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Pri’s latest blog post speaks of someone reaching her site after googling “when old tulsi will come back“. Quite naturally, this begs the question: why would someone want to know that? Pri’s rant on the topic: can you believe such people exist? i mean clearly this person has access to the internet. the wonderful genius
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I just came across this chat transcript with Anurag Kashyap, the maker of No Smoking on rediff. A fair number of questions in the chat are from people seeking an explanation for the events in the movie. For those of you who are interested, I have reproduced parts of the Q&A here. Q: I loved
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Warning: Here be spoilers! Here is a movie that could have been wonderful, if only the makers had chosen to tell the story that had the most potential. A woman from a once-rich family in Benares goes to Mumbai to earn a living and solve her family’s financial problems. To paraphrase Simon & Garfunkel, she
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In recent times, I’ve been a regular reader of the Bolly Woods column on rediff. The woman writers pretty sensible stuff on the whole, and it’s good fun to read. Her latest column titled The Mind of Karan Johar made a reference to a recent interview with the man in question. It was a fairly
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Rediff reports that Marc Forster is directing the next Bond film starring Daniel Craig. This could be a very interesting venture. With Casino Royale, the makers of the franchise have shown a willingness to get darker and more human. Daniel Craig has proven himself equal to the task as well. And Marc Forster is the
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No, I haven’t seen the movie. I’m not sure I want to, either. I’ve had enough disappointing three-quels this year to last me a lifetime. Then again, I did watch AKS and JBJ, so… Anyway, I just read James Berardinelli’s review of the movie. He’s given it one and a half stars, which on a
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If I had to pick just one director who has enriched my life the most through his work, it would have to be Akira Kurosawa. I have not watched many of his movies. Just three, in fact. But two of them have left a profound impression. The first was Rashomon, which I saw years ago
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You might remember that I blogged about this guy along time ago. Here’s an interesting post by Sandhya who’s been trying to figure out why she’s crazy about him. Quite a nicely written post, I might add. An excerpt: Most of his roles are about the guy in checked shirts who’s quite cool in an
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In my quest for concordant absurdity in the blogosphere, I came across a couple of amazing blogs, both of which feature reviews of AKS. I strongly recommend that you read the rest of their posts as well: both people have so much more to offer. Doing jalsa and showing jilpa: For most Tamilians with a
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There’s an utterly captivating poem that gets recited in Ardh Satya. I think the poem has the same title as the movie, and is by this guy named Deepak Chitre. I watched the movie once a long time ago and loved it, but it was that poem that became my shortcut to reliving the experience.
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