Even the weirdest things can reconstruct memories. Today I had brought Lunch from home. Nothing exotic, some Chappati and potato stew made in coconut milk one of my all time favorites (Well not really, I love the poori and baji that you use to get in the Indian Railways better). Yesterday I had this yearning to eat this old fashion stew we use to make … Continue reading How a lunch today reconstructed some old memories
Watched the maiden episode of Aamir Khan’s TV show “Satyamev Jayate”. Explosive and charged with facts the message should erupt like a volcano in the minds of the people all around. The topic for the maiden show was on female foeticide an evil practice that has gripped the minds of a large number of people in India. This is a practice that will lead to … Continue reading Aamir’s Satyamev Jayate is a burst of truth into all the blocked veins of India
Last Train Home (Gui Tu lie Che) is a full feature documentary in chinese directed by Lixin Fan as he tells the story of a family of workers who are among the 130 million chinese migrant workforce who have left their native villages to find better life in the sprawling industrial cities. The story follows the spring time travel of this large migrant force to … Continue reading Last Train Home – Documentary Review
Rowdy Rathore is the latest entrant into bollywood that has a big influence of Tamil and Telugu movies. Knowing that Prabhudeva is directing the moving the action was expected just like his earlier movie Wanted. Again a remake of a telugu film Vikramarkudu, the theme gels well for a Bollywood movie. After the more recent Singam now you have a new action remake. Since I … Continue reading Rowdy Rathore – “Don’t Angry Me”
Yesterday we lost a very dear friend, someone who in a very short time had shown us the endless array of those vibrant colors in life that makes it so beautiful. Loss of a loved one is never the conclusion or finale of the relationship we had with them but it is a stage in an eternal relationship we will continue to have with them. … Continue reading You will always be in our lives where ever you go
I think it is the time for simple movies to take the reign of the film industry. Bold and never thought out themes being played out by new talents bring so much good feeling to the film goer. Vick Donor is a simple movie that has quite an unusual story line, the story of a sperm donor. The lead is played well by Ayushmann Khurrana … Continue reading Vicky Donor – The entertaining sperms
It should be true that you have to pay for every sin you commit, in this life itself, nothing is taken forward after death. I paid a part of my dues by watching the Malayalam Movie “The King and the Commissioner” last Thursday which was bringing together the characters of two successful movies from the past “The King” by Mammootty and “The Commissioner” By Suresh … Continue reading The Nonsensical King and the Commissioner
Now we officially have a teenager in our house. Rhea, Today you become a teen. wow! You have been talking about it for the last two years and finally the day has come. I am sure you must be feeling great. I wish that you be excited just like this on all your future birthdays in life. As people grow older some loose the charm of a … Continue reading Now there is a Teenager in our house
Male actors doing female characters is not a new theme. We have seen Charlie Chaplin, Adam Sandler, Robin Williams John Travolta and Kamala Hassan in India doing characters of that sort. But Dileep’s Maya Mohini was slightly different. If you look at many of the actors I mentioned above and remember their characters they were all clothed in so much fabric and played an over … Continue reading Mayamohini – Hilarious and Paisa Vasool
Where do you belong? That is a tough question. But belonging somewhere seems to be important At least as an obscure dream Like a drifter who never settles Our real travels are no more physical we travel through minds, not just ours; but even through that of others. we get lost and then when we find – ourselves we are lost again All these years … Continue reading An Obscure Dream
