By: Keyur Seta After studying History in school, me, and many others, believed that the highest credit for India’s freedom should go to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. But as I grew up and read various books on revolutionaries … [Continue reading]
Nana Patekar has turned out to be a Godsend angel for Indian farmers, who are forced to end their lives due to rising debts and draught. This year alone has seen more than 600 farmer suicides. He started off his mission by paying Rs 15 thousand each … [Continue reading]
Author: Ashwin Sanghi Publishers: Westland Ltd. Pages: 346 Genre: Theological Thriller Original Price: Rs. 295 (Reduced rates on Flipkart & Amazon.) Rating: * * * ½ Review By: Keyur Seta Even before the halfway stage in The … [Continue reading]
The dialogues of Welcome Back are the biggest reason for the film's success at the box office (along with the graveyard scene). The Anees Bazmee movie has acquired the status of a laugh-riot due to the whacky, witty and crazy lines by dialogue writer … [Continue reading]
Director: Oorvazi Irani Writer: Farrukh Dhondy Producers: Oorvazi Irani and Sorab Irani Cast: Oorvazi Irani, Tom Alter, Rushad Rana, Darius Shroff Music: Vasuda Sharma Genre: Mystical/ Drama Release Date: September 4, … [Continue reading]
Director: Kabir Khan Writers: S Hussain Zaidi (novel), Kabir Khan and Parveez Shaikh Producers: Nadiadwala Grandson and UTV Motion Pictures Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Music: … [Continue reading]
Director: Ketan Mehta Producers: Viacom 18, Maya Movies and NFDC Writer: Ketan Mehta Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Pankaj Tripathi, Ashraful Haque Music: Sandesh Shandilya Genre: Drama Release Date: … [Continue reading]
The Indian flag is seen fluttering in every nook and corner of the country on Independence Day (August 15) and Republic Day (January 26). But do you know what happens to these flags the following day? I guess we well know and have seen how our … [Continue reading]
Director: Ananth Mahadevan Producers: Bindiya Khanolkar and Sachin Khanolkar Writers: Surendran Cast: Vinay Pathak, Konkana Sen Sharma, Ranvir Shorey, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Vikram Gokhale Music: Dr L Subramaniam Genre: … [Continue reading]
Inputs: Payal Kapadia Compilation: Keyur Seta As we all know, the students of the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII) are on a strike since over two months in opposition to the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as the Chairman of the … [Continue reading]