How comfortable you make others feel in your company reflects class. How comfortable you feel in your own skin determines style. Is style then more a measure of comfort, than clothes? It depends. You just know it, when you see it. Read more

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 9:17 pm
Filed under cinema · Tagged Amitabh Bachchan, Atul Kasbekar, Clark Gable, fad for thought, fashion, hindustantimes, Jinnah, Levi Strauss, Mahatma Gandhi, Mayank Shekhar, Mickey Contractor, Mumbai, Mumbai's Most Stylish, Nehru, Pradeep Hirani, Queenie Dhody, Rochelle Pinto, Rocky S, Salman Khan
Chargesheet was Dev Anand’s last film. It released less than a couple of months before the eternal super-star passed away, aged 88. Few saw the movie then, it should turn into cult now… Read more

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 9:02 pm
Filed under cinema · Tagged Aamir Khan, Ashok Kumar, Awwal No 1, Bollywood, Boman Irani, Censor, Chargesheet, Des Pardes, Dev Anand, Dharmendra, Dilip Kumar, films, Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Hema Malini, Indian cinema, Jackie Shroff, Kal Aaj Aur Kal, Mayank Shekhar, movies, Mr Prime Minister, Prem Pujari, Raj Kapoor, Rekha, Return Of The Jewel Thief, Salman Khan, Shammi Kapoor
The past couple of days, everyone from the hotel gatekeeper to the cabbie on the road (and they’re all South Asians) have just asked one question: Is Shah Rukh Khan coming? Yes. He finally came. Read more

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 10:47 am
Filed under IIFA · Tagged Aishwarya, Amitabh Bachchan, Anushka Sharma, Boman Irani, hindustan times, IIFA, Karan Johar, Kingdom Of Dreams, Kishore Kumar, Mayank Shekhar, news, Raj Kapoor, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Shashi Tharoor, show business, Sonu Nigam, SRK
I’d just heard about how filmstar Salman Khan had insisted he drop a journalist back home after a long interview. It wasn’t too late in the evening. Read more

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 11:48 pm
Filed under cinema · Tagged Aishwarya, Apocryphal, blackbuck, hindustan times, Katrina, Mayank Shekhar, news, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh, Truman show, Vivek Oberoi, Wildlife (Protection) Act
The movie that made me realise there’s always more to Bollywood that meets the eye Read more

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