Dadar Parsee Colony Gymkhana’s annual New Year’s Eve, ‘Masquerade’ was full of festivity and fun with members and guests dressed in their best, grooving to both, golden era as well as latest dance hits played by DJ Aarish Daruwalla of Mazda Audio Video Lab who ensured to get everyone on the dancefloor. Tanaz Godiwalla had…
Meher, a fourteen year old (name changed for confidentiality purposes) had been wanting a bicycle for her birthday. However, knowing that her parents could not afford one, she never asked. So imagine her delight when her neighbour gifted her one on that day. Meher was overjoyed and kept asking her neighbour how she could possibly…
The New Year party organised by GBRWA at Godrej Baug to ring in 2017 rocked till the wee hours of the morning. Young and old all had a blast with DJ Osh’s fab music and event arrangement. Gaurav Caterers satisfied all palates with delectable starters and a dinner spread. Tiny tots as well as seniors…
Malcolm Baug kick started New Year’s eve event, ‘laMBada’ at the hall, transforming it into a party scene with DJ Yazad Karai keeping the party going into the wee hours. Spot prizes and dinner vouchers saw community members participating in the TicketSelfie contest along with other on-spot games likes tattoos, long beards and rolling in…
CRICKET Mumbai In Ranji Trophy Finals: Mumbai gained a thumping victory by 6 wickets against Tamil Nadu in the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy and sailed into this year’s finals to regain the title of champions. Opting to bat, Tamil Nadu amassed 305 in 115.2 overs during their first innings with half centuries from Kaushik…
Based on the 2011 novel by Patrick Ness — and centred around the original idea of Siobhan Dowd as she herself was dying of cancer — A Monster Calls is an unusual tale of 12-year-old Conor O’ Malley (Lewis MacDougall), who, as the voice-over informs us in the beginning, is ‘too old to be a…
Apparently set in the distant future, the starship Avalon is on a 120-year journey to ‘Homestead 2’ – a distant colony planet of Earth. During the voyage, due to a systems failure, passenger Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) wakes up from his hibernation within 30 years, 90 years too early. The 5000 passengers and 258 crew…
French Morocco, 1942. Casablanca to be precise. And that could only mean WWII. A Royal Canadian intelligence officer Max Vatan (Brad Pitt) finds himself paired as the husband of French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour (Marion Cotillard), with the German Ambassador Hobar (August Diehl) to Casablanca being their target. Mission assassination accomplished, their pretence at being…
Regional films have rarely been acknowledged in mainstream cinema. Nor have they got their merited due. This year alone, Marathi films such as Ekk Albela, Natsamrat and Ventilator have done reasonably well, with Sairat earning rave reviews. The first Marathi film of 2017 has Dilip Prabhavalkar (Mahatma Gandhi of Lage Raho Munabhai) as Appa, R.K….
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January (Lucky No. 3; Lucky Card: Empress) : Great start of 2017 for all born in January, especially the ladies. You will wield authority and power. A month of contentment and love, celebration is on the cards. A little hard work is called for. Balance your emotions and duties. Let go of things that disturb…