By : Neil Soans Raazi (agreed), a Hindu movie is set against the backdrop of the Indo-Pak war in 1971. It tells the story of an Indian girl who marries a Pakistani Army officer to spy for her country. ‘Raazi’ is the true story of a Muslim girl SehmatContinue Reading
Dubai: An entire album featuring more than 200 singers specially made for the Holy Week celebrations this year has been released by the head of the Indian Orthodox Church. Called Sneha Sparsham or The Touch of Love in Malayalam, the album comprises 60 liturgical songs recorded over the 50 daysContinue Reading
In Hinduism, the right to spiritual equality is restricted. In glossing over the fact in his new book, Shashi Tharoor is playing into the hands of the proponents of HindutvaContinue Reading
Seven Oscar-nominated, director and co-producer Martin McDonagh’s film, running at 115 minutes is a darkly-comic, entertaining and thought-provoking piece of art. It tells of a mother’s fight for justice for her teenaged daughter, who seven months ago was raped and murdered and whose perpetrators are yet to be identified andContinue Reading
Running at 121 minutes, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’ film is more than an allegory, it’s almost a ‘slice of life’, with much more than blood, gory and glory. It’s a tale which will leave one in limbo, and in true Shakespearean style we wonder, to be or not to. BasedContinue Reading
How Asia embraced Jesus and understood his messageContinue Reading
This is not ‘one of those publications’ one may call those pious sanitized bland ones available in numerous and different from in various parts of IndiaContinue Reading
Cast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor, Jim Sarbh, Anupriya Goenka, Raza Murad Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali There are three disclaimers before even a frame of “Padmaavat” is shown on screen. All kinds of adjectives and verbs are used to make sure the audience knows the film is based on Malik Muhammad Jayasi’s epicContinue Reading
National Award winner – Vidya Balan, is playing a housewife who also works part-time as a late night RJ. Such a setting gives a scope for the movie to have good songs, and so the makers have gone for multiple composers to give some enjoyable tracks. The reprised version ofContinue Reading