Aniruddha Guha

Creator & Writer - Shekhar Home (2024) | Screenwriter - Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond (2024) | Rashmi Rocket (2021) | Malang (2020) | POW - Bandi Yuddh Ke (2017)

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

Growing up, I spent months at my grandparents’ farm house in Nashik. Among the several lazy summer activities was the nightly movie screening on a VHS player.

Every year, I’d do a repeat viewing of two movies: #Dost featuring #Dharmendra and Shatrughan Sinha as the titular friends, and #Pratiggya, an entertaining anti-hero-turns-saviour-against-dacoits caper. Both films had memorable songs, especially “Gaadi bula rahi hai”, and “Main jatt yamla pagla deewana”. Both were directed by my grandfather, #DulalGuha, and as a little boy watching these films sitting right next to the man who made them, I had little understanding of their importance in Hindi cinema history.

In time, I realised Dulal Guha and Dharmendra were a trailblazing, creatively-aligned duo that conjured up magic on screen; one of the greatest cinematic collaborations. I learnt of their unshakeable bond, deep-rooted mutual admiration, and the love they shared.

Personally, I witnessed this twice, both after the demise of my grandfather.

The first was when Dharamji came over to offer his condolences right after Babuji’s death - a Hulk of a man, weeping freely. He cupped my face in what was literally a “dhai kilo ka haath”. I remember thinking, “Please don’t accidentally crush my face, uncle”.

The second was when I interviewed him as a journalist. He was least interested in the QnA, snatching away my dictaphone, to say “Puttar, interview chhad. Tu bata, tere life mein kya chal raha hai.” I realised then what they meant by childlike innocence and true warmth.

There was always the “hero” - effortlessly handsome, ruggedly charming. His screen presence unparalleled, his comic timing a thing of beauty. His movies a source of joy.

It isn’t the superstar I pay tribute to today, but the young guy you see standing next to my grandfather in the photo, and the old man I had the good fortune of spending time with. His passing is a massive loss to cinema, but it’s a personal loss to my family, who owe Dharam ji for fuelling my grandfather’s filmmaking legacy like no one else. Both men are gone now. And both will continue to live on through their films, made together and separately.

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

20 Year Challenge.

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Can’t see these two side-by-side and not be reminded of the classic NAKSHA.

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

@ReaderLals Haan but what’s truly funny is that no one seems to want to talk about the things Wangchuk has gone on a hunger strike for. Sab Rancho ke peechhe padhe hain.

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

Everyone going after Aamir Khan for playing safe on #SonamWangchuk. The actor once publicly said he doesn’t feel safe as an Indian after 2014, and still gets trolled over it. His meeting with Erdogan led to more backlash. We have to stop shaming people for choosing their battles.

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

Let’s all forget about the dying man whose fast has stirred our hearts and shaken up our souls for the last few days to focus on the real thing that matters: WHO was Rancho based on.

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

Indian cricket hit highs with MSD’s white ball wins, followed by Test dominance under Kohli-Shastri, and more white ball glory under Rohit-Dravid. All of it has been dismantled by Gautam Gambhir and his supporters. It doesn’t matter how long he coaches; this is his legacy now.

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

KOHLI will remain untouched until the end of the 2027 World Cup. He continues to be a run machine, his fitness is impeccable, the crowd roars every time he enters to bat. Sharma’s been stellar, but the man is going to be 41 next year and the team needs young legs in the first 10.

[Sameer Allana @HitmanCricket]

Rohit Sharma won Player of the Match in the final as India won the Champions Trophy under his leadership.

Just months later before India’s first ODI assignment post the win, Rohit got removed from captaincy and Agarkar told both were non-committal.

It was very clear that both Gambhir and Agarkar were waiting for a few bad scores before they got rid of them.

If Rohit hadn’t scored a ton in Australia or Kohli hadn’t done so well at home vs South Africa or New Zealand, this would’ve happened much sooner.

And now with Rohit going, the same scrutiny will be there for Kohli. If he goes a single series without performing, there will be pressure on him.

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

OMG, I said this - like - 2 hours before the #RohitSharma news broke. 🙈🙈🙈

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

We have to enjoy this while it lasts.

#Kohli #Rohit #Bumrah

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

Edging Rohit out seems like the right call. India needs a dynamic left-handed opener alongside Shubman in ODIs. Could be Yashaswi, or even Ishan. The second move should be to get a full-time WK. Either Ishan or Sanju. KL is a hit-and-miss, and could cost India the 2027 World Cup.

[Express Sports @IExpressSports]

🚨BREAKING: Lord's ODI could be Rohit Sharma's last match for India

@pdevendra reports

#RohitSharma

https://t.co/0tEbVnjazn

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

We have to enjoy this while it lasts.

#Kohli #Rohit #Bumrah

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

STERLING CINEMA, Fort, Mumbai.

What I will *always* remember about watching The Matrix, most of all, was being the first time I tasted caramel popcorn.

That, and the fact that I’d never seen anything like that on a big screen before.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Imagine sitting in a theater in 1999 and witnessing this for the very first time.

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

Given #Satluj’s four-year struggle with the #CBFC, I decided to break down the primary objective of the certification body. The board was created to safeguard audiences’ interests; not silence filmmakers who ask uncomfortable questions.

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

It’s been painful to see Indian cricket lately. Clean sweep losses at home in Tests. Whitewash in T20s against Ireland. Seeming like another in England now.

The Gambhir Era has been extraordinary… for bringing humility back in the lives of Indian cricket fans.

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

Given #Satluj’s four-year struggle with the #CBFC, I decided to break down the primary objective of the certification body. The board was created to safeguard audiences’ interests; not silence filmmakers who ask uncomfortable questions.

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

That was some wild swinging of the bat by almost all Indian batsmen except Shreyas. Young T20I team, needs talking to from Coach and support staff about how to not play every ground like it’s Chinnaswamy. Very little game awareness. Hope our bowlers get us through.

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

@allVishal Very nice analogy. What should have been the occasional “crossover”, (like the Tiger-Pathaan action block in Pathaan), got crushed under the burden of a shared “universe”, which seems to have been created without any effort made to establish solid threads or organic connections.

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

Multiple YRF franchises got undone due to the creation of the Spy Universe. The TIGER series was working nicely, WAR set Kabir up well. Even ALPHA would’ve worked so much better as an alternate franchise about super soldiers.

Should be called Forced Crossover Universe, or FCU.

[Aniruddha Guha @AniGuha]

@sujoy_g STCSTW 4 lyf