What We’d Like to See in 2009

Predictions are boring. So 2008-ish. Since we are no Nostradamus or Sahadeva, we’ll instead talk about what we’d like to see. The following are some of the items on our Wish List for 2009: * LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran surrender to Indian security forces and plead to be hanged for his crimes against humanity. * Desi […]

Matrubhoomi – India in Essence

Matrubhoomi is not merely a fine movie. It’s also a fine essence of India with its chilling depiction of various discriminations – against women, against lower castes, against a girl child et al. It’s the injustices arising from these entrenched and oppressive discriminations that constitutes the true face of India not the few software firms or call […]

Slumdog Millionaire – How the Critics See it

Slumdog Millionaire is one of the finest Made-in-India movies (non-Bollywood, of course) we’ve watched in recent years.  The movie has mostly gotten the critics oohing and aahing over it.  Here’s a look at excerpts from some of the prominent reviews for Slumdog Millionaire: Joe Morgenstern in the Wall Street Journal: “Slumdog Millionaire” is the film world’s […]

Gran Torino – A Magnificent Tour de Force

Desperate to cure ourselves of the horrific trauma of watching that stolen shit Ghajini, we were eager for some purifying Ganga Jal. And we found our moksha in the new Clint Eastwood film Gran Torino (in limited release now in the U.S.). Gran Torino is that rare all sizzle and all steak movie. If you thought […]

Ghajini – What is Aamir Khan Smoking?

Ghajini Collapses at Box Office Ghajini Review – Aamir Khan Disappoints in Stolen Shit There are just no limits to the bullshit our Bollywood stars spew. Here’s the latest piece of nonsense. This time, it comes from none other than Aamir Khan himself. As part of the publicity campaign for the release of his upcoming […]

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