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experiments with the celluloid - Manoj Bajpai |
Besides Manoj Bajpai, distinguished Pakistani journalist and commentator
Ahmed Rashid, renowned economist Kaushik Basu and leading sports writer
Rohit Brijnath will join Preity Zinta in writing for BBC News Online
South Asia.
Bajpai, unlike the traditional Hindi film actors, isn't associated
with the glamour. With his interesting career graph, Bajpai is often
labeled as the "thinking actor". He is also known for
his candid and informed views on issues related to cinema and society.
Bajpai's weekly column will tackle a variety of subjects - but primarily
cinema, says a company release.
Politically
correct- Ahmed Rashid |
Say Bajpai, "It is a great pleasure to be associated with
the BBC which has been part of our family life since my childhood.
My father and uncle used to spend their evenings listening to BBC
Hindi radio, and now I'll be writing for it, not only as an actor
but also as a person, talking about my feelings and my struggle.
I am looking forward to it, it will be a great fun."
According to the release, bbchindi.com gets around one million
page impressions every month, and the figure is growing.
Grey
matters- Economist Kaushik Basu |
"Manoj Bajpai's comments already published on bbchindi.com
have proven very popular with visitors to the site, many of them
Indian expatriates who follow Bollywood keenly. Our audiences will
be pleased to know that more celebrities from different fields will
be writing exclusive columns for us in the future," says bbchindi.com
editor Salma Zaidi.
While Bajpai's column will focus on Cinema, Rashid's column will
be focus on political and security issues in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Kaushik Basu' s columns, who is a professor of International Studies
and Economics at Cornell University in the United States, will focus
on economic issues.
Live
action- Rohit Brijnath |
Known for his breezy writing style and frank views, the sports
writer Rohit Brijnath will be writing on sports and sporting personalities
in the subcontinent.
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