I have been a fan of Kangana Ranaut. Not after Fashion. Or Queen. Or Tanu weds Manu 2. I have been a fan of her since I saw her in Gangster, when I was in college. Her acting was unbelievable for a first movie. People would say, ‘What! She is a nobody!’ Her beauty was …
Kangana Ranaut on Aap ki Adalat- Refreshingly Original And Honest Read More »
Mera kuch samaan tumhare paas pada hai… I don’t know what made me want to watch Izaajat now. Maybe because all the songs from the movie are on my pen drive, and I listen to them on my drive to work every day. Or maybe attending Gulzar Sahab’s poetry session at the Poetry Festival recently. …
Watched ‘Toilet – Ek Prem Katha’ yesterday. In the interval, I told my mother, “They should have ended it here! Very effective message!” Story so far: Not so educated boy meets brilliant girl. Gets attracted because she is interesting. Marries her but then expects her to adjust for the most disgusting reasons. Why couldn’t he …
Toilet Ek Prem Katha – Don’t expect women to “adjust” to crap! Read More »
I finally watched the “lady oriented” movie, ‘Lipstick under my Burkha’. For those of you who do not know, a copy of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) letter to the film’s producer Prakash Jha had stated as follows: “The story is lady oriented, their fantasy about life. There are continuous sexual scenes, abusive …
Lipstick Under My Burkha – Just Let The Women Be! Read More »
Sridevi starrer Mom is a powerful story of a mother, and draws you in, despite a somewhat unbelievable storyline. Bollywood has matured over the years. It is refreshing to see that it now has lead roles for female protagonists who are in their 40s and 50s. Read more
Image source I watched the movie ‘Jab we met’ again over the weekend. This time it made me think very differently. It reminded me of the movie, Queen. These two are my all-time favourite movies. The protagonists in both movies are women who have been ditched by the men who they thought were the ‘love’ …
To The Geet Without Aditya Kashyap and The Queen Without the International Vacation Read More »
My book / Movie review of Half Girlfriend published on the link below on Womensweb. Click to read
On Thursday morning, I looked at my mobile mundanely to go through the morning news feed. ‘Reema Lagoo dead after suffering cardiac arrest. She was 59! What? She did not have any serious illnesses that we knew of. She was not even a senior citizen technically. How could she die? As a kid, (like most …
The latest show that is creating a lot of controversy internationally is Netflix’s original series – “13 Reasons Why”. It is about a high school girl who commits suicide, and leaves 13 audio tapes about the reasons why she did it. (No there is spoiler yet. This happens in the first episode). The tapes are …
13 Reasons Why – Suicide Prevention or Suicide Manual? Read More »
I watched “Badrinath ki Dulhaniya” after trying my best to avoid it. I am not a big fan of mindless entertainers, but the family wanted to watch it. The niece is a big fan of Alia Bhatt. Sister likes Varun Dhawan. Parents believe that life is stressful enough, why not go to the theatre to …