The other day, I spent an hour in front of the camera rather than behind it. It was my very first proper photo session. The Man magazine wanted to crown me by getting a professional photographer to take my picture for their next issue. The occasion? I had won an international essay contest on The …
Okay, the suspense is over. So it’s the Al Qaida who executed Benazir Bhutto! Looks like Osama’s deputies have taken over from him as this operation points out (his deputy ordered her killing according to Al Qaida’s spokesperson). Killing one Osama isn’t going to do any good. But killing one Benazir does (for the terror …
It’s a four-screen multiplex on the city’s Outer Ring Road that opened more than three years ago. When it opened, the food, picture and sound quality seemed quite good, but now it’s becoming progressively worse. Here are my grouses: 1. The management is corrupt. On opening days of big movies, the man at the ticket …
Assassination of any prominent political leader chills me to the bone. Not because I fear for my life. But because it’s such a chilling scenario. The moment my friend called to inform that former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated, I was shocked. Not because I sympathise with her or I am a big …
Four days after I first watched Taare Zameen Par, i went to PVR and watched it again by default. Here is what I felt during the course of the film: 1. I cried on three occasions, exactly when Aamir cries on screen. And this was exactly how it went when I watched the film for …
Do you thumb down films made purely for lightweight escapism? Do you scoff at films that lack artistic credibility? Then this film festival might just do the trick. Suchitra Cinema and Cultural Academy and the Government of Karnataka are presenting the second Bangalore International Film Festival this January. It will showcase 110 critically-acclaimed films spread …
