Archive for May, 2010
Cyclone Laila is in Town…Watch out!
Have you ever wondered why have the temperatures suddenly dropped in the southern part of the country or why has there been heavy rains (across Andhra Pradesh & surrounding areas) especially when the monsoon is still a few days away? Cyclone Laila is in town folks, and that’s the answer to your question. It is [...]
Katrina: Boom Ki Hottie Baby Doll Se Rajniti ki Sonia Gandhi Tak
She had the natural assets to make it to the big league in Hindi film: an innocent smiling beautiful face and a cute sexiness to her. Yet Katrina Kaif’s initiation into Hindi films was almost a DISASTER… Here’s how: Boom (September 19, 200): This was her film, her debut, and she messed it up. In [...]
Raajneeti: Mahabharata of modern India
Raajneeti: Mahabharata of modern India Trust Prakash Jha to do it: a mega film about the hurly and burly of Indian Politics – Raajneeti. All his films have invariably been inspired from politics, that too of Bihar. But this one is different; because of its sheer expanse. He says it is inspired from Mahabharata. The [...]
The Curious Case of Being Aishwarya aka Ash!
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Something about this woman evokes extreme emotions. Yet strangely many of India’s best directors cast her in their works. Mani Ratnam is one such a director. Let’s see what clicks for her and what doesn’t: Positives 1) Like it or not, she is ethereally beautiful 2) The image of womanhood her projects [...]
Is Mani Ratnam’s Beera in Raavan actually Kobad Ghandy, a Maoist?
What is it about film makers and characters with grey shades? They all seem to love them passionately? They almost justify the villain taking to evil ways before declaring that the villain is wrong in doing so. While watching the promos of Raavan, I was struck at the kind of footage Abhishek Bachchan’s character Beera [...]
Sachin Tendulkar – Even Players Have Their Own Temperament
Uncertainties are a part and parcel of the game and we have to figure out that how we should improve things,” says the cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar was in the town, Chandigarh, to be part of Jaypee Cement Company’s felicitation programme for its dealers at a local resort here. Sachin Tendulkar backed the Indian [...]
Will Barbara Mori Replace Katrina As Queen Bee?
As KITES releases, ideas are literally flying. One of the stories (apart from the sizzling chemistry between Roshan and Mori in KITES) doing the rounds is will Barbara Mori replace Katrina Kaif? So let’s do a comparison first: 1) Both have ivory white skin (Indians simply love it!) 2) Both have gym fit, toned bodies [...]
To My Tribal Brother in Dandewada: Maoist Is No Friend Of Yours…
Get over my Dandewada tribal brother; Maoists are not your friends Every time I hear of the Maoists and the thick jungles of Dandewada, I am reminded of the one year I spent in the bosom of nature in the dense jungles of Koraput… My thoughts invariably go back to our maid servant who worked [...]
Upcoming Play Naariyal Paani in Bangalore – Worth a Watch
Produced by Our Theatre, written and directed by Sandeep Shikhar; Naariyal Paani, is one such play which even non theatre lovers would also love. In 2008, Our Theatre was founded, by Sandeep Shikhar (Actor/Writer/Director) and Vivek Vijayakumaran (Actor /Director). In the words of Sandeep, ‘Our Theatre believes in asking questions and searching answers through the [...]
Kites – Hollywood Meets Bollywood
Why Kites? It is said that there is a sweet and succinct real life story why Rakesh Roshan named his forthcoming Bollywood flick as KITES. Once while gazing at the sky, Roshan senior saw two kites soaring high up in the sky challenging the strong winds that too when the kites are never in their [...]
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