Posts Tagged ‘Reviews’

I had so desparately wanted to like Johnny Gadar. I like noir. I like thrillers. And, i liked Shiram Raghavan’s last outing on Ek Haseena Thi. I kind of liked the cast of the film - Dharam paji has been a favourite since i was a kid. and the promos looked interesting. But……….
But, the fundamental [...]

Often I don’t go to Infinity Mall, - the purpose is simple … to avoid going into Landmark and spending a fortune. Often I fail. 52 vol.2 - like 52, vol.1 - makes for compelling reading. Primarily because the characters are so incredibly strong. The story is broken into multiple journeys of heroes. [...]

Two evenings ago, I spent a mini fortune at Landmark. Again. Apollo’s Song was one of the purchases. Ever since I read Osama Tezuka’s 8 - part graphic novel - Buddha, I was captivated by his writing, art and his take on humanity. The central theme of Apollo’s Song is love. [...]

Steve Johnson’s take on popular culture. The usual hypothesis is that the addictive nature of popular culture dumbs us down, alienates us from our sorroundings, and is partly responsible for the increase in "sex and violence" around us. Jonhson turns this hypothesis on its head. He looks at how pop [...]

I approached the book with some trepidation. I am not particularly fond of authors from the sub continent who write in English. I often find their narrative overtly lyrical, pretentiously mystical, and deliberately desi. But, so many people had told me so many good things about the novel that I succumbed. After purchasing the [...]

Most TV people I know consume very little of the medium. And, I am no exception. Partly it is the hours that I keep, and partly is the fact that saas bahu has no appeal to me. And the thought of watching over made up women, with loud costumes, and even louder background music, and [...]

Imagine spending an evening with a man who is the verbal equivalent of Mr.Bean. That is essentially the one-liner of the film Bheja Fry. In the film, Vinay Pathak plays Bharat Bhushan, an Income Tax Officer with a passion for Hindi films and a penchant for blurting out the wrong thing at the wrong [...]

Last week, while the PC was playing dead, I re-saw Peter Weir’s, almost prophetic, The Truman Show
Long before (well actually, a couple of years before) popular reality shows that dot the tv landscape, or the 24 by 7 Big Brother style coverage, The story, for those who haven’t’ watched it, is simple. Truman [...]

… should have possibly been called Eklavya - the Royal Stud. Because that is really what the story was about. Once upon a time, somewhere close to now, in the beautiful state of Rajasthan - and Vinod Chopra has shot the quintessential 'visit Rajasthan' film -
Once upon a time there is a very, very gay [...]

It rocked. And it rolled. And, as my mother pointed out, the highest density of dimples that any show in the world can ever claim. Man, the smiles and the dimples were out full force - and if nothing else, I will watch the show to see them, feel good about the world and switch [...]