We have seen the above photo in various resolutions so many times over the last few days that it looks familiar by now. Is there a deeper reason that explains the familiarity? I may be dumb or my bum may have become numb having sat in front of the TV motionlessly for days, but I [...]
Posts from ‘November, 2008’
Movie Review: Der Untergang
Traudl Junge of Munich became the secretary of Adolf Hitler in 1942. She recounts the Führer’s final days (20th April to 30th April of 1945) in his Berlin bunker at the end of World War Two. The Führer is shown as a man close (or beyond) to breakdown. Blinded by his passions and his beliefs, [...]
The Joke Books Called Indian Newspapers
Indian newspapers have been around for a very long time. Some of them are even older than the Banyan tree behind your grandmother’s house in the village. While the tree gives shelter and reduce pollution, what worth do the newspapers have? When I read a forwarded article from The New Yorker or The Guardian, I [...]
Movie Review: Flavors
Mr. are Mrs. Gopalkrishna come to USA for their son’s marriage with a white woman. They are strangers on a mission here, making a wholehearted attempt to welcome the new culture that their son has decided to marry. Mr. Gopalkrishna believes in his son and wants to hand over a parcel to his superintendent’s son [...]
Movie Review: State Rowdy
What begins as a case against Phanindra Bhupati accused of murdering a Vice-chancellor (SP Nagamani Devi’s husband) and a student, soon turns out into a war against powerful evil forces. Inspector Prudhviraj dons the get-up of State Rowdy Kalicharan in his attempt to checkmate Narendra Bhupati (a business tycoon) and Bankamatti Bhaskara Rao (a wannabe [...]