Under The Radar: The world of spies is not glamorous—James Bond is a fairy tale. It is taking on new identities, going undercover in enemy territory, constantly looking over the…

Desi Ghost Busters: This one’s for film lovers, written and directed by aficionados of B-horror flicks—right from Hollywood Halloween zombie and stoner movies to trashy Indian horror films, so awful…

La Dolce Vita: The first season of Mike White’s comedy-drama The White Lotus was set in a luxury resort in Hawaii, where the lampooning of the pampered rich and the obsequious staff,…

In 1958, when ordinary women were not expected or encouraged to have adventures, American novelist Paul Gallico created the character of a London cleaning woman, Ada Harris—or ‘Arris in Cockney lingo–who…

Stranger Than Fiction: It is a story begging to be filmed: in the early Eighties a woman claiming to be the Begum of Awadh, a descendant of Nawab Wajid Ali…

The Way To Hell: It may be seen as a widening of the net if mainstream Hindi cinema picks a Danish film Sorte Kugler (2009) by Anders Matthesen to remake as Thank God.  It is…

Bridge To Nowhere: Anyone who is acquainted with the Ramayan, or has even read the Amar Chitra Katha version, would know of the episode in which Lord Ram’s followers, the Vanar Sena…

Super Cops: Sometimes, channel surfing throws up pleasant surprises and this old crime series, Hunter (on Amazon Prime) that ran for seven seasons from 1984-1991 is pure nostalgia. It is an…

Angela Lansbury passed away at the age of 97, in October, after a prolific career in films, television and the stage, studded with awards and accolades. Active to the very…

Rich And Restless: Back in the Eighties, two soap operas were quite a rage Dallas and Dynasty, both about rich, feuding families. They were so successful they triggered off a spate of copy…