Happy birthday Hrishikesh Mukherjee: Actor Swaroop Sampat shares her experience with the legendary director.

By Kavita A Chhibber She started her film career with him and says she had the best time of her life, Today on Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s 104th birth anniversary actor Swaroop Rawal shares her memories of Hrishida and working with him on her first film “Naram Read More …

“Jaane Pehchaane Anjane”: Anupam Kher, Swaroop Sampat and cast continue to captivate audiences

By Kavita A Chhibber “When you stop indulging in self pity, and playing the victim, you become a very attractive person.” Anupam Kher said this to me yesterday evening, as we were talking on the phone about Jaane Pehchaane Anjane, the play that is rocking Read More …

“Jaane Pehchaane Anjane”: A brilliant theatrical exploration of universal themes.

A Review by Kavita A Chhibber It is almost 3 am Houston time and 4 am Boston time. And I am still thinking about the mesmerising two hours of sheer brilliance come alive on-stage tonight in Jaane Pehchaane Anjane. The title gives us a glimpse Read More …

Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s “Anupama”: A profound emotional experience at LA’s Culver Theater

It is officially my birthday and what could be better to start it than honoring the legacy of Hrishikesh Mukherjee, among my most favorite film makers. It was back in November 2025, that Priyanka Mukherjee Rajpal (Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s granddaughter) messaged me that she had secured Read More …

Asha Bhosle: A Gandharvi Has Left the Planet. Her Ethereal Music Lives On.

By Kavita A Chhibber As a little girl belonging to a family that loved music, and my mother who had trained in classical vocal music under Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma’s eminent father Uma Dutt Ji, always singing and playing the radio when she was expecting Read More …