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Do not equate the ISI with all of Pakistan
Broadcast On October 9, 2016... or is it conveniently forgotten? It would be not just foolish to ban Pakistani actors from Bollywood films or boycott the films they star in, it would also be diminishing and demeaning of ourselves. That ...
A ‘donation’ that will be returned
Broadcast On October 30, 2016... soldiers on our borders, who are prepared to lay down their lives, have demanded a ban on Bollywood films with Pakistani actors. That simply isn’t true. As far as I know, not a single officer or jawan ...
Why Twitter isn't quite my character at all
Broadcast On October 1, 2017These days when everyone, from Modi and Trump, Hollywood and Bollywood actors, authors and journalists and hundreds of million more, is on Twitter I’m often asked why I’m not. With nearly 350 million people ...
Let the beating retreat march to its own beat
Broadcast On February 4, 2018... thrill the audience. The bands themselves were uplifted by the music. Military marches have that effect. Imitations of Bollywood do not. Finally, as the sun dipped below the horizon and the evening shadows ...
Mee Raqsam is a modern masterpiece
Broadcast On August 30, 2020I’m not a film buff. If someone praises a movie I might make an effort to catch it but there are more good films I miss than I get to see. That’s as true of Hollywood as it is of Bollywood or any other ...
Health workers: The soldiers of our times
Broadcast On September 13, 2020... tricolour, his funeral is broadcast on television and a grateful nation will honour him with medals and citations. In due course, Bollywood will romanticise his memory. Nothing of the sort happens ...
Shahrukh Khan
Broadcast On February 26, 2000Indian film actor Shahrukh Khan, the 'Badsha' of Bollywood or the King Khan talks about his life and films in Face to Face ...