Aisa bhi hota hai

A film like Ghajini has beaten all the box-office records of Indian cinema. I can see the crap being presented to us in the future by the inspired lot of would-be-directors.
“Aamir Khan starrer Ghajini, which released to packed houses on December 25, is on its way to create history by taking over the mantle of the [...]

Welcome to Sajjanpur

I am a fan of Shyam Benegal movies and there is always an endeavor to watch his directorial pieces. Most of us know him for his movies from the parallel cinema movement like Ankur, Nishant, Manthan and Bhumika. Other memorable ones are Zubeida, Suraj ka Satvan Ghoda, The making of Mahatma and Bose, the forgotten [...]

Mumbai Meri Jaan

The title is misleading if you had read my previous post :)
Got a chance to watch the movie Mumbai Meri Jaan (MMJ). Throughout the movie I realised that the script was written in order to arouse the emotional cord of the audience with each dialogue, each scene, each character and every note of background music. Everything [...]

Jis Lahore nahin dekhya

….wo janmya hi nahin
This is the name of the 2 hour long play that I got a chance to watch this Saturday at Prithvi theatre, thanks to Rahul Maheshwari who arranged the tickets and will continue to act as a sponsor till I pay him for it:)
The play has been penned by Ashgar Wajahat. The [...]

Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na

Finally saw the so talked about movie.
Honestly, I found it to be yet another phunny, spoof in parts, happy happy movie. Just a one time watchable time pass flick. The good part was ofcourse the music. Otherwise, most of the actors looked passable. The director took all the liberties to make the movie. Transport strike [...]

Kabhi Kabhi Aditi

What if the song from JTYJN is translated into English? It still remains a song like the one below:
Sometimes in life, Aditi, someone seems like your own, just like that.
Sometimes Aditi, when they are separated, it seems like a dream.
In such a condition, how can anyone stop their tears from flowing?
And how can someone think [...]

The Dark Knight

Good but not my type!

Baat Ban Jaye and Kingfisher

Went to Bangalore this weekend. Took the Kingfisher return flights. Best product in the industry I should say. They have Live TV these days, courtesy Dish TV, though most of the channels are from the Zee basket (for those who may not know, Zee group owns Dish TV). Nevertheless, Zee Classic was screening a 1986 [...]

Weekend movies

I did not go out to a multiplex this time for the new releases – Love Story 2050 and Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. The former is a Harry Baweja directed flick and does not pass through my quality filter. Most of his movies possess a pre-release hype but then fall at the box-office. For [...]

Love Guru – Review

No, I did not get a chance to see the movie. But this is “one of a kind” review which I wanted to share. Some excerpts:
“There are good movies. There are bad movies. There are movies so bad they’re good (though, strangely, not the reverse). And once in a while there is a movie so [...]