THERE was a Bombay movie in 1964, a few weeks before Nehru’s death. It was called Leader, the only film for which the late actor Dilip Kumar wrote the story. Legend has it that he ghost-wrote stories for some of his other movies, but this was the one he took credit for. He was a politically active filmmaker who greatly admired... read full story
"Agreed that Acharya is a very great leader. He has the complete support of the people, but, and a big but, he doesn't have the power of money. And money is God, Mr Ghatak. Today, everybody worships money not idealism."