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Exclusive: Neeraj Ghaywan on Dalit Struggles & 'Made in Heaven 2'

Exclusive: Neeraj Ghaywan on Dalit Struggles & 'Made in Heaven 2'

Mid-day's Mayank Shekhar talks to Neeraj Ghaywan about Made in Heaven 2, and his own struggle with his Dalit identity. Director Neeraj Ghaywan opens up on the conversation-starter episode of Made in Heaven that spotlights owning your Dalit identity. "Pallavi Menke is me,” filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan confesses, before apologising for emotionally choking up, during a video call with mid-day, along with Alankrita Shrivastav, Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar, writer-directors of the second season of the Emmy-nominated series, Made in Heaven (MIH), on Amazon Prime Video. Neeraj Ghaywan is referring to Radhika Apte’s Ambedkarite Dalit, upper-class, lead-character, in the fifth episode of  Made in Heaven 2, titled The Heart Skipped A Beat, directed by him. That’s singularly turned into a conversation-starter online.

20 August,2023 01:48 PM IST
Why was Tillotama Shome kept under wraps in The Night Manager? | Exclusive Inter

Why was Tillotama Shome kept under wraps in The Night Manager? | Exclusive Inter

Tillotama Shome aka Lipika from 'The Night Manager' speaks about the impact of her role and her approach towards it, what losing Irrfan Khan and her mother to cancer taught her, completing 22 years in the industry and more! 

27 June,2023 12:25 PM IST
Buddhists gather in Thailand to promote values of Buddhism

Buddhists gather in Thailand to promote values of Buddhism

Hundreds of Buddhist followers assembled in Thailand's Ayutthaya for an international gathering aimed at promoting the values of Buddhism. The second gathering of the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) opened at the historic Maha Tat temple, an ancient ruin in Ayutthaya's national park.

02 March,2016 05:09 PM IST
Rohith Vemula's kin embrace Buddhism

Rohith Vemula's kin embrace Buddhism

Rohith Vemula's kin embraced Buddhism in presence of Dr B.R. Ambedkar's grandsons, Prakash and Anandraj Ambedkar, at an event held in Mumbai on Thursday. Vemula's brother said Rohith always wanted to adopt Buddhism to combat the evils of castism in India.

14 April,2016 06:21 PM IST

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