Packaged Mumbai: When the book Shantaram came out in 2003, it became a bestseller and for a few years, the author Gregory David Roberts became a toast of Mumbai’s Page 3…
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Girl Interrupted: Much too soon after Dhaakad, another espionage film, Code Name: Tiranga, sets a female RAW agent against the shadowy underworld of terrorists, gangsters and spies. Unfortunately, Parineeti Chopra is less of a…
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Romancing The Movies: Pan Nalin’s Gujarati film, Chhello Show (English title: The Last Film Show) has got an inordinate amount of attention because of its status as India’s entry to the Oscars, beating crowd…
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Such Is Life: The film claims to be based on an “incredible” true story, which is overselling it a bit—humane may be, but by no means extraordinary. At the end…
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No Redeeming Features: In the British TV series, Fleabag, the protagonist says this of herself, “I have a horrible feeling that I’m a greedy, perverted, selfish, apathetic, cynical, depraved, morally bankrupt woman who can’t…
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Dancing Queen: Here’s another film competing in the wokeness race, and stumbling right after the starter pistol goes off. Maja Ma, directed by Anand Tiwari from Sumit Bhateja’s script (streaming on Amazon…
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Crowd Pleaser: The Malayalam film, Lucifer, on which the Telugu film Godfather is based (a Hindi dubbed version has also been released) was directed by star Prithviraj Sukumaran. It was a deft blend…
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Tragedy Queen: This year marked the sixtieth anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death, and because it is still shrouded in mystery, there has always been a ghoulish interest in the events…
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Montana Mayhem: CJ Box writes books set in the great outdoors and Big Sky based on his Highway series is set in the vast wilderness of Montana. In the first two seasons, of the…
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The Odd Couple: In a youth-obsessed age, older actors, particularly women, find themselves almost put out to pasture. So, it is delightful to watch a series Darby And Joan, starring veterans…