Genre: Action, Thriller Rating: 3/5 123 minutes Director: Antoine Fuqua There would have apparently been a strong enough reason for Denzel Washington to have assented to do his first ever sequel — four years after ‘The Equalizer’ which was based upon the TV series of the 80s. He reprises his role of Robert McCall, a…
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 19th September, 2018. Winner: Children Singing, “Happy Birthday to you! Were you born in the Zoo? With BJP’s monkeys and donkeys, as claimed by Pappu!” -By J. L. Italia
One of the first films to showcase (pun unintended) the plight of brothels and their inmates was ‘Mandi’ (1983). The dusky Mrunal Thakur, making her debut in Hindi films in the eponymous ‘Love Sonia’, has shades of the late Smita Patil, who essayed Zeenat in Shyam Benegal’s 1983 classic. Noorani’s directorial feature debut goes several…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]From the morbid subject of death that we read in the last instalment Of ‘Idioms aren’t Idiotic’, we now explore the subject of birth, especially those privileged ones born to a rich family… [/otw_shortcode_info_box] . To Be ‘Born With A Silver Spoon In The Mouth’: It was back in time, in England, when the majority…
Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy Rating: 3/5 157 minutes Director: Anurag Kashyap Whatever Punjabis do, it’s not only without inhibition but with a great deal of spontaneity. If ‘Udta Punjab’ (2016) showcased the rampant drug menace in the state, ‘Manmarziyaan’, Anurag Kashyap’s latest — a romantic comedy — has dollops of free-spirited, licentious and overt passion….
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 19th September, 2018. Winner: Guy: “Yes, there’s a gambhar on the ground floor, dear. Let me show you a safer way of getting there!” -By Sanaya Behruz Irani (Pune)
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 12th September, 2018. Winner: “Shahrukh: Karan, now we can finally make, “Dilwale DULHA Le Jayenge!” -By Tanya Poonawala
Genre: Drama, Romance Rating: 3/5 102 minutes Director: Kanwal Sethi Telephonic conversations between a divorcee and a widowed mother — both at least in their late 40s — which gradually progress towards a certain degree of romance, are at the centre of ‘Once Again’, available on Netflix. Amar Kumar (Neeraj Kabi, fresh from his stint…
Genre: Drama, Romance Rating: 2.5/5 140 minutes Director: Sajid Ali ‘A modern-day love story’, proclaims one of the film’s publicity posters. Well, it certainly is — part of the blossoming romance is on the mobile phone. Possibly the eighth Hindi film to be so titled (two of them during the silent era), this latest, co-written…
Genre: Drama, Thriller Rating: 3.5/5 114 minutes Director: Dipesh Jain ‘Gali Guleiyan’ translates to ‘In the Shadows’. In this sense, the film, for its major part retains a dusky, gloomy look, which is possibly the intention of its first-time feature director Dipesh Jain. Screened so far at almost ten Film Festivals worldwide, Gali Guleiyan features the…
A tribute to the unforgettable voices of some of the most legendary powerhouse women vocalists of the era gone by – the Lady Day – Billie Holiday; First Lady of Song – Ella Fitzgerald; and the Queen of Soul – Aretha Franklin. A journey through timeless soul stirring, ballads including ‘Embraceable You’ and ‘I Never…