'Paan Singh Tomar' screenwriter Sanjay Chouhan dies at 61
Mumbai (PTI): Sanjay Chouhan, the screenplay writer of critically-acclaimed movies such as "Paan Singh Tomar" and "Sahib Biwi aur Gangster", has died, his friend and filmmaker Avinash Das said on Friday.
The 61-year-old screenwriter, who was suffering from liver cirrhosis, passed away at a Mumbai hospital on Thursday night, Das told PTI.
"He died last night at the hospital at 11.30pm. He was admitted in hospital last month and was on a ventilator due to liver cirrhosis," Das said.
Chouhan is survived by his wife and a daughter. His last rites were performed on Friday.
Formerly a journalist in New Delhi, Chouhan started his career as a writer with Sony TV's crime drama show "Bhanwar" in the 1990s.
He then wrote the dialogues for Sudhir Mishra's cult hit film "Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi", which was released in 2003.
His writing credits also include movies such as "Dhoop", "Say Salaam India", "Right Yaaa Wrong" and "I Am Kalam".
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India has agreed already to drop its tariffs to nothing: President Trump
New York/Washington, May 7 (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said India has “agreed” to drop its high tariffs “to nothing”.
“I mean, India as an example, has one of the highest tariffs in the world. We’re not going to put up with that, and they’ve agreed already to drop it. They’ll drop it to nothing. They’ve already agreed. They would have never done that for anybody else but me,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to reporters as they met in the Oval Office to discuss the US-Canada trade.
“So we’re going to put down some numbers and we’re going to say our country is open for business and they’re going to come in and they’re going to pay for the privilege of being able to shop in the United States of America. It’s very simple. It’s very simple,” he added.
In the past, Trump has called India “tariff king” and a “big abuser”.
Last month, Trump had said that negotiations with India over a bilateral trade deal are “coming along great” and he thinks “we’ll have a deal with India”.
