Hachette’s The Bollywood Pocket Book Series, A 4-in-1 Set, by Diptakirti Chauduri: Get set Yes, it’s a pun. I mean you should get the set, buy the book, or rather, books. They look deceptively thin when ensconced in the hardcover box, but provide a substantial reading once you pull them out. Book one is about Iconic Dates, with Raj Kapoor and Nargis on the cover, under an umbrella. The author reminds us about the calendar of events that begin with Raja Harishchandra’s releas...

Chhapaak song released with a splash bash Exactly a week before the film’s release, the makers of Chhapaak released the title track at a media get-together held on Friday afternoon, at the JW Marriott Hotel, Juhu, Mumbai. Present on the occasion were Gulzar, Meghna Gulzar, Deepika Padukone, Vikrant Massey, Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonca. Chhapaak, the word, means the sound created when a liquid is splashed, is a film about a woman who had acid splashed on her face, ...

FICCI-FRAMES 18, V: Keynote address of Mr. Sudhanshu Vats, Group CEO, Viacom 18 After Sunday evening’s inaugural, where Ms. Smriti Irani, India’s Federal (Union) Minister for Information and Broadcasting & Textiles, was in an Q & A with one of India's biggest film personalities, producer-director-actor Karan Johar, Sudhanshu Vats, Group CEO, Viacom18, a leading TV and film company, started the day’s proceedings on the first functional day at the three-day Convent...