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
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
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
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
Aam Aadmi Party – My Decision to Support…….
Finally Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party has embarked on the next leg in their political Journey with actual power at their disposal…. If you heard Kejriwal make his address during the trust vote in the Delhi parliament you would have got a glimpse of the Indian youth addressing to a crew of politicians whose expiry dates have been long overdue and some were even … Continue reading Aam Aadmi Party – My Decision to Support…….
Finding a Way in 2014
There are hundreds of ways out there….. there are thousands who walk on them every single day…. yet when it comes to you they all close…. then you struggle… you struggle real hard and find another way and make yourself through it…. And when you look back…. you will see thousands following you….. In today’s time ‘No Way’ is the way to go….. hope you … Continue reading Finding a Way in 2014
Detachment – 2012 English Movie Review
The movie Detachment (2012 English) starts with an Albert Camus quote “And never have I felt so deeply at one and the same time so detached from myself and so present in the world”….. The movie is the a month in the life of a substitute teacher (Mr. Barthes) played by Adrien Brody who takes up an assignment at a high school…. His teaching goes … Continue reading Detachment – 2012 English Movie Review
2013 A Personal Rewind
Every year is different and why shouldn’t it be so…. if we have two consecutive years moving the same way then there is a problem….. so 2013 was different from 2012… It was a much busier year…. more busy than what I would want it to be… There was not much balance between work and life….. but then life is not a balancing act because … Continue reading 2013 A Personal Rewind
Valley of Fire, Kids, Trust and some Random Thoughts
We decided to visit the “Valley of Fire” on one of our days in Vegas… Of all these years coming here we had missed this place… just an hour drive from the strip… Our six year old was not very amused… he tried persuading us to revisit Excalibur and circus circus… where he says there are more small kid’s games rather than big kid’s games… … Continue reading Valley of Fire, Kids, Trust and some Random Thoughts
Happy Birthday Amma!
It takes a whole lifetime for any son to be worthy enough to write about their mother and even then still one needs more time…. So what I write today is not because I am worthy… but because I owe every element of my existence to you… just like any son to their mother.. Today is her birthday…. one day after our wedding anniversary…. Since … Continue reading Happy Birthday Amma!
Vinod Narayan 