Didn’t know moms could be so bad (wish I could have added an emoji)! Just 15 months after ‘Bad Moms’ released last year, comes this Christmas episodic film, with grandmas in tow. And what happens when they descend upon their daughters and grandchildren? Set within a span of a week, the film begins with the…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you lesser known, amusing facts about our beloved Bombay. Explore this city’s history with these informational nuggets![/otw_shortcode_info_box] Essel World: EsselWorld is an amusement located in Gorai, Mumbai and established in 1989 by Pan India Paryatan Pvt. Ltd. (PIPPL). EsselWorld along with its counterparts, Water Kingdom is stretched over 64 acres of land and is recognised as…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Nozar is a qualified Home Baker in Bakery and Confectionery from the catering fraternity and takes order for home-based catering. His recipes are tried, tested and absolutely delicious! He looks forward to your feedback! [/otw_shortcode_info_box] Ingredients: 240 gms – Dark Cooking Chocolate; ¼ cup – Butter (at room temperature); ½ +…
There are two types of Parsis – those who love tea and those who love coffee. Kekoo Coffeewala, more popularly known as Kekoo-Kalingar (Watermelon) loved coffee since childhood. His psychiatrist knew that Kekoo’s coffee-mania went back to his embryo-stage since his mother Ketayun had an urge for this beverage throughout the nine months she carried…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Genre: Thriller, Suspense 108 minutes 3/5 Director: Abhay Chopra[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Generally speaking, iconic films are not to be tampered with. The 1969 ‘Ittefaq’ ( Rajesh Khanna was still a couple of months away from being christened the new superstar) was collaborated upon by the two titans of Hindi cinema — Baldev Raj…
Kalki Koechlin’s second film within a week has the talented actress playing a committed and dutiful parent as opposed to the carefree and ebullient Jia in the eponymous ‘Jia Aur Jia.’ The film opens with Sahana Mehra (Kalki) being given the ‘good news’ by her gynaecologist, much to the former’s discomfiture. A heated argument at…
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mail.parsitimes@gmail.com by 8th November, 2017. [otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”bordered” border_color_class=”otw-blue-border” border_style=”bordered” rounded_corners=”rounded-10″ background_color=”#c4dbff”] Winning Caption “Bhai, aai aetlu size nu gotlu banavta ketlo vakhat lagshe?” – By Hormazd Irani [/otw_shortcode_info_box]
THELMA – Drama, 116m, Norway, Dir. Joachim Trier A superlative film – easily one of the best in the Festival, it’s about a university student’s attraction – with near disastrous consequences – for her fellow female colleague. The seizures the former is prone to, coupled with the dark secret she and her parents share, form…
The only reason the director might offer for this film going haywire long before the end is that it was his debut feature. The premise, although a tried and tested one, promised much more. Two girls, unknown to each other and coincidentally sharing their first name, decide to go on a road trip to Sweden….
Manoj Bajpayee is one of the triumvirate of our current actors- Irrfan Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui being the other two- who have challenged the oft-believed perceptions of commercial films, even while making mainstream cinema their very own. Caught in the quagmire of business politics and wrongdoings, Divakar Mathur (Bajpayee) attempts to expose his partner Robin…
Aamir Khan’s films have always delivered a social message. Here, in SS, there’s more than one-domestic violence not paying in the long run, empowerment of the girl child and the bonding between a Muslim girl and a Gujarati boy with their naivety and innocent ‘I love you’. Insiya Malik (Zaira Wasim), a school-going girl with…