When I first saw the movie ‘Guide,’ I was enthralled by the arc of Raju, his catharsis, and almost a Valmiki’an transformation. It made me wonder – Why isn’t this adapted into an Oscar-winning Hollywood movie! Well, some people did try, and let’s just say that some layouts look good on architectural paper, but, in …
In theory this film should not work, the lead actor has only two significant expressions, a wide smile and a stumped look, the story is simple, the rest of the characters are heavily stereotyped, the climax is shorter version of Munnabhai’s radio sequence, most of the scenes and plot points seem to be heavily plagiarized, …
There is a reason that Jason Statham will never make it to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) nor the DC Universe, and the movie ‘The Meg’ showcases it perfectly. The reason is : Jason Statham is a super hero just because he is ‘Jason Statham’. He does not need a radioactive disaster or even alien …
“How does it feel? the cold blade to your warm jugular?” with grin Ritr asked Ndra as held his sword to the battered King’s throat. “I can feel your blood flow slowing down, with each pulse,” “you or your ..” tried to speak the Great Ndra gathering energy from his body. As he spoke he …
The first three chapters were quite informative however chapter four struck a chord. Chapter four dwells on the idea of what are we or what is the definition of us Introducing us to the concepts of dehi, deha, prakriti, purusha the weaves an idea around these concepts. Innately or because of being brought up in …
If you wanted a pure cinematic ‘paisa vasool’ experience, then look no further, the last scene of Rajnikanth’s ‘Kaala’ is complete in all respects. The symbolism of color, and sheer brilliance in portrayal is cinematic magic at it’s best, exploiting the ‘visual’ aspect of the medium, it is satisfaction in itself! There is a tradition …
