Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mailparsitimes@gmail.com by 17th October, 2018. Winner: “Dog: If she says ‘#Me TOO’ instead of ‘Mee oww’ I’ll be in the dog-house!!’” -By Zubin R. Wadia (Pune)
Genre: Thriller, Comedy, Mystery Rating: 4/5 140 minutes Director: Sriram Raghavan The mystery/thriller genre in Hindi films has been largely under-utilised and barely exploited, save for the odd ones such as B R Chopra’s ‘Hamraaz’ or ‘Ittefaq’. But even in these, the suspense unfolded in the dying (pun intended) moments of the films. Officially inspired…
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mailparsitimes@gmail.com by 10th October, 2018. Winner: “Main solah baras ki, Tu sattar baras ka!” -By Nilufer Khajotia
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mailparsitimes@gmail.com by 3rd October, 2018. Winner: “Nana Patekar: Kabhi Khushi Kabhi ‘Bum’? Mallika Sherawat: Court Mein Milengey Hum!!” -By Delna Vandrewala
With the success of ‘The Wunderkinds’, NCPA presents a fabulous live performance of pure pop, paying tribute to the divas of music including Madonna, Celine Dion, Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Christina Aguilera, Adele, Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus and Pink. The melodious Pranjali Barve will liven the mood with a live performance, alongside the talented band,…
Genre: Action, Thriller Rating: 1.5/5 104 minutes Director: Pierre Morel The title, which is grossly misleading, refers to the flavour of the ice-cream Carly (Cailey Flemina) was about to have on her tenth birthday when she and her parents were mowed down by the gun-toting hoodlums of druglord Diego Garcia (Juan Pablo Raba). While Carly…
Genre: Drama, Comedy Rating: 3/5 136 minutes Director: Vishal Bhardwaj Vishal Bhardwaj has always been known to do the unexpected – in a typical deviation, this time he lays focus in the hinterland of Rajasthan. Adapted from a six-page story, ‘Do Behnein’ by Charan Singh Pathik in which two sisters Champa ‘Badki’ (Radhika Madan in an impressive…
For those unfamiliar with the subject – Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955) was a prolific storywriter who supplemented his earnings by penning film scripts. His writings could be acerbic and vitriolic, but more of that latter. Biographies are generally arduous to navigate, leaving the filmmaker with a tough choice – whom to appease – the paying…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]On popular demand by our readers, PT is delighted to coax our brilliant writer, Dara Khodaiji, into sharing another set of his ‘info-taining’ Idioms… [/otw_shortcode_info_box] . Idioms aren’t idiotic. They are replete with wisdom, lessons in morals and a lot more besides being amusing. ‘Being the breadwinner’: Most of our life is spent…
. The NCPA Jazz Collective comprises four talented young musicians who have a spark and enthusiasm for jazz – Jazz/Latin Jazz pianist Pradyumna Singh Manot; vocalist – Sanjeeta Bhattacharya; upright acoustic bass – Abhinav Khokhar; and drummer – Saurav Ghosh. They collectively take the initiative to educate the Indian audience about jazz, at the same time, raise the standards of Indian…
Genre: Drama, Crime Rating: 2.5/5 130 minutes Director: Sanjib Dey It’s been widely publicised as India’s first multilingual film — English, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Manipuri and Nagamese — in English subtitles wherever necessary. ‘lll Smoking Barrels’ is an anthology of three stories, all based in ‘Far East India’ but disparate — by director Sanjib Dey,…