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It is nearly impossible to translate the subliminal magic of director Anurag Basu’s Barfi! into words. Ranbir-Priyanka-Ileana’s Barfi! is a film to be experienced and surrendered to. Read more
“World events revolve around five things – M-O-N-E-Y" quips Gekkoesque billionaire fund manager Robert Miller (Richard Gere) to CNN on the eve of his 60th birthday in the 2012 Hollywood drama Arbitrage. Read more
European debt crisis, simply put, is the inability of the PIIGS countries (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) to pay back bondholders. A slowdown in global economy made it unsustainable for countries with a loose fiscal discipline. Read more
Greek philosopher Socrates once said: “The unexamined life is not worth living” but what can a deep introspection reveal to a human being and more importantly, is it possible to carry out such an examination of one’s life? Read more
Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur Part 2 takes off from Part 1 and the saga of absurd violence and relentless homage to Bollywood continues all the way till the gory climax. But the sense of history and of real, pulsating characters seen in Part 1 was missing. Read more
Salman Khan aka Bollywood jungle’s Tiger has shown his majestic might once again. After delivering hits such as Dabangg, Ready and Bodyguard, he is set to break Box Office collection records with his latest film Ek Tha Tiger. But is the film worth watching? Read more
Gangs of Wasseypur is far removed from the gloss and sheen of big cities and equally, the make-believe of Hindi cinema. And yet it doffs a hat to the movies, particularly the 'angry young man' of the '70s who has as much an impact on some of the characters and the milieu they inhabit as it must have had on director Anurag Kashyap himself. Read more
Rajesh Khanna must have known exactly how his obituary would read, regardless of the circumstances of his life and death. Read more
There’s a scene in the latter half of Homi Adajania’s film Cocktail where Veronica (Deepika Padukone) gets drunk at a nightclub. Read more
Libor manipulation scandal has been dominating the news lately. It is one more example highlighting corporate greed and how hungry banks are looking to profit through unethical ways. Read more
