Classic Forever: The 1957 stage musical, West Side Story, was made into a much-lauded, much-awarded film by Robert Wise in 1961. It was an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet, set in…
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When In Madurai…: A Hindi film set in Madurai amidst a conservative Tamil family is an odd bird before its strange plot unfolds. The only difference between this and any…
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The Family Trap: What has been used as a one-scene gag in quite a few films—a man in love having to produce a fake family– has been extended to a…
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Corona Chaos: French film Huit Rue de’l Humanite—English title Stuck Together—must be among the earliest, if not the first, full length feature film about the days of lockdown during the pandemic. Directed…
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Runaway Brides: The films of Ayushmann Khurrana and Rajkummar Rao have more or less captured the market on problems of men in small North Indian towns. Babloo Bachelor, directed by…
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Running With Wolves: There is a problem in making a biopic about a major political personality in India—followers and fans are just waiting to pick fault and take offence on…
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Desi Ghostbusters: The son of a tantric does not believe in the mumbo-jumbo that he peddles to gullible people; his brother solemnly hugs his father’s mantra book to his chest, believing…
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Unlucky In Love: There is a line uttered by a wisecracking medical store owner in Helmet, “Har cheez ki expiry date hoti hai, dawaai ki bhi aur bhaujaai ki bhi.” Sadly, this…
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The Guilt Trap: An old German novel Die Panne (1956) by Friedrich Durrenmatt, with an intriguing vigilante concept has been adapted multiple times for the radio, stage and screen; in…
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The Name’s BB: Akshay Kumar-starrer Bell Bottom, directed by Ranjit M. Tewari, releases in the theatres after the long lockdown drought, and it’s a pity that it cannot be watched…