Tag Archives: Entertainment/Culture
In Didi’s Wonderland, where Words Come Out from the Depth of Truth
Our honourable chief minister Ms Mamata Banerjee has, without a doubt, done a great service to the cartoonist tribe. Can you think of another time when so much newsprint was… Read more
Greatest Graphic Novels and Stories Never Told
All graphic novels are basically novels that were never written. Perhaps the authors were too tired or not too eager to go to the lengths of writing a novel and… Read more
Oh Kolkata: Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahaani Does Justice to the City of Joy
Reaching the hall slightly late, I missed the opening but what followed for the next 100 minutes, or slightly more, left me gasping for more. Yes, Kahaani is a film… Read more
Kahaani: A Gritty Tale Well Told by Vidya, Sujoy
What do you look for in a Hindi film when you have paid about Rs 200 for a ticket? While many would echo the famed words of the pouting Vidya… Read more
Carrying the Lens through the Lanes and Veins of Kolkata
“Of course it’s all luck,” Henri Cartier-Bresson, the Frenchman considered the father of modern photojournalism, once quipped about his profession, which he raised to the level of art. Of course… Read more
House-Foolish: Sajid Worried about Critics, ‘Critics’ Worried Sick of Sajid
“Hindi films are not made for critics; it is made for Hindi film watching audience worldwide.” I love the Khan siblings — Farah and Sajid. Motor-mouthed both of them, rarely… Read more
Agneepath: Remake Lacks Fire and Vijay Still Needs More Work to be Done
Okay, so the K-Jo take on the chronicles of the iconic Vijay Dinanath Chauhan (pura naam, mind you) is out and is raking up big bucks at the box office… Read more
Hugo: A Charming Masterpiece that Makes you Fall in Love with Movies
In an age when surround sound and pyrotechnics dominate cinema, viewers are very rarely treated to movies that are both a feast to the senses and charming to the core…. Read more
Don 2: The King Returns with a Bang, but Movie Leaves Much to be Desired
To start with, I have a point to make. The makers of Don 2 should have taken a leaf out of The Lord of the Rings series, and called it… Read more
Mumbai: Shorn of the Glitz and Glam, a City of Guts and Glory
Yeh hai Bombay meri jaan. It’s been 45-odd years since the film CID hit the screens and Johnny Walker crooned the life and times of Bombay. That’s a generation, and… Read more
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