Powerful People

POWERFUL PEOPLE: THOSE BASIC VISUAL INSTINCTS

Ravi K. Chandran, among the A-list of superstar technicians of Hindi and south Indian language cinema, has excelled in his metier for 35 years. Usually a man of few words, he ...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE 2025: THOSE WHO REFUSED THE EASY ANSWER

Power, in 2025, did not always announce itself loudly, nor did it seek instant legitimacy. Across cinema, poetry, activism, performance, pedagogy, and cultural memory, The Dai...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: NOT A MAN’S WORLD ANYMORE

Huma Qureshi, who believes that Mumbai’s show business isn’t a man’s exclusive world anymore, has belted out uber-powerful performances in the shows Delhi Cr...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: LISTENING TO LIVES

Journalist, author, translator, and cultural chronicler Sathya Saran reflects on a life shaped by words, music, travel, and discipline—mapping creative legacies from Gur...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: IDEAS BECOME MOVEMENTS HERE

A conversation between Vinta Nanda and Shenali Rajaratnam, a young global leader shaping future governance, digital equity, and women-led innovation, offering a window into th...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: BACK TO THE FUTURE

She has been an assistant director, ad filmmaker and a writer-director of out-of-the-box feature films. Ignoring every mandatory obstacle that an independent woman filmmaker m...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: THAT THING CALLED ACTING

Mita Vasisht, whose career has spanned over four decades of film and web series acting, theatre, documentaries, besides being an educator and activist in the rehabilitation of...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: JUST DO IT

In a conversation, Khalid Mohamed draws out the eventful life and film adventures of writer-actor-director Amole Gupte, exploring his creative roots, artistic influences, and ...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: THE QUESTION UNANSWERED

As India celebrates the birth centenary of Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, the Bard of the Brahmaputra, Utpal Datta recalls a poignant conversation that revealed the man behind the legen...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: WHEN OPPORTUNITIES KNOCK

Khalid Mohamed interviews film, theatre and web series actor, Soni Razdan who’s back in the limelight, with a searing performance in Songs of Paradise, a tribute to the ...

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BOMBAY STORIES AND CITY SPIRIT

A rich literary exploration of Bombay through contemporary voices, capturing its contrad...

April 14 2026

ASHA BHOSLE VOICE OF ETERNITY

In this tribute, Khalid Mohamed revisits his intimate 2020 conversation with Asha Bhosle...

April 13 2026

CINEMA VERSUS VERTICAL STORYTELLING SHIFT

Vinta Nanda explores how vertical storytelling is reshaping audience behaviour, why inde...

April 12 2026