Kashmir Conundrum: To most people’s minds, Kashmir in recent years, could have been hashtagged with two terms: terrorism and forced exodus of Pandits. The heaven on earth tourist tag, the…
Movie Review
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Riotous Docs: St.Martin’s is a multidisciplinary college in Goa, where the overaged students do everything but crack open a textbook. Which is why it is hard to take Bejoy Nambiar’s…
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Robo Bride: It must be a secret fantasy of many a male in metrosexual clothing—a woman who is beautiful and sexy, can cook well, talk sports, read his moods, anticipate…
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The OG Superhero: A character in HanuMan makes a valid point, when all Southern film heroes act like they have superhuman strength, how is a genuine superhero to prove his worth? Prasanth…
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Crossing Borders: Rajkumar Hirani’s filmography so far has established him as a director with a unique point-of-view; his films deftly blend comedy and drama, and also sneak in a message…
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A Hero For All Times: The 1971 Indo-Pak war that resulted in the formation of Bangladesh has, in recent months, been captured on screen from various angles. It was only…
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Holiday Caper: The idea must have looked workable on paper—a dysfunctional family rediscovering family ties when on holiday. But, the journey of Harish Vyas’s Yaatris just never takes off. Having set the…
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Crazy Clan: At a time when everybody is getting to be thin-skinned, Gujaratis still laugh at themselves. The TV comedy show, Khichdi, about the Parekh family, full of dim bulbs, was such…
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Where’s The Wit? There a time when political correctness was not an issue, and comic actors like Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor and others in the post-Himmatwala era of rapidfire Padmalaya productions,…
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Tug Of War: Successful filmmakers from West Bengal, with a series of hits and some award magnets behind them, Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee, have made a Hindi version of…