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Dummies’ Guide to Making a Real Madhur Bhandarkar Flick
Why are all Madhur Bhandarkar films so similar that it is impossible to point out which is which? Even Calendar Girls looks like a khichdi of Fashion, Chandini Bar, Heroine and Page 3. Check out this decoded guide to how Bhandarkar does it, and if you want to learn ‘sensational’ filmmaking the easy way, maybe you can pick up a thing or two.
Video: Sharmila Nicollet On Her Comeback, Fast Cars & Being Single
India’s top women’s golfer Sharmila Nicollet is just 24 but she’s already seen the highs and lows of a demanding career in the sport.
The Quint caught up with the Indian ace while she was playing an event on the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour at the Delhi Golf Club.
A Mosquito’s Taunt: Rich or Poor, You’re All Filthy
Dear Mr India,
I am a mosquito.
My extended family has been caught gate crashing a famous celebrity’s home. It’s another matter that they were just in the backyard. But still. Mosquitos, they say, do not venture into affluent compounds. How wrong such people are. I have been to many “big peoples” homes, dining out on page 3 blood, whirling my way through the ‘kachua chaap’ smoke and onto a handsome hunk’s forearm.
Dear Men, if Leggings are Vulgar, Please add These to the List
A Tamil magazine by the name of Kumadam Reporter recently brought out a cover story on the ‘trend’ of women wearing leggings, saying how they were the bane of all womanly costume and the general cause of havoc. But what about the crotch popping man jeans, worn by Ashay Kumar clones even to this day. Sigh. We women protest they are vulgar too, and should be banned pronto.
One Man, One Message at a Traffic Signal For the Last 10 Years!
At one of Mumbai’s busiest traffic junctions, Juhu Circle, stands a man with a placard that reads ‘Apne dharm par chalo. Sab se prem karo’, literally translating to ‘Follow Your Religion, Love Everybody’. And he’s been at it for the last 10 years. Meet Krishnadas and watch the story behind his message of love and peace.
Meet the Facebook Storytellers of India
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Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York is easily one of the most popular pages on Facebook. The page aims to capture the faces and stories of ordinary people in Manhattan. Humans of India, Delhi, Bombay, are similarly tasting Indian life through their lens. Here are some of their stories, hand-picked by us.
Watch: Ambulance on the Road, Does Mumbai Care?
What do you do when there is an emergency vehicle like an ambulance behind you? In India, four out of ten patients die before they reach the hospital. The average speed of an ambulance in Mumbai is merely 12 to 15 km/hour. In a life and death situation, every minute, every second matters. Each time you block the way of an emergency vehicle, just pause to think, what if it was your loved ones in the ambulance and even with the wailing siren, no one gave way?
Stop! Before Bollywood’s Exotic Locations Turn Into Garbage Dumps
Plastic, electronic waste, scrap metal and all sorts of garbage has become part of our daily lives but what if it got to the point that our favourite Bollywood couple, Shah Rukh and Kajol, had to sing, dance and romance amid this garbage. Disturbing? Karma Recycling, a turnkey manager of waste, got together with Delhi, I Love You and artist Shaily Jain, to create a social campaign to bring people’s attention to waste recycling in a fully filmy way!
Does the Indrani Case Teach Us How to Commit the Perfect Murder?
A future killer decides to write a letter about how to commit the perfect murder. inspired by the Indrani Mukherjea chronicles. Lady with a caustic sense of humor, Ravina Raj Kohli writes this tongue-in-cheek letter, that you are sure to enjoy!
First, I must make fancy friends and if possible marry into influence. Then I must choose my victim, and perform the deed. Getting rid of the body is no problem. We have many Made In India suitcase brands now. And I can always drive to a jungle and burn the body there. Better, I should choose a jungle where many bodies have been found before.
My Mother, the Writer, and Her ‘Unspeakable Tale’
Her publishers, fellow writers and editors had long been asking me to persuade my mercurial mother ‘Shivani’ (the firebrand author Gaura Pant) to write her autobiography before it was too late. ‘Vultures,’ she smiled when I broached the topic finally, ‘wouldn’t they just love to pick some juicy family bones?’
What if Bollywood Remade Some Dude Films with Women in Lead Roles?
The good news is that Indian cinema is slowly changing with an increase in films where women play central roles – Piku, Queen, Gulaab Gang, English Vinglish.
We thought it was just not enough and hence decided to take five films and replace the male leads with female characters.
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