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CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 45 : Part 3 (of 3) Yong Lee once made a million dollars in a dayIn the final episode of this three-part series, South Korean business icon, Yong Lee converses about the kindness of strangers, his foray into the Recreational vehicle business, his only business failure and how he once made a million dollars in a single day. So please welcome Business icon, Yong Lee, a man who has spent most of the last two decades trying to fulfil the dreams his mother had for his late elder brother and a man who strongly believes in the old Korean saying … that he has people luck.
Hi, I am Atul Taishete and welcome to...
2023-08-131h 21
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 44 : Part 2 (of 3) Yong Lee once made a million dollars in a dayIn the second episode of this three-part series, South Korean business icon, Yong Lee converses about how his brother was paralysed in a freak accident, and he took on the role of his brother’s hands and legs for the next ten years. His brother was his first patient and that one life changing sad event was what eventually led him to his hugely successful home care business. So please welcome Business icon, Yong Lee, a man who has constantly tried to find joy in what he does.
Hi, I am Atul Taishete and welcome to my po...
2023-08-051h 17
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 43 : Part 1 (of 3) Yong Lee once made a million dollars in a dayIn the first part of this three-episode series, South Korean business icon, Yong Lee converses about the war torn history of South Korea, the countries running feud with Japan, the personal trauma of losing his father in the mid-air bombing of a flight by North Korean terrorists, the meaning of the words ‘Gangnam Style’ in the blockbuster hit song and the beginning of his entrepreneurial days where, as a teenager, he organised beer parties on trams and yachts in Hongkong.
Hi, I am Atul Taishete and welcome to my podcast ‘Conversations with Atul’
2023-07-291h 22
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 42 : Part 4 (of 4) Travel writer Ketan & his tales of wanderlustAN INFORMATIVE CONVERSATION WITH PROLIFIC TRAVEL WRITER KETAN JOSHI ABOUT HIS TRAVELS IN ANTARCTICA, ARGENTINA AND IRAN, HIS PENCHANT FOR BRAKE FAILS AND HIS MEMORABLE BIKE TRIP WITH HIS TEENAGE DAUGHTER
In the final episode with prolific travel writer Ketan Joshi, we converse about his experiences in Antarctica, Argentina and Iran, his penchant for brake fails and his memorable bike trip with his teenage daughter. So please welcome Ketan Joshi, a writer who is close to publishing almost two dozen travel books, and who, in this episode, explains why history should not be studied in books as...
2023-07-141h 26
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 41 : Part 3 (of 4) Travel writer Ketan & his tales of wanderlustAN INFORMATIVE CONVERSATION WITH PROLIFIC TRAVEL WRITER KETAN JOSHI ABOUT THE BACKSTORY OF THE KUMBH MELA, HIS EXPERIENCES WITH ESTABLISHED PUBLISHERS, HIS FAITH IN SELF-PUBLISHING AND FINALLY, A PROFILE OF ALL HIS BOOKS WITH THE INTERESTING TALE OF HOW HE BECAME A FULL-TIME WRITER AND TRAVELLER
In the third of this four-part episode with prolific travel writer Ketan Joshi, we converse about the backstory of the Kumbh mela, his endearing love story with his travel partner, and how he looks forward to cannibalising all his life experiences into published written material. So please welcome Ketan Joshi, a...
2023-07-071h 28
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 40 : Part 2 (of 4) Travel writer Ketan & his tales of wanderlustAN INFORMATIVE CONVERSATION WITH PROLIFIC TRAVEL WRITER KETAN JOSHI ABOUT THE ORIGINAL TAKEOVER KING MR. VITHAL MALLYA, THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE LIQUOR INDUSTRY, THE FASCINATING BACKSTORY OF THE CORPORATE MARICO, FOLLOWED BY KETAN’S PROCESS AS A WRITER AND WHY HE BELIEVES WRITERS SHOULD HAVE BOTH, A THIN SKIN AND A THICK SKIN
In the second of this four-part episode with prolific travel writer Ketan Joshi, we converse about the history of Vithal Mallya who will go down in history as the original takeover king, the inner workings of the liquor industry, the fascinating backstory of th...
2023-07-011h 48
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 39 : Part 1 (of 4) Travel writer Ketan & his tales of wanderlustAN INFORMATIVE CONVERSATION WITH PROLIFIC TRAVEL WRITER KETAN JOSHI ABOUT THE HISTORY OF FORTS IN MUMBAI, HOW THE BRITISH MAPPED THE WHOLE OF INDIA AND WHY DEOLALI IS INDEED CALLED DEOLALI
In the first episode of this four-part series with prolific travel writer Ketan Joshi, we converse about his early years and the history of the Mumbai suburb of Chembur, the history of the forts in Mumbai, how the British mapped the whole of India and why the military centre of Deolali is indeed called Deolali. So please welcome Ketan Joshi, a writer who is close to...
2023-06-241h 27
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 38 : Part 3 (of 3) Deepti's journey with her son's autismAN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION ON AUTISM FROM A PARENTAL PERSPECTIVE WITH DEEPTI DESHPANDE, A MOTHER WHO HAS PASSED THROUGH HER OWN JOURNEY OF IDENTIFYING AUTISM AND WORKING ON HER FIRST BORN IN THE LAST DECADE. IN THE THIRD AND FINAL EPISODE, WE CONVERSED ABOUT HOW THE PARENTS ARE THE PRIMARY THERAPIST, THE PROGRESS BY HER SON IN THE LAST DECADE AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE THE CHILD AWARE OF HIS/HER AUTISM
In the third and final part of this conversation on trying to understand autism in children, Deepti Deshpande converses about the concerns she had...
2023-06-1752 min
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 37 : Part 2 (of 3) Deepti's journey with her son's autismEPISODE 37 : PART 2 (OF 3) AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION ON AUTISM FROM A PARENTAL PERSPECTIVE WITH DEEPTI DESHPANDE, A MOTHER WHO HAS PASSED THROUGH HER OWN JOURNEY OF IDENTIFYING AUTISM AND WORKING ON HER FIRST BORN OVER THE LAST DECADE. IN THE SECOND OF THE THREE PART EPISODE, WE CONVERSED ABOUT IDENTIFYING BEHAVIOURAL DIFFERENCES IN AUTISTIC CHILDREN, THE IMPORTANCE OF DIAGNOSIS AND INTERVENTION IN AUTISTIC CHILDREN BEFORE THE AGE OF SIX AND HOW THEIR SON’S AUTISM HAS HELPED TO SHAPE HER AND HER HUSBAND AS PARENTS
In the second of this three part episode on trying to understand autism in...
2023-06-101h 04
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 36 : Part 1 (of 3) Deepti's journey with her son's autismAN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION ON AUTISM FROM A PARENTAL PERSPECTIVE WITH DEEPTI DESHPANDE, A MOTHER WHO HAS PASSED THROUGH HER OWN JOURNEY OF IDENTIFYING AUTISM AND WORKING ON HER FIRST BORN OVER THE LAST DECADE. IN THE FIRST OF THE THREE PART EPISODE, WE CONVERSE ABOUT DEEPTI’S CAREFREE LIFE IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR, A CAREER MINDSET IN DELHI, A FAIRY TALE MARRIAGE AND DISCOVERING THE AUTISM MARKERS IN HER FIRST BORN.
In the first of this three part episode on trying to understand autism in children, Deepti Deshpande helps us make the difference between being neuro-typical and ne...
2023-06-041h 07
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 35 : Part 3 (of 3) Nagesh Surve has whistled his way to stardom (in Hindi)PROFESSIONAL WHISTLER NAGESH SURVE CONVERSES ABOUT OWNING KISHORE KUMAR’S HARMONIUM, THE 200 ODD TAPES OF NARGIS’S VOICE AFTER SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, ABOUT NOT GETTING CREDIT ON DOZENS OF FILMS AND FINALLY, THE REGRET OF NOT HAVING TRIED HARDER AT BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL MUSIC DIRECTOR
(This episode is in Hindi)
In the third and final part of our conversation with professional whistler Nagesh Surve, we conversed about how he came to own Kishore Kumar’s harmonium, the 200 odd tapes of Nargis’s voice after she was diagnosed with cancer, about not getting credit on dozens...
2023-05-281h 10
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 34 : Part 2 (of 3) Nagesh Surve has whistled his way to stardom (In Hindi)(This episode is in Hindi)
PROFESSIONAL WHISTLER NAGESH SURVE CONVERSES ABOUT COMPOSING MUSIC WHEN HE WAS MERELY 13, WRITING THE NAMES OF MUSIC DIRECTORS SHANKAR-JAIKISHEN AND FINALLY NARRATING ANECDOTES OF HIS INTERACTIONS WITH CELEBRATED MUSIC DIRECTORS MADAN MOHAN, OP NAYYAR, RAJESH ROSHAN, ANU MALIK AND JAIDEV
He had to schedule a recording after school because he composed background music for his first film at the tender age of 13. He was so obsessed with Music director duo Shankar Jaikishen that he used to write their names on walls like young couples in love do. In the second...
2023-05-191h 18
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 33 : Part 1 (of 3) Nagesh Surve has whistled his way to stardom (In Hindi)(This episode is in Hindi)
PROFESSIONAL WHISTLER NAGESH SURVE CONVERSES ABOUT EARLY YEARS IN THE COMPANY OF LUMINARIES LIKE VASANT DESAI, BAL THACKERAY AND MUSICIAN DUO LAXMIKANT-PYARELAL, A STORY ABOUT AN ILLITERATE BREAD VENDOR WHO LOVED MUSIC MORE THAN MONEY, HOW AN INNOCUOUS PRANK INTRODUCED NAGESH SURVE TO SERIOUS WHISTLING AND HOW HE WAS A KEY WITNESS TO A HUGE PILE OF CASH IN PRITHVIRAJ KAPOOR’S SWIMMING POOL LOCKER
In the first of this three part episode, professional whistler Nagesh Surve conversed about his early years growing up amongst celebrities like Vasant Desai, Bal Th...
2023-05-121h 22
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 32 : Part 5 (of 5) Hari Divekar has lived many lifetimes in oneBORN ENTREPRENEUR HARI DIVEKAR QUOTES FROM ‘THE GITA’ & CONVERSES ABOUT EGO IN BUSINESS, HIS STRUGGLE WITH LONELINESS & FULFILLING THE LAST WISHES OF HIS LATE WIFE
How harmful is it to have an ego in business? To what lengths should one be willing to go to, to succeed in business? At what point should one do a stop loss? and what is the difference between small and big business aspirations? In the fifth and final episode with Business Icon Mr. Hari Divekar, he quoted from the Gita and conversed about the metaphysical. He revealed about the principles he follo...
2023-05-061h 05
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 31 : Part 4 (of 5) Hari Divekar has lived many lifetimes in oneBORN ENTREPRENEUR HARI DIVEKAR CONVERSES ABOUT HIS TIME WITH BNHS (BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY), SHARING DRINKS IN A TRAIN WITH MAESTRO KUMAR GANDHARVA & A CON-CALL WITH PRIME MINISTER INDIRA GANDHI
One of my all-time favourite quotes is that it takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success. In the fourth of my five-part conversation with Business Icon Mr. Hari Divekar, we conversed about the decades it took for his dreams to materialise, his plans to avoid an Ambani like feud in the family and how he is giving it back to his old staff. H...
2023-04-281h 24
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 30 : Part 3 (of 5) Hari Divekar has lived many lifetimes in oneEPISODE 30 : PART 3 (OF 5) BORN ENTREPRENEUR HARI DIVEKAR CONVERSES ABOUT HOW HE FUNDED HIS RESORT BUSINESS AND HIS MULTIPLE
BUSINESS FAILURES WHICH INCLUDED SELLING WATERMELONS AND REARING GOATS
It is said that we learn from our failures far more than what we learn from our successes. In the third of my five-part conversation with Business icon Mr. Hari Divekar, we conversed about how a trip to Atlanta put him on the path to founding ‘Nature Trails’. He gave details on how he managed to fund his resort business, how the resort was a peripheral idea to begin with, and f...
2023-04-221h 26
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 29 : Part 2 (of 5) Hari Divekar has lived many lifetimes in oneEPISODE 29 : PART 2 (OF 5) BORN ENTREPRENEUR HARI DIVEKAR CONVERSES ABOUT HIS FIRST BUSINESS FAILURE, HIS FIRST ROARING SUCCESS &
FUNNY TALES OF ESCAPING FROM WOMEN HELLBENT ON MARRYING HIM
After finishing his engineering, he had a letter for a job at Kirloskars in Pune. He boarded the train, but instead of getting down at Pune, he tore the letter and continued onwards, in search of his destiny, to the big bad city of Bombay. In the second of my five-part conversation with Business Icon, Mr. Hari Divekar, we conversed about his first corruption laden government job, his first failed...
2023-04-141h 22
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 28 : Part 1 (of 5) Hari Divekar has lived many lifetimes in oneEPISODE 28 : PART 1 (OF 5) BORN ENTREPRENEUR HARI DIVEKAR CONVERSES ABOUT EARLY YEARS IN A SMALL VILLAGE, LANDING IN BOMBAY WITH JUST FIVE RUPEES IN HIS POCKET & HIS HILARIOUS ENCOUNTERS WITH GHOSTS
He came from a family of postmasters, always on the lookout for jobs within the government, and yet, his only interest lay in creating something of his own. In the first of my five-part conversation with business icon Mr. Hari Divekar, we conversed about a naughty childhood which included escaping from classes in school, catching live snakes, dissecting birds, creating paint brushes out of the tails of...
2023-04-071h 43
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 27 : Part 2 (of 2) Audrone talks about art therapy & LithuaniaEPISODE 27 : PART 2 (OF 2) LITHUANIAN PAINTER & ART THERAPIST AUDRONE BRAZAUSKAITE CONVERSES ABOUT LEAVING HER COUNTRY FOR LOVE & THE SCIENCE OF ART THERAPY. SHE ALSO SINGS TWO LOVELY LITHUANIAN SONGS
In the second and final part of my conversation with Audrone Brazauskaite, we conversed about how she was named after a boat her parents dated in, how her father surprised her by flying down and waving from a plane at an art camp and what it means to migrate to a foreign country for love. Audrone conversed passionately about how her profession as an Art Therapist helped her personally...
2023-04-011h 26
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 26 : Part 1 (of 2) Audrone talks about art therapy & LithuaniaEPISODE 26 : PART 1 (OF 2) LITHUANIAN PAINTER & ART THERAPIST AUDRONE BRAZAUSKAITE CONVERSES ABOUT A GRANDFATHER SENT TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP, SPIES IN ART SCHOOL & THE CULTURE & HISTORY OF LITHUANIA
Did you know that the country of Lithuania restored it’s independence as late as 1990? Are you aware that Lithuanian is one of the oldest living languages in the world? Have you ever heard what a Lithuanian song sounds like? Now tell me honestly, do you even know anything about Lithuania, it’s history and it’s culture. If you were as ignorant as I was before this deeply moving conver...
2023-03-261h 29
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 25 : Part 2 (of 2) The meteoric rise of Edupreneur Stanny PintoEPISODE 25 : PART 2 (OF 2) DR. STANNY PINTO CONVERSES ABOUT HOW HE ALMOST GOT KILLED IN A GANG WAR, HOW HE SUCCEEDED IN BUSINESS & THE UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE OF HIS LIFE TO THE BACHCHAN FILM ‘TRISHUL’
In the second and final part of our conversation with Dr. Stanny Pinto, we conversed about wise words from an encouraging father, how Stanny’s life as a political gangster almost got him killed in a gang war, the principles he used to become a successful businessman, and the uncanny resemblance of his real life with the fictional world of the Amitabh Bachchan film ‘Trishul’...
2023-03-191h 28
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 24 : Part 1 (of 2) The meteoric rise of Edupreneur Stanny PintoEPISODE 24 : PART 1 (OF 2) FROM AN IMPOVERISHED CHILDHOOD IN A 100 SQUARE FEET TIN-WALLED HOUSE IN INDIA’S LARGEST SLUM, TO OWNING MULTIPLE SCHOOLS, STANNY PINTO CONVERSES ABOUT HIS INSPIRING JOURNEY
As I have grown older and understood the world a little better, I have realised that a lot of success in life is driven by our starting points. As a child, the better starting points we have in terms of money, education and family affluence, the better chance we have of doing well as an adult in the real world. With that in mind, the questions to ask of...
2023-03-121h 49
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 23 : Part 3 (of 3) Actor Errol Marks chooses to forgive & healEPISODE 23 : PART 3 (OF 3) ACTOR ERROL PETER MARKS TALKS ABOUT HEARTBREAK ON THE HOLLYWOOD SERIES ‘SHANTARAM’, FUN TALES ABOUT SALMAN KHAN & A FUNNY YARN INVOLVING A SNAKE, A RED SHIRT & A GREEN SHIRT
He almost hit international fame when he was cast and even shot for the iconic series ‘Shantaram’, In the third and final part of our conversation with actor Errol Peter Marks, we seamlessly mix tragedy and comedy as we hear first-hand about his Shantaram journey from euphoria to dismay, Errol’s search for validation as a performer, hilarious stories about Salman Khan and a rolling in the ais...
2023-03-031h 45
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 22 : Part 2 (of 3) Actor Errol Marks chooses to forgive & healEPISODE 22 : PART 2 (OF 3) WITH ACTOR ERROL PETER MARKS WHO CONVERSES ABOUT A SILENT RELATIONSHIP WITH GRIEF, THE ROUGH PATH TO BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL ACTOR AND HOW TO IDENTIFY RICH FOLKS IN ANY PARTY
In the second of my three part conversation with Actor Errol Peter Marks, we flew in diverse directions like his initial school years, his silent relationship with grief, his messy bond with his stepfather and the rough path to becoming a successful performer … so please welcome actor Errol Peter Marks, a man who knows exactly how the rich treat Kaju-badam and how they hold a...
2023-02-251h 38
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 21 : Part 1 (of 3) Actor Errol Marks chooses to forgive & healEPISODE 21 : PART 1 (OF 3) BROUGHT UP BY STRONG, INDEPENDENT AND BROKEN WOMEN, ACTOR ERROL PETER MARKS CONVERSES ABOUT KEEPING PROMISES MADE TO A DYING MOTHER, FORGIVING WHEN ALIVE, HEALING & CLOSURE
He calls his life a comedy of tragedies as his parents separated very early in life and growing up, he never really had a father to look up to. Instead he was brought up by a set of very strong, independent, fierce and broken women.
In the first of my three part conversation with actor Errol Peter Marks, we get a very personal insight into what...
2023-02-191h 46
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 20 : Dr. Curtis Cole converses about growing up gay in AmericaEPISODE 20 : A DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY & YET AN ENVIABLE CAREER IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. DR. CURTIS COLE CONVERSES ABOUT GROWING UP GAY IN AMERICA, AIDS ACTIVISM & CONNECTING THE DOTS IN HINDSIGHT
His family includes the 12th President of the United States, folks who made a famous brand of bourbon in Kentucky and women who excelled in golf, at a time when it was frowned upon. However, all that affluence was lost by the time it came to his generation, and life was a lot tougher with food stamps and little money for winter clothes.
In a freewheeling...
2023-02-102h 19
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 19 : Part 2 (of 2) The life & times of Adman Ravi Gundya DeshpandeEPISODE 19 : PART 2 (OF 2) WITH AD DIRECTOR RAVI GUNDYA DESHPANDE AS WE CONVERSE ABOUT HIS JOURNEY AS A SON, A STUDENT, A FATHER, A WRITER, A FILMMAKER AND MOST OF ALL ‘A GAON DOST’
In the second part of my conversation with advertising and film director Ravi Deshpande, we conversed about a father, who used to read the vedas to him, his career as a writer on some wonderful films like ‘The terrorist, Malli and Dubai return, his views on how cinema is an immersive experience and why, inspite of having a truckload of celebrity friends, he doesn’t really...
2023-02-032h 16
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 18 : Part 1 (of 2) The life & times of Adman Ravi Gundya DeshpandeEPISODE 18 : PART 1 (OF 2) WITH AD DIRECTOR RAVI GUNDYA DESHPANDE AS WE CONVERSE ABOUT SHARING BOOKS WITH SMITA PATIL, AN INFERIORITY COMPLEX & A REBELLION AGAINST PATRIARCHY WITHIN HIS OWN FAMILY
He comes from a family of landlords who were given Jaagirs by the Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He has spent his childhood on the laps of greats like Kumar Gandharva, who used to hold private mehfils in his house. His father, a renowned writer himself, tried to push him towards cinema, while the rebel in him wished for a career in design.
In the first...
2023-01-211h 36
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 17 : Arun Mathias faced the demons of life and yet stayed happyEPISODE 17 : ALMOST ORPHANED AT 17, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ARUN MATHIAS SAT AS DUMMY IN EXAMS TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AT HOME. A WISE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO FACE THE DEMONS OF LIFE AND YET STAY HAPPY
He grew up in a chawl in Worli village, an iconic part of Mumbai which is fast being gobbled up by high rises. At 16, his mother died and his father was bedridden after a freak road accident … and he ended up hustling to put food on the table for his younger siblings. He sat dummy in exams for other people, wrote co...
2023-01-062h 43
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 16 : Part 2 (of 2) Indrajit Neogi bats for good sound in filmsEPISODE 16 : PART 2 (OF 2) WITH FILM SOUND RECORDIST INDRAJIT NEOGI WHO CONVERSES ABOUT HIS RICH EXPERIENCE IN WORKING ON CULT ART FILMS & HOW THE AUDIENCE VALUES SOUND FAR LESS THAN VISUALS IN FILMS
Imagine a train passes by on screen and you don’t hear the passing train at all or a tiger roars in a film but instead you hear a dog bark. These are not really good examples but I guess you now understand how important sound is, in film making, but unfortunately, in the real world, the attitude towards sound is the exact opposite. The va...
2022-12-271h 02
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 15 : Part 1 (of 2) Indrajit Neogi bats for good sound in filmsEPISODE 15 : PART 1 (OF 2) WITH FILM SOUND RECORDIST INDRAJIT NEOGI, WHO CONVERSES ABOUT A BURNT SCHOOL, ATHEISM, IIT, HIS CAREER IN FILMS & HAVING THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE, IF LIFE HAS TO WORK OUT
He saw Naxalism real up close when a dear friend joined the movement and was killed by the cops. He studied in a school so seeped in religion that he became an atheist who refused to do his mother’s shraadh. He cracked the IIT and instead of going abroad ended up recording and designing sound in films.
In the first part of my co...
2022-12-171h 57
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 14 : Jehangir Surti bonds with his young son on a long bike tripEPISODE 14 : A FATHER AND HIS TEENAGE SON BOND ON A ROAD TRIP TO GOA. A CONVERSATION WITH JEHANGIR SURTI ABOUT HOW EARLY LIFE EXPERIENCES CAN SENSITISE & MAKE CHILDREN AWARE OF THE WORLD THEY LIVE IN
He had worked on ad films for almost a decade before he directed ‘Aa Dekhe zaraa’, one of India’s rare science fiction films. After the birth of his son, he voluntarily decided to become a stay at home dad. As his son turned fourteen, he realised that these were the wonder years where his boy needed to learn a few life lesson...
2022-07-162h 36
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 13 : Humble Mukhtar bhai creates world champions in carrom(ये एपिसोड हिंदी में है। )
(This episode is in Hindi)EPISODE 13 : THE CONTRIBUTION OF CARROM CLUBS TO CREATING WORLD CHAMPIONS WITH MUKHTAR BHAI. A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW CARROM CLUBS KEPT THE YOUTH OUT OF TROUBLE AND OTHER INTERESTING ANECDOTES
Behind every champion are selfless folks who wish for a small contribution in the champion's success. In generous spirit, the only thing these generous people wish for is to see a champion get his/her due ... and for this noble desire, sometimes put their whole lives on line. End of the day when the champion triumphs, they are desirous of neither praise nor applause.So let...
2022-06-242h 10
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 12 : Part 2 (of 2) Sraboni Chaudhari simplifies classical musicEPISODE 12 : PART 2 (OF 2) WITH CLASSICAL SINGER SRABONI CHAUDHURI. A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE KIND OF SUPPORTING PARTNERS ARTISTS NEED AND SRABONI’S HARROWING NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE
What would you do if you see yourself losing the one thing that you are passionate about? What would it feel like for a singer to almost die for real and then die metaphorically when told that they might never be able to sing again?
In the second part of my conversation with classical singer Sraboni Chaudhuri, we continue from where we left of and converse about Sraboni’s near deat...
2022-06-191h 34
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 11 : Part 1 (of 2) Sraboni Chaudhari simplifies classical musicEPISODE 11 : PART 1 (OF 2) WITH CLASSICAL SINGER SRABONI CHAUDHURI. A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE VALUE A GURU ADDS TO A SINGER, HOW RAAGS ARE USED TO COMPOSE FILM SONGS & LITTLE LESSONS IN CLASSICAL MUSIC
She had a budding teaching career but she could never really free herself from the lure of the arts. She has learnt classical singing from some of the best names in the business including the illustrious Shobha Gurtu. She humbly calls herself ‘Not so intelligent’, but once she started talking about Music, I did, for a moment, feel, that I was the dumb one in the...
2022-06-122h 04
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 10 : Sudhir Sinha & the haunting era of the mumbai orchestra(This episode is in Hindi)
EPISODE 10 : THE UNFORGETTABLE ERA OF THE ORCHESTRA IN THE 80’S AND 90’S, WITH SUDHIR SINHA. A CONVERSATION ABOUT A TIME WHEN THE ORCHESTRA WAS AS BIG A SOURCE OF ENTERTAINMENT AS FILMS & CRICKET
Orchestra! What is an Orchestra? In Bombay terms, an orchestra is a live programme with songs and comic skits. Orchestras existed thirty years ago and exist even today but back then, Orchestras had the kind of glamour, which is difficult to imagine now. Comedy stalwarts like Johnny Lever, Sudesh Bhosale, Raju Srivastava got their early breaks here and...
2022-06-032h 33
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 9 : Part 2 (of 2) Film historian Karan Bali revisits a bygone eraEPISODE 9 : PART 2 (OF 2) WITH FILM HISTORIAN KARAN BALI. A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE HARD ROAD TAKEN BY THE PAKISTANI FILM INDUSTRY AS KARAN IMPRESSES WITH HIS KNACK FOR NARRATING FILM HISTORY
When speaking about cinema, quite a few film theorists use a language which is complex and disconnected from ground realities but I have seldom felt that way whenever I have heard Karan Bali speak or read his articles on cinema. As we will discover in this episode, Karan has that special knack to make film history interesting, intriguing, relatable and contextual. My personal view is that this...
2022-05-271h 33
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 8 : Part 1 (of 2) Film historian Karan Bali revisits a bygone eraEPISODE 8 : PART 1 (OF 2) WITH FILM HISTORIAN KARAN BALI. A CONVERSATION ABOUT CHICKEN, SHEEP, COWS, VIDEO RECORDERS, THE 1983 WORLD CUP, NOORJEHAN, LATA MANGESHKAR, DILIP KUMAR AND HAMAM SOAP
He comes from a family of lawyers in a country we now call Pakistan. He has lived on a farm with chicken, sheep and cows. In his formative years, the VCR, also called the Video Cassette Recorder was his best friend and he had seen more Hollywood and Bollywood that most of us only wish we could have seen in film school.
In the first part of my...
2022-05-201h 34
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 7 : Biju Kutty's hard fought battle from victim to victorEPISODE 7 : THE JOURNEY FROM RIOT VICTIM TO ATTEMPTING GUINNESS RECORDS, WITH BIJU KUTTY. A CONVERSATION ABOUT A SHARED CHILDHOOD, A SAD MEMORY & A HARD-FOUGHT BATTLE FROM VICTIM TO VICTOR
He was uprooted during the riots and yet, stayed positive. He changed his name and yet, never really changed at all. He never went to Engineering school and yet, is a better Engineer than most engineers I know. But more than all this, he is a father who has managed to get rid of his son’s mobile addiction. Today, his son Affan Kutty can make letters and num...
2022-05-162h 00
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 6 : The crazy travel adventures of backpacker Bharathi RajaramEPISODE 6 : SHE TRAVELS, ON A BICYCLE, AROUND THE WORLD, ALL ALONE. BHARATHI RAJARAM IS A CORPORATE HONCHO BY PROFESSION AND A BACKPACKER AT HEART. A CONVERSATION ABOUT HER CRAZY TRAVEL ADVENTURES
As a 21 year old, she traveled all alone to Kashmir in the middle of the conflict. She has cycled from Mumbai to Goa and through half of France all by herself. She has been to 72 countries on budgets most of us would travel to 10. She is an Engineer, an MBA, a wife, a daughter and a mother but I feel that the only title that really...
2022-05-082h 18
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 5 : Part 2 (of 2) The fun journey of Film Director Harsh KulkarniEPISODE 5 : PART 2 (OF 2) WITH HUNTER AND BADHAI DO DIRECTOR HARSHVARDHAN KULKARNI. A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE STRUGGLE TO FIND A UNIQUE VOICE IN FILMS AND THE TRICK TO ADAPT LIFE EXPERIENCES ON SCREEN
In the 1970’s, there was the rise of writers Salim-Javed’s angry young man, a world which was largely unreal, stylish, violent and very popular with the audience. Around the same time, two Bengali filmmakers were quietly narrating gentler stories, which hit closer, to the real lives of the Indian middle class. These two directors were Basu Chatterjee and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. In the second part of my...
2022-04-302h 05
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 4 : Part 1 (of 2) The fun journey of Film Director Harsh KulkarniEPISODE 4 : PART 1 (OF 2) WITH HUNTER AND BADHAI DO DIRECTOR HARSHVARDHAN KULKARNI. A CONVERSATION ABOUT SACHIN TENDULKAR, VINOD KAMBLI AND HOW LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS CAN BE THICKER THAN BLOOD RELATIONS
While in school, he kept wickets as he watched Sachin Tendulkar half-complete a difficult challenge. He then shifted to Engineering where he graduated with hardly any engineering skills at all. At film school, he specialised in Editing but never edited anything after he passed out. Cricket and films did stay his two big loves but luckily for us, he eventually deserted cricket to deliver two cinematic gems in a...
2022-04-241h 57
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 3 : The bizarre success story of Superstar VO artist Nikhil KapoorEPISODE 3 : THE BIZARRE SUCCESS STORY OF SUPERSTAR VOICEOVER ARTIST NIKHIL KAPOOR. A CONVERSATION ABOUT LUCK, LOVE & OTHER THINGS AS NIKHIL SHARES HIS SECRET PROCESS WHILE RECORDING VOICEOVERS
He has sold suitcases, soaps, hair cream, biscuits, cars and every conceivable product possible but not on the streets, not in a shop or in a mall but simply through a voice you know really really well and a face you probably wouldn’t recognise on the streets. His stories on how he reached where he did are as crazy as he is. Today we meet the Amitabh Bachchan of vo...
2022-04-032h 07
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 2 : Vaibhav Korgaonkar and a broken sports dreamEPISODE 2 : A DIFFICULT SPORTS DREAM OR A LUCRATIVE CORPORATE CAREER? WHAT DID VAIBHAV KORGAONKAR CHOOSE AND WHY? A CONVERSATION ABOUT TOUGH LIFE CHOICES
In 1995, he defeated the India number one. Three months later, he beat the Maharashtra number one. The very next day, he made a life altering decision to quit a very important match and a budding sports career. He left the tournament midway. After that day, he never played carrom with the same intensity again. We are a sum total of the choices we make and the paths we decide to travel on … and nobody I...
2022-03-272h 25
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATULEp 1 : Janhavi Samant talks about surviving childhood in the 80'sEPISODE 1 : A FUN CHAT ABOUT CHILDHOOD IN THE 80'S & 90'S, WITH THE FUNNY JANHAVI SAMANT. A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW GROWING UP JUST THREE DECADES AGO WAS DIFFERENT, SIMPLER & SO MUCH MORE AWESOME
How different was life before the advent of the mobile phone? How was childhood in the eighties different from how it is today? Dadar hurricane Janhavi Samant converses with Atul Taishete about her book 'Faaltugiri and other flashbacks - How I survived childhood in the eighties'. She narrates anecdotes about her childhood in middle class Mumbai, while Atul adds his own bit about his childhood...
2022-03-162h 31