It's not often that I put finger to keyboard and tap out my views about a movie that's been recently released. I went for SUPER 30 with no expectations and only a sketchy knowledge of what it was about, which I had obtained after reading a review of the film in the Sunday paper. But … Continue reading Super 30- a review
Yesterday was the second death anniversary of one of my very favourite actors- Vinod Khanna. Which seemed reason enough to look up one of his earlier movies and fall for him all over again! The film 'Mere Apne' released in 1971 and was Gulzar's directorial debut (yeah, yeah, I'm a huge fan of Gulzar too, … Continue reading Mere Apne- a review
'Mirch Masala', the movie which I saw recently, came out in 1987. It's directed by Ketan Mehta and starred a host of super-talented young actors, many of whom are still going strong even today - Supriya Pathak and Ratna Pathak Shah, some who are unfortunately not seen much on screen - Benjamin Gilani, Mohan Gokhale … Continue reading Mirch Masala- a review
Recently I watched two movies back to back, one (Swami) because social media was full of articles about Girish Karnad and this was one of the few Hindi films he had acted in. And the other (Uphaar) because...well...YouTube threw it up at me after I watched 'Swami' What struck me was the similarities that kept … Continue reading Swami and Uphaar- a review
Google informed me that today happens to be the 87th birthday of Amrish Puri, and clicking on the doodle led me to a page detailing his life and his filmography. I scrolled through the 400 films he had acted in and the villainous characters he had essayed. I didn't linger over names like Rakka, Jaggu … Continue reading Vijeta- a review
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