Actor

As famous Kader Khan was for his scriptwriting forte and acting prowess, very few know about the slew of struggles he had faced before making it big in Bollywood.

Shruti’s husband, Rajan Kamble, had been a maintenance worker at the Taj Hotel and the publication had carried a detailed story on how he had been shot by terrorists while he was ushering guests to safety.

Writer and director Tahira Kashyap, who is actor Ayushmann Khurrana’s wife, has been diagnosed with Stage 0 cancer. In a brave move, Tahira decided to speak about it and posted about it on her Instagram handle.

Well-versed in Marathi, 78-year-old ‘Parubai’ as she is fondly called, started earning her living at the film school, sifting through glass, metal, used papers and plastic to be sold as scrap.

“I did not allow them to leave. I said first talk to me and tell me how are these girls related to you. These girls had travelled all the way from Gujarat, they told me.”

For a man who has made such a strong mark on cinema, it was a surprise to learn, as he said, that the first time he saw a TV was when the 1988 TV show Mahabharat was telecast.

“Whenever we are challenged with anything in life, cinema serves as an escape mechanism.”

This piece is a very measured response to such messages. What I felt immediately after reading the 'life lessons' was immense anger, followed by disgust and then extreme sadness at how petty people are.

Many of this actors movies courted controversy even before their release.

Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, fondly referred to as V. Shantaram, Shantaram Bapu or Annasaheb, in addition to being a successful director, was also was an exceptional film producer and actor. He is widely known for his early role in the introduction of sound and colour to the Indian cinema.