September 6, 2021
Media, advertisements and moral high horses
And if you question media houses that run on ads, you question not just Arnab Goswami and ilk but also the likes of The Hindu, The Telegraph, etc,
August 3, 2021
The Debate: Why producers make some films and reject others
“I am not being given my creative liberty here.” That’s what a friend of mine told me justifying why she…
July 25, 2021
Movie Review: Hungama 2
In his attempt to expose the lie spread by the story’s female lead, the male protagonist attempts to record their…
July 9, 2021
Movie Review: Haseen Dillruba
Most of Rishu’s character is believable. We all know the type of guy who falls in love with every girl he meets. Throwback to Saif Ali Khan from Dil Chahta Hai, and Aamir Khan’s dialogue “Tera koi bharosa nahi. Aaj Pooja, kal koi dooja”!
June 20, 2021
Movie Review: Sherni
Roughly two and half years ago, around November 2018, forest officials in Maharashtra with help from a private hunter had managed to kill a tigress named Avni after mounting a massive hunt. Amit Masurkar must have certainly had this incident playing in his mind when he decided to make Sherni. So Avni or T1 becomes T12, the hunter Asghar Ali Khan becomes Pintu bhaiya.
June 16, 2021
Movie Review: Dictionary
Director Bratya Basu may have sought inspiration from Savita Bhabhi too when he thought of his protagonist Smita Sanyal in Dictionary. Will it manage to create as much discussion as Savita Bhabhi did? Probably not. It most certainly is not aiming to do so.
June 14, 2021
Looking back at Sushant Singh Rajput’s career
Exactly a year back we lost Sushant Singh Rajput. Was it a case of suicide, or was there something more? Well, only time will tell. Irrespective, one of the things I will probably never be okay with was the way the depression story was ridiculed. “He did not look depressed,” is exactly the kind of argument that we should have probably never entertained. Nevertheless, that is a discussion for another day. Today, we discuss business. Business of films and how it could impact an actor’s career.
February 28, 2021
Movie Review: The Girl on the Train (2021)
Back in childhood, I lived in the small city of Guwahati. Away from the madness of maximum city Mumbai, Guwahati…
January 20, 2021
My Guru, My Father: Amjad Ali Khan
Ustad Haafiz Ali Khan was born in a house responsible for giving the Sarod its present shape and structure. The…
October 28, 2019
When an Indian Maharaja saved a drought hit British village
On an evening in the mid-nineteenth century, Maharaja Ishree Persad Narayan Singh of Benares had a guest at his palace.…
September 26, 2019
10 things you must know about Assam startup – The Nest
Among several issues plaguing Assam, unemployment stands as one major constraint. The fact that the state has a dismal number…
March 12, 2019
The love-affair of Bollywood and North America
In the course of the last few years, we’ve seen how the ‘Bollywood Masala’ has soared its popularity across the…
September 7, 2018
The Star That Stree Delivered – Rajkummar Rao
Rajkummar Rao’s growing popularity can barely be questioned. He is, and for good reason, considered one of India’s best actors,…
August 24, 2018
Movie Review: Anil Sharma’s Genius
Over the last few years, Bollywood has taken massive strides towards telling tales that more real and grounded, increasingly detaching…
August 24, 2018
Movie Review: Mudassar Aziz’s Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi
In one of the film’s hilarious scenes – and there are quite a few actually – the lovable Usman Afridi…