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‘I didn’t want to be the fantasy of the male audience’, says Deepti Naval at Times LitFest – Times of India
February 12, 2023Deepti 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 […]
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Neena Gupta: Sometimes I see younger girls doing such amazing work and I feel depressed – Times of India
October 12, 2021Neena 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 […]
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Neena Gupta: Masaba has taught me a lot. I never talked to my mother about anything! – Times of India
October 11, 2021Neena 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. […]
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Neena Gupta: I was very impressed by the little things Vivian Richards had as a human being – Times of India
October 10, 2021Not 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 […]
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Kabir Bedi: Within myself, I am still 25, physically I am 50, and spiritually, I feel I am 5000-years-old – Times of India
September 26, 2021Born 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 […]
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Kabir Bedi: Parveen Babi was a beautiful and ambitious girl from the royal family of Junagadh that had fallen on bad times – Exclusive! – Times of India
September 26, 2021In 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 […]
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Kabir Bedi: I got an interview with The Beatles but didn’t get the glory or publicity – Exclusive! – Times of India
September 26, 2021One 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 […]
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Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra on Abhishek Bachchan’s shelved debut: The system didn’t allow me to make a film on Samjhauta Express – Exclusive! – Times of India
September 25, 2021During 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 […]
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“Manoj Bajpayee is one of the biggest international stars today”, says Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra- Exclusive! – Times of India
September 18, 2021Rakeysh 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 […]
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I dug deep for my memoir, says Priyanka Chopra – Times of India
September 13, 2021From 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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