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After Ittefaq, another movie trying to recreate a mystery from the past, ‘Murder on the Orient Express’. The difference, Ittefaq tried to re imagine the original plot, however Orient Express retains the original plot, however the flaws are similar. The new movie is sleek, with revamped characters, minor changes in the background story for each …
In this age where being ‘intellectual’ is demonized you are not surprised when it is said that, ‘this film did not do well, because it was too intellectual’. In a nutshell, that is what happened to ‘Madras Cafe’. In reaction to that, John Abraham in his next venture seems to have reached the other end …
Qawwali’s are simple performances, without a wide array of instruments or orchestra, etc. A chorus of claps modulates the underlying rhythm. Human anatomy limits the maximum beat that can be created by clapping. Hence, Qawwals use a table to get around this limitation and introduce faster beats in between the claps. A Harmonium is mostly …
