Hindustan Times
I had no clue about Kamal Bhasin’s acting abilities. Neither did I know that he had any inclination or interest in acting. I had always met him in Doordarshan, sometimes for a week at stretch because both he and I were nominated members of the Public Broadcaster’s Central Film selection Committee. Our task: to censor the already censored feature films and knock of scenes of sex and violence and subsequently certify the film for family viewing. Read more
(5 votes, average: 4.8 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Anupam Kher, Bollywood, Bollywood actors, Kamal Bhasin, Mahesh Bhatt
The other day I met Pradeep Jain, a first time minister. He is young and in that sense fits well into Rahul Gandhi’s youth formula. But that is about it. To me Jain appeared to be a typical don: bearded, an overdose of gold jewellery and sporting dark Rayban, perhaps an imitation, even inside his office. Read more
(3 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Cabinet first timers, Pradeep Jain, Union Cabinet, Young leaders, young leadership
