“ I hate Bollywood. The movies are all garbage, just terrible. … I don’t like all the singing, dancing and all the dramatic crying. I have never seen a Bollywood film in my life.”
– Indo-Canadian comedian Russell Peters, who appears in the Akshay Kumar-produced movie Breakaway, released in India as Speedy Singhs. (PTI)
“ It would be a great experience culturally for them. This is where their roots are. They are at an age where they can adapt quickly.”
– Actress Madhuri Dixit, explaining one of the chief reasons she and her husband are moving back to India – so their two children can grow up there. (IBNLive)
“ He was the first real ghazal singer from India. Before him there were clones. The poetry in his music was beautiful.”
– Actor Anupam Kher, giving a tribute to the great ghazal singer Jagjit Singh, who passed away last month. ( BBC News )
“ In communications, it’s gone out as the world’s cheapest car. There’s a kind of stigma attached to it, as though you can’t afford anything else.”
– Hormazd Sorabjee, Mumbai-based editor of Autocar India, on why the much-hyped Tata Nano has not been selling well. ( Foreign Policy )