Peepli Live : a ‘Thinking Movie’

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Peepli Live is a 1 hour 44 minute sensitive portrayal of the life of an ordinary Indian farmer. It is also a satire on the Indian media and Indian governance. The movie unfolds to tell the story of two farmers who are unable to pay a bank loan and are forced ...

Wake me up Sid!

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

We do not want to waste too much of blog space writing a long movie review for 'Wake Up Sid'.  All that comes to mind are the following alternative themes for the movie: Wake up Sid: Wake me up Sid....zzzzzzzzzzzz Wake up Sid: Audience asleep......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Don't wake me up sid! WTF Sid? Posted by : ...

Meeting Shah Rukh Khan, Karan Johar, and Manish Malhotra on the sets of ‘My Name is Khan’

Monday, June 8th, 2009

[caption id="attachment_501" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Shah Rukh Khan"][/caption] I met Shah Rukh Khan during the shooting of 'My Name is Khan'.  This is my brief account of my first encounter with him and the team. We were lucky to meet him more than once (persistence pays!) but I will only describe our ...