Hailing from a country that is barely recognizable on most world maps is quite an experience. You are asked interesting questions, for instance. Then there are the bewildered expressions and the amazed looks when I say where I am from. I don’t blame them. When I meet people from different parts of the world, they […]
Bollywood Scores ‘Hat Trick’
While the Cricket World Cup tournament is in full gear, where hat tricks are imminent, Indian film director Milan Luthria is up to scoring another sort of ‘Hat Trick.’ In his new movie, Luthria’s concept of hat trick is not getting three wickets in three consecutive balls as in cricket, but about 3 successes of […]
DVD Review: ‘Water’ a Heart-tugging Tale
One film critique puts it this way: ‘Water’ belongs to that rare category of films that have the power to redefine the parameters of cinema. Well, I cannot agree more. It was absoultely true that Canadian-based Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta’s Oscar-nominated ‘Water’ is one of the remarkably well-made movies of Indian cinema in recent times. […]
DVD Review: ‘Dhoom 2’ is Cool and Brilliant
Very rarely we do come across Hindi films that involves cops and robbers stories and once a movie that falls in this catagory comes our way, it becomes the talk of the town. Directed by Sanjay Gadhvi, “Dhoom 2” combines form and content so beautifully that it has been treated with the right balance of […]
DVD Review: ‘Traffic Signal’ a thought-provoking, eye-opener
Ever wondered what could really be happening at the traffic signals of the bustling streets of Mumbai, India? Of course we all know that other than the innumerable vehicles that goes past the lights, those traffic signals are crowded with beggars, eunuchs, prostitute, drug addicts, streetkids, vendors and the like. But what you might not […]