I’ve grown up a romanticist; much to the dismay of liberal, yet conventional parents and the ridicule of a boisterous bunch of friends. But fascination with expression of thought, art and nature came to me from a very young age. Like most people my generation, I watched the classic love story of Jack Dawson & Rose DeWitt Bukater (yes, that ... Read More »
Hindi Cinema (Bollywood) is going to declare 2013 as a record breaking year with phenomenal box office collections. But I don’t need to tell you that. You can make that inference from the front page of Bombay Times, every time a movie has released and grossed 100 crores or more and hijacked the advertorial paper or even the primary news ... Read More »
I’ve seen a lot of documentaries. And Fire In The Blood, the aptly-titled latest from filmmaker Dylan Mohan Gray, is probably one of the finest I’ve ever seen. In a nutshell, Fire In The Blood is a film about patent laws, the lobby fighting to protect them and the resulting (terrifying) impact on global healthcare and human lives. It is ... Read More »
This weekend, I had the privilege & opportunity to watch the much acclaimed sports drama film based on one of, if not the biggest Formula One rivalry, between celebrated drivers James Hunt & Niki Lauda . My intimacy to Formula One is restricted to championing the talented Finnish driver – Kimi Raikkonen , fondly known as the Iceman. Much of ... Read More »
In the middle of your daily, mundane routine, someone plops a lunchbox down on your table. But you realize that something is wrong. It isn’t yours. But the moment you open it, you realize that something is so, so very right. The fragrance that emanates from it takes you back to a simpler, happier time. That’s the story of The ... Read More »
It is coarsely unfortunate that I do not end up watching a lot of movies. In fact by the time I realize I want to watch a particular movie, it has already been running in theaters for a month or so and on the verge of being taken off. I was however very keen on catching ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ – ... Read More »
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