It’s been more than a year since the first part of this article was put up. Since then, I have become more open-minded about Bollywood and its sensibilities though there are some things that never change. Take a look at these pictures and you’ll know what I mean. It was fun compiling these as it was [...]
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And The Winner Is…
Felicitating yourself because no one else will do it seems like a rather narcissistic tendency to me. Despite the fact that a lot of Indian movies are ruthlessly lambasted by critics well worth their salt, the industry does find a way to get back at them – by rewarding itself and feeling mighty proud about [...]
Movie Gravy: Film Harvest 2012
From the 16th to the 20th of March, Bangaloreans experienced the city’s first international film festival. – Film Harvest 2012. Held at the amphitheatre at UB City, it was organized by the Prestige Group along with eminent art and cinema personalities like Kannada film director Girish Kasaravalli and music director Ricky Kej. Finally, Bangalore saw the [...]
The Harry Potter Predicament
I firmly believe that Harry Potter has been one of the greatest things to have happened to the literary world in the 21st century. The books were not merely words written on a piece of paper; they were a lot, lot more. They defined an entire generation – just as the greybeards proudly proclaim theirs [...]
Badasstic Badasses
You don’t have to be Einstein or one of his descendants to figure out that villains are always the cool guys in movies. But ever since one man and his ape-comrades beat the living daylights out of a ten-headed monster freak, the message has been hammered right into our heads – evil people are [...]
Why Godfather 2 was a Disappointment
‘Disappointment’ is a relative word – all it says it that a thing isn’t amazing; it isn’t as good as your expectations without really saying much about the intrinsic quality of the thing per se. But, how does a film directed by the same guy who made The Godfather and Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola), [...]
The Indian Stoner Flick?
The other day, I was watching the trailer of the third part of the Harold & Kumar series. Those familiar with the series would know that these films are gross, racist, and funny (at times). Besides all of this, they belong to a separate genre altogether; that of the stoner flick. In India however, recreational [...]
Director’s Cut – Satyajit Ray
23rd April, 1992 marked the end of an era of Indian film making. With the death of Satyajit Ray, Indian cinema would never be the same again. According to me, it was a loss which till date has found no replacement; and probably never will. Born on 2nd May, 1921 into the illustrious Ray family, [...]
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