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 …
From 1995 to 2005, this would have been the marquee clash, title decider, however things have moved on, and today may be a Manchester City v Spurs is elevated to that level. But with the form of Manchester City, and slip ups from Spurs, Chelsea, Liverpool, the likelihood of a title decider this season are …
You take the blame for it, need be fail in the exam for it, but you do not rat out the mafia,, because if you do, you end up in the worst of positions, you become a marked man,, and you know what happens to a marked man, no one touches him, no one talks to him, no one wants to deal with him… so for the rest of his student life at Crescent he undergoes the most gruesome punishments of all : STUDY and appear for the exams.. because no one wants to copy or show answers to a certified rat.