Monsieur Lazhar Review – Magnifique

Director: Philippe Falardeau Cast: Mohamed Saïd Fellag, Émilien Néron, Sophie Nélisse Screenplay: Philippe Falardeau Story: Évelyne de la Chenelière Since most Indian moviegoers have an abiding hostility to anything resembling class, it’s unlikely the savages will watch or enjoy a gem like Monsieur Lazhar. Based on Évelyne de la Chenelière’s play Bashir Lazhar, Monsieur Lazhar […]

Qatar Airways Launches Online Global Sale

Qatar Airways, ranked the world’s best airline by Skytrax for two years in a row, has rolled out a worldwide 3-day sale. The sale, which starts today and ends at midnight September 6 (local time in every market), brings reduced fares to destinations in India, Middle East and other parts of Asia, Africa and Australia. […]

Joker Reviews – Garbage, Say Critics

If it’s an Akshay Kumar film, you can be sure it’s got garbage written all over it. The bozo’s new film Joker released today, to almost universal derision. The only silver lining is that the trashy film has had a poor opening in India. Here, read excerpts from some of the reviews for Joker: NDTV […]

Incredible India, Incredible Chutiya – Modi

Why is there malnutrition in Gujarat? Sane people like SI and some of my readers would assume that malnutrition and starvation in India is mostly a function of poverty. But not according to the Hindu communal Chutiya and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. This is what Modi had to say about malnutrition in Gujarat in […]

Headhunters Review – Be Wary of the GPS

Director: Morten Tyldum. Screenplay: Lars Gudmestad and Ulf Ryberg Writer: Jo Nesbøl (the novel Hodejegerne a.k.a. Headhunters) Cast: Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Synnøve Macody Lund, Eivind Sander, Julie R. Ølgaard Budget: 30.3 million Krone ($5.2 million) If you don’t gamble, you don’t win. – Roger Brown in Headhunters Movie buffs (the real ones, not the […]

A Separation – Gorgeous Divorce Drama

(For SI blog reader unknownvirus who first recommended this gem and accurately predicted it’d win the Oscar) Salaam Aleikum, I have a religious question. I am working in a house. There’s an old man I’m supposed to care for. I wanted to ask, pardon me, but he has wet his pants. I wanted to know […]