In ‘filmy’ India or in the recently ‘vibrant’ controversial and liberal Indian media, the year 2010 saw women power on the rise! Whether it is ‘Munni Badnaam Hui’ ( film ‘Dabangg’) item number performed by Malaika Arora Khan (along with her ‘real’ brother in law Salman Khan?) or the ‘Sheila ki Jawani’ song/ dance sequence … Continue reading
It is Superstar ‘Rajni’ mania in the movie all the way, that lasts more than the usual three hours! All movies starring Rajnikanth are primarily centered around Rajnikanth for his histrionics, ‘style’, mannerisms, action and delivery of dialogues! But, the movie ‘Endhiran’ is more than that!! There are hundreds of Rajni clones as Robot, computer … Continue reading
‘Life is precious, too precious to be thrown away on a momentary impulse!’ Coming from an accomplished Tamil film actor/ director Revathy; music by Shankar Ehsan Loy; classic acting by Shilpa Shetty and Salman Khan along with a good attempt by Abhishek Bachchan – the movie revolves around Tamanna Sahni (Shilpa Shetty) who discovers she … Continue reading
I quote what the then, U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall (1947-1949) said of him, “Mahatma Gandhi has become the spokesman for the conscience of all mankind. He was a man who made humility and simple truth more powerful than Empires.” Albert Einstein said, “It will be difficult for the next generation to believe … Continue reading
Tere Bin Laden’ is a tongue-in-cheek comedy about an ambitious young news reporter (Pakistani Pop star Ali zafar as Ali) from Pakistan who is desperate to migrate to the US in pursuit of the American dream. His repeated attempts to immigrate are shot down as his visa is always rejected. But, things couldn’t look worse … Continue reading
Without doubt, Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori are looking good on screen! Hrithik is looking handsome.and, there is of course the requisite dance sequence and bare torso scene! Even in moments of anguish, Hrithik’s blue-green eyes are ablaze. Barbara is lovely with real texture and a feisty spirit. Together they are so luminous that the … Continue reading
Last week, while I was in Pune, I had been to watch the latest mani ratnam movie ‘Raavan’ starring Abhishek, Aishwarya and Vikram (tamil super star… acting as police inspector whose wife ( played by Aishwarya) is kidnapped)…actually, i was not particularly eager to watch the movie after having read its review…still I just decided … Continue reading
City of Mumbai is vibrant and the common man does not get time to take a ‘break’ at all. He is indifferent by force and not by choice. Many terror threats and incidents have not demotivated the ‘common man’ to go to his office as usual by the ‘crowded’ local train the very next day … Continue reading
Cho Ramaswamy, popularly called as ‘Cho’, is the Indian answer to ‘Individual character’ depiction and caricature. His statements draw sustained interest and curiosity of a discerning audience just like Woody Allen statements do. Television Serials have come off age in India and are contributing to develop significant earnings in the television industry. Often, they become … Continue reading
The effect was really unexpected…My Name is ‘Khan’ ( ‘Khan’ pronounced from the epiglottis) became an instant hit due to SRK following ( i saw the movie in the coach while traveling from Bangalore to Mumbai two days back)…with Sena struggling to remind the movie goers…what a force they were to reckon with in Amchi … Continue reading
Very soon Rajkumar Hirani will get the status of a Social Reformer! In his first successful movie ‘Munnabhai MBBS’ he highlights the much needed practice of ‘Hippocratic Oath’ taken by Medical Professionals while the sequel ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ preaches practice of Gandhian ideals – Truth and Non Violence in a corrupt as well Dadagiri environment. … Continue reading
Recently, i saw the most talked about movie ‘Nishabd’ which I am sure was made for viewing by the special class and not the mass. As usual, Amitabh Bachchan does complete justice to the role given to him in this film too. I can never understand why and how people fall in love and aspire … Continue reading
A Quick review of the movie ‘ALL THE BEST’ i saw today..with my son… On the performance front, full marks can be given to Sanjay Dutt who manages to elicit laughter every time he enters the scene. And the best thing is he has stepped out of his Munnabhai image in this movie at last … Continue reading
