By | Monday, 21 Jan, 2019
I knew Balasaheb Thackeray personally. And I knew him well. Well enough for the Shiv Sena supremo to open a bottle of French white wine for me and invite me to smoke a Cuban cigar..... Read more...
By Mark Manuel | Monday, 14 Jan, 2019
You and I and the rest of Bollywood are still celebrating Rohit Shetty’s Simmba that released on December 28. But the filmmaker himself has moved on. He’s onto his next cop film. The ambitious Sooryavanshi..... Read more...
By Mark Manuel | Thursday, 06 Dec, 2018
Sunday afternoon, 3.30 o’clock, I met Sara Ali Khan at the Sun n Sand in Juhu for an interview. I watched her arriving. On the button. Elegantly stepping out of her car. Then sweeping majestically..... Read more...
By Mark Manuel | Tuesday, 27 Nov, 2018
Akshay Kumar, dressed in khaki three-fourths and a black tee, loafers on his feet, strolled in off Juhu Beach and sat down to chat with me about 2.0. Some kids were doing somersaults in..... Read more...
By Mark Manuel | Saturday, 20 Oct, 2018
Back in the day, Shilpa Shetty’s family and mine knew each other. We lived in opposite buildings at Mazagaon. A good old Catholic quarter in what was then Bombay. It had a village..... Read more...
By Mark Manuel | Thursday, 13 Sep, 2018
Sunny Leone, to my great joy, was wearing shorts. White and high waist. That showcased her lovely legs nicely. And a nude off-the-shoulder top with ruffled sleeves. She tick-tocked carefully across the..... Read more...
By Mark Manuel | Saturday, 01 Sep, 2018
The verdict is out. Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se is not just a bad film like its predecessor – the awful YPD 2 of 2013; the third one in this action and comedy franchise starring Dharmendra, and..... Read more...
By | Saturday, 25 Aug, 2018
IT is among the easiest things in the world to interview Dharmendra. Also, among the most difficult. The effort thrills or drains you emotionally. The veteran actor, who is fighting fit at 82, gives you..... Read more...