Mushathon

Saturday 13 December '08

Maybe Amritsar is all about quaint gullies and meticulously tended aangans. Maybe people do fall in love at first sight. Maybe small-town India is actually populated with people like Surinder Saini...

It’s Better in Goa…

Friday 12 December '08

…or so say the colourful t shirts that have for decades advertised this tropical paradise.

Heavenly Jodi

Thursday 11 December '08

We can blame it on the global recession, we can blame it on the Mumbai terror attacks but it all boils down to one thing— these are bleak times for film business.

CurioTale

Tuesday 9 December '08

Sometimes clichés do ring true. More so when they pertain to Kolkata. Like the fame of rosogolla and mishti doi, a quaint little curio shop tucked away in a corner of the city’s popular shopping destination, New Market, has become a part of the city lore.

A Breath Away from Glory

Saturday 6 December '08

War movies tend to be complex cinematic ventures. While they prove to be perfect excuse to juxtapose human drama against intense action...

Feluda Redux

Friday 5 December '08

Firstly, the casting. Scorsese favourites Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio as Feluda and Topse respectively...

Unlucky Times

Wednesday 3 December '08

Frankly, I didn’t care. The Mumbai terror attacks have left us all numb...

Thank you bhai

Saturday 29 November '08

His first film, My Brother Nikhil, hinted at it, his second directorial venture, Bas Ek Pal, reinstated it, but Sorry Bhai proves it. Onir is a master navigator of swampy territory.

Musical Alliances

Thursday 27 November '08

Legendary British rock group, Jethro Tull, perform at the IIM Bangalore grounds, to a crowd of screaming fans.

Mind Games

Tuesday 25 November '08

Adapting a Tagore novel into cinema can prove to be a double-edged sword.

'As a generation we are numb to violence around us'

Thursday 13 November '08

The overzealous Kolkata media can prove to be a test of patience for most visiting celebrities.

‘As a generation we are numb to violence around us’

Thursday 13 November '08

The overzealous Kolkata media can prove to be a test of patience for most visiting celebrities.

Empty stalls, no buyers, Kolkata film mart has a ‘surreal’ feel

Thursday 13 November '08

The inauguration of the film market at the Kolkata Film Festival may have seen the presence of cine personalities like Nandita Das and Goutam Ghose, but insiders claim that the market has a long way to go.

Animated Takes

Tuesday 11 November '08

Between catching a Tarr or a Renoir classic at the Kolkata Film Festival this year, you might just want to spend some time with Laadli, the last woman on earth.

Ties that Bind

Monday 10 November '08

Ours is a cynical age. Simple human emotions and bonds take a backseat as greater goals are pursued.

'I refrain from showing any sensational scenes'

Tuesday 4 November '08

Acclaimed director Onir’s next film is about two brothers vying for the attention of the same woman.

Saas, Bahu and Revolution

Tuesday 4 November '08

So the sun finally sets on the Virani household. Eight long years and 1800 episodes after Tulsi (then a lithe, shy, young bride) walked into our lives...

Brothers in Arms

Tuesday 4 November '08

When the word first began to circulate across cyberworld in early 2005 about India’s “first gay film...

Beyond Pasta

Friday 31 October '08

Big boys don’t cry, but at the tender age of 27 they are at times moved to tears by a steaming bowl of polpa della frutta minestre (a fruity dessert soup), like I was at the Italian food festival at the ITC Sonar.

Film Reviews

Thursday 30 October '08

Go and watch Golmaal Returns if you have either lost your cell-phone and its tireless inflow of Santa-Banta jokes, or you’re so in love with PJs that you could get married to one.

Saturday reviews

Saturday 25 October '08

Under the shadows of New York’s spiraling high-rises, a subterranean world grows parasitically. It’s a dog-eat-dog world where the first world ideals of one of the world’s largest democracy are redundant...

Prose Painting

Friday 24 October '08

A mighty Arjuna tree stands tall in the middle of his village. It alsocolours a young Paritosh Sen’s imagination. So much so that it becomes almost an allegory — a symbol of village life.

Maimed Manifestos

Thursday 23 October '08

It’s clichéd to romanticise the past. To cite instances from history which probably hold little relevance to the present.

Zzz it is

Saturday 18 October '08

Circa 1980: Monty (Rishi Kapoor) is in the middle of a sprawling, psychedelic stage, surrounded by screaming...

Art Smart

Friday 17 October '08

Picasso and the cube sounded as related as Sarah Palin and aloo posto to software engineer Sudeshna Mitra before her online tryst with the Saffron Art Gallery.