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Captain America – And what got stuck in my mind is an India Pakistan Dialogue.. Why??

“If Pakistan marches to Mumbai and drags your daughters to the stadium for execution and if you had a switch that could change the situation wouldn’t you use it” this is the question asked to Councilman Singh by the senior SHIELD officer Alexander Pierce and the councilman replies “No… Not if it is your switch”… This is a rather small and quite irrelevant statement in the whole movie but one that … Continue reading Captain America – And what got stuck in my mind is an India Pakistan Dialogue.. Why??

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8 Interesting Thriller Movies I watched recently…..

Here are some of the interesting thriller movies I watched in the recent past…. each warrants a separate post but due to lack of time and to get this collection to the readers…. I am putting them together in one post here…. All thrillers, some are drama and some are mystery and some are crime… I hope you love them…. Watch them on Netflix… thats … Continue reading 8 Interesting Thriller Movies I watched recently…..

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“Hola Venky” – The Independent Travelling Cinema

“Hola Venky” is an idea…. beyond being a movie; it is an idea…. an idea that opens the gate of independent cinema to many more people… taking inspiration from the initial days of the travelling talkies… “Hola Venky” travels across the world to meet its viewers…. I too happened to meet “Venky” and say “Hola” yesterday at a friend’s place where the producer Giju had … Continue reading “Hola Venky” – The Independent Travelling Cinema

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Gulab Gang is a 2 ½ hour excruciating ordeal with Juhi giving a small relief with her performance

Gulab Gang is not only painful to watch but also makes you feel that the makers of the movie belittled the effort of all the women’s activists by making such a substandard movie…. It is a masala that had too much of unwanted songs, dialogues and scenes and was extremely agonizing to consume….. It has nothing to do with the real life of the Sampat … Continue reading Gulab Gang is a 2 ½ hour excruciating ordeal with Juhi giving a small relief with her performance

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Join the party with Ravi Bhatnagar and team as they bring to life Mahesh Elkunchwar’s Satire on the Indian Urban Elite…

Many thanks to Ravi and his team and to the entire crew at Naatak….. 30 years after hearing about it for the first time…. today I saw the party live on stage…. I can’t be more happy…. when the cast became the characters the stage took me down my memory lane….. to being a ten year old listening to his dad and friends talk about … Continue reading Join the party with Ravi Bhatnagar and team as they bring to life Mahesh Elkunchwar’s Satire on the Indian Urban Elite…

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Lucky – 2010 South African Film by Avie Luthra

A small movie with an important story to tell…..in 2010 the director Avie Luthra brought us this story of ‘Lucky’ (played by Sihle Dlamini) a 10 year old orphaned boy.. After his mother’s death from Aids he moves from his zulu village to big city so he could attend a school, learn and make a life of his own… As was instructed by his mother … Continue reading Lucky – 2010 South African Film by Avie Luthra

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Dedh Ishqiya – Movie Review

Dedh Ishqiya proved one thing which many people knew but did not make obvious… Vidya balan is leagues ahead of Madhuri when it comes to becoming a character….. Madhuri Dixit is still probably a crowd puller with her fan following… but the silver screen will not lie…. What Vidya brought to Ishqiya Madhuri has not been able to bring to Dedh Ishqiya…. Now what is … Continue reading Dedh Ishqiya – Movie Review

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A Common Man – Remake of Hindi Thriller “A Wednesday” – ATROCIOUS – UNWATCHABLE

Don’t be duped by the star in the movie…. This was probably a mistake Ben Kingsley made…No idea why Neeraj Pandey allowed Chandran Rutnam to make such a movie on his original story…. And this is probably the first time I am writing a review for a movie after unable to see it beyond 20 minutes… When I read about the movie….. the first thing … Continue reading A Common Man – Remake of Hindi Thriller “A Wednesday” – ATROCIOUS – UNWATCHABLE

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Capitães da Areia (Captains of the Sands) 2011 Movie by Cecília Amado

“Pedro Bala will follow his Destiny…. There is no one he won’t try to help… He will be like his father…. He will organize all the boys in Bahia… And everyone will listen to him….He is going to fight for what is most important in life…..Freedom!” These are the closing words from the professor in the 2011 Brazilian portuguese movie Capitães da Areia (Captain of the … Continue reading Capitães da Areia (Captains of the Sands) 2011 Movie by Cecília Amado

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Watching the malayalam movie Drishyam was like attending a carnival

“Drishyam” to malayalam cinema in my opinion is like what “Wednesday” was to Hindi cinema….. The only difference is that Wednesday keeps you held on to the seat from the very start but Drishyam takes it slow till the interval and then takes off with a pace quite unknown to malayalam movies….. While Wednesday made the hindi movie goes speechless…. Drishyam made the malayalee movie … Continue reading Watching the malayalam movie Drishyam was like attending a carnival

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