Manmarziyaan: The evolving notion of love
Anurag Kashyap’s new release Manmarziyaan explores love in the age of evolving social mores and morality. The first voice in the film sings: Kaala na safed hai, Ishq da rang yaara, Grey wala shade. And this sets the…
The Ache of Love: Murakami’s South of the Border, West of the Sun
Haruki Murakami’s novel South of the Border, West of the Sun is a slow tale of longing. A yearning to belong to a world of your dreams. The novel is set in post-War Japan where the State…
Margarita with a Straw: A path-breaking film
One of the disadvantages of living in a small town is that movies with a limited audience are seldom released here. And so I had missed watching this movie when it was released in 2014. But then…
Sacred Games: Riveting fare
Word about this new original Indian web series has spread like an epidemic. You can’t escape the memes either. Sacred Games. Currently available on Netflix. It made me so curious that I had to see it. And once…
The fault in our stars: A poignant yet funny book
I was at at the airport book stall searching for something to gift my friend’s daughter, when I found this book by John Green in the fiction for young adults section. I picked it up, but wanting…
Sanju unearths the chameleon in Ranbir Kapoor
I walked into the theatre on a rainy Sunday evening, saw the swelling crowds and remembered Rajkumar Hirani’s magical ability to drag families back into the cinema. Sanju, is the third film (with Hirani as director) where…
Raazi: The price of patriotism
Patriotic films are shrill. You walk into the theatre and expect chest thumping, heavy dialogues, and perhaps even find a muscular gentleman pulling out a hand pump with his bare hands. And so when I heard that…
102 not out: Seasoned acting, but weak screenplay
Umesh Shukla’s directorial venture, ‘102 not out’ is a celluloid adaptation of a Gujarati play of the same name. The story revolves around the sweet and sour relationship between 102 year old Dattatreya Vakharia (Amitabh Bachchan) and his 75 year old…
October: A mindful watch
Shoojit Sircar‘s off-beat film ‘October‘ struck a chord somewhere. If you have gone through a phase where your world has come to a standstill for some reason, you will identify with it. In one of the best performances…
Padmaavat: Bhansali brand of grandeur on 70 mm
Padmavati (I just can’t bring myself to call it Padmaavat- reminds me of Amaavat or aam paapad!) is not about the brave queen of Mewar. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus has just one person completely overshadowing everything…
