Amitabh Bachhcan who rings bells in our heart the way Santa Clause has done for a thousand years is coming back with his goodies. Goodies worth rupees 2 crores and counting.

Romance plays a major role in Bollywood films. I feel what distinguishes Indian cinema from global cinema is the subtleness with which romance is handled and beautifully portrayed on screen.

Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, Chak De India, Swades, Pardes, Dil Se, Veer Zara, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaenge. Almost every film of Shah Rukh Khan has a message.

Gone are the days when actresses like Madhubala, Meena Kumari, Asha Parekh and Jaya Bachchan were the queens of millions of hearts. There was a time when Dhak-dhak girl Madhuri Dixit, black beauty Kajol and Rani Mukherjee ruled the roost. Kajol was not conventionally good looking, yet she is remembered for her superb acting and simplicity.

One would love to exchange a life with Michael Jackson but one does not know how lonely that life would be. 'I'm better off dead. I'm done’ was Michael Jackson's fateful prediction just a week before his death. Millions of dollars, worldwide fan following, expensive copyrights; and the ability to take on the world could not give Michael Jackson a life worth living again.

June 25, 2009 – a usual day it was. But nothing remained ‘usual’ about it as it carried along the news of the sudden demise of the music sensation, Michael Jackson. I was rushing to my office unaware of the word that had by then shook almost more than a half of the world. How could one believe it…? The music sensation moon walking away so swiftly – away from us, to another world, even as the world did not have the slightest indication.