The most adorable and the most adored author Ruskin Bond has come out with his much-awaited definitive memoir, titled, The Beauty of All My Days. While with his earlier autobiographical work, Lone Fox Dancing—My Autobiography, he took us on a wonderful journey of his childhood, the touching memories of his father, his insecurities, failures, then …
It all started with the audience exclaiming, ‘Hey, isn't it funny how geeky these dudes are?’ back in 2007. The viewers chuckled at unusual phrases like ‘Bazzinga’, but after a decade of glorifying the nerd culture and relying on the same old science jokes, It is time we say, Enough! The Big Bang Theory is …
Google celebrated the 107th birthday of a groundbreaking Indian writer whose work was celebrated but equally censored for its honest depictions of women’s lives. Back in the 1930s, Ismat Chughtai wrote on female sexuality and femininity, middle-class gentility and class conflict – subjects considered taboo for the age. Born in a small town called Badayun, …
Bollywood’s history of adapting plot from the western movies, or making a remake, is nothing new, but every once in a while, we take an interest, when news started swirling about a Bollywood remake of Forrest Gump. Often regarded as one of the greatest movies of all time, the 1994 romantic-drama is about to get …
The Jon M. Chu-directed adaptation film, Crazy Rich Asians, of Kevin Kwan’s novel of 2013, is getting some of its praises chiefly because it’s the first major studio multiplex release with a mostly Asian-American cast in 25 years since The Joy Luck Club back in 1993. After it’s dazzling, sumptuous success, the movie is all …
Om puriom aLegendary actor Om Puri passed away last year. We are in possession of the last interview Om Puri gave just after he finished dubbing for the film, Lashtam Pashtam, to the director of the film, Manav Bhalla. Produced by Manav Bhalla and Gheorghe Seran and directed by debutant Manav Bhalla, Lashtam Pashtam will …
Circa 2002, New York City! I was a finance student at Baruch College and aspiring to become an actor. My days were spent in financial lectures and evenings well spent taking acting classes. Never yet been on a film set. It was the same year Amitabh Bachchan turned 60 and came to New York to …
A daily dose of hearty laughs keeps your stomach safe, methinks. And helping us with it are these comedians who give us the feeling of mirth, every time we relate to something they said. Truly our life can get pretty much boring and be exhausting with our mundane activities on repeat, but a few minutes …
There is some great news for art lovers. Piramal Museum of Art, Lower Parel, Mumbai, has announced a series of events to accompany their ongoing exhibition, S.H. Raza: Traversing Terrains from 24 June to 28 October 2018. This is not all! The exhibition is accompanied by a diverse programme of events, including talks, film …
Currently, intense actor Rajshri Deshpande is making ripples on the small screen with her Netflix series, Sacred Games, which is already earning rave reviews. In this, she is associated with some heavyweights in the film arena—while the directors are Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane, Rajshri plays the wife of none other than the protagonist of …
