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When SRK did a Panchayat 33 years ago

August 28, 2022 by Keyur Seta 6 Comments

Shah Rukh Khan is not only one of the biggest stars in India but also world over. But the actor has had to work his way up through hard-work from scratch. After doing theatre in Delhi, he migrated to Mumbai to continue the profession. During his … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bollywood, TV Tagged With: Shah Rukh Khan Doordarshan serial, Shah Rukh Khan TV serial, Shah Rukh Khan TV show, Shah Rukh Khan Umeeed, SRK TV serial Doordarshan

Why actual ‘anti-national’ statements never face BOYCOTT?

August 13, 2022 by Keyur Seta 1 Comment

India is all set to celebrate 75 years of its freedom from the British, which they got in 1947. However, it is ironical that just when the country is reaching the important milestone related to its freedom, a section of the population is busy … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bollywood, Socio/Political Tagged With: Aamir Khan Kiran Rao statement, Aamir Khan leave India comments, Aamir Khan statement 2015, Why Aamir Khan boycott, Why Laal Singh Chaddha boycotted

When team Mumbai almost AGAIN defeated Australia

July 31, 2022 by Keyur Seta Leave a Comment

One of the fondest memories for Mumbai cricket fans who started watching the game in the 90s would be their team’s victory against the mighty Australians in 1998 at the Brabourne Stadium. That three-day match saw Sachin Tendulkar score his first ever … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Cricket Tagged With: Mumbai Australia 2001 match, Mumbai vs Australia, Mumbai vs Australia match, Sameer Dighe, Steve Waugh

South Korea through the eyes of a vegetarian Indian

July 17, 2022 by Keyur Seta 6 Comments

I got my passport created in 2016 at my dad and brother’s insistence. Even after I finally got hold of it after numerous formalities, I was never desperate to go abroad. It’s not that I wasn’t interested. I was just patient and felt that if it has to … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Bucheon city, Bucheon International Film Festival 2022, Bucheon South Korea, Indian experience in South Korea, South Korea experience

Didn’t consider W Indies as big opponent in ’83 World Cup, says Mohinder Amarnath

June 26, 2022 by Keyur Seta Leave a Comment

The 1983 cricket World Cup-winning team had another reunion last evening in Mumbai at the launch of the coffee table book titled The 1983 World Cup Opus, facilitated by Paymentz. The event saw the presence of Kapil Dev, Mohinder Amarnath, Kirti … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Cricket Tagged With: 1983 World Cup book, 1983 World Cup incidents, 1983 World Cup Opus book, 1983 World Cup Paymentz, 1983 world cup quotes, 1983 world cup team

Play review: Dhappa (Hindi)

June 25, 2022 by Keyur Seta Leave a Comment

Writer, director, lyricist and producer Akshay Mishra’s Dhappa is a Hindi musical play based in the 1950s era of Hindi cinema. This description will make you expect the drama to play out in a certain way. However, it has a major surprise later on; … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Plays Tagged With: Aum Theatre Mumbai, Dhappa Hindi natak, Dhappa Hindi play, Dhappa play Puneet Issar, Dhappa play review, Dhappa Puneet Issar

What Aamir Khan said about Shivling & why is his film boycotted?

June 12, 2022 by Keyur Seta 5 Comments

Over the last few years, every time an Aamir Khan film gets ready for release, one particular message or meme related to him starts circulating on social media and What’s App. As you must have guessed, it’s shared by the Right Wing fanatics with an … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bollywood, Socio/Political Tagged With: Aamir Khan boycott, Aamir Khan Shivling, Aamir Khan Shivling comments, Laal Singh Chaddha boycott, Why Aamir Khan boycott

Samrat Prithviraj is a cinematic version of a What’s App forward

June 4, 2022 by Keyur Seta Leave a Comment

Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi’s Samrat Prithviraj is supposed to be based on the life of the 12th century king and warrior Prithviraj III or Prithviraj Chauhan. The film focuses on his enmity with Muhammad Ghori of Ghazni in acquiring control over … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bollywood Tagged With: Prithviraj Chauhan story, Prithviraj movie review, Prithviraj Raso, Prithviraj real story, Prithviraj story, Samrat Prithviraj review

This actor played both Ram and Sita in a movie

May 29, 2022 by Keyur Seta 2 Comments

Legendary filmmaker Dhundiraj Govind Phalke aka Dadasaheb Phalke gave birth to Indian cinema after he made the very first Indian movie Raja Harishchandra in 1913. Hence, he is known as the father of Indian cinema. Phalke was smitten by the Hindu … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Regional cinema Tagged With: Anna Salunke, Anna Salunke actor, Dadasaheb Phalke Lanka Dahan, Dadasaheb Phalke movies, Lanka Dahan, Lanka Dahan movie

Book review: On The Deathbed by Karthik K B Rao

May 22, 2022 by Keyur Seta Leave a Comment

To say that the Coronavirus or COVID-19 played havoc in the world in the last two years or so would be an understatement. It made people go through hell and changed the way of life for the entire world. This was more evident during the second wave … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Literature Tagged With: Coronavirus book review, Covid 19 book, Karthik Rao author, On The Deathbed book, On The Deathbed book review, On The Deathbed review

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