Kamala Das: Perhaps the first Indian woman writer who dared to write openly on female sexuality
PICTURE TALK “Gift him what makes you woman, the scent of Long hair, the musk of sweat between the breasts,...
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J Swaminathan: A picture-perfect face whose paintings I was not too fond of, but then, whatever sells is supposed to be good
PICTURE TALK I first met J Swaminathan, the painter, at Dhoomi Mal Art Gallery in Connaught Place, New Delhi. The...
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Selfie with Souza, the painter who shot to international fame before Hussain
PICTURE TALK Francis Newton Souza was already an internationally recognised, highly rated painter, living in New York, when I was...
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That grumpy day of shoot with takes, retakes, brooding actors, and, of course, Uttam Kumar in awful mood
PICTURE TALK Both Amol Palekar and Uttam Kumar looked grumpy and unsatisfied that day. There were takes and retakes happening...
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Remembering Manohar Shyam Joshi, the ‘father of Indian soap operas’ with gems like Hum Log, Buniyaad, Kakaji Kahin, Kyaap
Manohar Shyam Joshi with a young Kamal Haasan (extreme left) PICTURE TALK Manohar Shyam Joshi (1933–2006) was a Hindi writer,...
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A picture-sque date with Gina Lollobrigida, the top-profile European actress of 1950s & early 1960s
PICTURE TALK Gina Lollobrigida was a jury member at IFFI in the year 1975. It was a time very early...
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That evening, as violence raged, George Fernandes himself dropped me home in his Ambassador car
PICTURE TALK I first saw George Fernandes speaking from a stage in Bombay (now Mumbai) as a trade union leader....
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The fact that I approached him without anybody’s recommendation really pleased BR Chopra
PICTURE TALK I had become a great admirer of BR Chopra since the day I first saw his film, the...
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An ode to the great music maestro, the Kohinoor of the Indian film industry
PICTURE TALK Naushad Ali, the great music maestro of such great Hindi films like Anmol Ghadi, Andaz, Dulari, Aan, Baiju...
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That experience of clicking the 6’5” Satyajit Ray, sitting half an inch away, deeply engrossed in thoughts
PICTURE TALK Satyajit Ray, born in Calcutta, was an Indian film director, screenwriter, music composer, lyricist, author, and graphic artist....
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