Filmi Fridays: Go Goa!
My weekly column for Yahoo! Movies, first published here.This week, Saif plays a blond, wannabe-Russian, zombie-hunter operating in India’s Party Capital – Goa. Be it a band of comrades fighting for...
View ArticleFilmi Fridays: Mughal Gardens
My Yahoo! Movies column, first published here.As Aurangzeb jumps out of the underworld and into our lives today, it would be a worthwhile exercise to look at his ancestors. Mughal emperors – with their...
View ArticleRituparno Ghosh: A Few Random Thoughts
When I was studying business administration in Jamshedpur, I got up very early on a Sunday morning to attend a film festival, braving a terrible hangover, torrential rains and knee-deep water-logging....
View ArticleRituparno Ghosh: 10 Favourite Films
While writing my earlier post on Rituparno Ghosh, I was amazed to realise that nearly half of his twenty directorial ventures are right up there among my favourite films. That puts him second only to...
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The YJHD Anachronisms
Why I Love Twitter Reason #352A tweeter who goes by the cryptic screen name of Inspector and handle of @angrykopite came up with this brilliant analysis of Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. When I was watching...
View ArticleOrebaba! Aur 40 Stars?
Brunch, the Sunday magazine of Hindustan Times (with whom I have a passing connection), has come up with a glossy Collector's Edition on Bollywood. The Editor of Brunch - Poonam Saxena - is a big movie...
View ArticleFilmy Fridays: UP-wala Thumka
My Yahoo! Movies column, first published here.Have been tardy with the earlier columns. Will publish everything punctually from now on. God promise.As Dhanush flamboyantly woos Sonam Kapoor on the...
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Indie.Genius: Bollywood’s New ‘New Wave’
Apart from the trivia about the stars, I wrote the following piece for the Brunch Collector's Edition on Bollywood - on the new age filmmakers. The ones who are going from Toronto to Tardeo, from...
View ArticleFilmi Fridays: Oh, Forget It!
My Yahoo! Movies column, first published here.A man who has stolen a ton of money cannot remember his partners in crime. Natural. It seems he cannot remember where the money is either. Not so natural....
View ArticleFilmi Fridays: Bongo Lawlona
My Yahoo! Movies column, first published here.The tongue-twister in the title simply means 'Bengali women'.As Sonakshi Sinha prepares to wow the critics in her new avatar as a Bengali girl called Pakhi...
View ArticleFilmi Fridays: Resemblance Entirely Coincidental
My Yahoo! Movies column, first published here.As Milkha Singh promises to scorch the track and celluloid this week, he comes in a long line of Bollywood films inspired by real life characters. Very few...
View ArticleUttam Kumar: A Guest Post by Reeta Chaudhuri
Beth, who has lately shifted her allegiance from Bollywood to Tollywood, has just completed a project on the Uttam vs Soumitra rivalry (imaginary or otherwise). To assist her, I asked my mother to put...
View ArticleFilmi Fridays: Aman Ki Asha
My Yahoo! Movies column, first published here.Just before you zip off to watch four Indian secret service agents storm Karachi in an effort to bring “India’s Most Wanted Man” back, it might be a good...
View ArticleFilmi Fridays: Sex Bomb, Sex Bomb!
My Yahoo! Movies column, first published here.As we brace ourselves for an intoxicating introduction to Poonam Pandey this week, it is just the right time to look back at sexy debuts. Every once in a...
View ArticleFilmy Fridays: Southern Discomfort
My Yahoo! Movies column, first published here.As SRK and Deepika board Chennai Express this week, I anticipate an avalanche of stereotypes (and bad accents) thus perpetuating a strong Bollywood...
View ArticleFilmi Fridays: Do the Do!
My Yahoo! Movies column, first published here.As we return to Mumbaai (note the spelling!) Dobaara and people are gushing over Akki’s mouche, it might be a good time to take a second look at Dobaara....
View ArticleFilmi Fridays: City City Bang Bang
My Yahoo! Movies column, first published here.As John Abraham navigates protest groups to start his battle against Sri Lanka-based terrorist groups, a Café named after an erstwhile Indian city seems to...
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Nostradamus By Night
This is a plea for someone else, disguised as self-promotion. (Wait. Shouldn't it be the other way round? Anyway...)Yesterday, I tweeted this:These are today’s reviews. Anupama Chopra (Hindustan...
View ArticleFilmi Fridays: Govinda Ala Carte!
My Yahoo! Movies column, first published here.As dahi handis and four-storey structures take centrestage, it might be a fantastic idea to look at movies where Janmashtami and Sri Krishna have been the...
View ArticleThe World's Most Obvious Quiz
Easy peasy quiz. All of them 'workoutable'. Don't Google. It would insult your own intelligence. Submit answers in comments. Will give out answers by Tuesday. 1. Complete this quote: “Shoot all the...
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