Animal Review: A Juvenile Odyssey “Animal,” the latest addition to Indian cinema, leaves much to be desired as it continues the trend of targeting a specific demographic – 25-year-old boys with the maturity level of 5-year-olds. The film revolves around guns, juvenile jokes about underwear, angry young men, and improbable dreams of engaging in intimate […]
Animal Movie Review: When Will Indian Cinema Stop Making Films Targeting 25-Year-Old Boys with the Maturity of 5-Year-Olds?
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Zadie Smith – Swing Time Book Review
/ — Books & MoviesI don’t have too much to say about Swing Time by Zadie Smith other than the fact that I was thoroughly disappointed. I have seen the light with Zadie Smith’s writing (White Teeth), but Swing Time was quite a miserable read for me. Here’s why: Swing Time by Zadie Smith – A Quick Review The […]
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Review – Book 8
/ — Books & MoviesHarry Potter is back — and he’s older, wiser, and working in the Ministry of Magic. Okay, no spoilers, and no, I haven’t read the book yet. I have ordered it on Amazon.in, but, surprisingly, it was only after much deliberation. I think a lot of readers, even hardcore Potter fans, would contemplate whether they […]
Te3n Movie Review – An enjoyable, atmospheric thriller
/ — Books & MoviesI shall confess: I love suspense thrillers, murder mysteries, and all things noir. While Scandinavian fiction tops my list of guilty pleasures, I am loving the new surge in Bollywood suspense thrillers — from Kahaani to Drishyam to Ribhu Dasgupta’s latest production – Te3n starring Amitabh Bachchan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Vidya Balan. While Bollywood seems […]
Vivek Shanbhag’s Ghachar Ghochar Review
/ — Books & MoviesI’ve been reading two books over the last couple of weeks, both by Indian writers, both dealing with life in a middle-class family moving up and down the socio-economic ladder, both in English. But my experience after plunging into the words could not have been diametrically opposite. Middle-Class lives in Ghachar Ghochar & The Lives […]
Manjhi Movie Review
/ — Books & MoviesIn an effort to start reviewing more movies, we begin with the latest movie on our list: Manjhi – The Mountain Man. Like almost everyone else, I already knew that Manjhi is based on the story of Dashrath Manjhi who broke a mountain with nothing but a hammer and chisel. And the subtitle makes it pretty […]