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‘All my bad films belong to me alone’

Why does the sight of a beautiful woman wearing a white saree and singing a song always look scary in a horror film?

Blow hot, and cold

Mind that temper! Dear, fun-loving Shah Rukh Khan seems to be losing his cool big time nowadays. Okay, so any mortal would have in his place, but SRK doesn’t happen to be any mere mortal. He’s a super celebrity, and he will be subjected to provocative tattle, allegations and occasionally, even the truth.

Of mountains and men

For two-and-a-half years this column has examined relationships of all types. We looked at parents and children, teen boys and teen girls, teachers and taught — somehow we never considered the relationship between mountains and men.

All surprises aren’t fearsome

I am a 36-year-old woman and soon going to get married to a man settled in the US. Do you think it is difficult to adapt to the western culture? It is bothering me because my friends doubt that I would be able to stay all alone in a country abroad. I’ll be honest to admit that I didn’t get much exposure in life because I never had a career. Somehow, I have developed serious self-doubts and I’m losing confidence too.
Anjana Gupta

‘Making love is about relishing an emotion’

When I read one philosopher he seems right and when I read another, he also seems right. How come?
That is because your capacity of understanding is lesser than both of them.

The dark side of success

Believe this. Success leads to arrogance. There’s an alarming switchover of personality, miscalculated inaccessibility, and the belief that the world revolves around his/her axis.

Think young to feel young

You missed the point. That’s the point. There’s nothing to be gained in thinking yourself to be young — at your age. No. that’s simply not done. If you are over 50, then remember this — you will not become younger by doing the following:

Look at solutions, not problems

While I understand that socialising and keeping cordial relationship with people around you is good, my neighbour’s interference has really started bothering me. I am a 25-year-old girl putting up alone in a rented apartment. There are times when I invite my friends, sometimes even for night stay. And then I hear all wrong things about me in my society which really disturbs me. Can you suggest something to handle this situation?
Ruchi Vohra

To despise anything can be a positive thing

To despise anything, isn’t it being very negative?
On the contrary, to despise anything can be the most positive thing. “I love the great despisers because they are the great adorers… arrows of longing for the other shore” — Friedrich Nietzsche.

There’s good, bad and ugly

Let’s talk attitude. Because showtown personalities can be exasperatingly bipolar — either arrogant or companionable. And I’m talking not from personal experience, but from stories gathered from the behind-the-scenes workforce, without whom filmmaking would be impossible.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.