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Rahul Bhatia

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Business
The Curious Case of Saawariya

The inside story of how Sony Pictures in India went about producing Saawariya, the grand debacle, and why the experience frightened studios.

14 April 2010
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Living
Smelling a Sight, Hearing a Look

What does a person blind since birth ‘see’? We asked 16-year-old Renuka Shinde.

24 March 2010
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Art & Culture
Love, Sex Aur Censor

In the final days before the release of his film Love, Sex Aur Dhokha, director Dibakar Banerjee gave Open full access to his life.

17 March 2010
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Art & Culture
Whassup with Ramu?

Why has one of our most gifted film directors sunk to such depths?

03 February 2010
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Cinema
Bollywood’s Script Thieves

The Hindi film industry is notorious for lifting stories. Is there a solution?

12 January 2010
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Narcoanalysis

It refers to the controlled administration of intravenous ‘truth serum’.

07 January 2010
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Business
ABCL, Aaj Kal

It seems the only thing ABCL-2 is scared of is ABCL-1.

10 December 2009
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Living
Anything but a Box

You can’t go racing in these cars but they sure can attract a crowd. Their maker had stopped displaying them at traffic safety weeks, as they were causing traffic jams

18 November 2009
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Living
Deconstructing Hafeez Contractor

Is architect Hafeez Contractor a superhero or just an overrated marketing success?

05 November 2009
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Art & Culture
‘I Got Bored of My Opulence’

Karan Johar is tired of playing it safe. He talks to Open on what age has to do with his new approach, why he apologised to Raj Thackeray and why Bollywood is looking beyond its own gene pool.

28 October 2009

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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