Friday 21 November 2014

100 religious leaders to attend Jama Masjid ceremony

100 religious leaders to attend Jama Masjid ceremony


New Delhi: Over 100 religious leaders from India and abroad will Saturday attend a ceremony at the Jama Masjid here when the son of Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari will be anointed the Naib Imam of the 17th century mosque.
Ahmed Bukhari refused to comment on criticism against the event, telling IANS that "he would respond to all the criticism in the court".
The two-and-half-hour ceremony will begin at 5.30 p.m., he said. Among those expected to attend are Muslim leaders from Tunisia, Egypt, Malaysia, Indonesia and South Arabia.
"Besides, thousands of Muslims will be present. There will be religious speeches," Ahmed Bukhari told
Shaban Bukhari, 19, is pursuing his Bachelors in Social Work at Amity University. The post of Naib Imam will put him in the line to become the Shahi Imam of the country's largest mosque.
Ahmed Bukhari said: "Shaban needs to be groomed. I was appointed the Shahi Imam in 2000, which was 27 years after I became the Naib Imam."
Ahmed Bukhari refused to say if Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had accepted his invitation to attend the event -- to which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not been called.
"I will tell you in a day or two," the Shahi Imam said.
The Bukharis, originally from Central Asia, have been the traditional custodians of the Jama Masjid since it was built during the Mughal era in the 17th century, facing the Red Fort.

Aamir, Deepika in Conversation with Karan Johar at HT Summit: Highlights


Aamir, Deepika in Conversation with Karan Johar at HT Summit: Highlights

  • Late 70s and 80s were disappointing -- the disco era
  • I feel that from the late 80s onwards there is a gradual change that has been happening very organically
  • Our understanding or definition of mainstream cinema has been changing, has really widened now 
  • Audience has also changed and the filmmakers have brought in fresh voices 
  • Film advertorials are silly
  • I don't care about big budgets
  • It is very important how we predict women in films and media
  • On Shah Rukh Khan: Khans are compared because of the common surname
  • Not all blockbusters are good movies
  • On reshaping cinema - I met this American writer once and she said some things which made a of sense to me. She asked 'what does the creative person give to the society?'
  • I feel entertaining society is not the end of our responsibility
  • Our responsibility is to create heroes, motivate people, touch the good and make you glow
  • We will also infuse fresh oxygen into this country - this is my vision for this country
  • No matter how much I expose, you'll still be more  interested in Deepika (responds to Q about PK transistor)
Deepika Padukone:
  • Did not feel the pressure in my debut film
  • Every film I have done has been a learning experience. 
  • Everything that I have learnt is from my spending physical time on the sets, with directors, co-stars and my own mistake
  • The most important thing is to learn from our own mistakes
  • Insecurities can also be very very productive
  • Competition does not bring you down
  • I am the happiest when I am on a film set, when I am working and it has always been about achieving more
  • Katrina Kaif is one of the most hard-working people I've ever met

HT Leadership Summit 2014: Indian men are not used to complimenting women, says Deepika

Actor Deepika Padukone and industry colleague Aamir Khan indulge in a candid conversation with Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2014.

Aamir Khan began the conversation with his take on the changing pattern of Indian cinema, "Indian films are undergoing a change. I call that the disco era. From late 80s gradual change , very organically. coming of metroplex is part of that change. Definition of mainstream is cconstantly changing." He further said, "Taare Zameen Par would have been an arthouse flick in the 70s. People who made Mughal-E-Azam never cared for the box office numbers."

Aamir added, "I absolutely stand by Deepika. I have problem how we depict women in films, media, (hey just look at the cleavage). We are in  this mad race." He also said, "I really wish the film fraternity was more united."

"We became Bollywood trimurti because our surnames were the same. I really liked Ranbir's work in Barfi," said Aamir.

Deepika Padukone also opined her views, "Competition is not about negativity and pulling others down. It's about bettering yourself." She added, "Our responsibility doesn't end by entertaining people. Our job is to get more grace into society."

She also said, "It's not that we have not objectified men in Indian Cinema. It's just that we choose to talk of only women." She commented on her choice of films as well, "Films play important part in shaping youth. Will be more careful about roles, meaningful films."

Aamir Khan was more candid in his reactions. "I can earn 10 times more than what I do by endorsing products or hosting game shows, but I don't want to."

During the session, Deepika also said, "Indian men are not used to 

 complimenting women."

The never before heard stories of Rajnikanth


The never before heard stories of Rajnikanth
File Pic Rajnikanth in a still from Lingaa
Rajnikanth the superstar, who neither believes in superstardom and all its trappings nor behaves like a superstar in public

Writing about Rajnikanth is always an exciting experience as there is a lot I can say. The story can go on and on. But this time let Lingaa be the focus. A video clip featuring Rajnikant from the video coverage of the actor’s Press conference on the eve of the release of Robot in Mumbai had gone viral on various social connect media. It is relevant to mention it now as the actor gears up for the release of Lingaa because it gives an amusing and revealing insight into the mind of Rajnikant, the super star who neither believes in superstardom and all its trappings nor behaves like a super star in public. In the clip he relates an incident from his life when he visited a relative’s house in Rajasthan. A neighbor dropped in hoping to meet a super star in flesh and blood. To the neighbor’s surprise he met a simple , ordinary looking man with a bald pate. He asked Rajni how he spent his time and Rajni told him he had just completed a movie starring Aiswarya Rai in the lead. The visitor then asked him who the hero of the film was. Rajni answered that he was the hero. The man stared at him in disbelief. The visitor had brought his young son along and Rajni saw the boy nudge his gaping father and tell him in a whisper: “daddy, he is the hero. You should just keep quiet”. The man remained silent and in a daze all through the visit after that.
That’s Rajnikant in real life. He is completely different when he goes before the cameras with his make up , wig and costume because he knows that week after week repeat audiences will spend their hard earned money to buy admission tickets to applaud his amazing screen persona. His eagerly awaited December release, Lingaa, in 3 languages  ( Tamil, Telugu, Hindi ) is being talked about for the stunts he has performed and his youthful looks in specially tailored suave apparel. He is no doubt as good a match for the film’s young leading ladies Sonakshi Sinha and Anukhsha Shetty as any of the ruling young actors of Tamil and Hindi cinema. In fact, he may well give them all a complex.
Rajnikanth is a fan of Amitabh Bachchan. He also admired Dev Anand a lot. There are some comparitive points that arouse interest between him and Amitabh Bachchan as unrivalled super stars. It is common knowledge that Amitabh will never appear before anybody other than his immediate family members without a wig and he has expressed his awe for Rajni’s boldness in  making public appearances revealing his bald pate. Amitabh will never appear in public wearing just a bush shirt over his trousers and walk out of an airport unaccompanied by body guards and his protocol manager. Rajni has no hesitation to come out of an aircraft, go to the luggage bay , collect his baggage and walk out like any airline passenger  if nobody has been assigned to take care of him. I have seen him do so while passengers who recognized him watched him with admiration and walked up to him to shake hands with him while he waited for his baggage. He made no attempt to be different from all the others waiting anxiously  for their baggage. It is difficult for a lay man to believe at such times that he is THE RAJNIKANT, the country’s biggest super star.
Like Amitabh Bachchan, Rajni came to films without the looks that were mandatory for stardom. While Amitabh managed to create an aura around him with the enormous success his starrers met with at the box office, Rajni made no conscious attempt to build an image. He merely evolved his own individual style of acting and mannerisms which appealed to the masses and gave him a place in their hearts. Both Rajni and Amitabh played characters with grit and idealistic values and compassion for the plight of the downtrodden and poor. The audience of the time, the late Sixties and Seventies, empathized with their screen personalities. Both had Dame Fortune showering unprecedented success in their careers.
While Amitabh made hay during the sunshine period and attained incredible super stardom and gave "darshan" from a distance every day to hundreds of fans who stood outside his bungalow at Juhu in Mumbai, Rajni got down to ploughing back a percentage of his earnings to help the needy who showed up at the gate of his residence in Chennai. He not only obliged his fans who came to get a "darshan" as early as six am by posing for photographs with them , he also had his manager take their requests for monetary help and do the needful. As a result Rajni did not remain just a super star with a stupendous fan following: he became a God for the majority of his admirers. A status no Hindi film hero could ever boast of. And the beauty of the Rajni magic was that he was not doing what he was doing every morning at his residence to gain mileage or a social image as a philanthropist.  He was doing it because it was the best way he  could think of to thank the Almighty for his bounty.
Each time it is said a film starring Rajni becomes a blockbuster, the star vanishes for a while to some destination known to only a for few to unwind and feel the ground under his feet.  He returns with his bald pate shining , his eyes twinkling with inner peace, his smile radiating the goodness within him and picks up the threads of his life and career happily. It was speculated when Narendra Modi visited him prior to the polls that he may join politics at last. But people close to him are certain he won’t. They say he could have been in politics a long time ago if he so desired. His wisdom has always kept him away from the sham world of politics but then who knows what life has in store !

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