You don’t have to be a feminist to argue that in Hindi Cinema women often get a raw deal. They are generally reduced to dancing in the Alps in a crepe saree, heckled by goons before the hero takes them to the cleaners, abducted and tied to a chai…
Most of the times, getting to the destination is more interesting than the destination itself. I had one such experience while on the way to Kokkare Bellur.
I had been wanting to visit this place for a long time now. Every time I pass the sign-board on…
My mom was watching a cookery programme with great interest yesterday.“Anju come here, see this” she said with a look that means she has spotted something interesting.I wandered over to the sofa where she was sitting and saw a Chef teaching a young…
This post shows you how to extend the daily blog posting feature first provided by Delicious to share your daily bookmarks. With the help of a WordPress plugin, you can completely customize the post titles, publication time, and style of the links. Add…
It was many months ago, while trawling the internet that I came across the mention (in a search result) of a young drummer from my hometown of Pallavur. The Chenda drummer’s name is Pallavur Sreedharan. I saw his name mentioned together with a popula…
BROADCAST NOOSE
The ever-tightening web of news-channel foul play forms the focus of an engrossing melodrama. Plus, a wickedly entertaining desi-Western that pulls its punches.
JAN 31, 2010 – RAM GOPAL VARMA’S RANN OPENS with the sun glowering…
ONE IN A THOUSAND
Selvaraghavan’s controversial new film is far from perfect, but he does succeed in leaving his fingerprints all over the most generic of genres.
JAN 31, 2010 – A FILMMAKER ACQUAINTANCE GREW LONG, POINTY TEETH and bit my head o…
Wondering if Peter knew what a girl looked like “down there”, Anne Frank, 15, wrote this entry in her diary on March 24, 1944:
But to get back to the subject. How on earth can you explain what it all looks like without any models? Shall I try anyway? O…
Of late, I’ve been eating fruit yoghurt every morning. This is one breakfast item I haven’t gotten bored of ever since I discovered the goodness that a berry + yoghurt mixture can yield. Fast forward to January ‘10, I still eat berries and yoghur…
Rann
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Noisy Cigarette Lighter
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Rating: Two and half stars
Friends, Indians and countrymen, lend him an ear. Without a doubt, the wrap-up monologue about the venal ways of the media,is a z…