The first time I heard the song “Ooh-La-La-Ooh-La-La-Tu-Hai-Meri-Fantasy”, nostalgic memories (which had nothing to do with the rampant shaking of mammaries) were evoked. Like Ravi Verma’s incarnation Monty in Karz, who used to get occasional flashback images of a Kali Mandir in negative print while his memory went into spurts of power saving mode,...
We’ve all seen how Shahrukh Khan’s latest movie Ra.One has given India its biggest superhero since Rajiv Gandhi. G.One is certain to inspire all Indians young and old. We decided to do some research to figure out the secret behind his awesomeness. The results were startling in their simplicity. You’d never think it was this...
The latest Aamir Khan starrer 3 Idiots is being widely acclaimed as one of the best movies of recent times. I managed to catch a show last week, and came back impressed. Not just impressed. I learnt a lot from the movie. What follows is ten important lessons in life that the movie taught...
Dear Danny Boyle, We heard that you left India in a rush because you were ‘really, really tired‘. What happened? Did you happen to travel in a Mumbai local train? We are sure it couldnt be related to the fact that your child stars wanted some more from you. All Azharuddin wanted was a...
So Ram killed Ravana, and everything was good. They were supposed to live happily ever after, but in a twist of fate i have always failed to understand, a pregnant Sita suddenly found her abandoned in the forest. A few thousand years later, Nina Paley has created a brilliant modern day story about the...
There’s a new song in town. Not just any song, but a Kylie Minogue song. For a Bollywood flick. Yes sirs, the same Kylie Minogue who gave us Red blooded Woman and Cant get you out of my head. The same Kylie whose album has stayed on my ipod for a couple years now,...
Till a few years ago, India’s claim to fame used to be Taj Mahal (For most people the one in Agra. The Beer for some others), spicy food, cows, snake charmers, and poor, naked people. The past decade has added another important entry to this list. Call centers. Millions of Indians working late night...
Journalism is probably one of the most fascinating professions out there. The media has an important role to play in modern society and could act as a very efficient tool towards smooth and accountable functioning of the various facets of modern society. The media can serve as a watchdog that keeps governments in check....
Every once in a while, you come across movies that stay with you. Movies that make you think. Movies where you pause between mouthfuls of popcorn to actually absorb whats going on. Every once in a while, we see a movie such as Slumdog Millionaire. The movie is a Hollywood movie based in India,...
Remember those days when you loved chewing gum? You could go on and on for hours at stretch, before finally getting sick and tired of having the rubbery piece travel between the various extremities of your mouth. Sometimes film makers do that with movies. And we get Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. It starts...
For the non punjabis, this phrase means ‘i know you’. Coming from Steve Carell‘s mouth, it doesnt quite sound like punjabi though. In a blink-your-ears-and-miss-it moment from the super fun movie Get Smart, this is precisely what he says to the Indian Giant in the WWE, popularly known as ‘The Great Khali‘. The first...
So me and the missus went to watch Sarkar Raj. The Verdict: Disappointing. I was mightily impressed with Sarkar, and was looking forward to Sarkar II. But this movie seemed more like an advertisement for the great Bachchan family, and their loyalty to the state of Maharashtra. More about that later… About the movie....
We always think about Mahatma Gandhi as the freedom fighter, fighting for India’s independence, leading millions of people in protest against the British, liberating the country in his own unique way. What about Gandhi the person, a husband and father of four children? The movie Gandhi My Father takes a close look at one...
A few days back i saw a screening of this movie called Outsourced at the South Asian International Film Festival SAIFF. This movie is about an American guy whose company outsources his work to a call center in India, and sends him to train the person who was going to be his replacement manage...
Chak De! India is one of the best movies to have come out of the Bollywood factories in recent years. The beauty of the movie lies in the fact that besides being a thoroughly enjoyable movie, it effortlessly raises so many relevant issues. The issue of national pride. What a classic moment when...
