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Dec 27, 2013
00:26 (IST)
Very few people have had a gifted journey like mine: Shah Rukh Khan
 
Dec 27, 2013
00:25 (IST)
Very disappointed with Supreme Court on homosexuality verdict: Amartya Sen

Dec 27, 2013
00:25 (IST)
Justice Ganguly should resign on moral grounds: Fali Nariman

Dec 27, 2013
00:24 (IST)
Beating Pete Sampras was my biggest win: Leander Paes

Dec 27, 2013
00:24 (IST)
Cinema is not an educational institution: Waheeda Rehman

Dec 27, 2013
00:23 (IST)
I still feel I am a student of music: Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia

Dec 27, 2013
00:23 (IST)
Parents should allow their children to follow their passions: Prof CNR Rao

Dec 27, 2013
00:22 (IST)
I lose more cases than I win: Fali Nariman

Dec 27, 2013
00:22 (IST)
I knew things wouldn't be the same after I signed Roja: A R Rahman

Dec 27, 2013
00:20 (IST)
What the essence of India means for Zubin Mehta

Dec 27, 2013
00:18 (IST)
Am a big fan of Dilip saab, Waheedaji: Big B

Dec 14, 2013
17:47 (IST)
The second session of the NDTV Summit:


Dec 14, 2013
17:23 (IST)
Here's a lookback at the opening session of the NDTV Solutions Summit:


Dec 14, 2013
16:29 (IST)
And so we close our Solutions Summit with a Bollywood bang, helped by Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman and AR Rahman's Jai Ho.
At 6 pm, meet the 25 greatest living global Indians.Till then, here are the best moments from today's sessions.
Dec 14, 2013
16:20 (IST)
SRK starts the Jai Ho party. Dances by himself, twirls with Waheedaji, then does Big B's signature move with him. Everybody loves it. The audience is on their feet, whistling, clapping and dancing along.





Dec 14, 2013
16:18 (IST)
Suhel Seth: We live in very troubled times. We don't have a government

SRK: You deserve it Suhel, you deserve it.


Dec 14, 2013
16:15 (IST)
Shah Rukh Khan: Rs 100 crore club is just a compartmentalization, a nomenclature. The true dreamers dream of Rs 1000 crores, of how to grow Indian cinema. 
Dec 14, 2013
16:10 (IST)
SRK's true story: When you go to Egypt, everyone will only call you Amitabh Bachchan. I was shooting for the song 'Suraj Hua Madhdham' there and they kept calling me Amitabh Bachchan. I tried to explain that Amitabh Bachchan wasn't in the song. But they kept calling me Amitabh Bachchan. And when Kajol arrived, they called her Amitabh Bachchan as well.
Dec 14, 2013
16:09 (IST)
SRK and Big B exchange congratulations: Mubarak ho, 12 years of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham today
Dec 14, 2013
16:07 (IST)
Every sixth person in the world is an Indian now, we're getting there: Big B on getting more people abroad to buy tickets to Indian movies
Dec 14, 2013
16:05 (IST)
Funny moment: Saying the name of Ang Lee's film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon trips SRK up.

And he does Mr Bachchan's voice as well. Thank you Shah Rukh, says Big B

Dec 14, 2013
16:03 (IST)
Amitabh Bachchan: I think we are always going to be different. I think what Shah Rukh was saying was that we need to blend western sensibilities into our cinema a little more. He and Karan Johar are largely responsible for bringing Bollywood to the global stage.
Dec 14, 2013
16:03 (IST)
Jai Ho is loved more by the west than by Indians: AR Rahman
Dec 14, 2013
16:02 (IST)
A King-sized Namaste. SRK makes up for being late
Dec 14, 2013
16:01 (IST)
Shah Rukh Khan: If you want to be on global stage, you have to tell stories the way the world is used to. Saying our emotions are louder we need three hours wont work. If we are going to their party, we have to dress the way they want.


Dec 14, 2013
15:59 (IST)
Shah Rukh Khan: I think you need the star system because so much of media and cinema is personality-driven. So it's a good thing that India has a star system but we lack in collaboration. In Hollywood, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson can collaborate for Tintin, we must do the same and put our best foot forward.
Dec 14, 2013
15:57 (IST)
Big B: And our main speaker is here. I think he should be asked all these questions

SRK runs up on stage to cheers, claps and whistles; touches the feet of the panelists and gets to business: I think globalization of Indian cinema should start with actors coming on time.


Dec 14, 2013
15:56 (IST)
The King is here, make way for the King.

Damn you Delhi traffic


Dec 14, 2013
15:49 (IST)
Mr B is making sure we're not missing SRK: Fortunately I've gone beyond the stage of pelvic thrusts. You can't accuse me of that any more.

The audience is loving it.
Dec 14, 2013
15:47 (IST)
Mrs Bachchan says she's happy with what the panel are saying. Mr Bachchan says he's going to quiz her when they get home.

Yay, goes the audience.


Dec 14, 2013
15:47 (IST)
Jaya Bachchan (in the audience): I think India has had music at every occasion and now also we have music and dance at all times, they've just modernized it
Dec 14, 2013
15:46 (IST)
Amitabh Bachchan: We were laughed at for our songs and dances. But to our credit, we haven't changed. And now the songs and dances are what the world like the most. So they have changed.
Dec 14, 2013
15:45 (IST)

Dec 14, 2013
15:43 (IST)
AR Rahman: What was the question again?

The audience laughs, Big B helps him out.


Dec 14, 2013
15:42 (IST)
Amitabh Bachchan: When I started work, the only lady on the set was the leading lady and perhaps her mother. But now, 80% of the people on set are women and they do all the work
Dec 14, 2013
15:41 (IST)
Amitabh Bachchan: We don't always degrade women in our films. Waheedaji, my wife Jaya, Meena Kumari, Nutan have all starred in films that portray strong women.
Dec 14, 2013
15:41 (IST)
Amitabh Bachchan: Our profession is one which delivers poetic justice in three hours. You wont get this in a single lifetime. So we make sure that in a film the heroine is rescued and the villain punished.
Dec 14, 2013
15:38 (IST)
Amitabh Bachchan: Do you remember the last Indian who spoke at the United Nations? But you would remember the Sholay dialogue. And the Deewar dialogue. So if we are important enough for our dialogues to be remembered, why can't we be important enough to represent India on official platforms?  

The audience laughs and nods.


Dec 14, 2013
15:34 (IST)
Waheeda Rehman: Coming from a Muslim family and from down South, my parents allowed me to learn Bharatnatyam and dance on stage. When I was offered films, I was very scared but they said "no, things are changing."


Dec 14, 2013
15:33 (IST)

Main yahan bhi Hindi mein bol sakta hoon aap kahe toh. I just felt they were celebrating 100 years of Indians cinema : Amitabh Bachchan on opening the Cannes Film Festival in Hindi

Dec 14, 2013
15:31 (IST)
The session begins, SRK-less. But no matter. There are three icons on stage already

Mr B gets the ball rolling: Cinema used to be considered infra-dig in society. When I was growing up, my parents had to vet a film before I was allowed to watch it. But look how we've progressed - today, we are sitting on a panel discussing cinema.



Dec 14, 2013
15:29 (IST)
Shah Rukh Khan is caught in Delhi traffic! "We were hoping we'd hide behind him and that he'd take the first bullets," says Amitabh Bachchan. No such luck sir!
Dec 14, 2013
15:29 (IST)

While their mothers have chai, Waheeda's daughter Kashvi Rekhi and Bachchan beti Shweta also catch up.

Dec 14, 2013
15:21 (IST)
Two of Indian cinema's most fun, fearless femmes: Waheeda Rehman and Jaya Bachchan

Dec 14, 2013
15:20 (IST)
Over chai, last minute discussions and some frantic checking of mail on phone


Dec 14, 2013
15:20 (IST)
Catching up ahead of their session. Amitabh Bachchan and Waheeda Rehman have co-starred in movies like Reshma Aur Shera, Trishul, Kabhi Kabhie and Namak Halaal
Dec 14, 2013
15:18 (IST)
There's an expectant hush at the venue. Everyone's waiting for the doors to swing open and the great and good of Bollywood to walk in
Dec 14, 2013
15:12 (IST)

NDTV welcomes Amitabh Bachchan to the summit



Dec 14, 2013
15:09 (IST)
That's five sessions out of six done. Don't go anywhere. Because there's Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Waheeda Rehman and A R Rahman coming up to discuss the global impact of Indian cinema.
Dec 14, 2013
15:08 (IST)
Session 5 highlights:



Manish Tewari

Indian politics has been enriched over the last 40 years
AAP has done spectacularly well. Much better than their own expectations perhaps

Piyush Goyal

Good governance has come to stay and it's a fantastic phenomena
Delhi result restricted to Central Delhi
We'll have to see to what extent AAP is able to extend their frontiers

Manish Tewari

I don't think we should have extended support to AAP
We ruled for 15 years
Should accept the verdict
Responsibility of providing Delhi a government is on the BJP

Prashant Bhushan

We have made it clear as to where we stand

Manish Tewari

Politics is the art of the possible
It is not my way or the highway

Derek O'Brien

The Trinamool Congress is the only party since Independence which broke away from the Congress and are still in business
We are running a government without a coalition
No Mamata magic in Bengal, it's hard-nosed good governance

Piyush Goyal

Time is now right to have a strong government at the Centre. Coalitions tend to fail
We'll have a pre-poll alliance with certain parties
Everything that the BJP-led NDA started, Congress turned into a right
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Sessions
Session 1 (10:00 - 10:45 am)
Topic:Innovation, Science & Technology: How can software, technology and science help solve many of India's key problems?
Panelists:Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, CNR Rao & MS Swaminathan
Moderator:Dr Prannoy Roy
Session 2 (11:00 - 11:45 am)
Topic:The Internet: How can it strengthen democracy?
Panelists:Suhel Seth, Omar Abdullah, Naina Lal Kidwai, Rajan Anandan, Shekhar Gupta, Swapan Dasgupta & Ashutosh Varshney
Moderator:Vikram Chandra
Session 3 (12:00 - 12:45 pm)
Topic:The Essence of India : What makes India different and special and how do we protect the essence of India?
Panelists:NR Narayana Murthy, Ela Bhatt, Arun Shourie, YK Hamied, Amartya Sen & Fali S Nariman
Moderator:Barkha Dutt
Session 4 (1:15 - 2:00 pm)
Topic:Art, Music & Culture: How do we harness India's soft power as a globally strategic asset?
Panelists:Vikram Seth, Anish Kapoor, Zubin Mehta, Dayanita Singh & Homi K Bhabha
Moderator:Sreenivasan Jain
Session 5 (2:15 - 3:00 pm)
Topic:Governance: Towards cleaner politics in India
Panelists:Piyush Goyal, Derek O'Brien, Manish Tewari & Prashant Bhushan
Moderator:Nidhi Razdan
Session 6 (3:15 - 4:00 pm)
Topic:Desi Cinema goes Global: How can India leverage the considerable global impact of Indian Cinema?
Panelists:Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, A R Rahman & Waheeda Rehman
Moderator:Sonia Singh