Vipin Handa | PassionforCinema

You saw him on the television in Saptahiki in mid 70s.In 80's he captured hearts with Fursat Mein, and his 50 week long presence in Baaton Baaton Mein and Aamne Saamne turned Handa into an overnight talk show titan. His Dastak on Zee TV ran for 18 months bringing the story of rape victims and police atrocities into public consciousness. His debut directorial venture Uff Yeh Mohabbat launched debutantes Abhishek Kapoor and Twinkle Khanna, and finally Koshish Foundation was launched, an NGO that helped unemployed adolescent girls in Dehradun. Handa is currently writing a book for Wisdom Tree, with 14 short stories in English and Hindi. He is also the advisory member of the Wisdom Tree panel. He is writing for a weekly newspaper section called "Vipin Handa Speaks" which treats legends from the Indian film industry such as Salman Khan, Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan. Handa is planning to direct his next ventures 'Kalash' and 'Jashn' with Salman Khan and Ranbir Kapoor respectively. By writing on PFC, Handa plans to revive his old love and passion for cinema.

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Aamne Samne
Vipin Handa exclusively interviews Shivajee Chandrabhushan, Director of Frozen,due releasing on the 1st of May Shivajee Chandrabhushan. The name knells a bell in your head, and yes after 18 months of turmoil and struggle, after 18 prestigious awards, and touring 30 festivals, and blogging on our very own PFC, his baby Frozen is finally out for a release. Yes I repeat,...
by Vipin Handa at April 11th, 2009 at 10:04 am
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Melted by Frozen
Vipin Handa, film critic and filmmaker, is back to reviewing films, as he reviews ‘Frozen’ exclusively for PFC. Sometimes you are numb, sometimes you are robbed of words, and sometimes you are baffled. All three emotions struck me in a row, when after 25 years of reviewing films, nonsensical films, powerful films, beautiful films, and ‘run of the mill’...
by Vipin Handa at March 28th, 2009 at 10:03 am
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Baaton Baaton Mein
Sitting with a cup of coffee, my secretary informs me my writer had vanished, not sure how would I proceed with my newspaper section now, I cant write all of them again, I didnt know what to do, that’s when my son asked me to join you guys and leave the newspaper behind, to share my passion, to come and blog, it took me some time to think whether I was actually...
by Vipin Handa at March 22nd, 2009 at 02:03 am