The green light of a distant dock twinkling tantalisingly. Whispering of irretrievable gifts, of hope. Of innocence..that time chipped away at soundlessly. A man, alone on the other side of the bay, reaching out, trying to grasp it. ** Diaphanous curtains filling up ...Read More
The manic energy of trance has weaned a lot of young Hindi film music fans off familiar loops and the old robes of comforting grooves. It is not surprising then that Hindi film music as we knew it, has left ...Read More
Yes, Saqib Saleem is what all new actors could be and one can only hope they will be one day. Well at least we have him and he is someone I wouldn’t mind being in ‘any room with’. Like his ...Read More
This piece is specifically being written for readers who have travelled with Unboxed Writers from the time we did the first story on Kunal Karan Kapoor. And who still mention it in their messages to us. This was when Na Bole ...Read More
And here is why I will never see Aashiqui 2. Because the first one stood for something unrepeatable though it began as a less than integrated attempt to cash on the Nadeem Shravan music bank with T-Series. Yes, we know ...Read More
The thing about the past is that it never comes back and yet never really leaves. Shamshad Begum for instance is not just a Wikipedia note with a birthday and a death day. She is a memory for those of ...Read More
What the remakes of old classic films like Chashme Baddoor miss out on is an ingredient called innocence because you can't ever recapture what is lost. Or fake the sense of wonder conveyed by Farooque Sheikh and Dipti Naval on ...Read More
A sharply sculpted face with cheekbones bouncing off light. Hair, rippling like silk across the screen. Sensuality that was wide-eyed innocence in one instant and overwhelmingly dark and compelling in another. Crystal clear diction. In an era before size-zero became a template, she was perfection in leotards, swim suits ...Read More
Isn't there something utterly beautiful about Vikram Gokhale? That glow about him that hasn't faded with time? And how little we know about him. Not much has been written about Gokhale in the national press and it is not surprising ...Read More
The word icon is used so cheaply today. The fact that it has the word, con in it may have something to do with it. Perception is more important than substance. Image more important than truth. Marketing more important than ...Read More
A heroine unconscious of her gender. Someone who stops a Home Minister's car because, "I will plead no longer.. I ask for my father's rights." Someone who sits down her family and promises after relentless injustice has deprived them all ...Read More
I do not like habituated TV watching that leaves no aftertaste and so am watching it far less than usual and also because this is exam time and I would like to discipline myself before I discipline my son. We ...Read More
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