Over the years, after reading one issue of Filmfare or Stardust after another, I realized that the Hindi film industry and the media publications who write about them, commonly use certain English words that are exclusively theirs and – sans a… Continue Reading
10. Delhi Belly Directed by: Abhinay Deo Starring: Imran Khan, Vir Das Defiantly pessimistic, hilariously sickening and completely in English, 2011’s Delhi Belly was Bollywood’s Oracle of Delphi in that it envisaged everything Bollywood would represent in the 2010s, which is… Continue Reading
10. Udaan Nadi Mein Talab Hai (Udaan) Music & Lyrics by Amit Trivedi and Amitabh Bhattacharya Amit Trivedi i.e. our generation’s AR Rahman started off the decade with a soundtrack as searingly original as the film that accompanied it. And… Continue Reading
Once again, the announcements of this year’s National Film Awards recipients have left us in a tizzy. Remember Akshay Kumar’s getting Best Actor for Rustom? I wish I didn’t. It’s happened again this year with a plethora of WTF wins. From the mawkish, jingoistic Uri:… Continue Reading
I refuse to watch the psychological thriller everyone and their dadi is raving about on account of yes, its principal actors. Kangana Ranaut | Like many out there, my love affair with the three-three National Award winner, Kangana Ranaut, ended sometime… Continue Reading
India’s sweethearts, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt, have been blessed thus far in their six-year plus career with one success after another. Unlike most of their Bollywood peers, neither of them has ever seen a film of theirs crash and… Continue Reading
When I, or probably anyone for that matter, thinks of Bollywood, the phrase “ZIG A ZIG AH” doesn’t exactly come to mind. But one of the 90’s pop sensation Spice Girls indeed tried her hand in India’s largest film industry a… Continue Reading
Tired of Kangana Ranaut’s constant antics? Her constant feuds with everyone and their grandmother, her wish to direct her own biopic and her constant assertion that she’s self-made and that she’s a three-time National Award winner. It’s safe to say… Continue Reading
In 2003, Kuwaiti musical trio, Guitara, released the zeitgeist-y club banger Ya Ghaly to mass success across the Arab World. Its unique, wildly infectious fusion of late 90’s trance, Carnatic sangeet and Khaliji made it the proverbial song of the… Continue Reading
This year is unlike any other in Bollywood history in that there are no less than four epic films scheduled for theatrical release. Marnikarnika, Kangana Ranaut’s hotly anticipated biopic on the historical warrior queen, Lakshmibhai of Jhansi is releasing this weekend,… Continue Reading