Trust Rajkumar Hirani to bring out an unusual theme and turn it into a no-nonsense entertainer with a message. Very few films can compete with the freshness and feel good nature of this film that tells the story of a goon who sets out to become a doctor in his own unique way. The film […]
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Nobody wrote tragedies better than William Shakespeare. And to interpret one of his greatest stories, Macbeth, in a Mumbai underworld setting, and be able to bring to life its complex characters on screen is an enormous achievement. Maqbool is a masterpiece, an acting manual for a generation of actors, and a guide on how to
The brilliance of cinema is in interpreting and bringing forward those aspects of our lives that we ourselves are blind to. Monsoon Wedding did so with such lucidity that it embarrassed a majority of the audience. The film brought on screen the conversations that were never to be heard, secrets that should never come out
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Dil Chahta Hai changed the way we perceived Bollywood movies and in many ways how we made them. Before Farhan Akhtar introduced us to the emotional undertone of characters, colloquial dialogues, and a youth centric theme that doesn’t flare passion, all Bollywood films had used an outdated sketch of youth, without realistic upgrades. Dil Chahta
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Business: Owner, Corner Shop (Fruits and Vegetable shop) Established: In 1920 Citizen: Kenyan Sometime in the 1920s, Sandeep Wadhwa’s grandfather set forth from Rawalpindi and landed in Mombasa with his wife to start his business here. His first investment was a cart that would lug all the vegetables and fruits to be eventually sold to
Business: Owner, Fun N Shop, Ashoka Restaurant Established: 2005 Citizen: Indian Future plans: To start an NGO for helping the girl child in India She came to Nairobi as a homemaker in 1993, with her Banker husband. Little did she know her entrepreneurial skills would
Rashmin’s Profession: Architect, owns Design Bureau ( 1981) Business: Started Ruchira (1983), first garden restaurant in Kenya Positions held: Co-chair and founder Trustee – Ufungamano Joint Forum of Religious Organisation Past Chairman – Hindu Council of Kenya (HCK) Trustee & Past Chairman– Maharashtra Mandal Shama’s Business: Runs Gat Safaris, a travel agency (since 1996) along with husband Rashmin Chitnis Citizen: Kenyans In the year
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Profession: Dentist (practicing for the past four decades) Business: Co- owns Haandi, an Indian restaurant with 3 branches in Kenya. established in 1991 Citizen: Kenyan His maternal grandfather came to work in a sawmill in 1898 upon the invitation of an Englishman and soon set his business here. “This is home,” says Dr Parvin Singh
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Business: The Bhagwanji confectionaries, Nairobi Branch Established: 1895, Mombasa Citizen: Kenyan A trip to Mombasa is deemed incomplete without having eaten Bhagwanji’s kachoris. Bloggers to travellers have extensively shared their delight of trying this Indian savory in an African country. Their story dates back to nearly 100 years, when 17-year-old Bhagwanji left his hometown Jodia,
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