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Spotlight on The Prophecy of Trivine
The Prophecy of Trivine By Tnahsin Garg, Srivatsan Sridharan and Pulkit Gupta Blurb An emissary of an advanced alien race travels to the Earth to undertake responsibility of an experiment that has gone out of control. The outcome of … Continue reading
New Age Romance in Bollywood Films
Bollywood and romance are synonymous with each other. Some of the top box-office grossers of all time have been romances, starting with the classic Mughal-e-Azam (1960). The period film–starring the iconic Dilip Kumar and the beautiful Madhubala as Prince Salim … Continue reading
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Tagged Bollywood, Dev D, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Mughal-e-Azam, romance, Shuddh Desi Romance, song and dance numbers
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Makeovers, making out and matchmaking
Milan Vohra is famously known as India’s first home-grown Mills & Boon author. Her The Love Asana brought the Mills & Boon variety of romance to Indian shores, complete with an Indian TDH hero, a curvy and cute heroine and … Continue reading
Posted in A Novel Journey, Reviews
Tagged Agra Lit Fest, Amazon.com, author, characters, chick lit, Delhi, flipkart.com, growing up, humour, Kindle, Milan Vohra, Mills & Boon, romance, Shobhaa De, Westland, writing
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K.A. Abbas — An Unputdownable Voice
Title: An Evening in Lucknow – Selected Stories Author: K.A.Abbas; Edited by: Suresh Kohli Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 978-93-5029-102-3 Pages: 226 + special features including an interview with KA Abbas Genre: Modern Classics Price: Rs 299 Rating: 5 out of … Continue reading
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Tagged An Evening in Lucknow, Awaara, books, fiction, films, Indian films, Jaagte Raho, journalist, Khwaja Ahmed Abbas, novelist, raj kapoor, Saat Hindustani, screenwriter, writer
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An American Movie Buff’s Salman Khan Obsession
When I started this blog, one of my first readers was Missy Pugh, a movie buff and screenwriter who lives in Los Angeles, who was not very acquainted with Bollywood films. So when she told me that my blog had … Continue reading
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Tagged Bodyguard, Bollywood, Dabangg, Dabangg 2, Ek Tha Tiger, Ready, Salman Khan, song and dance
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 2,900 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Screenwriting Adventures
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Talaash — In Search of a Brave New World of Hindi Cinema
Talaash (Search) is an ambitious film. Because it aims at doing what few Hindi films do. Marry mainstream Hindi film with authentic cinema. Have A-list stars portray characters that are well-sketched out and do not remind you of the superstar … Continue reading
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Tagged Aamir Khan, Bollywood, Cinema of India, Film, Kareena Kapoor, Mumbai, Rani Mukerji, Reema Kagti, Sixth Sense, supernatural thriller, Talaash, Zoya Akhtar
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Life of Pi: A Stunning Story that’s a Visual Feast
There are some songs that get stuck in your brain and keep playing like a never ending record. Know that feeling? Well, something similar is happening to me, but this time it’s not a song, but a movie. Life of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ang Lee, Bengal tiger, Computer-generated imagery, David Magee, Film, Irrfan Khan, Life of Pi, screenplay, Yann Martel
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Fan-freaking-tastic Ghost Story!
We Indians love movies and we want them in as many different languages as possible. So, here goes my first review of a non-Hindi, non-Bollywood movie: Bhooter Bhobishyat (The Future of the Past), a Bangla film made by Kolkata-based ad … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s Bollywood, Anik Datta, Bangla, Bollywood, K.L. Saigal, Satyajit Ray
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A Fun Ride in a Ferrari
Whatever happened to family-friendly entertainers? The kind that parents would happily take along their kids for good, clean fun? And those that might even sneak in a bit of a, dare I say it?, feel-good, uplifting message? It’s amazing how … Continue reading
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Tagged Basu Chatterjee, Bollywood, comedy, cricket, Ferrari ki Sawaari, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, humour, Raju Hirani
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