One of the fondest memories for Mumbai cricket fans who started watching the game in the 90s would be their team’s victory against the mighty Australians in 1998 at the Brabourne Stadium. That three-day match saw Sachin Tendulkar score his first ever … [Continue reading]
I got my passport created in 2016 at my dad and brother’s insistence. Even after I finally got hold of it after numerous formalities, I was never desperate to go abroad. It’s not that I wasn’t interested. I was just patient and felt that if it has to … [Continue reading]
The 1983 cricket World Cup-winning team had another reunion last evening in Mumbai at the launch of the coffee table book titled The 1983 World Cup Opus, facilitated by Paymentz. The event saw the presence of Kapil Dev, Mohinder Amarnath, Kirti … [Continue reading]
Writer, director, lyricist and producer Akshay Mishra’s Dhappa is a Hindi musical play based in the 1950s era of Hindi cinema. This description will make you expect the drama to play out in a certain way. However, it has a major surprise later on; … [Continue reading]
Over the last few years, every time an Aamir Khan film gets ready for release, one particular message or meme related to him starts circulating on social media and What’s App. As you must have guessed, it’s shared by the Right Wing fanatics with an … [Continue reading]
Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi’s Samrat Prithviraj is supposed to be based on the life of the 12th century king and warrior Prithviraj III or Prithviraj Chauhan. The film focuses on his enmity with Muhammad Ghori of Ghazni in acquiring control over … [Continue reading]
Legendary filmmaker Dhundiraj Govind Phalke aka Dadasaheb Phalke gave birth to Indian cinema after he made the very first Indian movie Raja Harishchandra in 1913. Hence, he is known as the father of Indian cinema. Phalke was smitten by the Hindu … [Continue reading]
To say that the Coronavirus or COVID-19 played havoc in the world in the last two years or so would be an understatement. It made people go through hell and changed the way of life for the entire world. This was more evident during the second wave … [Continue reading]
The last time veteran actor Puneet Issar was seen on stage was in his mythological play Mahabharata: The Epic Tale where he played the iconic character of Duryodhan for which he is known. He will now be seen in a completely different production … [Continue reading]
Note: The aim of this article is not to insult or badmouth Romesh Kaluwitharana. This is just an attempt to present some facts and statistics that are generally overlooked when it comes to the 1996 World Cup The 1996 World Cup turned out to be … [Continue reading]