1987. Bombay. Monsoon. Drenched, three-fourth of me dangling out of a packed local train, I was in ‘telephoto’ mode. That …
Where is MAULA JAT when you need him most!
Something very odd happened yesterday. There was no suicide bombing anywhere in Pakistan. Sadly, over the last year or so …
Golddigging at Palika Bazaar
While visiting India after an age at the invitation of the Osian Film Festival in July 2008 I took the …
Untouchable (1935) – The Broken People
I have never read Mulk Raj Anand before. ‘Untouchable‘ describes the day in the life of a young untouchable boy, …
The Revival of Wishful Thinking
What a year it has been for the Pakistan film industry so far. The much over-hyped ‘Revival of Cinema in …
A Wednesday Debate
It’s been five weeks since Neeraj Pandey’s A Wednesday released. It’s gone from being perceived as a well-crafted thriller to …
Where Are Those Happy Days?
Nostalgia places heart over head and overrides all sense of logic, sanity and practicality. So when I go and watch …
Punjab da Puttar
I don’t know when exactly it dawned on me, possibly sometime last year when I turned 39. As the big …
The One Or The Other
A friend sent me this sms today. “6 am rush hour. Getting stuff ready for school. I get a call …
Stats from the AMPTPP Annual Report
Here are some interesting stats gleaned from the Association of Motion Pictures and TV Program Producers annual report (2007-08) cross …