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How Swaroop Sampat paved the way for her hubby in the BJP. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com That actor Paresh Rawal is a rising star in the BJP due to his proximity to Narendra Modi, is well-known. What isn't known is that Rawal owes Modi's ascent to his wife, Swaroop Sampat, Miss India 1979 and star of the endearing 1980s telly sitcom, Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi. Swaroop, who has a PhD in education, wanted to be part of the central government's teaching initiative and volunteered to work in rural ...

BAREILLY: If Congress workers and loyalists, still warm in their hearts after Varun Gandhi recently said he will utter no word against cousin Rahul, thought the bro-code would extend from the Gandhi sons to the bahus, they were in for a sharp ...

Abundantia Entertainment, which will only co-produce movies across genres, has signed deals with prominent directors Neeraj Pandey, Shoojit Sircar, Nikhil Advani and Soumik Sen. Photo:Mint Abundantia, founded in August 2013, has a slate of 11 ...

A flair for the dramatic has helped this strategic business leader even at work, he says Mayank Mittal's tryst with theatre began in class seven, when, as part of "a house evening" ( a talent showcase in the hostel) at The Scindia School, Gwalior, ...

Mirth is the best medicine for all maladies. Tiku Talsania has been giving us constant doses of this medicine for the last 25 years. We not only laugh with him but at times laugh at him. Starting from "Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi" he has tried to redefine ...

Renowned for directing Gandhi, My Father and plays such as Saalgirah, Tumhari Amrita, Salesman Ramlal and Gandhi Viruddh Gandhi, Feroz Abbas Khan, is now donning a new role that of directing a 52-episode trans-media (comprising television, radio, ...

Words are serious business for Irshad Kamil, the lyricist who famously wrote about how they come in the way of what he wants to say (Jo bhi main kehna chahun, barbaad karen alfaaz mere). In Bollywood's defiantly un-literary soundscape, littered with ...

Kiran Joneja Sippy dons many hats as an actress, director, producer and now a painter. Most people would instantly recall her as Kareenas loving mother in Jab We Met, Anupam Khers patient and restrained wife in Khosla Ka Ghosla or Ranis mum in Bunty aur ...

0 Flares 0 Flares Comedy is one genre that has mostly been missing from mass entertainment space for a long time. A. L. CHOUGULE finds out reasons behind disappearance of comedy serials from GECs, though SAB TV derives its success only from comic ...