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SRK Bong Bang
This is not my post. It is a translation of a brilliant Bengali post by Tanmay Mukherjee, who decided to give Shah Rukh Khan some advice after the star was roped in by West Bengal's Chief Minister to...
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Releasing June 2012
Psst... everything you want to know about the book (and even some of the stuff you don't) are there on the Bollywood Book page.
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KAT Scan... 1
In a forthcoming book (in which I have more than passing interest), it is reported that there is going to be some serious trivia on Bollywood.To give the readers of Calcutta Chromosome a sneak peek...
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KAT Scan... 2
Its Friday again!AAANNNDDD.... we are back with the second trailer of Kitnay Aadmi Thay? as the copies look to tumble out of the press any moment now.<Insert bhaiyon, behnon, dil thaam ke etc speech...
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KAT Scan... 3
Week 3! Week 3!! Week 3!!!The third trailer of Kitnay Aadmi Thay? releases amidst pomp and glitter. This week’s quiz is on India’s unanimously loved object of devotion – Amul advertising. It has been...
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KAT Scan... 4
Tarantarra. Dhishum. Dhishum. Amidst much excitement (mine) and fanfare (mine again), the book seems to be on its way to the stores.And the last trailer has coincided beautifully with the books hitting...
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Premiere of KAT
The good people of URead.com and Westland Books are running a picture quiz as part of a Kitnay Aadmi Thay? contest. Take a look at the image below and answer two simple questions:1. Which movie is this...
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27 in 58
I spent May and June in Bombay, on work. My team at work turned out to be fantastic and it almost became a paid holiday (wait, is my Boss reading?). In the 58 days I spent in Bombay, I ate in 27...
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KAT Le!
This is what newspapers call a 'Sales Promotional Feature'. Not very interesting content but pushes sales. If the first print run of Kitnay Aadmi Thay doesn't vanish from the markets immediately, there...
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Supermen of Bollywood
Bitten by the Batman (and Spiderman) bug, I did a list - yes, I have not tired of them - of Bollywood superheroes. This was first put up on the IBNLive website (complete with a picture of Drona!) but I...
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Memories of Another Day
GreatBong is to be blamed for this post. Sometime back, he fanned my not-so-youthful ego by saying that he remembered an article I wrote for my college magazine and managed to quote a line from that....
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The 'Just Married, Please Excuse' Contest
This is my entry to the contest being run around Yashodhara's book - describing a 'funny' event from my married life 'preferably when just married'.And since Yashodhara is such a good friend (and...
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The last three books I read were by three charming ladies, two of whom I have the privilege of knowing. (I have exchanged tweets with the third but cannot pretend to be too chummy.) The Taj Conspiracy...
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Mera kuch saamaan...
Some random bits of trivia - which I don't know what to do with... * * * * *India's two highest grossing movies are both:- produced by a Chopra- the directors' third feature film- acted in by a Khan-...
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Happy Birthday, Anirban!
9/11 is also my friend Anirban's birthday. Since he dislikes any discussion of his academic/professional achievements, I thought I'd write about some of his other exploits which are much more fun than...
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Book Review: Death In Mumbai
If there is someone suited to write a book on the Maria Susairaj episode, it is Meenal Baghel. She is the Editor of Mumbai Mirror (the Maximum City's breathless chronicler of sensational stories) and...
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Have we heard this before? (Updated)
Scroll down to read the additions.Quiz question: Which legendary film-star said the line: "Hum jahan khade hote hain, line wohi se shuru hoti hain"?Of course, not. If you have an iota of faith in my...
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My Life In Amitabh Bachchan
My (maternal) grandmother was the first Amitabh Bachchan fan in the family.When India was infatuated with Rajesh Khanna, she saw Bachchan in a magazine and paid him the ultimate compliment in her book....
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The Amitabh Bachchan Quiz
The good folks at Mad About Moviez (and my friend, Sethu in particular) have hosted an Amitabh Bachchan quiz that I have done. So, you could answer it here on the blog or hop across to their site. 1....
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The Goddess on Silver Screen: Durga Pujo in Cinema
Two Bengali associations of the USA reached me through different contacts and asked me to write a piece for their Durga Puja souvenirs. I wrote the following piece for the Bengali Association of St...
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