April , 2006
Fight Club
It was Us v/s Them. In the Red corner was me , 5ft 11inches 75kilograms - the challenger.In the Blue corner was her, 4ft 10inches 90 kilograms the undisputed champion of the world.The bookies saw it as 10:1,against me.She was about my grandma's age so i thought i would show her some respect before the bout.I had no idea what i was about to run into. Sonia Gandhi had resigned,the BIG English news channels were to collide - again.Both the channels had planned their shows at the same time 8:00pm 'LIVE'.A senior BJP leader was on the menu for both parties,he was to appear on both channels at the same time."Who gets him first?yaar dekho jhagda mat karna" said his PA,but all of us knew what the link meant for both channels. Let me brief you about how an OB(outdoor broadcast)or a link takes place from a....




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Sushant Mehta is Senior Correspondent (Films) at CNN-IBN. He will be writing about stars, their films, gossip and his day-to-day experiences with actors. He is interested in knowing what the stars really are when the camera has been switched off.



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