Harini Calamur's Writings
Books, Movies, Music, Graphic Novels, Games
Often I don’t go to [tag]Infinity Mall[/tag], – the purpose is simple … to avoid going into Landmark and spending a fortune. Often I fail. [tag]52 vol.2[/tag] – like 52, vol.1 – makes for compelling reading. Primarily because the characters are so…
Two evenings ago, I spent a mini fortune at Landmark. Again. [tag]Apollo’s Song[/tag] was one of the purchases. Ever since I read [tag]Osama Tezuka[/tag]’s 8 – part graphic novel – Buddha, I was captivated by his writing, art and his take on…
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…
Raymond Chandler on Hollywood, quoted in the Guardian “Its idea of ‘production value’ is spending a million dollars dressing up a story that any good writer would throw away. Its vision of the rewarding movie is a vehicle for some glamour-puss with…
There were soap operas – there still are — and then there were space operas, and now to top it all– we have the comic book opera. DC’s 52 week long extravaganza – aptly named [tag]52[/tag] – combined incredible writing talents to…
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…
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…
… 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 [tag]Vinod Chopra[/tag] has shot the quintessential…
This from Kuro5hin Filmmaker Brian Flemming and the Rational Response Squad are challenging YouTubers to upload videos of themselves, blaspheming the Holy Spirit. Whoever does so and follows the instructions will receive a free DVD of Flemming’s film, The God Who Wasn’t…
This year, primarily due to the joys of high speed internet, a swanky new Landmark near the office, and KD coming home to India for a holiday – i was able to indulge in a rather expensive hobby. The first lets me…