A historic life adaptation, a philosophical bhel, a downright time pass rom com, a cliched action , and a routine masala, were the flavors of the week.. starting from Hindi blockbuster, to a limited release Hinglish, to a mainstream Hollywood action flick, evened by so so Hindi comic run, and topped by a Marathi com-rom-emo …
After a quick check, I sat back in, and there on my windshield, was a crawling green caterpillar stuck exactly in the center of the driver’s visual sphere. Due to the extra hot weather, no chance I am getting out the second time. I decided to drive on thinking the caterpillar will be blown away …
The first memory that the trailer of ‘The Disciple’ evoked was ‘Whiplash.’ I thought the movie is a rehash for an Indianized version. But the brand of Chaitanya Tamhane (Court, 2014) was enough for giving it a try. Some parallels do exist. The Guruji of ‘The Disciple’ is a hard taskmaster like Fletcher (Whiplash). Both …