Ritesh Misra

Genius director, editor and writer Hrishikesh Mukherjee gave us many memorable films. He directed 42 movies in his illustrious career. My top Hrishi-da movies are Satyakam, Chupke Chupke,…

A few years ago, I was watching an Odisha-Mumbai Ranji Trophy match at the Wankhede stadium. Thanks to my friends Debasis Mohanty and Subhashish Bhuyan, who were the coach and manager of the…

Seventy seven years back on December 29, 1942, a baby boy, Jatin Arora was born in Amritsar, Punjab. Jatin Arora was renamed Jatin Khanna when he was adopted by Chunnilal and…

When 16-year-old tearaway quick bowler Naseem Shah made his debut for Pakistan versus Australia at Brisbane in November 2019, he became the ninth youngest debutant in Test cricket.…

The year was 1992. I was sitting in the common room of International Students House (ISH), a Delhi University (DU) hostel, when I was told that a visitor was waiting. I went out and saw a…

Amol Muzumdar was waiting and waiting with pads on while schoolboys Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli stitched on their memorable partnership. Amol is universally accepted as the best…

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is known to be a very organised person, with unbelievable discipline and punctuality. An interesting pointer to how organised the Shahenshah is can be…

Dadasaheb Phalke Award has come as a pre-birthday gift for megastar Amitabh Bachchan whose birthday is on October 11. Amitabh and his wife, superstar Jaya Bachchan have completed 46 years…

Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar was born as Hema. Later she was renamed as Latika after a character in one of her father Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar's plays. Her dad's original title was…

Come September 30, 2019, Novak Djokovic will surpass Ivan Lendl to begin his 271st week as the World No. One in Tennis. Novak, however, will be placed 3rd in the all-time list of the best in…