‘I dig history’

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 […]

Hansal & Great Tales

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 […]

Looking for great stories

Aalya Singh is a Delhi girl on the way to becoming a top-notch actress. She already has a few Bollywood films to her credit. In this interview, she tells us about her experience of being a budding star in the Hindi film industry: Can you tell us a little about your background and what inspired […]

‘Kids are the real stars’

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, […]

Glow of success

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 […]

The hit man

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 […]

Love fest goes on

The streets of Russia project its connection with india. its people speak of Bollywood influence, leaders and poets India is not unknown to most Russians, who still adore Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore. And, of course, the Bollywood movies. A 25-year university student Nikita Mikhalkov, on duty as a security steward at the […]

The Bard of Bollywood

A young boy from Meerut had a dream of becoming a famous cricketer. Unfortunately, (or maybe fortunately), when studying at Delhi University, his thumb broke just a day before an inter-university tournament. Soon after, he lost his father. These two developments made him give up his dream of playing cricket for the country. Clearly, destiny […]