Madhur Bhandarkar says he has been counting down days to January 22. The filmmaker tells us, "I am going for the Ram Mandir consecration in Ayodhya. Many from the film industry as well as from different walks of life are going to be there as well."
Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar
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The 55-year-old is touched at the way people are coming forward to offer money to the deity, through him. "My friends, family and neighbours have reached out to me. They got to know through news channels and papers that I am going, so they have given me money Ram ji ko chadhaane ke liye. I am collecting it in a big envelope. That's very emotional."
The Padma Shree awardee will be staying in Ayodhya till the 23rd, and he has even gotten clothes made to wear specially at the occasion. "Maine toh bilkul naye kapde silwaaye hain itne bade din ke liye. I am looking forward to it and am very excited! I have been watching on TV all the preparations being done. It is superb!" he wraps up.
Rishabh Suri is an Assistant Editor, film critic, and professional overthinker of plot points. He writes for HT City, keeping pace with an industry where news cycles expire long before the popcorn gets cold. He completed his graduation in English Honours from Kirori Mal College, followed by a Master’s degree in English Literature-effectively training his brain to over-analyse classic texts before applying those exact same skills to 3-hour Bollywood blockbusters. He got into the profession when he had barely graduated from college and has been at HT ever since. At HT, Rishabh reviews films with a simple rule: skip the dense academic jargon and get straight to the point. Beyond reviews, as Assistant Editor, he helps navigate the broader circus of showbiz, tracking everything from OTT shifts to sudden box office panics. In a beat driven by loud PR machinery and carefully scripted answers, Rishabh prefers cutting through the noise to focus on how stories get made and why trends shift. When he isn’t writing against a deadline, he is usually sitting in a dark theater, compulsively memorising dialogues. For Rishabh, analysing movies isn't just a day job- it’s a habit he couldn't turn off even if he tried.
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