Cinema
Ghulam Ali concert called off -Shiv Sena’s nationalism greater than Modi’s or Fadnavis’s ?
India and Pakistan are not the best of friends because the latter hasn’t made an effort to reform itself. Rather...
TVF Pitchers – tastes like wine, hits like whiskey and of course flows like beer
If you ever had written an essay on Television during your school age and hadn't called it as an Idiot-Box,...
Bla Bla Bollywood
The Twitter bird was chirping all over again. Facebook had an 'awe' attack in reverence. As far as one could...
Our Lives, Their permission: The DDLJ Legacy
More than "Raj, नाम तो सुना ही होगा", more than "señorita", even more than "आओ, आओ", the dialogue that defines...
If social media had existed in the times of Krishna
Lord Krishna is said to be born in 3228 BCE in Mathura, India. He went on to become one of...
Liberally hypocrite on the ‘Sunny’ side?
Over the past couple of years the portrayal of women in Bollywood has been changing. She is essentially not just...
D Day, BABY and now Phantom – The escape route through Bollywood
Years back one of the channels was telecasting Prem Pujaari and I being an ardent fan of Dev Anand, had...
‘Manjhi – The Mountain Man’- Shandar ! Zabardast ! Zindabaad
It is a shame that the prints of Manjhi – The Mountain man were leaked much before the theatre release...
Nitish Kumar doing things
Last year the "doing things tumblr blogs" were a rage. Narendra Modi doing things and Rahul Gandhi doing things were...
When Kishore Kumar refused to bow down to Indira Gandhi
Kishore Kumar was not just a singer, he was our friend who had a song for every mood. His was...
Naseeruddin Shah: Stupid Common Terrorist Apologist
There is a section amongst the Indian intelligentsia which romanticizes with the terrorists, Maoists and insurgents. Film directors like Vishal...
Masaan: Pyres, Romance and Change
Masaan. (शमशान, the site of cremation). Masaan revolves around the ghats of Banaras. It's a story... well let's call it...
