There are memories and then there are special memories. Suddenly when my timeline started with RIPs for Dev Saab, a simple memory just turned special. My first filmi article for Ahmedabad Times in early 2005 was all about when and if sequels will ever take off and boy they did. Krish, Dhoom, Sarkar and what [...]
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Dad, I just spoke to DEV ANAND…
Posted in Ahmedabad Times, Dev Anand, Movies, tagged Movies on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Midnight in Paris, there is something about Woody Allen – part 6
Posted in Movies, Woody Allen, tagged Woody Allen on September 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A Woody Allen movie gives only two possibilities, either you love it, or you haven’t got it. Now you can mix and match with these two, for example, you can love it without getting too. If you claim to get it and don’t love it, you’ll automatically fall down the ‘haven’t got it’ rabbit hole. [...]
Remembering Shammi Kapoor
Posted in Bollywood, legends, Memories, Movies, Shammi Kapoor on August 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My last memories of Shammi Kapoor were in Twitter last year when he invited Deepika Padukone for a cup of coffee. The man kept in with the rhythm of the world till his last moments. He was the one who ‘moved’ on screen to the rhythm. Men didn’t budge even when they were singing on [...]
The magic lingers on… so does the terror…
Posted in 3D, Books, Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter, Movies, Mumbai, Rowling, Terrorism, Voldemort on July 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The build up to the final Harry Potter film was flawless. Just when we were ready for diving into Fantasy, the moments before leaving for the premiere day of Deathly Hallows 2, in Germany, the news of Mumbai explosions flashed on the net and reality sunk in. Somehow everything looks more distorted and scary when [...]
A Potteresque day…
Posted in Books, Movies on November 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Little kids in Gryffindor robes, sales persons in Witch hats and lots and lots of energy around. It will happen one more time next July. Today when I was rushing towards the theater for the first show of Deathly Hallows 1, I was shivering. Well that’s more because it was 2 degrees but shivering nevertheless. [...]
The Social Network
Posted in Facebook, Movies on October 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The social network doesn’t mean the same thing anymore. We went online to check on our class mates and old flames and embrace some and snub some. And now even our parents and their neighbours are there. And perhaps majority of our generation that doesn’t live in an unfortunate-deprived condition (read more than 500 million [...]
Remember Me
Posted in Movie Review, Movies, Remember Me, Robert Pattinson on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A girl sitting a seat away from me in the theater was sitting with her feet up the seat and her head between knees, she was sobbing frantically at the end of Remember Me. I felt somehow cheated. I wanted my money back. For 90 minutes the movie builds to a catastrophe. We know something [...]
Perhaps Shiv Sena is making even a bigger hero out of Shahrukh Khan
Posted in Movies, SRK on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Funny how industry works…I’m in total anticipation of what turns this SRK-Sena controversy will take. I’m a big fan of not taking sides, but I’m a big fan of SRK too. He is neither the best actor nor all his movies appeal to me. But there is something unusual about his persona and ambition and [...]
And the Oscar nominations are here…
Posted in Movies on February 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Oscar nominations are out again. And like every year Paa and I have dissected most nominees and had our ‘Didn’t I tell you so’ smugness about a few of them. Some like Cristoph Waltz nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for Inglorious Bastereds are ‘almost set in stone’ while I’m most surprised at Anna [...]
Kurbaan – a critical situation
Posted in Kurbaan, Movie Review, Movies on November 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Okie, what’s wrong with critics? They’ve never been anyone’s favourites, but everyone, from self-proclaimed, hottest movie websites, to every rag that gets printed has movie critics, giving their two cents, but these days they seem to be giving out too many stars along with their two cents. Majority of movie publicity campaigns are designed with [...]
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