The nightmare has subsided and the country I call home can exhale for the first time in four long, emotionally and mentally taxing years. As many have punnily put it, it’s the “the end of an error”. That being said, we should… Continue Reading
Indian media outlets are a thorn on everyone’s side and in 2020, they were especially problematic. From aiding and abetting the disgusting witch hunts of innocent actors (Rhea Chakraboty) to fanning the flames of hate towards Bollywood by giving bottom-feeding… Continue Reading
Making fun of Netflix India is like shooting fish in a barrel. The controversy-ridden Indian division of the streaming platform has fumbled more times than arguably any of their rivals. As such, they are reportedly the least successful streaming platform in… Continue Reading
Owing to its original, charming set-up of a cute kid abandoned at home during the holidays who uses his street smarts to sustain himself and outwit home invaders (and Macaulay Culkin’s iconic, impossibly cute interpretation of Norwegian Expressionist, Edvard Munch’s The Scream) Millennials hold the… Continue Reading
Over the years, after reading one issue of Filmfare or Stardust after another, I realized that the Hindi film industry and the media publications who write about them, commonly use certain English words that are exclusively theirs and – sans a… Continue Reading
10. Delhi Belly Directed by: Abhinay Deo Starring: Imran Khan, Vir Das Defiantly pessimistic, hilariously sickening and completely in English, 2011’s Delhi Belly was Bollywood’s Oracle of Delphi in that it envisaged everything Bollywood would represent in the 2010s, which is… Continue Reading
10. Udaan Nadi Mein Talab Hai (Udaan) Music & Lyrics by Amit Trivedi and Amitabh Bhattacharya Amit Trivedi i.e. our generation’s AR Rahman started off the decade with a soundtrack as searingly original as the film that accompanied it. And… Continue Reading
Once again, the announcements of this year’s National Film Awards recipients have left us in a tizzy. Remember Akshay Kumar’s getting Best Actor for Rustom? I wish I didn’t. It’s happened again this year with a plethora of WTF wins. From the mawkish, jingoistic Uri:… Continue Reading
I refuse to watch the psychological thriller everyone and their dadi is raving about on account of yes, its principal actors. Kangana Ranaut | Like many out there, my love affair with the three-three National Award winner, Kangana Ranaut, ended sometime… Continue Reading
India’s sweethearts, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt, have been blessed thus far in their six-year plus career with one success after another. Unlike most of their Bollywood peers, neither of them has ever seen a film of theirs crash and… Continue Reading