Reflections

Not many movies make it to my blog; which is themed around India as a whole – from Indian Books to Culture to History to Economics & Trade. Thus, I perforce limit myself to only the movies which impress me the most; and in this, Fugay score big time! In 10 years of writing, and 5 of blogging, I have reviewed only around 10 movies, maybe 12 – and Fugay is one of them. This movie is, in my opinion – one of the best I have ever watched in its genre; I can think of only two other movies that are either better, or comparable : Golmal, and Angur. Period. THE PLOT The movie is a mix of a comedy and a horror movie : 99% comedy, 1% horror. The source of the horror is that the plot can actually happen in real life; no jokes . At any rate, something quite similar. Do photographs appear in newspapers? Yes, they do – am aware of two instances in family & friends. {None were embarrassing, thank God!} Do things get blown out of proportion, do people overreact in marriages? Of...

The King is back! And he is back with a real big Bang... after a long time, SRK is back to his best... what a movie! Stunning! Superlative stuff! Welcome back, Shahrukh Khan ... after a long series of movies that failed to impress me - good to see the old SRK we all 40-somethings grew up with! Fantastic movie! This movie was a long time coming; you made us wait one hell of a long time; but when you returned – you did so with supreme panache, classy attitude, letting no one forget that there is only one Big Boss of Hindi Movies – and that is the one and only Shahrukh Khan! Raees The Movie - FB : Raees The Film Make no mistake – Raees is Shahrukh Khan from the first scene to the last, this is his return as far as I am concerned; the ultimate entertainer, the showman of the 90s and 00s is back again after a long hiatus! This is the Shahrukh Khan we all loved to watch in college and our 20s  … the King, the Boss, the one with the attitude and screen presence to beat a...

कट्यार काळजात घुसली ...  One of a kind! That about sums up the review of this absolutely unique movie in a nutshell. This is a movie made in the land of Music, a land where every type of music has a following and a practice; a land where music is central to movies, functions, gatherings, theatre – almost everywhere you look. A land with a long tradition of excellent musical compositions and performers. And getting the kind of response that it has managed to garner from such a discerning audience is indeed a massive plus for the team of the movie कट्यार काळजात घुसली . कट्यार काळजात घुसली ...  A movie that is unlike any I have seen in my life. Aisi movie dekhne ke baad ek hi shabd aayaa hai zabaan par : beautiful!  As the last strains of the last climax  song died away, the audience sat stunned into silence...  And,  when the lights came on,  and the screen read : Digdarshak Subodh Bhave - quite a good number of people stood up for a sta...

The Indian Media Business 4 th Edition   ByVanita Kohli  Khandekar This is the updated 4 th edition of the Book “The Indian Media Business”; if you are a deep student of Indian Business / Indian Media, then don’t miss this updated edition; but if you have read the 3 rd edition, and are not too serious about Business in India as a student or analyst, then you can give this a pass. This edition has many changes to it that warrants its listing as a separate book almost; these flesh out the previous material, and make for an interesting and absorbing read. There is a new introductory chapter in the beginning of the book, as well as an analytical section in each chapter, updated data and more relevant graphics, more relevant and updated regulations, changes and history, making it overall a far superior effort to the previous one THE FUTURE OF INDIAN MEDIA – {Introduction} This is a short, 3-4 page analysis of the trends in Indian Media, taking a look at i...