She proved she was her father’s daughter by playing the sitar and winning acclaim. She then went a step further and wrote a book about him, which was appreciated by audience and critics alike. Now, the energetic and enthusiastic Anoushka Shankar is all set to star in a film titled Dance Like A Man by Kolkata born director Pamela Rook. This is a screen adaptation of a play by Mahesh Dattani. The flick also stars Shobana (of Mitr, My Friend fame). Rook who has a knack for adaptations previously directed Khushwant Singh’s Train To Pakistan. She earlier turned down an offer with MGM since she believed that good and meaningful roles were what she wanted to portray.

You pick up an album and start searching for the credentials. Well, one is not really impressed when one sees Himanshu (one scene in Jungle and a bit role in Tum Bin) on the cover with a good looking newcomer girl opposite him. You say, “OK !! Let me check who the music director is? ” Again, nothing encouraging as it is attributed to a new guy Milind Sagar. Credentials to Vivek Nayak and Govind Menon as producer and director too do not excite enough and one feels that ” Chalo !! Some redemption here, as the lyricist (Faaiz Anwar) carries some weight !! But HOLD ON ! Suddenly you find something written on the album cover at a corner - “ALL SONGS BY ASHA BHONSLE”. And you get an intuition that this may be something that you have been looking for. How true does your intuition turn out to be, let’s have a look !!