IN MEMORIUM : VINOD KHANNA

I shot for Tell Me O Khuda with Vinod Sir in 2009-10 for about 25-30 days. Sadly, none of that footage was ever released. All I have of those wonderful days now, is a handful of pictures and my memories. I rarely talk about the making and unmaking of TMOK for obvious reasons, but today I must go down the memory path, just to remember Vinodji.

There are a thousand images that come to my mind when I think of Vinodji.

– The tall guy who ran along side a mighty horse on a beach for a commercial, almost dwarfing the horse with his elegance. (And this was 2 decades before Shahid Kapoor’s similar act in Kameeney.)
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Thank You Rupam

Rupam Talkies – the last single screen theatre of Ahmedabad is going to shut down. With this an era comes to an end. An era that I have witnessed as a child – a beautiful time that, sadly, will only remain in the memories of a generation. Ahmedabad was bubbling with theatres when I was a child. There 100+ single screen theatres in the city. Yes! More than 100! And I’ve seen movies in most of them.
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FIRST LOVE, FIRST AFFAIR, FIRST KISS… AHMEDABAD IS WHERE ALL HAPPENED…

Aapnu Amdavad
For me, the mere mention of Ahmedabad brings on a barrage of memories –
Of waking up on the tennis court near Gujarat College hostel in summer,  Read more