Bollywood 2017 will be remembered as the year it matured from candy-floss chick-flicks to ‘slice-of-life’ comic scripts. Tumhari Sulu belongs to the same (refreshing) genre as Hindi Medium, Bareilly Ki Barfi, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan & Qarib Qarib Singlle. Each of … Continue reading Movie Review: Tumhari Sulu is tribute to the Spirit of a Housewife
Am not a fan of superhero movies, but there are sacrifices, once a while, you make for kids! On my ‘Hulk’ son Ishav Das’s insistence took him to Thor Ragnarok over a dad-son bonding weekday. Here are my brief notes of … Continue reading Movie Review: Visual delight & standard superhero stock make Thor Ragnarok
Irrfan Khan was the sole reason us gang of friends entered the movie hall this weekend. India’s only serious and flourishing export to Hollywood comes across as that large dollop of supreme quality butter. You add him to any dish … Continue reading Movie Review: Qarib Qarib saved by Irrfan Singlly
To survive in a family one needs to often make compromises and adjustments. Today, for sake of my kids laughter and wife Trisha’s timepass, I sacrificed four hours of my life in Golmaal 4, waiting every minute for the ABCD … Continue reading Movie Review: Golmaal 4 will make Amol Palekar sore
Just so you didn’t know yet, Frenchman Benjamin Mendy, is the most expensive football defender at 23 yrs old, after winning just one major trophy (Ligue 1 2016-17), being selected in Team of the year Ligue 1 2016-17 and costing £52 million … Continue reading Football: The curious case of Benjamin Mendy
Despite the steady phase-out of traditional Indian sweets, Bareilly Ki Barfi sales, an otherwise little known sweet meat, will soar following last weekend’s delicious Bollywood release. The movie comes straight from the 1970’s Hrishikesh Mukherjee school of filmmaking. Clean, light, … Continue reading Movie Review: Bareilly Ki Barfi is ‘lallan taap’ movie of the year 2017
Back in 1980’s, aside He-man, Spider-man was the only english speaking on-screen global hero we grew up with. I would wait the entire week only for Sunday 5:15pm to gaze at the National television channel, Doordarshan, and find this superhero … Continue reading Movie Review: Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-man gives a warm Homecoming
If the Lion King’s scene where Simba’s dad is killed (tears roll always) got me attracted to cartoon movies, then Despicable Me’s adoption concept (that too by weirdo villain Gru) made me wholly appreciate the depth of Hollywood animation movies. … Continue reading Movie Review: Despicable Me 3 is only Minions on a fun spree
I will forever be thankful to my parents for struggling hard to groom me inside a private Christian english medium school – back in the 1980s, the perceived gold standard of schooling. So too should be my entire generation – … Continue reading Movie Review: Hindi Medium is funny, Irrfan bang for your money
Elections 2017 – Ten fun facts (far away from the non stop verbal diarrhoea Yogendra Yadav & Mani Shankar Aiyar are throwing on television channels!) 1. #BJP winning approx 63% of seats (435/690) of #Elections2017. Orange Holi it is. Holi … Continue reading India: Elections 2017 – Ten fun facts & cartoons
