Deepti Naval was present at the Times LitFest. The actress spoke about her biography which she has launched a while ago. It traces the actress’ journey and begins with her days while growing up in Punjab. The book is titled, ‘The country called childhood: A memoir’. She remembered all the people who were around her […]
Read MoreNeena Gupta’s tell-all memoir ‘Sach Kahun Toh’ presents several talking points and Vinita Dawra Nangia, the Times LitFest Director and Executive Editor of ETimes, touched upon all those topics in a special interaction with the actress. The engaging chat brought forth the reason why the actress chose to pen down her autobiography now, the things […]
Read MoreNeena Gupta’s daughter Masaba owns one of the most sought-after fashion labels and has had her share of media attention. Neena, in her autobiography ‘Sach Kahun Toh’, touches upon the topic of her daughter very sensitively. At one point, she even shares her innermost dilemmas, writing, “Sometimes I wonder what should I teach my daughter. […]
Read MoreNot that she had anything to hide even in her interviews, but the candour with which Neena Gupta has written about her life in her autobiography, ‘Sach Kahun Toh’ makes it a delightful read. The actress who penned the book during the lockdown, spoke about it during a special interaction with Vinita Dawra Nangia, Times […]
Read MoreBorn to freedom fighter parents, Kabir Bedi didn’t grow up with political or financial aspirations. He just wanted to do ‘something creative’, which landed him in the All India Radio, for whom he snagged an interview with The Beatles. But when they failed to celebrate him or his work, he packed his bags and landed […]
Read MoreIn conversation with Kabir Bedi at the recent Times LitFest in Mumbai, author Meghna Pant asked him about his experiences with mental health. She cited episodes from his book, ‘Stories I Must Tell’ and asked about his time with two people suffering from mental health issues, people Bedi knew closely, including actress Parveen Babi. Speaking […]
Read MoreOne of the most interesting chapters in Kabir Bedi’s book ‘Stories I Must Tell’ is the fortuitous way in which he got to interview The Beatles in 1966. Speaking at the Times LitFest in Mumbai in a special session with author and journalist Meghna Pant, Kabir recalled the time he was an employee of All […]
Read MoreDuring the recently held Times LitFest in Mumbai, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra was quizzed by author Kiran Manral about his shelved movie ‘Samjhauta Express’. It was a film that was supposed to kick start the careers of both Mehra and Abhishek Bachchan but that was not to be. Recalling the old tale, Mehra said, “It was […]
Read MoreRakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Manoj Bajpayee have had a long association together, the latter was the star in Mehra’s debut film ‘Aks’ (2001) after all. At a recent interaction with the media at the Times LitFest in Mumbai, Mehra praised Bajpayee’s resurgence as a star on OTT and remarked, “Today Manoj is one of the […]
Read MoreFrom being Miss World to a Bollywood actor, singer, film producer and Hollywood star, Priyanka Chopra Jonas has worn many hats over the last two decades. So, it’s no surprise that she thinks that “evolution and reinvention is the name of the game.” “We can’t be the same people we were five or ten years […]
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