Do you remember yourself at age 11? Do you remember how you made friends? Do you remember how you tried to cope with teachers who just made you wonder if growing up was really worth it? The first time that…
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Lagna Pahave Karun is a refreshing entertainer
Education – check. Career – check. Marriage becomes another check-box that we attempt to tick off. Some do it because they’ve already met ‘the one’, some look actively and some just wait for the cupid to strike. My mom often…
Marathi film 72 Miles, Ek Pravas disappoints
A young boy decides to escape from his boarding school. No money in hand, he starts to walk the 72 miles home. The film, adapted from a biographical novel by Ashok Vatkar, is the story of how the experiences on…
Marathi film Duniyadari is worth a watch
Disclaimer: I haven’t read the novel by Suhas Shirwalkar – the inspiration behind the film. However, unfair as it might be to be reviewing a screen adaptation of a novel without reading the original work, it doesn’t take away from my…
Review: Anumati
“A patient surviving an illness and a patient recovering from an illness are two very different things,” says the doctor to a pained Ratnakar Pathare (Vikram Gokhale) whose wife is on life support following a brain haemorrhage. The retired teacher struggles to resist…
Review Zapatlela 2: Om Phatt Ha Ha
It is the first Marathi film to be shot in 3D, but let’s be honest, that’s not why I was eager to catch Zapatlela 2 in 3D (way too many numbers, I say!). Two decades ago, watching an innocent looking…
Dipti Chaudhary poses with Imperfect Mr. Right
She reads. On my Twitter timeline, she posts poetic lines, poses poignant questions and makes me realise how little I read, and how much I need to read. But I wanted her to have my book. For someone who reads…
Srushti Rao reviews Imperfect Mr. Right
Srushti is an artiste and a vibrant person. She is a momma to her own little Perfect Mr Mischievous and somehow between giving her little one attention and bringing out life onto canvases, Srushti read Imperfect Mr Right. She shot…
Pranali Raut reviews Imperfect Mr. Right
We went to college together, we got a tattoo together, we have watched the jhalliest of movies together. Pranali Raut is one of my closest friends who was a part of the schizophrenic process of writing a novel. She and…
Supriya Maulick Mahajan reviews Imperfect Mr. Right
Arjun and Supriya Mahajan are a wonderful couple that I got to know through Twitter and then got to know them even better when we met offline. They live in Gurgaon, but whenever we are in each others’ corner, coffee…