Seshadri's Musings

There are many instances of stars refusing movies in Hindi film industry that have gone on to become super-duper hits.   These stars had refused the movie because of the director not agreeing to their changes, or they not believing that the movie will work or some date issues.   The stars who got these rejected films went on to become superstars or established their star-status on the basis of these films.   If you want to make it big in Bollywood, you need Destiny to partner you 😊!! When I started researching this, I thought there will only be a handful of such films. But the list was big!!   Most of the stars would have cursed their luck on seeing these films do wonders after their release!!   F ollowing is the list of Stars who refused These films: - Kangana Ranaut refused Dirty Picture Akshay Kumar refused Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Hrithik Roshan refused Swades Salman Khan refused Chak De thinking it will not work Hrithik Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan refused Dil

I was working in a dot-com company who were into virtual education. This was in the year 2000 when very few people had heard of this concept.   Since it was a dot-com, there was always the chance that it might go bust.   During this period, I saw an ad in the Economic Times’s Careers page asking for marketing professionals in the financial services field, a field that I had earlier worked in.   So, I applied for it and sent my resume over email in the morning.   Next morning, I got a call from a person from Hyderabad. He said they have shortlisted my profile. He asked me if I can meet his MD that day in Delhi as the MD was coming to Delhi to meet Bill Gates 😊 .   I was awestruck!!   I told him I will meet his MD. Later only, I got to know that the MD had come to Delhi to participate in a meeting where Bill Gates was addressing a huge gathering of people 😊 😊 .   I was given the name of the hotel and the MD’s room number.   I went to the room and knocked on the door.   The

During my first stint in the earlier organization, I was approached by another Mumbai based company.   They were looking out for a senior person in marketing their products.   Now the difference between this company and the company that I was working for, was between heaven and earth 😊 , as far as work was concerned.   The company that I was working on, was focused on getting more sales at any cost.   The other company did not want to confuse the customer in buying their products.   They felt that they had a great product and the customer should buy it only when he was also convinced of the same.   The characteristics of both the companies was well known in the industry circle where both we operating in. I got a call from the company stating that their VP of the Delhi office wanted to meet me.   I was told to post my profile to their office address and then they would let me know when I can come and meet them.   I just wanted to meet them and see what they wanted from me as I w

Those days, in the evenings I used to meet my school friends for a walk in Karol Bagh area market. Since there were no gadgets at those times, roaming with friends was the pastime 😊 !!     During one of those days, one of my friends, Subbu, told me that his father’s friend is working for a Mumbai-based company in Delhi and was looking for someone who knows computers.   He asked me if I would be interested.   I told him yes and I will be definitely interested.   He then went home and with the help of his father managed to arrange a meeting for me with his father’s friend, the next day.   I never imagined that with this meeting, my career will zoom into the field of financial services industry.   Thanks Subbu, for the intro, without which, I don’t think I would have ever reached the place where I am now in!! The next day, I went and met the gentleman. He showed me a stock market magazine and asked me if I had seen it any time?   I told him, No.   He then asked me if I knew anythi