Phillauri; A Story That let’s Down A Smiling Sweet Ghost

Kanan (Suraj Sharma) being a Manglik is advised to marry a tree before his real marriage to his childhood sweetheart Anu (Mehreen Pirzada). On that tree lives a ghost, and marriage happens between a boy and a girl. Kanan is married to the sweet ghost, Shashi ( Anushka Sharma). The tree is cut before it… Read More »

Why single lane swimming is not good for your career

Organisations are complex entities. They thrive on templates and constrained experimentation. There is a discipline defined by department, position and work responsibilities. Each of them has their own agenda, objectives and SOPs. They are supposed to magically merge for the organisation to attain its goal. You are one of the units there. You have been… Read More »

CENSORSHIP BEYOND CENSOR BOARD

CENSORSHIP BEYOND CENSOR BOARD something we missed discussing at the apex conclave FICCI FRAMES 2017 The burning of the sets of Padmavati, the next mega film from Sanjay Leela Bansali adds fresh chapter to the book of SOCAIL CENSORSHIP THAT IS BEYOND THE CENSOR BOARD. This follows the Manhandling of Sanjay Leela Bhansali sometime back.… Read More »

Insurance: Smoothening the fear of death with emotional storytelling.

Death is the eternal truth. It is the only certainty in life. However, it is never a pleasant thought to engage in. No one really wants to discuss it. Insurance advertising has to balance the unpleasantness of this life event. In process, Insurance brands have used SHAM (logic), DAAM (price and not necessarily the cost… Read More »

Are you working enough to KILL yourself?

‘If you don’t have hypertension, kidney problem, sleeping disorder or heart problem, even after working 5 years in advertising, you have not been working hard enough’. Don’t know who said it first, but have heard it repeated many times in the advertising and marketing. industry. Many of us laughed as we shared it with the… Read More »

Why the myopic male fear women empowerment.

This is to clarify and protect myself from possible misunderstanding arising from this piece. I firmly positively support Women Empowerment. Changes in rules, laws and environment bring in responsibility of not misusing them. Some do misuse and spoil the situation. I also believe; life started as equality between the two gender. Few things led to… Read More »

IS Scarecrow attempt to consciously be different working?

I personally loved the new Rasna film Pyarelal Ka Bachpan Ka Pyar by Scarecrow. It was a bit of pleasant surprise. It is a classic case of the brand willing to refocus its lenses and to experiment. It is about a long journey and not necessarily just a drink that children love. Yes, there are… Read More »

GHAZI ATTACK- a must watch

We have many war movies, but this is the first Indian UNDERWATER war movie. It is the story of Indian Submarine S21 on a classified mission intercepting the Pakistan Submarine Ghazi, in the bay of Bengal. It then metamorphoses into a strategic  survival story loaded with patriotism. The whole team of GHAZI ATTACK  must be… Read More »

RANGOON – Bloody Hell – an unexciting mock-tail of love and war

One waits for the next Vishal Bhardwaj film with bated breaths. He has enthralled us with Omkara, Maqbool, Haider, Saat Khoon Maaf’ and even shown us a different world with Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola. You normally do not get it completely wrong  with a film by Vishal. However, Law of averages must catch up some… Read More »