A thriller in Tamil language has been chosen as India’s official entry to the Best Foreign Language Film at next year’s Oscars. A homeless young man is walking down a street after watching a late night movie in Guntur, a town in Andhra Pradesh in southern India. A police patrolContinue Reading
PINK directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury (known for the brilliance in Bengali cinema with ANURANAN AND ANTAHEEN) is an ideal film for women empowerment lead by the magnificent Mr. Bachchan’s completely mesmerizing and top notch performance that makes it a compulsory viewing. Deriving its title from what is believed toContinue Reading
Based on MOUNA GURU – the 2011 Tamil action thriller directed by Santha Kumar, the small gem that worked big for debutant Santha Kumar and its lead actor Arulnidhi, AR Murugadoss does the Hindi version of this song less but in no way pointless thriller with the same passion and commitment.Continue Reading
New Delhi: Perumal Murugan, who was celebrated here on Monday as a major Indian writer, looked a bit miserable in the big city. The son of an illiterate soda-pop vendor from small-town South India, he had limited his visit to the capital to 48 hours, and this appeared to beContinue Reading
The remake of classic film “Ben-Hur” maintains a similar story line as the 1959 version but portrays an updated version perfect for the modern audience. “Ben-Hur” revealed life for civilizations allowed to stand following Rome’s occupation. Zealots gathered to fight while Jews were content to live in temporary peace. AmidContinue Reading
KOCHI: Whenever singer Usha Uthup would perform, during the functions of the Kolkata-based Missionaries of Charity, singing classic hymns like ‘Amazing Grace’ and ‘Abide with me’ she would also sing the 1970s hit pop song, ‘Beautiful Sunday’. “Mother Teresa liked it a lot,” says Usha. Thoughts of Mother Teresa areContinue Reading
There’s nationalist fervour and jingoism running right through this cinematic interpretation of the scandalous Nanavati murder case that rocked the nation in the 1950s. You smell a rat right away. It’s at the entry of the naval officer hero Rustom Pavri (Akshay Kumar) framed against the tricolour fluttering awayContinue Reading
A few days ago, the first song ‘Kala Chashma’ starring Katrina Kaif and Sidharth Malhotra from Baar Baar Dekho was released and instantly became a huge hit. Not just that, there have been several parodies made of the song as well. Now, the ‘Kala Chashma’ fever has made its wayContinue Reading
Ignatius Press has recently released a softcover photobook tribute to the life of soon-to-be saint Mother Teresa. Works of Love Are Works of Peace: Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity is a project that was four years in the making and containing some 180 photographs taken over a ten-yearContinue Reading
A cut above the formulaic sports-movie themes, BUDHIA SINGH – BORN TO RUN hits all the right buttons. The inspirational, soul-stirring story of the Odisha’s 5 year old wonder-boy Budhia Singh – the running sensation who took the world by storm is a brilliantly crafted, richly performed rare piece of Bollywood’sContinue Reading