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Journalism of Courage
Fondly known as 8216;Pickbrain8217;, Quiz master Giri Balasubramaniam finds Indians take to knowledge easily!
You can make out the lines of disappointment on his face. The under-eye bags, the slight puffiness, the irritability. Seems like Love Story 2050 has pulled Harry Baweja down. While he disagrees with it, defends it with his life, we sit there, 8216;facing8217; it. The only good thing that8217;s come out of it is that Harman8217;s going places. 8220;It couldn8217;t get better for Harman. He8217;s signed up with directors like Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Ashutosh Gowatrikar, Anees Bazmi and his second film, Victory which is on cricket will release on January 30, 2009,8221; the proud dad beats about the success of his son, who, but the way, bears uncanny resemblance to Hrithik. 8220;People have asked him that a 1000 times, and he always points to us 8211; 8216;why don8217;t you ask my parents how they managed it8217;!8221; That8217;s right, blame it on the genes. Meanwhile, what actually brings Harry to town is a talent hunt. In collaboration with ITFT 8211; CMES, Centre for Media and Entertainment Studies along with the Department of Tourism, UT, the hunt is to build a talent bank for TV serial and film producers. 8220;We are always on the lookout for fresh talent and this platform will further help in networking and promoting cinematic tourism,8221; says Harry, adding that the winners will get free scholarship for a three year degree course in media at CMES. 8220;The idea is to tap and direct talent. It8217;s for people who don8217;t want to be part of reality shows. In this case, we8217;ll be reaching out to those in the interiors and pick them region-wise,8221; Harry feels that there8217;s immense opportunity and money in fields like writing, directing, special effects, radio, animation et al. 8220;These are creatively satisfying jobs and all that8217;s needed is to create awareness.8221;
