July , 2006
Its still BOMBay
It was 2nd december 2002...second day of my first job with a hindi news channel. 1st december was sunday and almost no work. Was only supposed to collect my appointnment letter that day.So,officially the first working day of my journalism career. Was asked to go for a shoot in the evening and suddenly as we were about to reach the place got a call from office. Was immediately asked to divert the camera unit to Ghatkopar.A Blast! A bomb blast! As our vehicle started moving towards Ghatkopar more and more people started confirming us that its nothing but a bomb blast. We reached first,broke the news,first with the visuals as a senior colleague of mine also reached the place at the right time to handle the situation perfectly.For me,it was the first time that I was in the middle of such a scene. At the end of....




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Somen Mishra is Senior Entertainment Correspondent in the Mumbai Bureau of CNN IBN. Starting with Zee Network, he has been chasing the stars, crunching box office figures, attending film fests and predicting "next big things" since last eight years. A graduate in Physics and a post-graduate diploma in journalism, Somen joined CNN IBN at its inception. Cinema is his lifeline, add corn, cola and Coen Brothers, he will survive anywhere. Charlie Kauffman is his GOD, Philip Seymour Hoffman favourite actor, can watch Kate Winslet's films any number of times and thinks Yashpal Sharma is good in every bad film.




























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