Knives Out (2019) Movie Review

Knives Out is an ode to the good old comedy-mystery genre brought to life by movies like Murder by Death (1976) & Clue (1985). The movie is a murder mystery with an interesting mix of characters who lie their way throughout the movie. Daniel Craig is a well thought choice for the be-spectacled detective whose…

Fiery Feminist Author

Fiery Feminist Author – Ismat Chughtai talked about feminism when it was a relatively unknown term. One of the early birds who realised equal rights for women. She was born in a conservative family but her mind was liberal and she knew that women needed to open up. She was awarded the Padma Shri by…

GOLD….Movie Review (YouTube video)

Plot : Gold is based on the truely inspiring story of the 1948 Olympics where an independent India won its 1st International Gold in Hockey. StarCast : Akshay Kumar, Amit Sadh, Kunal Kapoor, Vineet Kumar Singh, Atul Kale, newcomers Sunny Kaushal , Nikita Dutta and Mouni Roy. Review : Gold is Akshay Kumar’s latest movie…

“Unsung Heroes”

It is not that ‘heroism’ wasn’t celebrated earlier in our movies but in the last few months the difference between a real hero and reel hero has diminished considerably. The year 2018 has itself given us movies like Padman, Raid, Raazi and the recently released Parmanu which celebrate the spirit of those who don’t have…

Amcha Bucket List 😎

I recently saw the Marathi movie Bucket List starring Madhuri Dixit. It was great to see her do a full fledged Marathi movie for the first time in her career, but more than that it is the happiness of seeing mainstream Bollywood actors contribute to regional cinema. Be it actors like Nana Patekar (who has…

Cop drama….😎

Govind Nilhani’s cop drama Ardh Satya (1983) was written for Amitabh Bachchan, but the movie eventually went to Om Puri. Co-incidentally, it was in Govind Nilhani’s Dev (2003) that the legends shared screen, and that too in the role of Cops 😎

Typecast 🤔

Actor Surendra Rajan who came into prominence with his role in Munna Bhai M.B.B.S has played the role of Mahatma Gandhi in many movies. Ironically, he was also cast in Lage Raho Munna Bhai (a movie based on Gandhigiri) as a librarian and not as Mahatma Gandhi 🤔