I really missed a few things over the past few days. First and foremost among them was my good old telephone directory. I had really forgotten its existence for the past one year, ever since I moved out of my home and depended solely on my mobile phone for making calls. Whenever my number was... Continue Reading →
Satyakam : The undying torch of truth
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 →
Rahul’s neighbourhood Kalawati
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 →
The unfulfilled dreams of Hazaaron Khwaishen Aisi
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 →
