1. Dinesh Raheja was born on 31 March 1957 and is an Indian author, columnist, TV scriptwriter, film historian.
15 Facts About Dinesh Raheja
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Dinesh Raheja writes for TV and pens poems in English and Hindi, which have been published in several magazines and newspapers.
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In 2017 Raheja initiated THE DINESH RAHEJA WORKSHOP in which he teaches Bollywood aspirants everything related to the media including the art of image building and giving interviews.
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Dinesh Raheja was born to a Sindhi business family in Mumbai.
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Dinesh Raheja's father Bhagwandas Raheja was a finance broker and his mother Janki a housewife.
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Dinesh Raheja graduated from Palm Beach High School, Napean Sea Road, in December 1973 and from HR College of Commerce in 1978.
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Dinesh Raheja often won small sums of Rs 100 in contests for the Best Letter of the Month.
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Dinesh Raheja began writing on films first for the monthly magazine, Cine Blitz, though this was preceded by a short stint as a reporter with The Daily newspaper.
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Dinesh Raheja has conducted analytical, in-depth interviews with most of the leading lights of the Hindi film industry including Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Sunny Deol, Rekha, Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Dimple Kapadia, Ram Gopal Varma, Mahesh Bhatt, Mukul Anand and Subhash Ghai.
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Dinesh Raheja conducted an auction of star paraphernalia, 'Forever Yours,' which included Shammi Kapoor's chess set, Raj Kapoor's tweed coat, Juhi Chawla's pillow and Madhuri's dhak dhak outfit from Beta, the proceeds of which were handed over to Cheshire Homes, an old-age home.
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Ayaz Memon, the editor of Mid-Day in the mid '90s, enthused Dinesh Raheja to write a personalised column for the Sunday paper; and later, an analytical box-office think piece on a weekday.
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Dinesh Raheja remained a columnist with Mid-Day for an unbroken stint of 13 years.
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For television, Dinesh Raheja has written the concept for Tony And Deeya Singh's Just Mohabbat and was one of the prominent writers on Ekta Kapoor's Kasamh Se.
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Dinesh Raheja is married to Anita whom he met in December 1982.
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Anita Dinesh Raheja is a popular food columnist and author of two bestselling books, Simply Sumptuous Sindhi Cooking and High Tea And Kitty Party Recipes.