By Pope Francis, Andrea Tornielli Pp152, Rs 499.00 2016 Published by Bluebird Book for Life Pope Francis announced the Year of Mercy on 8 December 2015, on the fiftieth Anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican council. An event in which the Church sensed a responsibility to be a living signContinue Reading
To find an actor who resembles the real-life character he has to play is a stroke of pure luck. But to fritter that away by making that reel-life character so uni-dimensional, so uninteresting is pure misfortune, both for the once terrific director, as well as for us viewers who liveContinue Reading
By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Westland Limited, Delhi, 2015, pp. 192, Rs. 399.00 VOLUME XL NUMBER May 5, 2016 A Mosaic of Pain and Suffering The wounds may have healed to an extent but the suffering is relived and borne again and again by the affected families and through them, by theirContinue Reading
Jaskiran Chopra’s book, Memories of Another Day, is a fascinating trip that reflects vignettes from a person’s life, growing through the magical Seventies and Eighties in Dehradun, writes Lokesh Ohri The Doon Valley evokes in those that have spent their youth here, a sense of nostalgia, which perhaps no otherContinue Reading
CAST: Arvind Swamy, Himanshu Sharma, Ekavali Khanna, Aman Uppal DIRECTION: Tanuj Bhramar GENRE: Drama DURATION: 1 hour 35 minutes A devastating secret becomes the point of conflict between a father and son. Nithin Swaminathan, played by `Bombay’ and `Roja’ star Arvind Swamy, has got to the point that he can’t keep it in anyContinue Reading
San Salvador: The sweet sounds of classical music float across a sunny courtyard as a group of teenagers plucks the strings of violins and cellos. But beyond the high gates enclosing the courtyard of the Don Bosco Industrial Polygon Center, home to El Salvador’s first and only youth orchestra, theContinue Reading
Cast:Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Sheirgill, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee, Sachin Khedekar, Divya Dutta, Kaveri Director:Rajesh Pillai Coincidences and happenstance play a major role in Traffic, the late Rajesh Pillai’s Hindi remake of his 2011 Malayalam smash hit of the same title. But thanks to its sharply chiselled screenplay and near-perfect casting,Continue Reading
World Cinema: 100 Films – 100 Stories – 100 Nations – 100 Cultures -100 Directors – 100 Quotes The book “World Cinema : A celebration” is a unique collection – entertaining, stimulating, heart-warming and thought-provoking – that brings together a wide variety of films from all corners of the world.Continue Reading
