Interview Index by Category

List of interviews I have taken by category (In alphabetical order):
MOVIE CELEBS

Actors
1. Akshay Kumar ('07)
2. Akshaye Khanna ('07)
3. Aman Varma ('03)
4. Hrithik Roshan ('08)
5. Hussain Kujarewala ('07)
6. Jaaved Jafferi ('07)
7. Jimmy Shergill ('07)
8. Mohanlal ('03)
9. Om Puri ('01)
10. Rahul Bose ('06)
11. Ranbir Kapoor ('07)
12. Ranvir Shorey ('07)
13. Riteish Deshmukh ('07)
14. Sanjay Suri ('05)
15. SHAH RUKH KHAN ('07)
16. Shahid Kapur ('07)
17. Vinay Pathak ('07)

Actresses
1. Aishwarya Rai ('08)
2. Dia Mirza ('07)
3. Diana Hayden ('01)
4. Juhi Babbar('01)
5. Kajol ('08)
6. Nandana Sen ('07)
7. Mona Singh ('05)
8. Meghna Naidu ('03)
9. Musumeh ('07)
10. Nadira Babbar ('01)
11. Nikita Anand ('01)
12. Sayali Bhagat ('04)
13.Soha Ali Khan ('07)
14. Sonam Kapoor ('07)
15. Tanushree Dutta ('04)
16. Tanushree Dutta ('07)
17. Urvashi Sharma ('07)
18. Vidya Balan ('07)

Art Director
1. Omung Kumar (Saawariya Art Director) ('07)

Director
1. Ashutosh Gowarikar ('08)
2. Imtiaz Ali ('07)
2. Sajid Khan ('07)

MUSIC CELEBS

Bands
1. A1 Band('01)
2. Junoon Band ('00)

Composers
1. Annu Malik ('07)
2. Harry Anand ('03)
3. Monty (Saawariya Music Director) ('07)
4. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy ('07)
5. Vishal Shekhar ('07)

Singers
1. Devang Patel ('01)
2. Hema Sardesai ('00)
3. Jagjit Singh ('01)

4. Jyolsna ('04)
5. Mehnaz ('01)
6. Shaan ('01)
7. Shankar Mahadevan ('00)
8. Shail Hada ('07)
9. Sunidhi Chauhan ('07)
10. Sunitha Sarathy ('04)
11. Udit Narayan ('07)
12. Vasundhara Das

MISCELLANEOUS CELEBS

Authors
1. Rana Dasgupta ('06)
2. Shashi Tharoor ('06)

Entrepreneurs
1. Ashish Kaul, Executive Vice President, ICL ('07)

Quizmasters
1. Siddhartha Basu ('07)

VJs
1. Cyrus Broacha ('01)
2. Cyrus Broacha ('05)
3. Gaurav Kapoor ('05)
4. Mini Mahur ('07)
5. Nikhil Chinappa ('03)
6. Purab Kohli ('05)
7. Sajid Khan ('00)

SPORTS CELEBS

Chess Player
1. Viswanathan Anand ('07)

Cricketers
1. Ajit Wadekar ('07)
2. Ambati Rayudu ('07)
3. Andrew Hall ('07)
4. Chris Cairns ('07)
5. Chris Read ('07)
6. Daryll Tuffey ('07)
7. Ian Harvey ('07)
8. Madan Lal ('07)
9. Michael Bevan ('07)
10. Navjot Singh Siddhu ('07)
11. Nicky Boje ('07)
12. Paul Nixon ('07)
13. Russel Arnold ('07)
14. Shabbir Ahmed ('07)
15. Stuart Law ('07)
16. Taufeeq Umar ('07)
17. Thiru Kumaran('07)

Formula One Drivers
1. Anthony Davidson ('04)
2. Christian Klien ('04)
3. Cristiano Da Matta ('04)
4. Felipe Massa ('04)
5. FERNANDO ALONSO ('04)
6. Giancarlo Fisichella ('04)
7. Gianmaria Bruni ('04)
8. Jarno Trulli ('04)
9. Jenson Button ('04)
10. Juan Pablo Montoya ('04)
11. Mark Webber ('04)
12. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER ('04)
13. Olivier Panis ('04)
14. Ralf Schumacher ('04)
15. Reuben Barichello
16. Takuma Sato ('04)
17. Zsolt Baumgartener ('04)

Note:

(1) The date of interview is given in brackets next to the name of the celebrity. The name of each celebrity whose interview I have added to the site is converted to a hyperlink, so you can reach their interview by clicking on the name.

(2) The site is under construction so some of the interviews/descriptions may be incomplete or incorrect. Please bear with me until I completely finish uploading all the interviews and descriptions.

Exhaustive Interview Index

List of interviews I have taken in the exact order they happened (From most recent to first):

1. Kajol
2. Hrithik Roshan
3. Aishwarya Rai
4. Ashutosh Gowarikar
5. Andrew Hall
   
6. Stuart Law
7. Chris Cairns
8. Thiru Kumaran
9. Daryll Tuffey
10. Imtiaz Ali
    
11. Ian Harvey
12. Chris Read
13. Taufeeq Umar
14. Paul Nixon
15. Ambati Rayudu
    
16. Madan Lal
17. Nicky Boje
18. Jimmy Shergill
19. Dia Mirza
20. Musumeh
21. Ashish Kaul, Executive Vice President, ICL
    
22. Ajit Wadekar
23. Shabbir Ahmed
24. Michael Bevan
25. Russel Arnold
26. Shahid Kapur
    
27. Nandana Sen
28. Shail Hada
    
29. Monty (Saawariya Music Director)
30. Omung Kumar (Saawariya Art Director)
    
31. Sonam Kapoor
32. Ranbir Kapoor
33. Viswanathan Anand
34. Nikita Anand
35. Jaaved Jafferi
36. Tanushree Dutta
37. Akshay Kumar
38. Vidya Balan
39. Riteish Deshmukh
40. Urvashi Sharma
41. Akshaye Khanna
42. Ranvir Shorey
43. Vishal Shekhar
44. Soha Ali Khan
45. Sunidhi Chauhan
46. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
47. Sajid Khan
48. Navjot Singh Siddhu
49. Udit Narayan
50. Annu Malik
51. Hussain Kujarewala
52. Mini Mahur
53. Vinay Pathak
    
54. SHAH RUKH KHAN
55. Siddhartha Basu
56. Rana Dasgupta
57. Rahul Bose
58. Shashi Tharoor
59. Cyrus Broacha
60. Gaurav Kapoor
61. Purab Kohli
62. Sanjay Suri
63. Mona Singh
64. Jyolsna
65. Sunitha Sarathy
66. Tanushree Dutta
67. Sayali Bhagat
68. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER
69. FERNANDO ALONSO
70. Felipe Massa
71. Juan Pablo Montoya
72. Reuben Barichello
73. Ralf Schumacher
74. Giancarlo Fisichella
75. Jarno Trulli
    
76. Christian Klien
77. Mark Webber
78. Jenson Button
79. Takuma Sato
80. Olivier Panis
81. Cristiano Da Matta
82. Gianmaria Bruni
    
83. Zsolt Baumgartener
84. Anthony Davidson
85. Aman Varma
    
86. Nikhil Chinappa
87. Vasundhara Das
88. Harry Anand
89. Meghna Naidu
90. Mohanlal
91. Juhi Babbar
92. Nadira Babbar
93. A1 Band
94. Cyrus Broacha
95. Om Puri
96. Shaan
97. Jagjit Singh
98. Devang Patel
99. Diana Hayden
100. Mehnaz
101. Junoon Band
102. Shankar Mahadevan
     
103. Hema Sardesai
104. Sajid Khan

Note:
(1)The name of each celebrity whose interview I have added to the site is converted to a hyperlink, so you can reach their interview by clicking on the name.
(2)The site is under construction so some of the interviews/descriptions may be incomplete or incorrect. Please bear with me until I completely finish uploading all the interviews and descriptions.

INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SCHUMACHER - I

Who : Michael Schumacher
About : Formula One Legend
Website: http://www.mschumacher.com/ (Fan Site)

You can check out the interview HERE : Interview with Michael Schumacher
Interview Date: April 3, 2003
Place: F1 Bahrain Grand Prix, in the Paddock area
Pics: Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix

Here I'm going to recollect how the interview with Michael Schumacher happened and describe the entire experience of the interview.

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INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SCHUMACHER - II

Who : Michael Schumacher
About : Formula One Legend
Website: http://www.mschumacher.com/ (Fan Site)

How it happened : Interview with Michael Schumacher
Interview Date: April 3, 2003
Place: F1 Bahrain Grand Prix, in the Paddock area
Pics: Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix

There are people who say he isn’t good for formula one. Because as long as he is in formula ‘won’, he isn’t going to give anyone else a chance to win ! That just about sums up Michael Schumacher, the richest living sportsperson on earth. The aura around him is extraordinary. Seeing him live, shaking hands with him and talking to him seem surreal when you know that this person is the undisputed king of the formula one sport.

Nikhil Taneja(NT) : After having driver the Bahrain track quite a few times now, where would you say this track is lacking and where would you say that it is better than other tracks?
Michael Schumacher(MS) : I wouldn't say there's any reason to say that it's lacking because it's very good in terms of run-off areas. We have seen a lot of offs during the days. I don't know if any of us have hit the wall, I don't remember. I don't think so, because the run-off areas are so good and it's technically demanding, so from a race driver point of view, it's a success.

NT : Which one track would you say is the most challenging you have ever raced on and how would you compare Bahrain to that particular track?
MS : I think everybody knows I'm in love with Spa, so that stays number one, but this is not far off.

NT : But could the Sakhir circuit rival your favourite Spa-Francorchamps?
MS : Even Spa was new once and had no history, so we have to give it time where the new tracks are concerned.

NT : So what do you think of the Bahrain Grand Prix 2004 ?
MS : I think everybody here has done a superb job. They have prepared a circuit for us which was very interesting to drive, technically very difficult, a big challenge. As well, the organisation in terms of pits and space availability, it was just superb. The welcome of the fans, all the people here, was very warm so it was a very, very nice experience I guess we all had here and we look forward to coming back.

NT : This is your third win in a row this season. How were you feeling in the cockpit ?
MS : It was hard work because the brakes were sort of marginal and we had to keep an eye on the tyres. You saw both tyre companies were fighting with blisters so you had to drive on a fine line, not push it too hard, not overdo it otherwise you would fall into this problem and that makes it look less spectacular. But I thought I finished just a couple of seconds ahead of Rubens rather than half a minute.

But it was a superb weekend. We worked our way through, it was tough at times, we looked reasonable on Friday, had a bit of difficulty on Saturday to get the balance right as conditions changed but in the final moment we had everything spot on, we managed the first row and we managed the first and second position - that is obviously the dream result.

NT : So what has impressed you most in Bahrain ?
MS : Well… the people seem very nice and warm-hearted and the organisers have done an incredible job to build this facility in a relatively short space of time.

NT : You are already six time World Champion and it seems you are all set to become the seven time World Champion. Is there anything, according to you, that you have yet to achieve?
MS : I don't' want to talk about what might happen or what might not happen, but the fact is that I love the sport and may I keep going as long as I love it.

NT : This is just a little humour: How many speeding tickets have you managed on the road?
MS : Usually they come afterwards, when the results are taken from all the photos. I haven't seen any photos taken of me! I haven't seen any photos yet, so...(laughs)

NT : In the end, how different is fruit juice from champagne?
MS : Smells better afterwards ! (laughs)

© Nikhil Taneja (nikhiltaneja@gmail.com)

INTERVIEW WITH RUBENS BARICHELLO - I

Who : Rubens Barrichello
About : Formula One Driver
Website: http://www.barrichello.com.br/index.php?l=2

You can check out the interview HERE : Interview with Rubens Barrichello
Interview Date: April 2-3-4, 2003
Place: F1 Bahrain Grand Prix, in the Paddock area
Pics: Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix

Here I'm going to recollect how the interview with Rubens Barrichello happened and describe the entire experience of the interview.

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INTERVIEW WITH RUBENS BARICHELLO - II

Who : Rubens Barrichello
About : Formula One Driver
Website: http://www.barrichello.com.br/index.php?l=2

How it happened : Interview with Rubens Barrichello
Interview Date: April 2-3-4, 2004
Place: F1 Bahrain Grand Prix, in the Paddock area
Pics: Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix

He has been the team mate to Michael Schumacher through thick and thin – usually through thick ! But you can’t call him second fiddle. He is one of the greatest drivers in formula one, in his own right. He might not win every grand prix, but he does make his presence felt… and how !

Nikhil Taneja (NT) : You backed up Michael with a great team performance and Ferrari were very dominant today. How was your car?
Rubens Barrichello (RB ) : My car was great. Unfortunately the rain, we had some drops at the start, didn't come my way again, just like Malaysia. I hoped that some short-term rain might help just because my brakes were a little bit too cold and I needed to warm them up but at the same time I needed to save fuel a little bit on the out lap. I almost had to avoid Michael on the first corner and then he was very, very fast for the first couple of corners. So he got a gap and it was difficult to follow but I was within two or three tenths. I knew as my brakes were coming better that I would have a chance to race with him a little bit closer but unfortunately I had a small problem on the pitstops and he opened up the ten seconds. Even though I got it sometimes to eight seconds it was difficult with traffic and so on and he was fast anyway so it was just that ten seconds it was difficult to get back.

NT : Did you have any worries with the brakes, especially after Malaysia?
RB : Mmm, no. We had to be conservative, we had to look after them, but in a way, my brake pedal stayed quite consistent.

NT : There is an interesting feature in your brilliant career. When you because formula open champion in 1989 in your first season on the European tracks, you weren’t actually 18, which was the minimum age required for contesting. And to contest, you used your father’s identity card ! Tell us more about it.
RB : Well, I had no age. Incidentally, my father and I share the same name and same birthday, so it was the only way to do the first six races !

NT : How do you look back on the first two grand prixes of this season ?
RB : Our car was fast enough in the first two races !

NT : You have driven this track quite a few times now. Where would you say this track is lacking and where would you see that it is better than other tracks?
RB : For me, I think that the only thing that the track is actually lacking is that we need more races. It's brand new, the track will get better, so it's not lacking anything. It's just that as we have more races here, I think the track will eventually get even better. So there's no downside right now.

NT : Which one track would you say is the most challenging you have ever raced on and how would you compare Bahrain to that particular track?
RB : Everyone has a challenge, I think this one is pretty good on challenges, even though there are not many high speed corners, but it's really difficult to get it right and even though in turns five and six you don't brake as much, it's still a nice corner.

NT : This is just a little humour: I would like to ask you guys how many speeding tickets have you managed on the road?
RB : I had one last week in Brazil but I was talking with my Vodafone at traffic lights and then they gave me a ticket for that. I sent it to Vodafone.

© Nikhil Taneja (nikhiltaneja@gmail.com)

INTERVIEW WITH JENSON BUTTON - I

Who : Jenson Button
About : BAR Honda's star driver at Formula One
Website: http://www.jensonbutton.com/

You can check out the interview HERE : Interview with Jenson Button
Interview Date: April 2-3-4, 2004
Place: F1 Bahrain Grand Prix, in the Paddock area
Pics: Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix

Here I'm going to recollect how the interview with Jenson Button happened and describe the entire experience of the interview.

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INTERVIEW WITH JENSON BUTTON - II

Who : Jenson Button
About : BAR Honda's star driver at Formula One
Website: http://www.jensonbutton.com/

How it happened : Interview with Jenson Button
Interview Date: April 2-3-4, 2004
Place: F1 Bahrain Grand Prix, in the Paddock area
Pics: Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix

Incredibly talented and exceptionally down-to-earth. He doesn’t seem like the guy who has just had back to back podium finishes in two formula one grand prixes ! But that doesn’t make him a lesser superstar. He is enjoying the adulation as long as it lasts – and mind you, it has all just started !

Nikhil Taneja (NT) : How do you feel after the race ?
Jenson Button (JB): Fantastic. It’s great to be back on the podium and this one was a little bit more difficult, we had a little bit more luck. But yeah, we have worked very hard and it has helped.

NT : You started off your career at the young age of 8 with karting at the British Super Prix. Was it out of your own interest or because your parents asked you to ?
JB : Umm… I loved racing. I always used to watched my father race in rally karts, and I used to get very bored as a child so my father brought me a motorbike. After two days, he brought me a go kart and I loved it. So we went racing and so, yes, it was my decision. I loved to race and win.

NT: You debuted as the youngest British F1 driver in history. How was the feeling and how far did it increase expectations from you ?
JB : Well it didn’t change anything, you know. It’s more for marketing and the press kits but personally, it doesn’t change anything. If you have got enough experience to be on formula one, it doesn’t matter what age you are.

NT : When you were on a holiday your girlfriend in Mexico, you received a call from Prost asking you if you would like to test for them. Since that there has been no looking back. Talk us through your journey since that phone call to your formula one debut.
JB : Umm… Prost caught me unaware when I was a holiday in Mexico and asked me whether I would like to test their car… just to test and see how it worked. Obviously, I flew straight back home. Within two days, I was in the Prost car. And, umm… the test went very well. I was quick and enjoyed the test and so it was a reasonable test.

A few weeks later I got a call from Frank Williams, of BMW-Williams, to say that they want to test me again to see how it would go. Not for racing… I didn’t think so anyway. Again, the test went very well and at the end of the week, they said I had to drive… Frank said I had to drive ! Up until that day I didn’t know if I was going to be racing or testing or what with Williams… they never actually told me. And well, yeah, then Frank told me that I would be racing for the BMW-Williams team for 2000.

NT : What are your memories of your debut in Grand Prix in 2000 ?
JB : Umm.. very interesting, because I crashed in practice and had to start last in the race (chuckles) ! So yeah, I was a little bit nervous but also very excited. And the race went well. I was up to sixth position but my engine expired so I was never to finish. But yeah, I could have scored points in my first race which would have been good.

NT : On a scale of 1-10, how much would you rate the Bahrain track and why ?
JB : I think the track is good. I think it is made for some good racing. And also, the layout, I think is very good, I like it. I would give it an eight.

NT : So what do you think the track is lacking in ?
JB : I think the only thing I would change is the dust. I think there is a lot of dust off line. But they are obviously going to be changing that for the next year.

NT : What are your expectations and goal for this season at present ?
JB : I think it is to be quicker than Renault, you know. To move forward, and try and be a little more close to the Ferraris, you know. We are not going to beat them in the next race, but to be closer is our present aim.

NT : So how different is fruit juice to champagne?
JB : We smell like ladies now. (Laughs).

NT : You came first in the third and fourth practice sessions but you were still third in the race. What do you think you still have to do to finish first?
JB : We were very quick on Saturday morning but we lost a lot of time when we got to qualifying. I don't really understand what the reason was but that's something we really need to look at in the data. It's all gaining experience for us. This is our third race with Michelin tyres and working out how they work is not as easy as it seems. We're gaining experience and hopefully by the next race we can make another step forward.

© Nikhil Taneja (nikhiltaneja@gmail.com)