I blinked at the sun warming my body and tried to soak in the surrounding… I was in Delhi to attend ADASIA the 27th Session being held at Darbar Hall, Taj Palace, New Delhi. I had registered at the counter on first floor and taken the escalators down. Caught on a few friends, smoked leisurely… Read More »
A POINTED VIEW FROM MY NIECE and definitely different. The new generation raising questions. A Facebook post by BHUMIKA CHANDOLA Having audienced ‘Highway’,what revolves in the mind the most is IMTIAZ ALI; unlike the movies we have grown up on which leave only a hero and a herione or at the most some story if… Read More »
Let me get the basics out. All reviews you may have read do not do justice to the film. No it’s not something extraordinary. It’s just different. And that makes it click with me. This is the sleeper surprise. What would you expect with ALIA BHAT and RANDEEP HOODA- only saving grace was the directors… Read More »
After a long-long time there comes a movie that breaks all set trends- is refreshing and something that the family can watch and enjoy together. Hasee Toh Phase ( HTP) is sucha movie. WATCH IT. Salute to the Producers- Karan Johar and Anurag Kashyap- and the director – Vinik Mathew for giving us this lovely… Read More »
‘Ex’ by Novoneel Chakraborty was a surprise. It’s definitely a complex crooked twisted love story delivered in the forced First Person format that is a favorite with the authors and the readers. You definitely tend to more relate to them. What sells now days- Love- romance-sex and the thought of it. So the line at… Read More »
NOT MY KIND OF BOOK Sometimes you should judge the book by its cover and listen to your own gut feeling. Unfortunately I did not and end up reading SPYING IN HIGH HEELS- by GEMMA HALLIDAY. ( Oh it says this was on New York Times Bestselling Author list)- must not be the book. Defined… Read More »
IF YOU WERE TO SEE A MOVIE THIS SEPTEMBER- MAKE IT LUNCHBOX. After ages you have such a simple story, brilliantly directed by RITESH BATRA, absolutely empowered cast and a movie that you really do not want to end! You want to be part of the plot- move along with the characters- silently watching from… Read More »
GOOD ENOUGH FOR ONE SHOW Many of our films are interpretations of some movie from a different country, language and culture. It has never bothered me and is not something that in anyway affects my liking or disliking the movie. I am told that ‘Shudh Desi Romance’ is in many ways our ‘Runaway Bride’. Must… Read More »
