Brake Fail
Cast: Anu Kapoor, Saswata Chatterjee, Santu Mukherjee, Parambrata, Swastika
Direction: Kaushik Ganguly
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
The famed Bengali sense of humour and wit used to be an intrinsic part of films made during the so called golden age of Bengali cinema, the 1960s and ’70s. As film directors mysteriously lost their knack for finding comedy [...]
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Kaushik Ganguly does well with Brake Fail
Posted in Movies on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What is it with Freida Pinto?
Posted in Movies, tagged Danny Boyle, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire, Woody Allen on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, Slumdog Millionaire. How many of you had heard of Freida Pinto before that? I certainly hadn’t, and now I can’t go two steps without bumping into she of the toothy smile. One day, she’s on the cover of Vogue. Another day, I catch her snuggling up to Slumdog co-star Dev Patel in Israel, and [...]
Mithya: The Truth?
Posted in Bollywood, Movies, tagged Hindi Films, Mithya, Rajat Kapoor, Ranvir Shorey on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I emerged from the theatre after watching Mithya, I made two promises: a) I would henceforth watch everything that Rajat Kapoor directs; b) I would henceforth watch everything that Ranvir Shorey features in.
It is admittedly too early to tell, but Mithya is likely to find pride of place in many top 10 lists, if [...]
Talking About Taare Zameen Par
Posted in Movies, tagged Aamir Khan, Darsheel Safary, dyslexia, Taare Zameen Par on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As the mother of a six-year-old, I had looked forward to TZP (I think this abbreviation only works if you pronounce Z as zee) with interest. Thanks to the previews, I had expected it to be an illuminating, instructive, slightly documentary-style manual on parenting in general and handling a dyslexic child in particular.
Given Aamir Khan’s [...]
Why I Will Not Watch Bollywood Comedies
Posted in Movies, tagged Bollywood, Heyy Baby, Hindi comedy, Partner, slapstick, Welcome on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I remember watching an interview with the mild-mannered Amol Palekar once, in which he pointed out, in characteristic gentle fashion, that in most Hindi films, the director’s idea of a laugh was to show someone sitting down on a cake, for instance, or slipping on a banana peel. I must have been about [...]
Why I Don’t Like the Harry Potter Movies
Posted in Movies on July 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As a Harry Potter devotee, I had confidently expected to like the films as much as I adored the books. I should have known better, really, because rarely have I liked a film as much as I did the book on which it was based, but there you are, the magic of Harry Potter has [...]
On Shahid and Vivah
Posted in Movies, tagged Amrita Rao, Shahid Kapur, Vivah on November 27, 2006 | 8 Comments »
I will admit that I went to see Vivah for two things: one, I was not paying for the grossly overpriced multiplex ticket. Two, I wanted to see Shahid Kapoor (Kapur?). I’ve been very taken with the boy ever since I saw him in China Town, which was the first time I saw him on [...]
