Gully Boy

A story of a slum dweller who refuses to give up on his dreams in spite of all his hardships with a little push from his mother, his over possessive girlfriend, his questionable neighbourhood friends and a Tiger Mentor – This is Gully Boy for you when the sum total of all this adds upContinueContinue reading “Gully Boy”

Memories

A few days back while on cycling on the banks of Lake Pichhola, amidst the trash that some of us throw so carelessly were photographs. A close inspection revealed they wern’t mere photographs but indeed wedding albums – torn and thrown in the lake. Still lying there, not yet swept away by the water toContinueContinue reading “Memories”

Kedarnath

A debutante Star Daughter, a director with an impressive track record barring the last outing and actor with promise and talent. That’s what made me watch this movie straight after the Voting ended in my state for the assembly elections 2018. The plot is set in the holy temple town of Kedarnath, with an inter-religionContinueContinue reading “Kedarnath”

UNDERMINING INSTITUTIONS

There is a famous Latin phrase “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” which means “Who will guard the guards themselves?” The last few days are nothing but playing out of this above phrase in the premium investigation agency of India i.e. The CBI. As the CBI files FIR against its own and the head of the BureauContinueContinue reading “UNDERMINING INSTITUTIONS”

BADHAI HO

  We all movie going audience need to pat ourselves on our back as it is because of us that the filmmakers now are ready to experiment with the plots and give us unusual storylines knowing fully well that there is an audience waiting to lap it up !! Badhai Ho is one such movieContinueContinue reading “BADHAI HO”

Andhadhun

Andhadhun is a movie that as usual had everything going for it at the execution stage , such as : Aayushman Khurana – An actor whose USP now is working in unusual movie subjects. Tabu – Fantastic Tabu who comes out from her hiatus to act in only films that justifies her talent. Radhika ApteContinueContinue reading “Andhadhun”

MANMARZIYAAN

This film is a love story set in Amritsar that is directed by Anurag Kashyap and produced by Anand L Rai. Thus it has everything that they both represent in terms of their art such as: Set in a Small Town Believable Characters Characters that mouth everyday lingo and not dialogues (luckily no gaalis) MusicContinueContinue reading “MANMARZIYAAN”

STREE

I remember seeing the first look of this movie ages back in which Rajkumar Rao is seen wearing a wedding turban and I thought this movie is going to be similar to the films being based in small town India. Well I was right about that one but the movie was nothing like what IContinueContinue reading “STREE”

Political Worker

One lazy Sunday afternoon when moving an eyelid is also a herculean task, my father informs me of an impending visit by a hotshot astrologer / politician claiming to be close to the mighty and powerful from a northern state. Grudgingly I muster all my energy and move away from my weekend of Netflix Binge.ContinueContinue reading “Political Worker”

A JOURNEY TO REMEMBER

आज दिनांक 31.7.2018 को हम सब आधुनिक राजस्थान के निर्माता एवं पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री स्व. मोहनलाल जी सुखाड़िया की 102 वीं जयंती मना रहे हैं और इस से बेहतर और क्या दिन हो सकता है जब उनकी धर्मपत्नी एवं पूर्व सांसद स्व. इन्दुबालाजी सुखाड़िया के योगदान को भी याद करें. इंग्लिश के एक मशहूर कहावत हैContinueContinue reading “A JOURNEY TO REMEMBER”