Last year, while travelling to Mumbai, I happened to meet you at the airport. When I mentioned that I work in radio, you said, “That’s evident from your voice.” It truly made my day.
I also told you how much I admire your performances and what a brilliant actor you are. What I appreciated even more was the grace and humility with which you accepted the compliment.
I also noticed how warmly and patiently you interacted with everyone at the airport, happily posing for selfies with such kindness and ease. It was genuinely wonderful to see.
Thank you for this beautiful memory. Wishing you lots of success and happiness for all your upcoming projects.
Hopefully, someday we’ll have a detailed conversation on my podcast about your incredible journey and experiences. Looking forward to it.
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Michael, the film. Is it perfect? No.
Should you watch it? Hell, yes!
We talk about “global stars” pretty casually today. But imagine a time - the 80s, early 90s - when there was no internet, no YouTube, no Spotify. In India, especially in smaller towns, even getting access to “foreign music” was rare. And yet, somehow, Michael Jackson was everywhere.
He didn’t arrive. He penetrated.
Just the way Amitabh Bachchan did across India - cutting through language, class, culture, geography.
I remember discovering him at school - Welham - where someone brought an English cassette, put it into the deck in the common room, and suddenly a whole bunch of us, who didn’t fully understand the lyrics, were completely hooked.
And then going home for holidays to Bihar Sharif - a small town in Bihar - and hearing ‘Beat It’ play during the Saraswati Puja procession.
That’s when it really hit.
His influence wasn’t intellectual, it was physical. It entered your body - the way you tapped your foot, tried to imitate a step, or just stood there watching, listening… slightly stunned.
It’s difficult to capture all of MJ in one film, but ‘Michael’ manages to make you revisit that memory - to make the era come alive.
And Michael Jackson?
He wasn’t just part of that era.
He was the era.
Impressive acting turns by all, especially, Colman Domingo (father), Nia Long (mother), Juliano Valdi (young Michael) & Jaafar Jackson (Michael Jackson).
From the archives:
Anuparna Roy won Best Director (Orizzonti) at the Venice Film Festival 2025 for Songs of Forgotten Trees.
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Not all stories arrive loudly.
Some stay with you in the quiet.
Songs of Forgotten Trees — a story of two women, finding solace in each other — travels from Venice to the world, carrying with it recognition, resonance, and a voice that refuses to be overlooked.
From winning Best Director at Orizzonti to screening across international festivals, the journey continues.
This is not just a film.
It’s a feeling that lingers.
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We don’t just listen to songs, songs shape us. They hold our memories together. Childhood, home, parents, family, vacations, old radios & tape recorders playing in the background, moments with no stress, no responsibilities - just being. Somewhere, in almost every memory, there is a song… and often, a voice like hers.
Been years since both my parents left. And maybe that’s why this feels even more personal. Maa was a huge fan. So many of Ashaji’s songs don’t just play as music - they take me back to those exact moments… to my parents’ presence, to a home that exists now only in memory.
And there’s a strange, almost unexplainable feeling in this… when your parents are gone, you somehow want the rest of that world - the voices, the people from that time - to still be around. But slowly, one by one, they too begin to leave. And with each passing, it feels like a small, quiet part of those years… those memories… slips a little further away.
I don’t know if “sadness” is the right word. It’s something quieter… a kind of loss you can’t fully explain, only feel. The passing of Asha Bhosle is not just the loss of a legendary artist. It feels like a quiet slipping away of a part of our own lives. One felt it when Lata Mangeshkar left us, and one feels it again now. Jaise bachpan ka ek hissa dheere se kho gaya ho…
And then, somewhere, you find yourself accepting - this is life. This is how it moves. People leave, but what they give us stays. The songs remain. The feelings remain.
Maybe that’s all we can really do - while we’re here, create memories, hold on to them, and leave behind something gentle, something meaningful… something that lives on…
Cinema doesn’t start in theatres.
It starts with curiosity.
We took Shera back to classrooms—
to the audience that still watches with wonder.
Because the future of cinema is sitting right there.
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Award Alert!
EK WAJAH wins the Best Actor Award at the New Jersey Indian & International Film Festival
So proud of @strictlyvikas for bringing such honesty, intensity and depth to the character.
Watching this performance come alive was special, and seeing it get recognized globally is even more special.
So proud of the team and this incredible performance!
Today brought some unexpected good news.
Grateful to receive Best Actor - Short Film at New Jersey Indian International Film Festival 2026 @njiiff
Got this news from @anusinghc who won Best Writer for her beautiful short, Selfie Please, a film I consider myself very lucky to be a part of.
The Best Actor award though was for another film, ‘Ek Wajah’, directed by @sushankk_verma .
Thank you, Sushank and Aditya @singhaditya812 for the trust and the collaboration. @once_upon_a_time_media
Extremely happy to see another friend and collaborator, @anshulika_kapoor (along with Angela Page) win Best Woman Producer for ‘Harij weds Sajili’, directed by yet another friend, @prataya_saha ! 😊
Congratulations, everyone! ❤️
A good day all around. 😊
Curiosity is the first stage of fear. 🐾
From the quiet mountains of Bageshwar to the global stage, discover the story of #Shera—a journey exploring the thin line between a child’s innocence and a predator’s gaze.
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