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A DEAR FRIEND HAS GONE!

Little did I realize when  met Vinod Khanna at the shooting for my friend producer-director Gul Bahar Singh’s film Ek Thi Rani Aisi Bhi Thi a few months ago at Madh Island where he shot with Hema Malini that it would have been my last meeting with the suave ever smiling handsome actor. All that […]

“ARTISTES OF MY AGE GROUP ARE NOT NEEDED TODAY” – HARIHARAN

Hariharan, who has come up with a breezy single called HAULE HAULE for singer Sadhana Jejurikar tells his friend from the school days Jyothi Venkatesh that he has never believed in promoting himself as a music director.  NRI Achievers reproduces that conversation for our readers here in this vignette …   You have composed the […]

HINDI CINEMA COMES OF AGE WITH REALISTIC SMOOCH SEQUENCES

A peck on the cheek or a kiss on the lip onscreen is no longer something which can scandalise the viewer. The new crop of actresses today may not be brazen but are certainly bolder than the earlier coy actresses who were content running around trees to show their affection for their leading men. With […]

MIKA SINGH – “A REAL PERFORMER SETS THE STAGE ON FIRE”

Mika Singh, singer, songwriter, composer and performer with a wide catalogue of songs, prominent among which are “Bas Ek King” (Singh Is Kinng), “Mauja Hi Mauja” (Jab We Met), “Ibn-e-Batuta” (Ishqiya), and “Dhanno” (Houseful); took time out to speak to NRI Achievers about his work and his approach to it.  Excerpts from the dialogue we […]

AARTI RANA – “OPEN TO BIKINIS IF MAHESH BHATT OFFERS ME A ROLE”

The smart and petite lass Aarti Rana is indeed a sheer delight to watch on the TV screen. The actress who left audiences spellbound with her dramatic performance in the SAB Sony Comedy show ‘Pritam Pyaare aur Woh,’ the thriller based show ‘Haunted Nights’ and ‘Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat’ on Colors in a sensuous and traditional […]

PRIMA-DONNA OF INDIAN CINEMA

“MY WORST FILMS TOO HAVE CLICKED AT THE BOX OFFICE” – REKHA In this issue of NRI Achievers our Mumbai bureau has managed to pencil in Rekha, noted for her elusiveness and maintaining a safe distance from scribes. Sex-bomb of the the Hindi screen of yesteryears who used to rank a third in the race […]

FACE CHANGING GAMES – STARS PLAY

Acting is by no means an easy job. To get into the mold of the character that an actor is portraying, he has to do a lot of homework and footwork in order to get his teeth into the skin of the character.  Quite often this obsession of actors to act is stretched to abysmal […]

NIHARICA RAIZADA …. I HAVE NO INHIBITIONS

Our Bollywood maven J V managed to catch up with the sexy and beautiful Niharica Raizada, who per happenchance is the granddaughter of the well-known, great and late music director OP Nayyar.  Chatting up with her, NRI Achievers comes off with the conviction that acting is indeed her passion. Here are excerpts from the conversation […]

VARUN DHAWAN – A STAR ON HIS OWN STEAM

The affable actor who has come to in his own right up the ladder of success after his humble debut with Karan Johar’s THE STUDENT OF THE YEAR and proved his mettle in films like MAIN TERA HERO, HUMPTY SHARMA KI DULHANIYA, BADLAPUR, ABCD 2 and DILWALE tells Jyothi Venkatesh that though he finds the […]

“I am not a trained actor": Vidya Balan

The versatile actress is now all set to spring a surprise on her fans with her portrayal of the late actress Geeta Bali in the Marathi film Ekk Albela. Here in this article the actress talks to our maven in Mumbai, Jyothi Venkatesh, about her role in this movie and more… What made you agree […]

Stars and their Obsession with their look

Acting is by no means an easy job. To get into the mould of the character, which an actor is portraying, he has to do a lot of homework in order to get his teeth into the skin of the character. Quite often this obsession of actors to act is stretched to abysmal depths but […]

KAJOL…. I HAVEN'T DONE ANY FILM OUT OF PRESSURE

In this interview at the Red Chillies office, spitfire actress Kajol talks about her role in Dilwale and the reason why her chemistry on screen with SRK is smoother than her chemistry with husband Ajay Devgn. An NRI Achievers feature. In what way is DILWALE similar to DILWALE DULHANIYA LE JAYENGE ? I feel quite […]

ALL ABOUT IFFI & THE FILM BAZAR AT GOA

With the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2015, India’s annual film extravaganza, having just come to an end, NRI Achievers brings you a bouquet of interesting nuggets from Goa, written specially for our readers by Jyoti Venkatesh, our cinema maven.  Sit back in your chair, and plunge headlong into it.  You will enjoy it. […]

I AM OPEN TO DO FICTION SHOWS ON TV TOO … SUSHMITA SEN

  She’s bad & beautiful, she’s an actress, she’s a past beauty pageant topper – as a Miss Universe to boot, she’s a single mother, she’s hot and quite controversial.  She’s also been off the film buff’s radar for quite some time now, on a longish sabbatical that seems to be drawing to an end.  […]