While channel surfing a few days back, I saw Mika Singh punning upon Diana Penty’s surname and adding to good effect, “And Mika Kaccha!” I guarantee that you will not hear anyone in the film fraternity rising up in instinctive disgust over this comment just as most of them kept quiet when Salman Khan rose […]
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The Fiery New Agneepath
There is an unavenged little boy in Karan Johar. A son who saw his naively golden-hearted father not getting his due in an industry driven by merciless opportunism so it is apt that Johar should pick a Father India metaphor to replay and remake in the memory of Yash Johar. Karan Malhotra’s Agneepath tries to avenge […]
Fragrant Nostalgia
The good thing about cheaper DVDs flooding the market is that one no longer has to think twice before picking up a film. My recent acquisitions include Raj Kapoor’s Prem Rog, Raj Sippy’s kidnapping caper Inkaar, Gulzar’s Khushboo and a few others just for a song. None of the above films are masterpieces from any […]
Raj Kiran: A Lost Melody
One of my favourite moments in Mahesh Bhatt’s Arth is Raj Kiran. Long before Shahrukh Khan appropriated Raj, Raj Kiran was Raj. The reason why we go back today to “koi yeh kaise bataye,” “tum itna jo muskura rahe ho” and “jhuki jhuki si nazar” is because the magic of Kaifi Azmi, Jagjit Singh and the devastating […]