Wonder what Emraan Hashmi would have done then—till a few years ago, many housing societies in the suburbs did not …
An Involuntary Holiday
I spent the last four days in Goa. It wasn’t a holiday of sand, each year, more than 20,000 gray …
West End of Cinema – Part 1
West End theatre in Pune in its old form was a quintessential movie theatre. It was (and still is) in …
Holiday (1938) – Two Girls with Hats
The worst thing you can do to a girl is saddle her with a sister early on in life. The …
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 …
A Triptych
Three films amongst the very many that I have seen in the last two months deserve a special mention. Pestonjee …
Gabhricha Paus
Gabhricha Paus, more than ably directed by Satish Manwar, proves that you don’t need stars or formulaic subjects to make …
I’m The Very Beautiful
At an Alliance Francaise festival of documentaries last year, I chose to go on the day devoted to ‘Love and …
Hype Can Kill
As the Kambakkht Ishq hype oozes out of everywhere, it looks like, the way things are these days, filmmakers decide …