Aria, the Western Music Society; Manthan, the Quiz Society; Srijya, the Contemporary Dance Society; Scribe: The Literary Society; Masque, The English Dramatic Society; Vagmi, the Hindi Debating Society; and Vivre, The Film and Photography Society, the Entrepreneurship Cell, or more commonly just Ecell. Students’ Parliament The college has a Students' Parliament. The Hindu College Parliament is a unique student organisation in the country. All the students and teachers of the College are its members. The students elect the Prime Minister from amongst themselves at the beginning of the year. There is also a Leader of the Opposition. The Speaker of the Parliament is a teacher nominated by the Principal in his/her capacity as the President of the Hindu College Republic. The College Parliament is a forum for discussions on academic and other issues. It allocates funds to various societies. The parliament is in continuous operation since 1935. Members of the Cabinet of students' Parliament are elected by students. The students' parliament takes care of student demands. In Popular culture Hindu college features prominently in the movie Rockstar where the protagonist Janardhan Jakhar [played by Ranbir Kapoor] studies during the early part of his life. The choice of location is not surprising, as Imtiaz Ali, the director of this movie, has been an alumnus of this college. Notable alumni The alumni of Hindu College are called Hinduites. Eenam Gambhir, The First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations. Roshan Abbas, presenter Mira Aggarwal, politician; Mayor of Delhi Imtiaz Ali, film director Mirza Farhatullah Baig, Urdu writer Siddhartha Basu, businessman Rekha Bhardwaj, singer Vishal Bhardwaj, film director and music composer Shiv Panditt, actor Tahir Raj Bhasin, actor Manvinder Bisla, Indian cricketer Bipan Chandra, historian and former professor of Modern History at Jawaharlal Nehru University Abhishek Chaubey, film director Brahma Chellaney, author; professor at Centre for Policy Research Aakash Chopra, Indian cricketer Tisca Chopra, actress Deep Dasgupta, Indian cricketer Prithvi Nath Dhar, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Office, India Gautam Gambhir, Indian cricketer Leela Gandhi, Professor of English at University of Chicago Papiya Ghosh, historian; Professor of History at University of Patna Arnab Goswami, former Editor-in-Chief of Times Now and Chief Editor and Co-founder of Republic TV Ajay Bijili, Founder and MD of PVR Cinemas Sanjeev Goyal, economist; Professor of Economics at University of Cambridge Ajay Jadeja, Indian cricketer Pema Khandu, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Ashish Kothari, environmentalist