PANJIM: Topics as diverse from making it in Bollywood to the 2019 Union Elections and cricket controversies, the sessions ensured that boredom had no way of entering the mind of the audiences.
Sidharth Malhotra spoke about his journey y from a middle class Delhi boy to Bollywood heartthrob. He said it took a lot of hard work and a bit of luck to get his first film. Speaking about his experience with Ad film maker Vinil Mather, director of Hasee to Phasee, he said that all ad-film makers have a keen eye for detail.
On dealing with failures, Sidharth said it paid to have faith in higher energies. Later Politician, Olympic Silver Medalist and Ex-Army man Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore spoke about Brand Modi. From scams to unemployment and economic growth to sports, a wide spectrum of topics were discussed and debated upon that may impact the 2019 Union Elections. Answering an audience question on sports in India in comparison to sports in China, Colonel Rathore narrated his experience from the time he was training across various districts of China and the way both parents and the state supported these centres. He stated the irony with how parents in India meet all school teachers at PTA meetings but not the PT (Physical Training) teacher.
The highlight of the afternoon, was engaging with Jonty Rhodes, cricket legend, South Africa. He spoke about cricket, controversies, anecdotes and the interesting tale behind why Jonty Rhodes’ daughter is named India. Jonty unveiled some of the behind-the-scene stories of the infamous cricketing scams like the Hanse Cronje match fixing scandal and more recent Steve Smith ball-tampering debacle.
