August , 2006
Racing against life....?
It was about 14:50pm. Had just come of the recording studio. Was recording a song with Swanand Kirkire and Shantanu Moitra for 15th august special programme. Since the last 3-4hours I was inside the studio where there was no mobile network. Suddenly my mobile beeps and got a sms. Our camerman Sudhir Sawant expired last night. Everyone in office was going to his home by 13:30. Do join. It was too late for me already. But what hit me hard was that I could not figure out who was Sudhir. How did he look ? Who was this guy ? I never worked with him? Or may be I used to know him by his nickname or some other name? Reached office and Sudhir Sawant was still haunting me. There were only few of us in office, by that time. Not everyone had returned. Asked few 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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