Satyakam is one of the most underrated classics of Hrishikesh Mukherjee. After the success of Anupama, Mukherjee went on to turn the light of truth inwards. The result was Satyakam. A huge part of Anupama's cast and crew was repeated in Satyakam, which included Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, David, dialogue writer Rajinder Singh Bedi, lyricist Kaifi Azmi... Continue Reading →
The Vote of Confidence episode last year was high on drama and emotion. Rahul Gandhi invoked the plight of an obscure woman called Kalawati to bring the nuclear issue as close as possible to the issues of the common man. The whole nation sympathised with this unknown lady in a far away village in Vidarbha,... Continue Reading →
In the year 2005, when Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Black was opening a new wave of multiplex cinema viewing in India, a movie released in 2003 was making waves across the world with its theme of conflict between idealism and practicality. The story of a generation which saw India being pulled in a thousand directions wasn’t... Continue Reading →
“My vote is for India, my vote is for Congress” says one of the poll ads of the Congress. I chuckled as a stream of thoughts came to my head. It has been almost 35 years since the Emergency was imposed but the self directed eulogies of the Congress has ceased to end. It was... Continue Reading →
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