The HrishiKay Sessions

the mild mannered, kind sharman joshi has a naughty, sometimes wicked sense of humour! director sahil sangha is so well spoken and listening to him speak is an experience. mona singh is all happiness, positivity & love. they were joined in this interview by two adoloescent / teen actors mikhail & tejasvi. their series kafas on sony liv is genre defining - it asks some hard hard questions of middle...

there are so many myths & so called taboos floating around lupus & systematic lupus erythematosus that i had to get the experts and the patients and the support group involved. dr aneesa kapadia has been working with patients for a while now & has had some remarkable breakthroughs. karishma khemlani is very active in the lupus support group in mumbai called `life with lupus mumbai`. miloni kulkarn...

i love talking to crime reporters & investigative journalists. they are such interesting minds, such brave voices. and my conversations in the past with people like vinod kumar menon at the mid-day & s. hussain zaidi have been gripping & impactful. when sidhu moosewala the rising star of punjabi hip hop was gunned down by gangsters last year it sent shock waves all over the world. even internation...

Film maker nagesh kukunoor... look at his filmography - hyderabad blues, Rockford , iqbal, dor, mod, dhanak! Sameer Nair ceo of applause entertainment look at the stuff he’s produced... scam 1992, avrodh, hostages, rudra, mind the Malhotras, tanaav, criminal justice , the office, Your honor. these two titans and their coming together has resulted in three terrific seasons of the political drama `c...

prajakta koli equals genuine. the chirp, the smile, the eyes (even when they are tired) are genuine. thats the reason for her resounding success as a youtuber and now actor and voice artiste. being genuine. i pray she never ever loses it. jaideep ahlawat comes with the confidence and swag of a trained actor at the ftii ( film & television institute of india ) & what a career hes been having since...

shes gorgeous and instead of me pampering her & giving her star treatment the lovely nushrratt bharuccha is constantly looking out for me & taking care of me & for that i am forever blessed. before this interview for example she insisted on ordering the most amazing vegan cold coffee for me 😍 im not vegan but nushrratt was confident id love it and indeed i did. sreenivas bellamkonda is the next h...

hes wolverine who cant die but is deeply traumatised over his failure to protect his fellow x-men. shes a young mutant in hiding and wolverine now vows to protect & transport her to safety. what a premise for marvels wastelanders : wolverine ! and all of this plays out in a world 30 years after the super villains won.. killing almost all ``the avengers`` & the ``x men`` . sharad kelkar the origina...

tigmanshu dhulia aka tishu has made his mark making gritty thrillers set out of uttar pradesh , chattisgarh , uttaranchal, madhya pradesh. student politics which was the bedrock of his very 1st film , a classic called `haasil` starring the great irrfan is back in the ott series `garmi` thats set to release on sony liv. i love the fact that tishu has a background in campus rock playing the guitar a...

monika shergill has such a dazzling personailty thats its easy to be enamoured by her. her humility added to her drive makes for a potent combination. small wonder then that she has had the midas touch ever since she took over the reigns at netflix. i for one share a very warm relationship with & unabashed admiration for netflix indias vice president content. with monika you never have to second g...

a truly wonderful snapshot of the bombay film studios in the 40s & 50s prepartition, during & post partition. when actors & writers received monthly salaries & were employees of the studio. the dazzle of the black & white era & the advent of playback recordings & singing as opposed to actors singing live on screen & ofcourse the history of radio & cinema in this country both as a means of entertai...

sunil grover is a dear friend & satish shah a legend whom i was meeting for the very first time. they both greeted me with equal warmth which is saying a lot about mr shah as a human being. sunil is still the wonderful, telented, unassuming man i knew from back when he 1st moved here from punjab & mr shahs image of guffawing in series like yeh jo hai zindagi & sarabhai vs sarabhai lit up my childh...

aaron finch always gave off an air of solidity & dependability when he batted. one of the greatest batsmen to play the limited overs format of the game, he led australia to a t20 world cup victory in 2021 as captain & an odi world cup victory in 2015 as a player. he deconstructs all his top notch innings with me, shares memories of winning the world cup & also the pride he feels at mentoring young...

the world of audio dramas is getting steamier. kareena kapoor khan voice acts as helen black aka the black widow immortalised on screen by the incredible scarlett johannson! she tells me this is a 1st - diving head ( or voice ) first into a full length audio series. marvel`s wastelanders : black widow also has masaba gupta playing lisa cartwright who is sent to monitor / keep a surveillance check...

ravator is an interesting dj cum music producer whos live acts consist of not just him at the turntables but also working the crowd with live singers, his own live guitar playing & vocals. singer songwriter gajendra verma has been around doing the hard yards of film playback as well indie pop over the last decade. his crowning glory is getting the seminal california band flypside to collaborate wi...

saif ali khan is gung ho about his first pure audio project. he lends his voice to marvel`s wastelanders : star-lord on audible. an incredible audio drama which is born out of the marvel cinematic universe and then some more. his peter quill is an aging superhero out in the winderness ably followed around by his sidekick `rocket` voice acted by vrajesh hirjee. with saif, conversations are always w...

akbar & zaitoon learnt how to volunteer and become a part of social work groups when they were very young, infact while growing up as part of the ismaili community. and the institutions have served them well. they continue to volunteer in not for profits aligned with the aga khan development network and its ideals. the ismaili council for india & ismaili civic being two such bodies. the pandemic w...

im very close to sandy aka sandhya mridul so you would perhaps feel im not able to be objective about her performances. but on the contrary im crystal clear when it comes to my loved ones and their unique talents. sandhya imbues queen jodha with a unique grace and poise and can be persuasive when she wants to and steadfast when she has to! `taj divided by blood the series` on zee 5 is a very inter...

apart from a lover of noir vasan bala the film maker is a dictionary of cheesy 90s films. low budget, with terrible production values but the requisite sleaze. arjun kapoor grew up on a fair share of these B & C grade single screen staples which sometimes made as much money as the mainstream successes if they had the luck of the draw, but more often than not would fall by the wayside with no produ...

mahindra & hyperlink brand solutions have been creating some very unique IPs in the culture space & a festival for folk music to revive ancient folk & keep it young and cool for gen z to partake off freely is a winner of an idea. bandra fort amphitheatre, balgandharva rang mandir & anti social parel are set to come alive with the mahindra roots festival. jairam founder hyperlink & jay shah head cu...

`class` is made for ott and couldn’t be anywhere else! It’s smoulders and keeps burning like coal - and it ignites all our senses . For lovers of the original show I don’t know what you are feeling but I hadn’t seen `elite` . I came in expecting nothing and went out dazzled. The exploration of teen sexuality and experimentation, the visuals, drama and recreation of both sides of the train tracks -...

based on the real life jehanabad jail break this ott series is terrific. love - as shown by the union of ritwik bhowmiks still character & harshita gaurs fiery personality. rebellion - as shown by parambrata chattopadhyays naxalite character, the cop politician nexus - as brought to the fore by satyadeep misras role & the manipulative politician that is played by rajat kapoor. all of this mixed wi...

their life is like an open book & thats what u gotta love about gen z! aisha ahmed and ayush mehra came in and did such an amazing unfiltered interview on their boyfriends & girlfriends (both current & ex - no names were taken mind you which is the way it should be 👏) we also covered all the facets that their series on lionsgate play covers - namely intimacy, live in relationships and their own f...

what a stupendous events & activations & cultural marketing season we are in the midst of. people are flocking to onground live events provided you give them total value. and thats what my dear friends vg jairam & jay shah always aim to do. jairam is founder hyperlink brand solutions & jay is head cultural outreach at the mahindra group. their labour of love, the annual Mahindra Blues Festival 202...

`class` is made for ott and couldn’t be anywhere else! It’s smoulders and keeps burning like coal - and it ignites all our senses . For lovers of the original show I don’t know what you are feeling but I hadn’t seen `elite` . I came in expecting nothing and went out dazzled. The exploration of teen sexuality and experimentation, the visuals, drama and recreation of both sides of the train tracks -...

masterchef australia has a cult following around the world & even before the indian version started gaining traction the aussie series had already won millions of hearts here in india. depinder chhibber from season 13 paid me a visit. remember her green curry cake went viral and won her a lot of love from the judges & audiences alike. shes a punjabi kudi whos mom & dad both cook & her 20 plus year...