'Comedy Is in My Blood' Teacher of Teachers Dr Navin Pandey
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2014 (PAGE-4) BOLLYWOOD BUZZ PERSONALITY 'Comedy is in my blood' Teacher of Teachers Dr Navin Pandey Prof Anil K Gupta was recently Varun Dhawan is a born star - it took him only two awarded by the State Government films to graduate himself from a 'student' to a 'hero'. on the occasion of Republic Day for his contribution in the field of Medi- Sreya Basu chats up with the actor in Mumbai on his cine. Mr Gupta , the son-of-soil was born in Jammu to Dr UC Gupta and Mrs upcoming romance-comedy Main Tera Hero, being Kamla Gupta. He did his Primary schooling from Model Academy near screwed in love and competition. Raghunath Mandir, and subsequent How was it working with David Dhawan in Main schooling from Light House Public Tera Hero? School Chowk Chabutra, GGM I know he is my father. But in my sec- ond film [after debuting in Student Of Science College and Govt Medical The Year (SOTY) in 2012, to work with College Jammu. a director who has made 40 plus films, is a very, very big thing for me. mark and is now one of the best training centres for post Did you face any difficulty in Prof. Gupta, Medical Superintendent-cum-Professor & graduation in Hospital Administration in the country. He working under David Dhawan? Head, Department of Hospital Administration started his has organized a number of symposiums, workshops and Well, he kept treating me as if I had academic career as faculty at AIIMS, New Delhi in 1988 conferences on Hospital Management and given around come to him after doing 40-50 films. He and later joined PGIMER, Chandigarh as Medical Super- two hundred guest lectures at various places throughout just forgot that it was only my second intendent and Head, Department of Hospital Administra- the country. film. So the first two-three days of shoot tion in January, 1996 where he is working since then. He Prof .Gupta has forty two publications in reputed jour- was bizarre. There was no preparation has brought tangible improvement in the functioning of nals, a book on hospital administration to be published by time, no discussions. He would just ask to Hospital Services with regard to quality, productivity, dis- Elsevier (USA), five chapters in other books, fifty five sci- me do the scene and expect me to under- cipline, order and accountability among 5000 employees entific paper and poster presentations in India and abroad, stand and deliver accordingly. working with him. Under his dynamic leadership there has has chaired scientific sessions in twenty five national lev- Have you ever got screwed in love for been tremendous development of hospital services with el conferences. He was the principal investigator in World massive infusion of state of the art technology and tech- real just like in Main Tera Hero? Health Organization (WHO) sponsored project "Develop- You have not been in love if you have not been nically trained manpower in the Institute. He has actively ment of Nehru Hospital, PGIMER as a Health promoting screwed in love. So, at sometime, everybody gets participated and supported development of a number of screwed. But the idea is to get screwed and then centers of excellence which came up in the last two Hospital" from April 2011 to December 2011. Also, he has strike back. That's what Main Tera Hero is all about. decades at PGI. been a research guide in thirty thesis studies of post grad- It's a boy's journey. uate students, the outcome of which has resulted in prepa- Filmmaker Karan Johar launched you and Prof .Gupta has forty two ration of a hospital "Infection Control Manual" and "Hospi- now in your second film you have David Dhawan tal Disaster Plan" etc. Besides this, he has been the Exter- directing you and Ekta Kapoor producing the publications in reputed journals, nal Examiner for the award of postgraduate degree in Hos- film. Was it planned or simply luck? pital Administration to many universities viz. AIIMS New I have been really lucky for sure, but nothing was a book on hospital administration Delhi, AFMC Pune, NIMS Hyderabad and National Board planned. of Examinations, New Delhi. In fact for his excellent knowl- Born to David Dhawan, do you have an incli- to be published by Elsevier (USA), edge and tremendous contribution to the field of hospital nation towards comedy films? administration, he is popularly known as "Teacher of When I started off, I had many things in my head five chapters in other books, fifty Teachers". … I wanted to do dark cinema because I love five scientific paper and poster watching films and shows like Dexter (American Prof. Gupta has been involved as Expert Member in television drama series). But at the end of the day, presentations in India and abroad, various high level Committees of Government of India viz. comedy is in my blood. That is something I am born has chaired scientific sessions Permanent Special invitee in Project Management Com- with. I have grown up watching Govinda, Salman mittee under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Khan and Akshay Kumar films. That's like reflex in twenty five national level Yojana of Govt. of India (PMSSY); Member from 2005- action. 2010, Technical Evaluation Committee under Pradhan You, Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra conferences. debuted in the same film (SOTY). Now your Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, Govt. of India; Cardiac next films, though different genres, are also & Cancer Hospital Project, Bhatinda and Mohali, Advisory releasing almost at the same time (Main Tera Prof Gupta is an alumni of Jammu Medical College and committee LRS Institute of Tuberculosis & Respiratory dis- Hero, Highway and Hasee Toh Phasee). So All India Institute of Medical Sciences, (AIIMS), New Del- eases, New Delhi; Chairman etc. Within the Institute he is do you three talk about competition? hi. He is trained in U.K. and obtained a certificate in Med- the chairperson for various committees and member of Right now, Alia and Sid (Sidharth) are ical Educational Technology at Dundee University, numerous others. more nervous for me than I am. That's how Dundee, Scotland. He was awarded Commonwealth Med- Prof. Gupta has many awards to his credit. The Govt. our relationship is. Alia and Sid's films are ical Fellowship for one year in 1991-92, availed at Univer- of UT, Chandigarh on the eve of Republic Day on 26th releasing in the same month, mine a little sity of Liverpool, U.K. He has been short term consultant January, 2000 and 2006 had awarded him Commendation later. I have loved the promos of Highway to World Health Organization (SEARO), New Delhi and Certificates for devotion to duty and rendering outstanding and Hasee Toh Phasee. And yes, we discuss has provided training/consultation in Hospital Administra- services. Prof. Gupta has been associated with various competition. When you do your first film with tion to the doctors belonging to Governments of Nepal, social organizations viz. Rotary Club, Blood Bank Society, someone, the bond just forms for life. They Maldives, Indonesia. become your family and you tend to overlook Prof Gupta is the longest serving Medical Superinten- Punjab Red Cross, Lifeline and has helped in organizing these things. I just have a lot of love in my heart dent cum Professor and Head in the faculty of hospital many blood donation camps at PGI, Chandigarh. For the for them. administration in India. On the academic front, he took the poor patients suffering from cancer, eye and other dis- Who in Bollywood do you consider to be initiative and started postgraduate course in Hospital eases, philanthropists have been motivated, regular dona- a complete hero? hero within us, we just need to realize that and get it Administration at PGI, Chandigarh. In a span of 10 years, tions worth millions of rupees has been mobilized by Prof. I will answer it my way. I think the common man who out there at some point of our life. There is another hero the Department of Hospital Administration has made a Gupta over the years continuously for these patients. gets up so early in the morning, toils so hard to earn his in my life … my brother Rohit Dhawan (filmmaker). With- bread, is the real hero. I know it sounds like a film dia- out my brother, I wouldn't have been an actor. He has sac- logue but that's the truth. And then, each of us has a rificed so much for me to get my second film happen. 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