Kurbaan: A Pseudo-Intellectual Thriller Kurbaan is an honest effort… To complete the sentence: Kurbaan is an honest effort at trying to please different sections of the audience — be it the average moviegoer who seeks entertainment every Friday, or the serious cinema buff searching for a new experience in every flick. And it is precisely … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2009
New Age Music: An Introduction
Music of a ‘New Age’ Everyone loves music, more or less a source of entertainment and recreation during idle hours. Some sail smoothly with Jazz, others let loose to Rock, a few sway to Reggae, many go bonkers with Trance, and the rest head-bang with Heavy Metal. Still others are obsessed with the current pop … Continue reading
APKGK (2009)
Satisfaction Not Guaranteed, Laughs Guaranteed Sometimes it doesn’t really matter how sensible a joke is, as long as it makes you laugh. Likewise, it doesn’t really matter that Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (APKGK) has a clichéd storyline because it really makes you laugh your guts out. Well, at least in most parts. And in … Continue reading
Signs (2002)
More Than Just ‘Expecting the Unexpected’ If an unanticipated climax, suspense and a supernatural concept are the only reasons you think Signs made it big, then think again. There’s more to the movie than just the ‘expect the un-expected’ outlook. Set in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Signs is about Graham Mess (Mel Gibson), a recently widowed, … Continue reading
Prem Joshua: Water Down The Ganges
A Trip Down Your Inner Ganges Planning a holiday at some calm, remote place, far from daily pressures and tensions? Put off that trip and instead allow the ethereal music and meditative chants of Prem Joshua’s “Water Down the Ganges” to fill your ears and tranquilise your senses. Prem Joshua (PJ)… The artist’s name itself … Continue reading
The Matrix (1999)
Wake Up Neo! “Wake up, Neo!” No, this is not just one of the opening dialogues from The Matrix. This is a wake-up call for those in deep slumber, oblivious to the bondages of the “world”. A wake-up call for those who know the questions but not the answers; a wake-up call for those who … Continue reading
Kaminey (2009)
To See or Not to See: That is the Question? Unlike the title of this review which rhymes with Hamlet, Vishal Bharadwaj’s Kaminey has nothing to do whatsoever with any of Shakespeare’s literary offerings. On the contrary, it seems Vishal has consciously chosen to leave his obsession with The Bard far behind to once again … Continue reading
