MANASI JOSHI ROY became a part of our homes with her impactful portrayal of a simple girl, Sudha, in the television serial, Saaya (1998-99) and followed up with another stellar performance as Chandni in Indian small screen’s first indigenous fantasy-comedy franchise and a sitcom replete with top-of-the-line visual effects, Gharwali Uparwali (2000-03). Thereafter, she was […]Read More
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Before National Award filmmaker-producer-editor-screenwriter ONIR, born Anirban Dhar, lets you in on the intimate and dramatic moments of his life through his memoirs next year, the talented craftsman in a conversation with SAURABH TANKHA talks about the challenges of asserting his sexual identity in a conservative environment, films like Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan and Laxmii […]Read More
She stormed the Indian music scene as a 15-year-old with her hit single, Hotline, the first Indian single ever to be released. Almost three-and-a-half decades later, artist-chef-healer ANAIDA PARVANEH talks to SAURABH TANKHA about her attracting a disease which almost killed her, launching a spiritual colouring book called Tattva that reduces stress and raises frequency, […]Read More
I believe woman empowerment means financial independence and self-reliance for women. Education, of course, is the most important aspect. Mahatma Gandhi had once said, “If you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate an entire family.” Yes, in a developing country like ours, education of […]Read More
World-renowned diabetologist Padma Shri DR V MOHAN tells SAURABH TANKHA about the gap in demand and supply of diabetes treatment facilities in India, how challenging it is to be a doctor-preneur, solutions to counter diabetes, his life and more… His name is synonymous with diabetes and diabetology in India. He has established one of […]Read More
Actor-producer-director-lyricist AATISH KAPADIA, the man who brought Gujarati homes into our lives, tells SAURABH TANKHA as to why Take 2 of Sarabhai vs Sarabhai failed to replicate the success of the first edition, how challenging is it to pen characters which audiences relate with, future plans of his life and more… It can never […]Read More
In an exclusive interview with SAURABH TANKHA, actor-producer SONU SOOD talks his book, I Am No Messiah; his role in the upcoming movie, Prithviraj; future plans about his life and more… When did the idea of penning I Am No Messiah strike and how did you reach out to the needs of people during […]Read More
Having made her debut on television with Circus in 1989 and becoming a household name with Surabhi three years later, actor-filmmaker RENUKA SHAHANE tells SAURABH TANKHA that she is saddened by the small screen been taken over by daily soaps but feels happy with the rising confidence among audiences’ on women-centric content. She also talks […]Read More
Noted author, journalist, translator and theatre critic SHANTA GOKHALE recently translated Shyamchi Aai (Puffin Classics), considered to be the greatest tribute to mother’s love in Marathi literature. The octogenarian writer talks to SAURABH TANKHA about transformations in theatre over the last six decades, the most difficult part of artistic process, the role her mother played […]Read More
As the nation kick-starts the year-long celebrations of the 125th birth anniversary of NETAJI SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE today (Jan 23, 2021), we bring you an interview with author RAJESH TALWAR who clears the air about Bose’s alleged death in an air crash, stating it all to be a made-up story in his book, The Vanishing […]Read More