Posted in Books and Literature, Cultural, Dance and Drama, Entertainment, General, Interesting, Kolkata, Metro News, Movie Reviews, Movies, News and Views, tagged Bengali, Cinema, Director Jayabrato Chatterjee, Dom Mores, Jaya Bachchan, Last Train to Innocence, Lovesongs -Yesterday, Mallika, MAMI International Film Festival, Mir Taqi Mir, Om Puri, Rabindranath Tagore, Shahana Chatterjee, Today and Tomorrow, Usha Uthup on 27 March 2008 | No Comments »
Kolkata is celebrating Jaya Bachchan’s latest in Bengali cinema Lovesongs -Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. However Bengali has been used sparsely in [...]
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Posted in Cultural, Entertainment, General, Indian History, Movie Reviews, Movies, Observation, Seriously!, tagged Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan, Ashutosh Gowariker, Entertainment, History, Hrithik Roshan, Humor, Jodha Akbar, Jodha Bai, Marriage, Movie Review, Rajasthan, Rajput, Relationships on 24 February 2008 | No Comments »
If Emperor Akbar were to watch Ashutosh Gowariker’s Jodhaa Akbar, he would have said, “Wow man! What opulence, very impressive indeed.” And if Jodhaa and Akbar were to watch Jodhaa Akbar together, they would have definitely fallen in love with each other even if they did not back then. Jodhaa Bai would have told Jodhaa [...]
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Posted in Entertainment, Movie Reviews, Movies, News and Views, tagged Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan, Culture, Entertainment, History, Hrithik Roshan, Jodhaa Akbar, Movies on 17 February 2008 | No Comments »
Jodha Akbar, with cost estimated at Rs. 400 million and featuring country’s two biggest stars, was finally premiered all over India this Friday. Its release was postponed twice. However, it did not see acceptance for release from the very state this historic tale is based on: Rajasthan. It was banned from screening in the scheduled [...]
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Yes, this is about the recent comedy thriller Mithya. But before I get to that, I want to give you a bit of background about my relation with movies. So hold your horses and go get some popcorn.
Growing up, watching movies was not a part of our childhood. There was no movie theater in our [...]
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