Much before the term standup comedy was known to Indian audiences, there was one individual who had mastered the art of standup and has been enthralling audiences ever since with his wit and spontaneity. The man was an instrumental part of some of the most entertaining Hindi films ever made and his mere presence would…
This whole business of Aamir, an actor, and a citizen as IMPORTANT as you or me – irrespective of the class he enjoys – saying something and the way people are reacting has truly reached a circus-stage where you have carnival-barkers standing in front of every freak-show with their own costumes and placards. It is…
I have decided to do short reviews of films whenever I am low on time. Yes. That works better for everyone reading it as well. So yay!
That Zoya Akhtar is brilliant at mounting emotions on lavish urban backdrops is now part of the Hindi film industry folklore. Luck by Chance and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Zoya’s previous two films, had lovely interplay of innate, mostly unexpressed human emotions in the backdrop of a breathtaking canvas. In fact, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara…
YouTube’s popular comic channel Shudh Desi Endings has released its spoof on Rajkumar Hirani’s Aamir Khan starrer PK, which has become the highest grossing Bollywood film of all time. Bracing for the challenge to spoof a film that’s been both meaningful and controversial, team SDE has once again used their funny bone to make an original, animated take on PK. Titled CK, the spoof…
The year 2015 has started on a high note for Ritesh Batra’s internationally acclaimed and award winning film, The Lunchbox, which is nominated for the Film Not in the English Language category of the British Academy Film Awards 2015 non January 9. Ecstatic about this new achievement Batra says, “It’s an honor to be nominated…
