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Rahman at 20: Rehna Tu Hai Jaisa Tu…

As A R Rahman completes 20 years of his stupendously imaginative work and creations on 15th August and the only person who I will ever bow down with RESPECT in the field of cinema & music, my memories and experience of the man & his music. 20 songs which I will take to my grave [...]

I am Row(die) Rat(whored)

  Yesterday I felt some tremors inside my tiny brain which anyways never function but has been slowly and surely breached to be unresponsive towards humanity and sensitivity for viewing some mind blasting flicks such as Tezz, Ishaqzaade, Department and Rowdy Rathore . Long time ago when internet had made a foray into our lives, [...]

Thiruda Thiruda (Tamil) – Fun On The Run

“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” Being rated as one of the best film makers, can be a boon or a bane to lot of people who have either withered away with time or carried the burden of expectation firmly on their shoulders. Fortunately Mani Ratnam falls in the latter [...]

Geethanjali (Telugu) : To Death….Regards, Life.

To, Death (Whenever it will occur) Love is just a four letter word. But if you are Mani Ratnam and it is his take on that emotion, then even life and death revolving around it can be a memorable and overwhelming experience. Death is inevitable and no one can stop it, but to enjoy the [...]

Pallavi Anupallavi (Kannada) : Debut of a Whiz-kid

Gopala Ratnam Subramanium Iyer will be a very long introduction as a name to lots of people who are still unaware about the real person. The man who thought and envisioned cinema in the early 80’s to become one of the brightest talent to look forward. The man in whose movies, relationships and emotions were [...]

How to Lose Fans and Alienate Audience?

Stars are a pampered lot; by the producers and film industry as well as the audience. But there certainly comes a time when they take their status to unbelievable moments. Moments filled with embarrassment galore if the so called stars go through these films again and if not for anything else in the world, I [...]

Agneepath Movie Review : Not a patch on the original

Big stars, big production house, bigger canvas and a big big adaptation. Agneepath had everything going for it, but did it really live up to the expectations of all true blue fans of its original will be seriously disputed in the days to come. It may well turn out to be the intended blockbuster in [...]

Agneepath and The Legend of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan

“Vruksh ho bade bhale, ho ghane ho bhale, Ek Patra chhah bhi mang mat, mang mat, mang mat, Agneepath, Agneepath Agneepath.” Long long time before Bhiku Mhatre said Mumbai ka Don kaun in Satya and Malik from Company played dirty games to ‘dhanda hai par ganda hai’, there was a man called Vijay Dinanath Chauhan(VDC), [...]

Vettai Movie Review: Brothers who bang

Festival season usually leads to celebration time at movies too and as Makar Sankranti falls on 14th of Jan every year, Tamil & Telugu cinema lines up blockbuster releases meant to entertain. But my point of going to this film had nothing to do with celebrations. Infact being a hardcore Indian cricket fan I was [...]