest being Love Sonia The critically acclaimed actor Adil Hussain is in the spotlight again, this time for his brilliant acting in Love Sonia, a film on trafficking of girls. […]

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Santosh Mehta -August 23, 2018

John Abraham talks about his love for children, his childhood aspirations and his new movie Satyameva Jayate Bollywood star John Abraham, 45, is the son of a Malayalee Christian father Abraham John, and Parsi mother Firoza Irani. He was born and brought up in Mumbai, studied at the Bombay Scottish School in Mahim. He graduated […]

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Santosh Mehta -August 23, 2018

Hansal Mehta has churned out impactful stories year after year ­— Shahid in 2013, CityLights in 2014, Aligarh in 2015, Omerta in 2017. next will be The Accidental Prime Minister, releasing in December Carving out strong characters inspired from the intricacies of real life, film director Hansal Mehta chose to follow the unconventional path. Despite […]

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Santosh Mehta -August 17, 2018

With his Independence Day release Satyamev Jayate in cinema halls now, Manoj Bajpayee has much to smile about Born in a farmer’s family in Belwa, a small village in Bihar, Manoj Bajpayee is a well-known actor today, with two National Awards and four Filmfare Awards in his kitty. Aspiring to be an actor since childhood, […]

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Santosh Mehta -August 2, 2018

As her career hums along nicely, Huma Qureshi gets another feather in her cap – a Tamil movie with Rajnikanth. What more could a girl from Delhi want? Huma’s mother, a Kashmiri, and her father Saleem Qureshi, who runs a chain of restaurants in Delhi, fell in love and got married despite family opposition. And […]

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Santosh Mehta -July 19, 2018

Rita Bhaduri, a household name for her roles in television serials and the Hindi film industry, died in Mumbai at the age of 62 while being treated at Mumbai’s Sujay Hospital in Vile Parle for a kidney ailment. As a film critic and freelance writer for more than 20 years, I had the opportunity to […]

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Santosh Mehta -July 12, 2018

Rajkumar Hirani has done it again with his biopic Sanju, not only by casting Ranbir Kapoor as Sanjay Dutt but by making it a top grosser Director of superhit films, Rajkumar Hirani has added another big feather in his cap with Sanju, based on the life and style of Bollywood veteran Sanjay Dutt. He not […]

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Santosh Mehta -July 5, 2018

Daughter of a popular villain in Hindi films, Payal Goga Kapoor has been making her presence felt on stage, particularly in comedies like Golmaal – The Play If the name Payal Goga Kapoor sounds familiar, it’s because her father Goga Kapoor was a popular Hindi film actor who played a part in hit films of […]

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