Adventures of a Writer

  By Jaideep Sen Mere Pass Baap Hain! ....Now that’s  something Salman Khan can say with pride in real life because of amongst multiple reasons the one great talent that he’s inherited from his father, Salim Khan Saab,  is the Eye to spot special talent like father and son themselves are. Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Salman Khan   As I  watched Gangubai Kathiwadi which personally I feel is Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Best Film to date , and was swept by its brilliance I  instinctively thought of doffing my hat to Salman Khan , through this piece,  for giving us this gem of a filmmaker. Salim Khan and Amitabh Bachchan Having been around in the film Industry for three  decades I know what a fight it is to convince an A Lister to do your first film and  when unfortunately it fails commercially --as it happened with Khamoshi-The Musical -- it’s  unheard of for the star to do the same filmmaker’s second film.  But  in this case Salman d...

 By Jaideep Sen After writing 16 articles on the Magician with the Pen, Salim Khan Saab, I chose to do this piece on his mega-star son. The reason for that is undoubtedly the most landmark film—which I call a cinematic movement in the life of not Salman Khan, the Star but Salman Khan, the Actor— Bajrangi Bhaijaan. Every time I see the film, and I see it quite often since it’s a prized possession in my set top box, I am amazed that a mega-star like Salman Bhai, at the peak of his mega stardom, stripped himself completely off all the trappings of his success by playing Pavan Kumar Chaturvedi, alias Bajrangi Bhaijaan, with such simplicity, innocence and purity.   At that level of stardom it’s extremely challenging to detach yourself completely from the gigantic star that you are and become a common man to bring this character to life. Great cinema, as a leading international director has said, is nothing short of a miracle. It is an amalgam of great writing...