Giridhar Jha

Book launch event of "The Non-Conformist" biography of Balraj Sahani by his son Parikshat Sahani in Delhi.

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Ekta Kapoor with Outlook’s senior editor Giridhar Jha.

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Ekta Kapoor, Joint Managing Director and Creative Director of Balaji Films, in conversation with Outlook editor Giridhar Jha.

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From left, Outlook Sr. Editor Giridhar Jha, Singer KJ Yesudas and Musician AR Rahman during the 65th National Film Awards function at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.

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I&B minister Smriti Irani confers Best Film Critic award to Giridhar Jha during the 65th National Film Awards function at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.

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‘You Don’t Deal With Failure. Failure Deals With You’

Jul 09, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
Bihar Elections: Will Tejashwi Prasad Yadav’s ‘Sorry’ Change RJD’s Fortunes Vs Nitish’s JD(U)?

Tejashwi faces an uphill task to prevent Nitish Kumar from coming to power for the fourth time in a row. His biggest challenge is to keep his party flock together

Jul 09, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
Virus Keeps Nirvana-Seekers, Pilgrims Away From Buddha's Land As Hotels Languish

Tourism business in Bodh Gaya has taken a massive hit. Last year, more than 3.5 crore tourists visited the state. Of them, almost 11 lakh were foreigners

Jul 04, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
‘A Good Story Is Not Enough. You Need Good Screenplay’

Jul 03, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
Bihar Elections: It's 15 Years Of Nitish Kumar Vs 15 Years Of Lalu Prasad Yadav

Despite its achievements, the Nitish Kumar government continues to fall back on its time-tested strategy of raising Lalu's 'jungle raj' to win elections in Bihar

Jun 19, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
Middling Perfection

His self-deprecatory movies about middle-class society trod the fine line between popular and art house cinema

Jun 12, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
Lexical Virtuoso

The lyricist had a flair for conveying sublime emotions in the simplest of words

Jun 05, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
Under Attack From BJP, Can Uddhav Thackeray Sail Through A Political Turmoil As COVID Lurks?

Not only coronavirus, BJP's 'Maharashtra Bachao' rally is certainly testing Thackeray's ability as an administrator. At least for now, the Sena-NCP-Congress alliance is holding up

Jun 05, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
Braving The COVID Odds! Why This Bihar Teenager Will Make Lance Armstrong Blush

For eight days, with dad as pillion, Jyoti Kumari cycled 1200 km from Gurgaon to her village in Darbhanga

May 29, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
Cruel Homecoming! Of A Dying Son And Race Against Time For A Migrant Worker

As daily labourer Ram Pukar Pandit walked back from Delhi to Begusarai, he heard his 11-month-old son had died due to stomach infection

May 29, 2020

| Giridhar Jha

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When Soorma Bhopali Got Gift From Nehru And Had Boxing Bout With Muhammad Ali!

Jagdeep became a recluse in recent years and did rare films, as his brand of comedy became absolutely obsolete in the new millennium with the audiences beginning to show a remarkable aversion for over-the-top comedies.

Jul 09, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
Let Alone Sridevi And Madhuri Dixit, Saroj Khan Made Actors With Wooden Feet Dance To Her Tunes

In a career spanning nearly four decades as an independent choreographer, Saroj Khan worked with all the major actors to become a legend in her lifetime.

Jul 03, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
Sushant Singh Rajput's Last Trip To Ancestral Home And Memories Of Famous 'Helicopter Shot'

During his visit, villagers say, Sushant Singh Rajput met people without any inhibitions, roamed about the agricultural fields and climbed atop trees in a mango orchard to relive his childhood.

Jun 15, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
Gone Too Soon! Sushant Singh Rajput’s Suicide Underlines How Vulnerable Film Stars Can Be

The reported suicide of Sushant, the first major Bollywood star since Guru Dutt to end his life, has left many questions unanswered and has yet again underlined how vulnerable people with fame, success and money can be, even in the high-profile glamorous world of cinema.

Jun 14, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
Movie Review | Gulabo Sitabo A Letdown From Vicky Donor, Piku Team Despite Big B's Sterling Act

Amitabh Bachchan does it yet again in Gulabo Sitabo grabbing the eyeballs by the force of his consummate performance despite the languid pace of the narrative. But that may not be enough for the film, considering the fact that it is a collaboration of the same team, which has delivered some immensely uplifting movies in the past eight years.

Jun 12, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
Lalu Yadav’s 15 Years Remain Nitish Kumar’s Main Poll Weapon In Bihar

Nitish Kumar has begun directing the party men to tell the new generation of voters about what kind of governance Bihar had witnessed during the 15-year rule of the RJD government.

Jun 09, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
Amit Shah's Virtual Rally May Have Set The Template For Poll Campaign In Bihar

The virtual rally has set the stage for an electoral slugfest between arch-rivals -- the NDA and the RJD-led opposition -- regardless of the BJP’s claim that it was neither a political nor an electoral exercise.

Jun 07, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
Bollywood Began Emulating Basu Chatterjee’s Legacy 30 Years Too Late

The USP of Basu Chatterjee's films was the fact he chose his protagonists from the middle class who were all rooted in real life. Chatterjee’s films bore an unmistakable imprint of his typical style of film-making, something which went on to inspire generations of film-makers in the years to come.

Jun 04, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
Salman Khan’s Mascot, Composer Wajid Didn't Discard Melody At The Altar Of Digital-era Music

In Wajid Khan’s premature demise due to coronavirus-induced kidney infection, the music industry has lost one of the talented composers of the modern generation.

Jun 01, 2020

| Giridhar Jha
Kai Baar Yun Bhi Dekha Hai...A Lyricist Like Yogesh Never Dies, Just Like Anand

Lyricist Yogesh penned some of the immortal songs for many a timeless classic of ace film-makers like Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Chatterjee.

May 29, 2020

| Giridhar Jha

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