Kanthaswamy comes with little pretensions and a single aim – to be the big crowd-pleaser and blockbuster Tamil film of the year. Promoted …
Dances With Sheila
“You’re meeting all these actors and actresses of yesteryear. Have you met Sheila Vaz?” an old school friend, Eddie (Edward …
Love Aaj Kal
It was a brilliant idea to begin with, no doubt. Two love stories in two different time periods with the …
Gabhricha Paus
Gabhricha Paus, more than ably directed by Satish Manwar, proves that you don’t need stars or formulaic subjects to make …
Of Vested Divinity – Hymn No. 22
In Lawrence School , Lovedale where I studied, unlike most other public schools, we had hymns of all sorts in …
Yeh Shyam(a) ki Tanhaiyaan
While meeting the older generation of film people has been absolutely brilliant and truly enlightening, meeting Shyama was joyful yet …
Smritian Memories
Meeting the older generation of film people is altogether a different experience. I have vivid memories of my meetings with …
Thus wrote Filmindia (and Mother India) – II
More gems from Filmindia and the one and only Baburao Patel… Jugnu (1947) In short, Jugnu is a dirty, disgusting …
Ayan
A well executed action sequence in Africa, some well composed songs, a couple of clever touches and even Suriya’s central …
8 x 10 Tasveer
8 x 10 Tasveer is a shockingly inept film where hardly anything works. The main problem with the film is its …