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Shefeekkinte Santhosham - Offical Trailer | Unni Mukundan | Divya Pillai | Anup Pandalam

Shefeekkinte Santhosham – Offical Trailer | Unni Mukundan | Divya Pillai | Anup Pandalam

Presenting the Official Trailer of “Shefeekkinte Santhosham” starring Unni Mukundan, Bala, Manoj K Jayan & Divya Pillai in the … source

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Maan Le Lyrics - Arijit Singh | Chitrakut

Maan Le Lyrics – Arijit Singh | Chitrakut

Maan Le Lyrics – Arijit Singh | Chitrakut | Somesh Saha | Divya Unny Maan Le Lyrics – This is a New Hindi song of 2022 Sung by Arijit Singh from Chitrakut movie Starring Yash, Sanjay Dutt, Srinidhi Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Prakash Raj, and Malvika Avinash, Composed by Somesh Saha and written by Divya Unny and Somesh Saha and the label is Sony Music India. Maan Le Lyrics in English Ab Jo Sil…

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Maan Le Lyrics - Arijit Singh | Chitrakut

#MaanLe #Chitrakut #ArijitSingh

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Maan Le Lyrics (Chitrakut) - Arijit Singh

#ArijitSingh #MaanLe #Chitrakut

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Jangmi (장미)- 14th member of Seventeen

Real Name: Rydel Divya Jisoo Kim

Stage Name: Jangmi meaning Rose (장미)

Nicknames: Diva, Baby of the 3rd Gen, Mimi 

Birthday: 23/2/2001

Blood Type: O+

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Height: 5”3 (160cm)

Eye Colour: Black with a tint of Brown

Natural Hair: Black slightly curly hair that damaged since she straightens it all the time

Nationality: Australian

Ethnicity: ½ Korean, ½ Sri Lankan

Position: Maknae (Twin Maknae), Main Dancer

Trainee Since: 2012 Winter

Life Story: 

Jangmi was born in Melbourne, Australia on the 23rd of February 2001. Her dad is from Busan whilst her mum is from Sri Lanka, technically making her a “halfie.” But it’s hard to guess that based on her appearance, with most Koreans thinking she’s from India and most Sri Lankans thinking she’s from China. Nothing frustrates her more when people invalidate one part of her ethnicity, and she isn’t afraid to death glare them.

She became a trainee under Pledis in the Christmas holidays of 2012, where she and her family went to Korea, just before she would go to High School. She wasn’t actually scouted, but she saw a Pledis scout trying to scout a foreigner, who didn’t speak English, and decided to help them out. Long story short, she ended up scoring herself an audition and eventually passing.

At the beginning of her training she focused on her rap, as she was going to be one of the lead rappers in Pledis Girlz. She struggled a bit, as she wasn’t a native Korean speaker and couldn’t enunciate the syllables clearly, especially when she had to rap fast. She flew back and forth between Australia and Korea, training during the holidays.

She eventually switched over to SVT just only a few months from their debut, as their Vice CEO managed to see her dancing with SVT’s danceline and thought that their dynamic was something special. For couple of weeks, she was going switching from practising with SVT and Pledis Girlz until it was decided she’d debut with SVT. Mainly because the company wanted them to have a wow factor which separated them from the other boygroups at that time.

When she switched groups, she also swapped roles and became main dancer, solely based on the fact that she looked better in that unit. Ever since debut, she’s been working her butt off to prove her place in the dance line and make sure she isn’t dragging the other members down.

Hobbies: Jangmi’s favourite hobby is probably songwriting. Nothing calms her down like spewing all her thoughts on pieces of papers. She used to bottle up all her feelings, until Woozi taught her how to write out her frustrations and emotions. Now she usually writes lyrics every night before sleeping.

Likes: Swimming, Animals, One Direction

Dislikes: Pledis (keeps it on the low though), Sexy Concepts, Mushrooms (pretends she’s allergic)

Current Roomate: Dino

Relationship Status: Taken [x] April 2019 - now

Friends:

Kevin (The Boyz) [x]

Jacob (The Boyz)

Eric (The Boyz)

Mark (NCT) [x] 

Chaeyong (Twice)

Somi

Wendy (Red Velvet)

Pristin (RIP)

Fun Facts:

She used to go to Korean School every Saturday morning back in Australia, meaning she could somewhat understand what was happening when she became a trainee. No way was she fluent, and the other trainees would often joke around about how she spoke like a ajumma.

When she gets passionate about something, she can only think and speak in English, forcing the English Line to translate to the rest of the group.

She didn’t appear on 17 Debut Plan, and everyone was shocked when her teaser came out for ‘Adore U.’

She has a few tattoos, which she got behind the companies back.

Her favourite nickname is ‘Baby of the 3rd Gen’ since she debuted so young, and was constantly surrounded by older boys.

She uses the term “hyung” when referring to the members, since that’s what the othes call each other. In fact she calls most of their staff “unnie” and “hyung,” since its weird when the members scream thanks at the end of rehearsals, and there’s 13 loud voices going “hyung” and a tiny voice going “oppa.”

She lived with female staff from debut, went to the trainee dorms for a little while in the middle, and moved into the SVT dorms when she turned 18.

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അവളുടെ കൗതുകകരമായ ചെറിയ കണ്ണുകള്‍ കാണുമ്പോള്‍ സന്തോഷം; മകള്‍ക്കൊപ്പമുള്ള ചിത്രം പങ്കുവെച്ച് ദിവ്യ ഉണ്ണി

അവളുടെ കൗതുകകരമായ ചെറിയ കണ്ണുകള്‍ കാണുമ്പോള്‍ സന്തോഷം; മകള്‍ക്കൊപ്പമുള്ള ചിത്രം പങ്കുവെച്ച് ദിവ്യ ഉണ്ണി

മലയാളത്തിന്റെ പ്രിയതാരം ദിവ്യ ഉണ്ണി പങ്കുവെച്ച ചിത്രങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്ന് സമൂഹമാധ്യമങ്ങള്‍ ഒന്നടങ്കം ഏറ്റെടുത്തിരിക്കുന്നത്. തന്റെ ഇളയ മകള്‍പ്പൊപ്പമുളള്ള മനോഹരമായ രണ്ട് ചിത്രങ്ങളാണ് താരം പങ്കുവച്ചിരിക്കുകയാണ്. നൃത്തത്തിനുള്ള വേഷത്തിലാണ് ദിവ്യ ചിത്രത്തിലുള്ളത്.

നൃത്തവേഷമണിഞ്ഞ അമ്മയെ കൗതുകപൂര്‍വം നോക്കുകയാണ് മകള്‍ ഐശ്വര്യ. തന്റെ ജീവിതത്തിലെ പുതിയ അതിഥിയായ കുഞ്ഞാവയ്‌ക്കൊപ്പം നില്‍ക്കുന്ന ദിവ്യാ ഉണ്ണിയുടെ…

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ആകാശത്ത് നിന്ന് അവള്‍ വീണ്ടും വരുന്നു “ഗംഗ”, പ്രേക്ഷകരെ ഭീതിയുടെ മുള്‍മുനയില്‍ നിര്‍ത്തിയ “വിനയന്‍റെ ആകാശ ഗംഗ” ഒരിക്കല്‍ക്കൂടി

ആകാശത്ത് നിന്ന് അവള്‍ വീണ്ടും വരുന്നു “ഗംഗ”, പ്രേക്ഷകരെ ഭീതിയുടെ മുള്‍മുനയില്‍ നിര്‍ത്തിയ “വിനയന്‍റെ ആകാശ ഗംഗ” ഒരിക്കല്‍ക്കൂടി

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Samantha’s Yashoda on November 11, 2022

Tollywood News: Samantha is one of the Indian Actresses, who appears in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi languages and now become one of the leading actresses in the film industry with her acting skills and earned a lot of fame from the audience. She always makes her fans surprisingly by choosing different roles for the films.

Samantha again comes with another different role in the film Yashoda. It is a lady-oriented film on a pan-India scale. She plays a role as surrogate mother who discovers that there might be something sinistrous about a surrogacy care center she is admitted to.

The film Yashoda is directed by Hari Harish and stars Varalakshmi Sarathkumar, Unni Mukundan, Rao Ramesh, Unni Mukundan, Murali Sharma, Sampath Raj, Shatru, Madhurima, Kalpika Ganesh, Divya Sripada, Priyanka Sharma and others are playing in major roles in the film.

The music for the film is composed by Manisharma and Sivalenka Krishna Prasad is going to produce the film under Sridevi Movies. And the film is all set to grand released in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam languages on November 11, 2022. The film’s trailer which was released recently received a terrific response from the audience.

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WebNewsify : Samantha's new-age action thriller 'Yashoda' to release on November 11

WebNewsify : Produced by Sivalenka Krishna Prasad prestigious Sridevi Motion pictures Manufacturing no. 14, Hari and Harish are directing this movie.Aiming to announce the discharge date uniquely, the film workforce made followers reveal the discharge date, in an fascinating pixel marketing campaign. 1000's of followers participated on this and revealed the poster in lower than 30 minutes.Talking on the event, producer Sivalenka Krishna Prasad mentioned: "'Yashoda' is a new-age motion thriller. Our film has balanced quotient of thriller and feelings with gripping components for audiences.""On the entire, it is an edge-of-the-seat thriller. Enjoying the titular position, Samantha put her blood and sweat within the motion scenes. She dubbed for herself in each Telugu and Tamil. You'll witness a wholly new dimension of Manisharma's background music. We have not compromised on the technical and manufacturing values of the movie.""With a lavish finances, we wrapped the shoot in 100 days. Viewers who love new-age cinema will certainly be thrilled to look at 'Yashoda'. Watch it in theatres Worldwide on November 11, 2022"Alongside Samantha, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Unni Mukundan, Rao Ramesh, Murali Sharma, Sampath Raj, Shatru, Madhurima, Kalpika Ganesh, Divya Sripada, Priyanka Sharma and others are enjoying main roles. Read the full article

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Maan Le Lyrics - Arijit Singh

Maan Le Lyrics – Arijit Singh

Maan Le Lyrics by Arijit Singh is the latest Hindi song with music given by Somesh Saha. Maan Le song lyrics are written by Somesh Saha, Divya Unny. Maan Le Song Details: Song: Maan Le Singer(s): Arijit Singh Musician(s): Somesh Saha Written by: Somesh Saha, Divya Unny Label(©): Sony Music India Maan Le Lyrics Ab jo sil diya Tune apne dil ko Ki kuch bhi mehsoos ho na sake. Kho na jana mana…

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Divya Unni's latest photoshoot will leave you awestruck

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ഇക്കുറി ഓണത്തിന് നാട്ടില്‍; 17വര്‍ഷങ്ങള്‍ക്കിപ്പുറം മാതാപിതാക്കള്‍ക്കൊപ്പം ഓണം ആഘോഷിച്ച് ദിവ്യ ഉണ്ണി, വിലപ്പെട്ട നിമിഷമെന്ന് താരം

ഇക്കുറി ഓണത്തിന് നാട്ടില്‍; 17വര്‍ഷങ്ങള്‍ക്കിപ്പുറം മാതാപിതാക്കള്‍ക്കൊപ്പം ഓണം ആഘോഷിച്ച് ദിവ്യ ഉണ്ണി, വിലപ്പെട്ട നിമിഷമെന്ന് താരം

17 വര്‍ഷങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് ശേഷം നാട്ടില്‍ മാതാപിതാക്കള്‍ക്കൊപ്പം ഓണം ആഘോഷിക്കാന്‍ കഴിഞ്ഞതിന്റെ സന്തോഷം പങ്കുവെച്ച് നടി ദിവ്യ ഉണ്ണി. ഇന്‍സ്റ്റഗ്രാമിലാണ് താരം തന്റെ വിലപ്പെട്ട നിമിഷങ്ങള്‍ പങ്കുവെച്ചത്. വര്‍ഷങ്ങളായി അമേരിക്കയിലാണ് ദിവ്യയുടെ താമസം.

‘ചിലപ്പോള്‍ ദിനങ്ങളല്ല, നിമിഷങ്ങളാണ് ഓര്‍ത്തുവയ്ക്കുക എന്നത് സത്യമാണ്. 17 വര്‍ഷത്തിനുശേഷം എന്റെ മാതാപിതാക്കള്‍ക്കൊപ്പം ചെലവഴിച്ച ഈ ഓണം എല്ലാഴും…

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ミーナー大開放

chingucha chingucha thanjavooru mannu (Porkkaalam 1997 Tamil) 織工のミーナーと壺作りのムラリのロマンス。妹役のサンガヴィーは見違えた。 gala galavena (Rhythm 2000 Tamil) いかにもラフマーンの曲

(Palayathu Amman 2000 Tamil) aadi vandhen aadi vandhen 女神映画。 paal nila pachai nila 蛇体をあらわすミーナー。 motho orai paakaral 南インドの祭りには圧倒される。 palayathamma nee pasavilakku Divya Unni もすぐれた踊り手だ。 adi muthu muthu maari  　(HQ) センディルの水痘を治癒する。 udukkai piranthathu 女神大活躍。 veppillai veppillai vekkaliyamman チアダンス。ミーナー記事に載せたもののHQ版。

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Malayalam Actress Vidhya Unni Wedding Photos Malayalam Actress Divya Unni's sister and actor-dancer Vidhya Unni got hitched to Chennai native Sanjay Venkateswaran at Gokulam Convention Centre, Kochi. The wedding pictures are trending on social media.

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July 2017

Set to be a TV Drama Multi-Award Winner: The Handmaid’s Tale

If any book deserves the in-depth dramatisation of a TV series, it's The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood; and this TV series on Hulu and Channel 4 truly delivers. Set in a future dystopian nightmare, The Handmaid's Tale follows the story of Offred, a woman who was captured, separated from her husband and daughter; and forced to live a life of (sex) slavery, to have babies for the barren wives of powerful rich men. It's a very tense kind of futuristic thriller / horror story, which has some shocking things added by the TV series. Those additions bring the book bang up to date, and make us realise that if we do not guard our civilization's freedoms, such a future might not be too far away.

Offred is brilliantly played by actress Elizabeth Moss, who keeps your attention by saying so much with her face even when silent in a scene. When in line with other handmaids, her rebellious demeanour is subtle but always there, in the intelligence of her eyes or a dour sidelong glance at the "aunties" who control the fertile women.

It's also worth mentioning the powerful, visceral performance of Alexis Bledel, who plays Ofglen / Ofsteven, a character who (without giving away any specific spoiler) goes through some grievous things that no woman should ever be forced to endure.

I am also very impressed with Ann Dowd, who plays Aunt Lydia with a chilling mixture of softly-spoken kindness alternating with sudden cruelty, exerting control on her handmaids with seamless ease. She portrays not a stereotypical villain; rather a woman who is doing her professional duty, whilst trying to be a kind "auntie" figure at the same time, as if she knows how the handmaids suffer; but does not wish to risk her job by being too sympathetic towards them. At times, she exudes an air of terrifying menace even while speaking softly to her charges. She seems at times like a cross between a school headmistress and a Gestapo commander. It's fascinating, mesmerising and absolutely spine-chilling. Yet the crazy thing is, she looks so much more pleasant and prettier in her IMDb photos, that you might even walk past her in the street without knowing her, even after watching the show. This is the magic of acting of course; to be able to completely change yourself into someone else.

As depressing as the story can sometimes be, The Handmaid's Tale is full of awesome suspense, with an undercurrent of fragile hopes for a better future for Offred and her friends. If you haven't seen it yet, seek it out on catch-up TV and I promise you will be gripped from the start.

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PARENTAL ADVISORY: Contains sex, violence and adult language.

New Movies For July 2017:

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) are special operatives for the government of the human territories charged with maintaining order throughout the universe. Valerian has more in mind than a professional relationship with his partner- blatantly chasing after her with propositions of romance. But his extensive history with women, and her traditional values, drive Laureline to continuously rebuff him.

Under directive from their Commander (Clive Owen), Valerian and Laureline embark on a mission to the breathtaking intergalactic city of Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis comprised of thousands of different species from all four corners of the universe. Alpha's seventeen million inhabitants have converged over time- uniting their talents, technology and resources for the betterment of all. Unfortunately, not everyone on Alpha shares in these same objectives; in fact, unseen forces are at work, placing our race in great danger.   Released Friday 21st July.

The Gracefield Incident

Matt, a video game developer, embeds an iPhone camera into his prosthetic eye to secretly record and document a weekend with friends in a luxurious mountain top cabin. The weekend takes a terrifying turn when a meteorite crashes the party forcing everyone to face the darkest, screaming nightmare while somehow connecting life, love, and loss in a twist of fear. Sci fi thriller.  Released Friday 21st July.

Girls Trip

(Comedy) When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, sisterhoods are rekindled, wild sides are rediscovered, and there’s enough dancing, drinking, brawling and romancing to make the Big Easy blush.

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Brabhipedia

Romantic comedy, starring :- Nitin Sharma, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Gireesh Sahedev, Meghana Naidu, Rajkumar Kanojia, Divya Unny, Madhurani. Released 6th July.

Mubarakan

Karan and Charan are identical twins who through a twist of fate end up becoming cousins. One brought up in Chandigarh and the other in London, they are as different as brothers can be. The fun starts when their families start searching for a bride for them, unknown to the fact that they already have girlfriends. Will their genius uncle, Kartar be able to get them out of this mess or create more confusion? Watch the madness unfold this monsoon. It’s time to meet the craziest family in town! It’s MUBARAKAN time! Editor's note: a proper Bollywood movie with plenty of spectacular singing and dancing. Released: 7th July.

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Why Manoj Bajpayee Is More Than The Awards He Wins

The Manoj I know.

I met him on a warm winter afternoon at a rusty hotel no one cared for, about an hour from Mumbai. A man with droopy shoulders and tired eyes answered my anxious knock on the door of the room he was resting in. “Hi sir!” I squealed with excitement. I was meeting my first and only co-actor till then, Manoj Bajpayee, after almost a year of working on my debut film with him. He looked at me, smiled faintly, unbuttoned his grubby old coat and asked me how I was with his back towards me.

Was this the same man I was shooting with a little less than a year ago? He had aged 20 years in that time, and yet it seemed like time had stood still around him. He sat down the side of the bed, looked back up at me and asked me to join him for lunch.

I couldn’t. I avoided entering his space that afternoon and excused myself soon enough. Truth is that I was intimidated. I was expecting the Manoj Sir who’d always tap you on the back of your shoulder with “Kya haal hai Divya? Sab badhiya?” which followed soon after. This fragile man sitting in front of me however was anything but him.

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Later that evening we were supposed to shoot a scene together in a film named Aligarh. This was my first glimpse into the life and the person who then became Prof. Siras, one of Bajpayee’s biggest achievements as an actor. I learnt a lesson that day, one any novice actor would give her left limb for. Some create the characters they play, others let the characters create them.

Manoj had been living with Siras for months on end. A recluse professor who happened to be homosexual and paid a huge price for it, had taken over Manoj’s very being. Anyone who knew him knew that this was his most difficult journey since that of the impulsive and gritty Bhiku Mhatre. There was no question of anybody playing the part the way he did, and that was a unanimous sentiment once the film was out.

Perhaps why when I heard that Manoj Sir had lost out on the country’s most prestigious film award this year, my heart sank a little. “Love you loads and always. You’re the best,” I immediately sent him a message, letting him know my loyalties were with him, even at the risk of sounding like an immature fan girl. But I couldn’t help it.

Me and Manoj on the sets of Traffic

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I shot for Aligarh for less than a day, but I’ve known Manoj Bajpayee ever since the time I first faced a movie camera. I was a film journalist who almost overnight found herself on a movie set and was expected to play the modest, Maharashtrian wife of an actor I’d grown up watching. I was 14 when Satya released. And 15 years later I was making rotis for Manoj in our very believable little kitchen in a film named Traffic. He was playing a traffic hawaldar, troubled by our teenage daughter’s rebellious behaviour that morning. All I had to do was take the bag of vegetables from him, and make him feel like he was doing fine as a dad.

Take one happened. Take two happened. Before take three, Manoj leans in and says to me, “Just be yourself. Talk like you would talk at home.” Take three happened… and it was locked. Everyone on set clapped and I had my first ever movie scene in the can. I ran into my vanity van and cried my eyes out after that shot. Not because I was nervous, but because I was grateful for a giving co-actor.

It’s not easy to be a selfless actor, and god knows there are only a handful of them in Bollywood. I’ve heard of superstars standing in front of a life-size mirror till the last second of a director calling action. They are not the ones that can be included in this lot. Battling insecurities, failures and countless moments of doubt, one builds oneself up into the pure craft of living the character one was meant to play, and that is what I saw in Manoj. It comes with years of practice and knowing exactly what you are capable of.

He would get into a scene, but never dominate it. He would improvise, but never intimidate the actor with him. I remember being clueless in a montage sequence for a song, where Manoj and I were drying clothes in our little verandah. “What am I supposed to do?” I asked my director. “You don’t worry, he’ll lead,” my director said. We both held two ends of a sari during the shot, and in a split second he pulled me towards him making it the perfect moment a husband and wife would steal before their daughter sees them. I wasn’t expecting it, and he beautifully made my weakness the strength of the scene.

Me playing a reporter and Manoj Bajpayee as Prof. Siras in Aligarh

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A night before I began to shoot for Traffic, I got a call from the editor of the magazine I was working for then. The magazine had shut down and 17 of us had lost our jobs. I had landed a movie, but no way in hell was I ready to let go of my 8-year-long career in journalism. I was distraught. With the phone in one hand, a few pages of my script in the other, I knocked on Manoj’s door. “I’ve lost my job sir,” I said to him. “You have found one, Divya. You have a film you are working in already. Do the other 16 have this? No. Consider yourself blessed,” he said to me. We spent the rest of the evening talking about how every experience in an actor’s life is one that can be used for performance.

He would share his knowledge as graciously as his dabba with the crew. Always the one to reach set before time, he was the favourite of the assistant directors. Here was a man who even as a kid never chose to attract attention. He preferred staying silent, until provoked, and that’s true to date. Here’s a man who barely got his due as an actor in this country, and yet is never going to have an overreaction to it.

He does not have a big PR team building up an image for him. He’s not gunning for international agents to pitch him to Hollywood. It would be rare to see him on social media. But he will speak when he needs to and play his part the way he needs to. He will play the part of a homosexual and defend their rights, despite those in power being against him. It may take many moons to acknowledge a character like Prof. Siras and he knows that.

A few months ago we exchanged a routine, “How’s it going?” on text. “I’m looking for work, sir.” I told him. “So am I” he responded with a smile. That’s Manoj for you. Never making you feel like he’s the achiever, and always making it seem like we are all in it together. A few nights ago, I suggested he write an open letter expressing himself on being excluded from the national awards. His response was “Nahi yaar, ab straight autobiography!” Can’t wait sir. Can’t wait.

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By Divya Unny Photographs: Aligarh film stills