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...workaholic. "He's not the kind of guy who will crack a joke to break the stress," says a Bharti employee. On the other hand, he doesn't have the short fuse of many type-A CEOS, either. In July, Mittal gathered 80 journalists at the rooftop ballroom of Bombay's lavish Oberoi hotel for an elaborate ceremony to mark Airtel's local launch. First, Mittal tried to light a large oil lamp with a candle, but the wicks were soaked in too much oil and he stood awkwardly as they refused to catch fire. Then, the speaker system failed...
...Bharti may be India's No. 1 cellular company today, but Mittal's challenges are far from over. The company's Bombay-listed shares are down nearly 50% from their February debut, reflecting investment uncertainty as much as general telecom jitters. Bharti is taking on well-entrenched competitors in mobile, fixed-line and long-distance services all at once. The regulatory environment, though improved, is still a minefield. The industry is facing a period of ferocious infighting for market share. Call rates?already the lowest in the world at under 3 a minute?are expected to keep falling, jeopardizing profitability...
...factor in the Indian film industry as doleful, dancing heroines. Just this year, the U.S. thriller What Lies Beneath was turned into Raaz, and the Polish art film A Short Film About Love became the scandalous Ek Chhotisi Love Story. As a Bollywood character notes in the London musical Bombay Dreams, "Copyright means the right to copy...
...play written by Ray's father, and she decided then to become an actress: "I'd never enjoyed anything as much." She has since acted in more than 60 films, including Ray's Teen Kanya (1961) and The Middleman (1976), and Merchant Ivory productions such as Bombay Talkie (1970) and Hullabaloo over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures...
...real-world horrors she sees in today's India. "Scenes of communal hatred are not usually allowed in the movies," she says. "If you do portray it, then you are required to balance it out. And that's the sad part. In reality, it is not balanced. In the Bombay riots and in the Gujarat riots, it was all a pogrom against the Muslims...