The orphans and the community – to Sholay on its 40th anniversary

[ Did this piece for Forbes India ] “Think of a one-line description of Sholay ,” the filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee said a few years ago. I was...

The Aarushi book, contd

Barry was by no account a fan of the book. That she had been invited to the talk—on the insistence of the author himself, a person associate...

The benign terror of Hrishi-da: a book excerpt in Lounge

Today’s Mint Lounge has for its cover an excerpt from The World of Hrishikesh Mukherjee – here is the link . (This bit – about Hrishi-da an...

An interview about the Hrishi-da book

[Today is Hrishikesh Mukherjee's death anniversary. On the occasion, I answered a few questions sent across by the website The Quint, ab...

Bawarchi, meet dusht raakshas: four original artworks for the book

And now, a look at four paintings – all done by the wonderful Gunjan Ahlawat, for the Hrishikesh Mukherjee book. Scenes from Bawarchi ... C...