Yesterday I was watching Mohabbatein (with a voice in my head saying Aditya Chopra ruined Dead Poets Society) and suddenly started analyzing Bachchan’s character. It also reminded me of Piku and I started comparing Bhashkor Banerjee and Narayan Shankar. Mohabbatein was released in 2000 and Piku was released in 2015. Mohabbatein is a mushy fairy tale romance …
I was born during the post-Babri Masjid Hindu-Muslim riots in Thane. We were among the few Hindu families who were living in the Muslim populated area of the city. I was brought up in a secular atmosphere and even today I live my life with the same thought of secularism and unity. One of my …
Movie Review: Dear Dad I was introduced to the concept of romantic idealism when I was in college. I learnt it in a political context but later realised that we have embodied this concept in our daily lives including our cinema. The directors and writers sometimes give it the name of ‘cinematic liberty’. This ‘overrated’ …
When I saw Blue Jasmine by Woody Allen, it reminded me of two things. One: the famous ‘The Story of Stuff’ video and two: South Indian movies. ‘The Story of Stuff’ tells us that how much greedy and self-absorbed we are. We don’t think of anyone else before us. We are selfish enough to see …
The book thief movie review by Disha Mahajan. The movie is narrated by a voice of death. It’s a story about a little girl during world war 2 and her passion for reading.