Miranda Priestly: This… ‘stuff’? Oh… ok. I see, you think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select out, oh I don’t know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you’re trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put [...]
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DVD Review: Taare Zameen Par
First posted on Desicritics on 9th Aug, 2008. The DVD of Aamir Khan’s Taare Zamee Par hit the Indian stores recently. Aamir wrote in his blog that Walt Disney, which bought the distribution rights in U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand and Canada, will however take another three more months to release in these countries. In [...]
Very Much Without Verisimilitude
First posted on Desicritics. Last week, I pondered about the director’s need to research about a subject that is an important aspect of his or her movie. Extending that thought process, I feel that verisimilitude is a quality that lacks in most of our movies. Everyone is doing a good job with railway stations. But [...]
Dus Kahaniyaan: The Nearly-baked Roti Basket
Ever since I missed Dus Kahaniyaan in the theaters, I’ve been anxiously (well, not very) waiting to watch it on TV. I did, last Saturday on Set Max. It is probably the first time a non-English prime time weekend movie ended in just over two hours. I enjoyed the experience, and appreciate the attempt. Like [...]