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April 8, 2012 Guru Dutt magic redux There was a book reading session at the Starmark in South City Mall on Friday evening. The book Rendezvous With God has been written by Abhilasha Agarwal. I, along with …
April 7, 2012 Preparing for mega felicitation event April 7, 2012: On Friday evening I went to the Sangeet Bangla party for cocktails and dinner to celebrate their 7th anniversary at Club 69 (Silver Spring Arcade).The theme of the party was `mafia attire’. …
April 5, 2012 Forum for art and cultural aficionados of Rajasthan Thursday, April 5, 2012: I arrived in Kolkata yesterday night from Rajasthan. It was a very bumpy flight due to the Kal Baishakhi (Nor’wester) which is very common this time …
April 3, 2012 Held back by Jaipur event Tuesday, April 3, 2012: Jaipur, as usual, is keeping me very busy with lots of meetings lined up. I am supposed to go back to Kolkata today but I postponed …
April 1, 2012 Serving with a sigh! Last week I went to the Princeton Club after a dubbing session for the film Paanch Adhyay in which I have a guest appearance. This film is the directorial debut project of Pratim Dasgupta. …
March 31, 2012 Dinner with Sonal Friday, March 31, 2012: It is late night now. I hosted a dinner at the executive lounge of ITC Rajputana. I am writing this blog from the second best room …
March 30, 2012 Rajasthan – keeping the cultural flag flying Friday, March 30, 2012: Rajasthan’s rich and diverse cultural heritage is its hallmark. Today evening I was at a seminar that was attended by eminent writers, artistes and connoisseurs, who …
March 29, 2012 Rajasthan Diwas March 29, 2012: I arrived at Jaipur today. Tomorrow is the Rajasthan Diwas, celebrated every year on the 30th of March to commemorate the momentous event of 1949 when modern …
March 28, 2012 Remembering Dadamoni At Nandan yesterday was the inaugural function to celebrate the Birth Centenary year of late actor, singer, painter and producer Ashok Kumar who was also fondly known as Dadamoni. An evergreen personality …
March 25, 2012 Reputations! One precedes, the other follows A couple of weeks back, while travelling, I chatted up with a journalist friend of mine from Kolkata. I learnt from her that Roopa Ganguly had bagged the National Award …
March 24, 2012 Movie week March 24, 2012: Last night late show I went to see Agent Vinod. Just before that I attended the premier of Anjan Dutta-directed Abar Byomkesh at Priya cinema. I watched …
March 22, 2012 At a dubbing session March 22, 2012: Today evening I went for a dubbing session for Pratim Dasgupta’s maiden film Paanch Adhyay featuring Diya Mirza and Priyanshu Chatterjee (file picture of shooting). I am …