An ode to India

4

Reviewed Chak De India

Aug 13, 2007 2676

A woman challenged and insulted only because of her gender, considered incompetent and incapable only on account of her gender, a woman being commented on derRead more...

An Affair To Remember

4

Reviewed Silsila

May 06, 2007 5709

Marriage is an institution that commands respect for its powerful role in the delineation and propagation of social norms. It binds society since a marriage iRead more...

Remembering Karna

4

Reviewed Kalyug - FilmFare Awards 1981

Mar 26, 2007 9549

Why do we desire to be rich, powerful and popular; why do we seek glory at the cost of death; why do we worship success; why do we shun losers and emulate winRead more...

The City that was Bombay

5

Reviewed Black Friday

Feb 18, 2007 3247

It was March 11, 1993. Two friends, out to represent their college in a quiz had a tiff. The boy accused the girl of hurting his sentiments and walked away inRead more...

Where is my Parzania?

4

Reviewed Parzania

Feb 12, 2007 4408

I should have written about this movie long back but I was so stunned by what I saw that I could not even think of thinking about it… But the Truth has to be Read more...

Don't cry for Afghanistan

4

Reviewed Kabul Express

Dec 17, 2006 1774

The dirtiest, the most inhumane and the most revolting of all crimes that one human being can ever met out onto the other is the crime of Rape for it violatesRead more...

How To Win A Wife's Trust....

4

Reviewed Chupke Chupke - Bollywood

Dec 05, 2006 4513

Nothing pains me more than to hear my wife extolling the praises of her brother-in-law (her Dracula like sister’s Frankenstein husband) while simultaneously bRead more...

To Catch a Thief

3

Reviewed Dhoom 2

Dec 02, 2006 1786

The guns are out again… The chase has begun yet again…. Onceagain two geniuses will face off against each other with the only result possiblebeing the completRead more...

Remembering Gandhi

4

Reviewed Lage Raho Munnabhai

Sep 03, 2006 3923

“Generations to come will find it difficult to believe that a man such as this walked in blood and flesh on this Earth” (Albert Einstein on Mahatma Gandhi) IRead more...

The Sound of Music

4

Reviewed Baiju Bawra

May 07, 2006 5027

Baiju Bawra in retrospect is what one would call a typical B-Grade movie of the 1950s and it would hardly be of major importance in today’s times had itRead more...

The Great Indian Lottery

4

Reviewed Malaamaal Weekly

Apr 30, 2006 6755

I had just completed the appraisals of my firm and after having been held hostage to the antics of the management and my team negotiating and re-negotiating tRead more...

In Defence of Prof. Uttam Choudhary

4

Reviewed Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara

Apr 08, 2006 3300

The day was 30 January 1948 – yes – the Day Nathuram Godse assassinated Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the man we know as Mahatma Gandhi. UndoubtedlyRead more...

My Son - 1084

5

Reviewed Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa

Mar 12, 2006 7084

Ae Rehbar-e-Mulq-o-Qaum Zara Aankhen Na Chura; Nazren To Mila Kuchh Hum Bhi Sunen; Humko Bhi Bata Ye Kiska Lahu Hai… Ye Kaun Mara? Often in my hoursRead more...

The Web of Desire

5

Reviewed Jaal (Black and White)

Feb 20, 2006 3690

A spider’s web is the most treacherous creation of nature and the spider, the wiliest of all creatures. This statement may appear incongruous to the pasRead more...

Inquilab.... Once Again?

4

Reviewed Rang De Basanti

Feb 09, 2006 1614

There comes every now and then a film that not only succeeds in pushing you out of your slumber but also makes you ashamed of your own inertia, of your own siRead more...

Towards Democracy

5

Reviewed Aan

Jan 22, 2006 2968

All men were created equal … at least till some among them decided that they were more equal than the others. Thus began the process of man’s ruleRead more...

Nature - A Battle For Survival

4

Reviewed Shikhar

Jan 01, 2006 3668

Ever since Man decided to forsake his nomadic way of life, settle down and create a habitation for his kith and kin, the battle between Man and the EnvironmenRead more...

The Road to Redemption

5

Reviewed Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai - FilmFare Award 1961

Dec 25, 2005 7037

Some films are made for entertainment, some to satisfy the artistic urges of the maker, some are made with an eye primarily on the box office and still some fRead more...

Kidnapper's Guide to a Lost State

5

Reviewed Apharan

Dec 11, 2005 2181

Bihar has always been on the forefront of Indian History. It was the seat of Karna in Mahabharata. It was the land that gave India and the world the twin reliRead more...

1962 - The Ladakh Story

4

Reviewed Haqeeqat

Nov 29, 2005 11932

20th October 1962… Diwali eve…. Crackers were exploding all over India. In Delhi, effigies of Ravana, Kumbhkarna and Indrajeet were being consigneRead more...