Ideas Without Boundaries.
Where the Reel meets the Real. It is so simple to be happy, but it is so difficult to be simple”– from Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s film Bawarchi Chess is a game of complex psychological twists and turns and clever moves, and Hrishikesh Mukherjee was a master Read More …
When I look at some of Hrishi da’s early films, I’m struck by his liberalism and pragmatism. Anuradha (made in 1960) talks about the sacrifice of a famous singer for her doctor husband and who feels a renewed attraction for her lover when he walks Read More …
By Kavita A Chhibber (Photo Credit: SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images) The past weeks since the terrorist attacks on Mumbai, have gone in round the clock interviews with people from India and Pakistan from different walks of life. I’ve spent the time talking to Dr. Deepak Chopra, Read More …
Reconnecting with Music for the Soul through Hrishikesh Mukherjee films It is true that while film is a visual medium, Indian cinema is often defined by the music it presents within its realm. I don’t know about others but each time I come out of Read More …
I don’t consider myself big enough to give people a message. But people should remain happy.” – Hrishikesh Mukherjee He would have turned 85 on 30th September – the man of the masses whose films showcased the middle class of India and humanity with all Read More …
When legends like these leave, their presence, their fragrance leaves with them” – Ustad Amjad Ali Khan on the passing away of Pandit Kishan Maharaj Majestic, royal, incomparable, romantic, a hard task master, brilliant, innovative – words tumble out like a flow of his resonant Read More …
I feel that I’m at a stage in my life now where life is just about to really speed up and flash by and so I feel like I am on old man river paddling on a little row boat.” – Heath Ledger My introduction Read More …
Corporate social responsibility has become big business these days, but what does charity really mean to people who are mega achievers and at the top of their careers? His father was a freedom fighter who left college to participate in the Quit India movement and Read More …
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December threw an already beleaguered Pakistan into further turmoil and even though the major Political parties were all for going to the polls , President Pervez Musharraf chose to postpone the elections from the 8th of January to the Read More …
The images are haunting…. The loaded gun, the fiery bomb blast, and stunned humanity in bloodied tatters and tears. It seems just like yesterday when a tall, lissome 17 year old girl shyly made her way to Simla with her father and charmed an entire Read More …