For Marathi cinema, 2014 was off to a great start. And among the handful films that one was really looking forward to was Yellow. Produced by Riteish Deshmukh & Uttung Thakur and directed by Mahesh Limaye, Yellow is based on…
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This holiday season, bring out the fling!
In the 1989 film, When Harry Met Sally, the protagonists make a pact to be each others dates for New Year’s Eve should they be left without a date December is typically the month of holidays, of meeting and entertaining…
Reasons why I Love Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
No Elizabeth Swann. Therefore no Keira Knightley Loads of Jack Sparrow The shirtless missionary. Dude, he’s cute! Jack Sparrow. Wait, I said that already Ian McShane as the deadly Blackbeard Rush ‘trying’ to be British. Epic. Penelope Cruz It’s a…
Haapus- Paisa Vasool
Disclaimer: The writer is biased. Yes, Haapus opens with a full-on Malvani dialogue. Yeah, it won my heart there. And Haapus, the mango itself narrates the story of Anna Gurav, a kundali reading patriarch and his family. Each member is…
Move over Lucy, LSD has been hijacked by Indians
First with Khosla Ka Ghosla, Dibakar Banerjee introduced us to a typical middle-class Delhi family and their dreams, then he gave us Lucky, the Punjabi con artist who takes us through the different strata of Delhi society and now, he…
And he made it happen!
‘What is it about cinema that makes you Indians go mad?’ my British friend once asked me. ‘What makes it such a religion?’ I honestly didn’t have an answer, but I felt it too. I still feel it when I…
Natarang: Must Watch!
‘Every man has a bit of a woman in him and every woman has a bit of a man in her…’ says Gunwantarao Kagalkar as he fights to prove to the world that his masculinity is intact but circumstances and…
New York I Love You; The Film, Not So Much
NYC to me is a city glorified by films and music. Many directors have romanced this city on celluloid. Quite a few legendary TV series have had the city as a character by itself and not a mere location. New York. It has cinematic magic…
Shivaji Raje Bhosale Leaves an Impression
The last film I saw was an English one about Parsis. Now, I dared myself to go and watch a Marathi film about ‘Marathi Manoos’ and it was a struggle (in a good way). Plaza cinema: house full, Chitra: house…
For Parsis, By Parsis and Of Parsis
A stellar star cast, a celebrated screenwriter who turns director and some exciting promos convince you Little Zizou is worth a watch. If you’re like me and you grew up in a Parsi locality mesmerised by the dhansaks, gymkhanas and…