At the Jaipur Literature Festival 2025, veteran actor Amol Palekar opened up about slapping his Bhumika co-star Smita Patil without her permission, at the behest of Shyam Benegal. He revealed that the ...

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Amol Palekar talked about slapping Smita Patil without her consent, after Shyam Benegal thought ‘he wasn’t violent enough' while filming Bhumika.

Amol Palekar shared his regret at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2025 about slapping Smita Patil during the filming of ...

Mahatma Gandhi featured prominently in the arguments of both sides in the closing debate on pacifism at the 18th Jaipur Literature Festival here on Monday. The debate, “Pacifism is for losers”, saw ...

Deepak Madhok and Brijesh Singh talk about the vision and preparations for the third edition of the Banaras Lit Fest ...

Philanderer, womaniser, and drunkard” are the words used to inaccurately describe 16th century Buddhist monk Drukpa Kunley in foreign journalistic and tourist writings, author Needrup Zangpo said at ...

Amol Palekar, actor-director of Hindi and Marathi cinema, said he cannot relate to the current trend of films being judged based on their box office numbers. Speaking at The Hindu Lit for Life ...

From India, Anirudh Kanisetti, Amol Palekar, Geetanjali Shree ... And in 2006, the Jaipur Literature Festival was born as a small literary add-on. Roy recalls the earliest editions on a cold ...

From India, Anirudh Kanisetti, Amol Palekar, Geetanjali Shree ... And in 2006, Jaipur Literature Festival was born as a small literary add-on. Roy recalls the earliest editions on a cold morning when ...