Airport - I

4

Reviewed Jet Airways

Sep 14, 2004 3664

September 13, 2004. 05:40 hrs, Outside Jet Airways Terminal, Domestic Airport, Mumbai I had an important flight to catch. A lifeless me with dark circles undRead more...

Is the movies contest still on?

5

Reviewed North By Northwest

Aug 27, 2003 3542

The Man Many brilliant directors have graced the celluloid world since the inception of the moving camera and left their indelible imprints over the decades.Read more...

The Drivers Handbook - II

Reviewed General views on Indian Traffic

Aug 27, 2003 2650

Having traversed Indian roads all my life, I can confidently assert that the experience is extremely befuddling as it is humbling. I’d even suggest that Read more...

A Strange Paradox

4

Reviewed Weapons of Peace - Raj Chengappa

Aug 23, 2003 5290

“Love Thy Neighbour” is a strange paroxyism for India. Someone once jocularly said that half of India’s problems are because of Pakistan. HeRead more...

Hari Puttar Ko Maaro Goli!

3

Reviewed Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J K Rowling

Aug 16, 2003 3087

<I>“Crime Master Gogo” stood outside the bookstore (one of the many at Indooropilly) on a hot summer day, twiddling his huge thumbs and shifRead more...

When Nature Calls

4

Reviewed Amoeba

Aug 10, 2003 13983

When our boss informed us that we were going to enjoy an evening in town, little did I expect him to take us out for “Bowling”, a game as alien toRead more...

A for Apple, B for Bat...

5

Reviewed Who framed Roger Rabbit

Jul 31, 2003 3931

Hollywood. Lights, Camera, Action! I must have watched this movie in 1990 or thereabouts after which I only saw it a few months ago on Zee MGM at the end of whRead more...

Bheja Fry (Nimboo Maarke)

2

Reviewed Jaal - The Trap

Jul 21, 2003 5939

Welcome to the trap! There are known knows and then there are known unknowns. This is not to say that there are no unknown unknowns or unknown knows. It natuRead more...

One flew east, one flew west...

5

Reviewed One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Jul 16, 2003 5500

Something, something, something, something… Apple seed and apple thorn, Tra la la, Tra la la, Three geese in a flock. One flew east, One flew west,Read more...

Armageddon!

1

Reviewed Qayamat

Jul 13, 2003 5295

Eureka! Eureka!! After watching “Qayamat” on Saturday evening, I emerged out of the theatre with the satisfaction of having been served a sumptuoRead more...

The Best Romantic Movie Ever?

4

Reviewed The Bridges of Madison County

Jul 09, 2003 2547

Considering my inability to adequately comprehend and follow the English language spoken in most Hollywood movies, I make it a point to first read the book (iRead more...

Poof!

2

Reviewed Hawa

Jul 07, 2003 5377

Insistence is a strange trait in humans. Of the different kinds of people we come across in our daily lives, there are those who stand out like sore thumbs. TRead more...

Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!

4

Reviewed Tora Tora Tora

Jul 05, 2003 2769

TiC’s Random Thoughts Various war-based movies have been churned out by Hollywood over the decades but for all their technical wizardry and slick packagRead more...

El Magnificio!

4

Reviewed The Magnificent Seven

Jul 03, 2003 2150

Random Thoughts The dual traits of nobility and heroism among gunslingers have always been a hotbed of debate for decades now. More often than not, there is Read more...

Navratan Kurma, Lucknowi Style

5

Reviewed Pakeezah

Jun 30, 2003 10754

The misconceived notion that the Hindi movies of the 1950s and 60s were predominantly elitist in their execution and meant for the classes rather than the masRead more...

A Prisoner's Diary - II

4

Reviewed Iraq - General

Jun 28, 2003 3975

June 7, 2003 - 5:30 AM. (Guantanamo Bay, in a specially erected hi-security prison camp for me and my pal, OBL) For Twenty four hours a day, seven days a weeRead more...

Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum!

5

Reviewed Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson

Jun 25, 2003 10248

There was a stage in the early years of my life, must have been when I was between ages 10 and 16 that I used to look at the world through the eyes of the chaRead more...

Bowled Out

1

Reviewed Strike 10

Jun 24, 2003 6412

There is this preposterously pompous bowling centre called “Strike 10” at Laxmi Industrial Estate, Lokhandwala Link Road, Andheri (W), which ruineRead more...

The Original Castaway

4

Reviewed Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe

Jun 23, 2003 9594

The Author Daniel Defoe is considered by many serious researchers of English Literature to be the first Englishman to ever publish a novel. Quite like his coRead more...

Big Outcry, No Outcome

1

Reviewed Bombay Muncipal Corporation

Jun 21, 2003 2382

While the monsoons are greeted with joyous celebrations across the length and breadth of the country, for the Mumbaikars, it’s a sheer nightmare. The prRead more...