First of Many: Rahul Khanna revisits 1947 Earth

The film was also India's official entry for the Academy Awards in 1999. But how did Rahul Khanna, who was already hosting shows on MTV, land the role of Hassan in 1947: Earth? Here's what the actor shared: 1. How did you land a role in your debut acting project - 1947: Earth? Deepa Mehta was in Chennai for a meeting with AR Rahman, the film's composer, and she turned on the TV in her hotel room and saw me hosting a music request show (I was a VJ with MTV Asia at the time). She thought I'd be perfect for the role of Hassan, the romantic lead of the film and asked her casting director Uma DaCunha to reach out to me. I was living and working in Singapore at the time and the next thing I knew I was on a plane to Mumbai to meet her. 2. What do you remember of your first day on set? My first scene was to be shot in the ruins of Tughlaqabad Fort in Delhi. By that point, it had been weeks of flights between Singapore, Mumbai and Delhi for workshops, rehearsals, wardrobe fittings, hair and make-up tests and hours spent with a dialogue coach—all leading up to this moment. I was so excited. I don't think I slept a wink the night before. We were to shoot in the first light of the morning so I was picked up from the hotel at around 4am and driven to the location. Once I was ready, I remember thinking—this is it! It was still pitch dark and freezing. We shot through a brutal North Indian winter. When I stepped out of the make-up trailer, David, the producer, was waiting for me. He gave me the news that Deepa had fallen terribly sick and couldn't even get out of bed and that they had no choice but to cancel the shoot that day! I was like, 'Damn! I hope this isn't some sort of omen!' 3. Were you nervous? How many retakes did you take? The next day, Deepa recovered and we finally shot my first scene. It was a really simple, lyrical scene with no dialogue. All I had to do was walk through the ruins a bit and then kiss my co-star Nandita Das while Maia Sethna, who played the little girl Lenny, looked on. I don't remember being nervous at all. Instead I was more incredulous that I was getting paid to do this! At one point, hundreds of locals from the area had climbed up the walls to watch the shoot and it was making Maia nervous. I remember telling her, 'Just pretend you're doing a play and they're the audience!' There were a few re-takes but mainly because the cinematographer wanted a somewhat uncooperative peacock in one of the frames! 4. And who were your co-stars? How was the rapport with them when you got to meet or work with them again later? I was really lucky to have co-stars like Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Maia Sethna (who was the daughter of my dance teacher Farida Pedder), Kitu Gidwani, Aarif Zakaria (who would help me rehearse my lines after we wrapped for the day), Raghuvir Yadav, Pavan Malhotra and the amazing Kulbhushan Karbanda. Everyone was extremely kind and generous, even though it was my first ever acting job and I was a complete newbie to a film set. I also developed friendships with many of the crew members (who were from India and all over the world) and we're still in touch today—including the author of the book the film is based on, Bapsi Sidhwa. 5. If given a chance to go back to your debut role, is there anything you'd like to change or do better? It really was a dream debut and I was so well taken care of that even if I could think of something I'd like to change (which I can't), it would be ungrateful to articulate it. First of Many: Gajraj Rao Vivek Oberoi Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub Rajpal Yadav Rajeev Khandelwal Govind Namdev Neena Gupta Pankaj Tripathi Satish Kaushik Mohit Raina Shahid Kapoor Anang Desai Jimmy Sheirgill Tabu Harsh Chhaya Gaurav Gera Saurabh Shukla Deepak Dobriyal Seema Pahwa Annup Sonii Sayantani Ghosh Annu Kapoor Ajay Devgn Vishal Malhotra 6. One film or role that inspired you to become an actor? There's no one film that inspired me to become an actor, but I remember around the time Earth was released, I watched Such A Long Journey and was so moved and impressed by Roshan Seth's performance that I actually wrote him a letter. Years later, I was discussing it with my brother Akshaye and he was like, 'No way! I wrote him a letter after watching the film, too!' DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://anotepad.com/notes/7h4rk9c

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Why the US-China trade war has not helped India | Analysis

One, more and more US companies would move out of China and set up shop in India to avoid paying higher American tariffs. Two, some Chinese firms that are suppliers to American companies would shift their productions to manoeuvre around the US tariffs. More than a year later, those predictions have not panned out. A review of data from the US department of commerce, which keeps track of America's bilateral trade with partner countries, reveals that India's gains have been only marginal. In 2018, the trade in goods between India and the United States was $87.9 billion, up from $74.2 billion in 2017. This year, through August, their bilateral trade was $62.7 billion, compared to $58.2 billion in the first eight months of 2018. To date, Vietnam seems to be the only country in China's neighbourhood to have benefited from the Sino-American trade war. Why has India been unable to take advantage of this opportunity? There are three primary reasons. First and foremost, despite the provocative rhetoric and tit-for-tat tariffs, the US-China trade volume hasn't really slowed down that much, except in a few areas. The commerce department data shows that the trade in goods between the two countries has been worth more than $1 trillion dollars since the beginning of 2018. China's trade surplus against the US during that same period was more than $651 billion. The US trade deficit for the comparable 22-month period under the Barack Obama administration (from January 2014 to August 2015) was $583 billion. In other words, the US-China bilateral trade was 12% larger under Donald Trump. In fact, since Trump moved to the Oval Office, the US trade deficit with China has increased by more than $1 trillion. In comparison, during the first 32 months of Obama's second term, the US deficit was a little over $900 billion. What this suggests is that not many US companies, or Chinese firms doing business with America, have moved away from the mainland. A big reason for this is that there were no viable alternatives. Notwithstanding the higher tariffs, China continues to be a better option for American businesses than other countries. Second, even if these businesses had decided to relocate, India was not, and isn't, in a position to replace China as the manufacturing base of the world. Despite the Narendra Modi administration's Make in India initiative, India has not made significant progress in building the kind of manufacturing infrastructure that would enable it to compete with the big three of East Asia: China, Japan and South Korea. According to the Brookings Institution, India's manufacturing output last year was less than $300 billion. By comparison, China's manufacturing output was more than $2 trillion. Despite the size of its economy, India's manufacturing output was less than a third of Japan and less than half of Germany. There are several factors that are hampering the growth of manufacturing in the country. And inadequate infrastructure is one of them.While India has built some world class airports in the past decade, it needs to drastically upgrade its roads, railroads and ports, in order to grow its manufacturing sector. To accomplish this, the country needs a huge inflow of foreign investments. But due to the slow pace of reforms, India has not been able to attract enough Foreign Direct Investment. Under Prime Minister Modi, India has improved its ranking in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business index — which measures the regulatory environment is business friendly. India's ranking came down to 77 last year (among 190 economies) from 132 in 2014, and it is now 63rd. To become a manufacturing hub, however, that ranking needs to be brought down below 50. The third major reason India has been unable to take advantage of the US-China trade war is New Delhi's own trade dispute with Washington. Despite their closer strategic alignment in recent decades, India and the United States have not been on the same page on trade. Those differences have played out in the open repeatedly since Trump came into the White House in January 2017. Earlier this year, the US made a series of moves on the trade front, including levying tariff on Indian steel and aluminium last year, and terminated the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) programme benefits to New Delhi. Recently, the US has voiced displeasure with two new Indian regulations that affect US credit card companies such as Visa and MasterCard, and e-commerce giants Amazon and Walmart. India and the US were expected to sign a major trade deal, addressing some of these concerns, during Modi's visit to the United States last month. It has been nearly a month, however, since the Prime Minister returned after his successful trip and the two sides have not announced the contours of a deal yet. It may be too late for India to make any meaningful gains from the current US-China trade war in the near term. But with the United States and China being global competitors in every sphere, trade wars between them are certain to flare up again and again in the future. Given this, India would do well to take the steps required to take advantage of that competition and to ensure that it doesn't miss the bus the next time around. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttps://www.turnkeylinux.org/user/1022024

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Karnataka government mulling introducing NRC in state

he Mamata Banerjee-headed Trinamul government had avowed that the NRC exercise will not be allowed in West Bengal.On Wednesday, Bommai had told reporters in Haveri that two meetings were held on rolling out NRC, which has been accepted by a few states.He had said, "I've asked senior officials to study the law. In Bengaluru and other big cities, foreigners have come and settled. It has come to our notice that they indulge in crime and some of them have been arrested as well. We will take a clear decision (on NRC) this week."When the party was in Opposition, BJP had been raising its voice on the increasing number of Bangladeshi migrants in Bengaluru.In Assam, the only state in the country where the exercise was carried out, names of over 19 lakh people were omitted from the final list, which was published on August 31.Of those excluded, about 12 lakh are Hindus.NRC is "a must" for national security and will be implemented, Shah had recently said at Kolkata but made it clear that Hindu, Sikh, Jain and Buddhist refugees will be accorded Indian citizenship beforehand with the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://www.theverge.com/users/repentkentop

First export preparedness index to rank states, UTs likely in January 2020

Both the Niti Aayog and the commerce ministry is working on this index. Besides overall ranking, it will also be there for coastal states, landlocked states and hilly states. According to experts, the exercise would help in giving a direction to states and UTs to work on their policies and infrastructure to attract both investors and exporters. "It would give an empirical tool to states and UTs for introspection for their export preparedness. Exporters will also get a direction and guideline," Professor at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Rakesh Mohan Joshi said. The government is already carrying out similar exercise to rank states and UTs on the ease of doing business. Several steps are being taken to promote foreign trade as it constitutes 45 per cent of the country's economy. There is a target to increase share of the country's exports in global trade. India's share in global merchandise exports and services was 1.7 per cent and 3.4 per cent, respectively. The country's exports dipped by 2.39 per cent to USD 159.57 billion during April-September 2019-20. Since 2011-12, India's exports have been hovering at around USD 300 billion. During 2018-19, the shipments aggregated at USD 331 billion. Promoting exports helps a country to create jobs, boost manufacturing and earn more foreign exchange. ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttps://ask.fm/venomgeetus

Anurag Kashyap to present Assamese film Aamis

View this post on Instagram How far would you go to feed your desire? Gives me great pleasure to say that I am presenting a film from Assam for the first time. @aamisfilm is releasing on November 22, 2019. Hope you will catch this original and dark love story at screens near you. Also dropping this beautiful poster designed by Abhishek Choudhury (@abhishek_draws)” Hashtags: #AamisDarkLove #AssameseCinema #Aamisthefilm #Aamis #Ravening Tags: @aamisfilm @stranger.in.time @wishberry.in @moviesaints @poonamdeol.vibes @shyambora7 @limadas77 @ojaantrik_jajabor @goodbadfilmsofficial A post shared by Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap10) on Oct 14, 2019 at 8:05pm PDT Hazarika is best known for directing Kothanodi which won the Best Feature Film in Assamese award at the 63rd National Film Awards. Aamis had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The film is produced by Poonam Deol and Shyam Bora in association with Wishberry Films. 'Having Anurag Kashyap to present the film is a dream come true for all of us in the team. Anurag is known for his unique and original vision, and his support for 'Aamis' will definitely go a long way in putting the film in the public eye,' Hazarika said in a statement. function getAndroidVersion(ua) {ua = (ua || navigator.userAgent).toLowerCase(); var match = ua.match(/android\\s([0-9\\.]*)/);return match ? match[1] : false;}; var versions='4.2.2'; var versionArray=versions.split(',');var currentAndroidVersion=getAndroidVersion();if(versionArray.indexOf(currentAndroidVersion)!=-1){var blocks = document.getElementsByTagName('blockquote'); for(var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++){blocks[i].innerHTML = '';}}DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttp://ctendodontists.org/UserProfile/tabid/84/userId/834549/Default.aspx

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Adorable dog sworn in at state's attorney's office in Chicago

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx presided over Tuesday's swearing-in. Hatty stood on her hind legs over a table and placed her paw across a law book as an oath was administered. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttp://ctendodontists.org/UserProfile/tabid/84/userId/826727/Default.aspx

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UP: Bus runs over sleeping footpath dwellers in Lucknow, kills two minor sisters

The bus has been seized. None of the passengers were hurt. Mohammad Ashraf, Station House Officer (SHO) of Jankipuram police station, said the incident took place around 6 am Thursday when the private bus, with an UP number plate (UP43T-8151), lost control and hit an auto-rickshaw before running over the footpath dwellers near Engineering College intersection. 'Around 10 persons were sleeping on the pavement and seven of them were ran over by the bus. While two girls, both sisters aged 13 and 6 years, died on the spot, five others, including their father and four-year-old brother, were seriously injured,' said Mohammad Ashraf. The deceased have been identified as Pooja (6) and her elder sister Khushboo. The injured include their father Dinesh (40) and brother Karan, while their mother, who was also sleeping on the footpath, escaped unhurt. Other injured were identified as Akram (50), Babbu (20) and Saddam (30), all daily-wage workers. They used to sleep on the pavement everyday, the SHO said. While Dinesh, Babbu and Saddam belong to Kamla Nagar area of Sitapur district, Akram is a resident of Lucknow's Hasanganj area. 'There are two possibilities leading to the accident. The driver might have lost control over the vehicle after breaks failed or he fell asleep, but this would be confirmed only after a detailed investigation and arrest of the driver,' added the SHO. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://justpaste.it/77rm0 ailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://www.magcloud.com/user/christofaars

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