The Dictator and MIB 3
The moment you enjoy something that is not your ‘type’, instead of doubting your changing tastes, it makes sense to think that the list of things that make you happy is expanding. Why am I starting with almost pretentious words when the things I want to talk about are movies (obviously). No, I’m not talking [...]
Hugo
I didn’t want to expect much from Hugo. I was biased. After an overdose of fantasy literature and movies, the trailers and a comment from one Daniel Radcliffe about the Oscar snub of Harry Potter movies threw me even farther from watching Hugo. And yet, there were a few reasons to watch the movies. Those [...]
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Sometimes even when the ingredients are all perfect, movies fail to taste as they should. For me ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ ended up to be something like that. It has endearing Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock. It has a highly emotional core where a son loses his father in the 9/11 attacks. The kid [...]
The Artist
There are many ways to tell a story. But the thing is, with an overdose of movies from all direction, nothing looks original anymore. At a time like that, it is the format, style and the way the story often take over. I’m not talking about the junk entertainment that is churned out in Bollywood [...]
Dad, I just spoke to DEV ANAND…
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 [...]
Midnight in Paris, there is something about Woody Allen – part 6
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
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 [...]
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