Harini Calamur's Writings
(Bharat Jadhav & Chinmay Kambli in Jhing Chik Jhing) On Sunday,20th of February, before a star studded audience made up of luminaries of Marathi stage and screen, at Andheri Sports Complex, Nitin Nandan took home the Zee Gaurav award for Best Story…
The Mylapore (Mayil – peacock; ooru – city) is possibly, my favourite temple. When I am in Chennai i visit Mylapore everyday, sometimes twice a day – much to my family’s amusement. When in Mumbai, visiting temples is not a part of…
Saturday was a strange sort of a day. i was shooting from dawn, outdoors around Mumbai. By dusk, i was knackered. 15 years earlier, i would have gone to edit – but on Saturday, all i wanted was to get home. My…
Jhing Chik Jhing – the Marathi film that my company Cogito Entertainment produced – is ready. It was part of the panorama at the Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) on Wednesday – and ran houseful to an appreciative audience. The last year…
Once again my eye chances upon something that induces your my jaw to hit the floor and come back up in very, very slow motion. The world’s largest selling English language daily in association with the owner of an IPL team bring…
From the ToI – sometime last year When Sonia Gandhi hid her tears and despair behind those famous dark glasses and sat still like a nun at prayer, the embalmed body of her husband Rajiv Gandhi on a hot May afternoon of…
One Line Review – The Day the Naxals won ! summary – on a planet far far away, computer generated ancient people – who live as one with nature – face off against wicked humans who want to mine a rare metal…
November has been an eventful month in terms of remembrances. So much so that i have forgotten half the things that we are supposed to remember. The most noise however, was for Nehru’s & then Indra Gandhi’s birth anniversary, the Babri Masjid…
There is no better sign of a party losing all signs of perspective than to attack Sachin Tendulkar on the eve of his 20th anniversary. Which is essentially what Balasaheb Thackeray did. Thackeray said his “friendly advice” to Tendulkar was that he…