PRIYA & LAXMIKANT BERDE Switching roles
For on-screen funny man Laxmikant Berde and his actress-wife Priya, turning producers with Lakshatlya Goshthi was a drastic change from their jobs as actors until then.




Interview: Director Puri Jaganath
Talented young director
makes it to the top
Due to dearth of talent, the producers of Telugu films used to procure rights of Tamil films or hired Tamil directors to make Telugu films. But now, with the advent of talented youngsters like Arunprasad and now Puri Jaganath, the scenario has changed.

Making waves
Few are aware that Tapan Bhattacharjee, music director, actor and singer is the versatile brother of the popular Hindi film playback singer Kumar Sanu. His father, Pashupati Bhattacharjee is a renowned music director and teacher.