I have been following this book’s release for a long time, and finally I got a physical copy of it and read it so fast! I know I usually do film reviews, but this is a book which deserves a review of its own. I do hope people read it, because it is so good … Continue reading Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar by Anahita Karthik
Category: India
So Now You Know: A Memoir of Growing Up Gay in India – An Intimate Honest Portrait
This is the memoir of the author and Verve magazine writer Vivek Tejuja and his experiences growing up gay in India, a country who repealed Section 377 last year- a law from the era of the British Raj - that was against gay sex of any kind, and thus the whole LGBTQ community. In this … Continue reading So Now You Know: A Memoir of Growing Up Gay in India – An Intimate Honest Portrait
Happy Independence Day India and Pakistan!
I know this is a day late for Pakistan's Independence Day, but one cannot have one without the other in this case. And the British really did dirty on both of them on the way they handled the Partition. A line on a map, a piece of the country divided as well as different faiths … Continue reading Happy Independence Day India and Pakistan!
ELKDTAL Character Analysis – Chatro – Living for Oneself
I am doing character analysis for some of the characters of the movie Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga along with some other analysis to come. I have A LOT to talk about this film and I just want to let it all out in these posts, because a full spoiler free review is … Continue reading ELKDTAL Character Analysis – Chatro – Living for Oneself
ELKDTAL Character Analysis – Sweety – Damsell in Distress
I'm doing a character analysis and who knows what else since it seems I have A LOT to say about this movie. As of now I'm doing character analysis's for all the major ones that affect the plot (so not the servants or the grandmother unless I come up with something to say about them). … Continue reading ELKDTAL Character Analysis – Sweety – Damsell in Distress
ELKDTAL Character Analysis – Sahil Mirza – A Writer from The Heart
I'm doing a character analysis and who knows what else since it seems I have A LOT to say about this movie. As of now I'm doing character analysis's for all the major ones that affect the plot (so not the servants or the grandmother unless I come up with something to say about them). … Continue reading ELKDTAL Character Analysis – Sahil Mirza – A Writer from The Heart
Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte – Star Pairs Through the Decades – Part III
'Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte' is a song from the 2008 Hindi film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (A Match Made By God). The song's title means We Are Travelling The Love Lane (according to the subtitles). There Shahrukh Khan encompasses different movie stars of the decades with an ever-changing second-lead in the song to accompany … Continue reading Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte – Star Pairs Through the Decades – Part III
7 Khoon Maaf – Seven Husbands for One Woman in this Interesting Black Comedy Seeped in Sin
"O! Susanna, do not cry for me..." goes the song, sung in the beginning of the film and becoming more and more ironic with every turn. Vishal Bhardwaj is a master in magic realism in the real world in his movies. This was actually the first movie of his I saw. Based on the short … Continue reading 7 Khoon Maaf – Seven Husbands for One Woman in this Interesting Black Comedy Seeped in Sin
17 Indian Rain Songs for a Rainy Day
Because there is A LOT of them! That's why. Even those with water as a large element are a dimer dozen to be found in all Indian films, not just Hindi. It's the old method of using rain as an excuse/reason for the heroine to have her sari wet and queue the romantic/dramatic scene, because … Continue reading 17 Indian Rain Songs for a Rainy Day
Om Shanti Om – Pure Movie Magic As Long As You Embrace All The Emotions
We all have that movie which we love no matter our age. It might be Marry Poppins or any of Disney's and Pixar's lot, maybe it was a classic from old Hollywood, or a foreign film which name you couldn't remember for years, but found again. None-the-less you love it unconditionally, even though you see … Continue reading Om Shanti Om – Pure Movie Magic As Long As You Embrace All The Emotions
The Little Corner 