The biographical drama 'Sam Bahadur,' produced by Ronnie Screwvala and directed by Meghna Gulzar, is based on the life and times of the heroic Sam Manekshaw, one of India's greatest military heroes.
Meghna Gulzar, the director of Chhapaak, revealed that Deepika Padukone had her therapist on sets as the scenes were very overwhelming and overbearing at times.
In conversation with Outlook's Giridhar Jha, Meghna Gulzar talks about the relevance of her latest movie Chhapaak, the reason behind casting Deepika Padukone, and why it is unfair to expect every celebrity to speak his mind out on public platforms on any issue.
Meghna says we should stop looking at an acid attack victim as a ‘bechari and celebrate her spirit and positive attitude towards life despite the horrific experience.
Deepika Padukone, the highest paid actress in Bollywood, has mostly played glamorous roles ever since making her debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Farah Khan’s 'Om Shanti Om' in 2007
You will be the ‘eyes and ears’ of India in Pakistan: Alia Bhatt's on-screen father tells her, revealing her task.
Bhardwaj was the producer and the writer of the 2015 thriller while Meghna directed the movie
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.