Ok by now,all of you know about my lazy nature.I am quiet lazy while picking up any book,but when I do....i read them wholeheartedly.I believe in good books and they should be small in number.I am a voracious reader,but few have left any mark on my cognitive texture.I will be speaking about one such book …
It was one of those laziest day during the humid summer of 2014 in Kolkata,I was doing my usual stuff...i.e doing nothing.I was in a vacation mood(as usual)...doing almost nothing(writing poetry and some outline for my novel),just watching three to four movies at a strech on my new lappy.It was a slice of heaven....but I …
O for Omkara(2006), the (Hindi) Bollywood adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Othello,The Moor of Venice". Directed by Vishal Bharadwaj (successfully adapted Macbeth and Hamlet to screen), the film boasts lucrative starcast(s). The dusky Ajay Devgan plays Omkara(read Othello), Kareena Kapoor Khan as Desdemona(Dolly Mishra) and Saif Ali Khan essays the true devil Iago...here seen as Langda …
N for Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose-the Forgotten Hero..(2005) while some sections of people had problem with word forgotten,but indeed he is forgotten....very few people know about him.Now let us focus about this veteran director Shyam Benegal's Biographical film about the most heroic and controversial figure from Indian History. Ok i have used the term heroic....Subhas …
M for Mughal-E-Azam.Now let me define you the title,Azam means the bloody best.Thus this 1960 Indian Hindi feature film showcases the saga of the mighty Mughal Emperor Akbar and his complex relationship with his estranged son Prince Salim.The ultimate magnum opus from Bollywood,the film was shot for over 12 years...(1948-1960)..you can call it madness or …
"I am an evening person in this morning World" -Garfield L for Laziness...thats the only thing which came to my idle brain.It is like my soul.Laziness might be a characteristic trait for sociology students..but for me..it is everything.. There is an endearing term in my own language...known as LYADH..Laziness is its closest cognate.Being Lazy …
K for Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se(2010).A historical flick from the very talented Ashutosh Gowariker.The same director who gave us World Class Period films like Lagaan and Jodha Akbar.Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se is a cinematic adaptation of a Manini Chatterjee book known as 'Do or Die-The Chittagong Uprising 1930-34'.As usual Ashutosh delivered a classic …
J for Jab We Met(2007)...(movie with a code-mixing title) One of the most romantically enjoyable movie of our generation.Starring Kareena Kapoor as Geet and Shahid Kapoor as Aditya.It is considered one of the best of the talented Imtiaz Ali.Fresh story line,engaging screenplay(mind the twists),mindblowing music by Pritam and lastly the powerhouse performance by Kareena Kapoor...(recieved …
I for Indiana Jones,the ultimate name for action-adventure and more importantly kickass knowledge.To all those students who think history is boring.....bitch please...you haven't heard of Indy.Indiana Jones is a legendary character(perhaps the best)... who has got a Doctorate(Phd) and in an oxymoron way,a Colonel in U.S.A army.Yep you heard that right,he is an alloy of …
H for Hum Aapke Hain Kaun...(Who Am I To You)....the 1994 blockbuster from Bollywood...Ethereal casting,lavish production,memorable songs....and the great piece of enjoyment....a full blown family drama.One of the greatest hits ever,some people consider it as a marriage video...and for some it showed us...what we are,the value of Grihastya Jeevan.Rajshri's film made us to value our …
