Mahesh Bhatt 
A Few Good Bad Men(0)
Evil is always fascinating and Hindi films have had some memorable anti-heroes.
By MAHESH BHATT
When I joined the movies I often heard my predecessors say that if you want to know the greatness of the hero, make the villain very strong and give him the stature of a hero. It was there that it struck me [...]
Infidelity
Once shunned publicly but practised privately, adultery is now recognised as an inevitable part of our society.
When I joined films in the early 1970s physical fitness was not a major priority for a star or a starlet in Bollywood. At that time tales of heroes’ and heroines’ drinking binges made the rounds of the film [...]
What ails Bollywood?
Money is the new drug, and stars are going to new lows to grab fistfuls of it.
When I joined films in the early 1970s physical fitness was not a major priority for a star or a starlet in Bollywood. At that time tales of heroes’ and heroines’ drinking binges made the rounds of the film [...]
The light of Victory
Success and fame are great – but they are not what constitutes victory.
Recently at the launch of my documentary The Torch Bearers, at a five-star hotel in Bombay usually known for film parties and music launches, I had two of my proteges, Anupam Kher and my nephew Emraan Hashmi, honour a 90-year-old farmer turned perfume [...]