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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 …
Growing up in the ’90s has impacted my psyche to love TV series with limited episodes/seasons instead of the daily soap. Be it Karamchand, Circus, Mr. Yogi, Byomkesh Bakshi, and so on. I know they had one episode per week, but that exactly has made its roots in my outlook towards the series. I took …
Prologue The cricket world cup is upon us conveniently sandwiched between two EPL seasons and while the cricket gazing world is busy, footballing quarters are rife with transfer speculation. Through speculation in theory is pure guesswork, in Footballdom it is decorated with analysis, inside tips, newspaper reports, unattributed sources etc. to give an impression that …
