Meherbai and Merwanji loved movies, not just Bollywood and Hollywood but even World Cinema. They relished movies from various parts of the world as well as Tamil, Telugu and Bengali ones at various film-societies, plus at the NCPA which was their second home in the evenings. For Merwanji, once he saw a movie, that was…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”Boxed”]In keeping with our readers’ demands for more ‘Meherbai’ articles by one of our most popular and wittiest writers, Ruby Lilaowala, we bring you ‘Meherbai’s Mann-Ki-Baat!’, Meherbai’s take on the current ongoings![/otw_shortcode_info_box] Meherwanji read out a headline from a newspaper to Meherbai which said, ‘Short naps can make you happier.’ Meherbai: It says ‘short’…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]The 50th anniversary of the iconic Bollywood classic hit, ‘Teesri Manzil’, has gone largely unnoticed. PT film critic HOSHANG K. KATRAK travels back in time and goes behind the scenes to unravel the mystery behind one of the most enduring films in the history of Indian Cinema.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] “Rocky, tumhein wahaan nahin jaana chaahiye”,…
The film is out, and so are the reviews and the verdict. While the critics’ reviews have been mixed, audience reactions in general have been encouraging. That the film is based on the celebrated Nanavati case was never in doubt. While the actual events of the late 50s and the early 60s had political undertones…
Originally planned to be titled ‘Dolly Lahore Mein’, ‘Happy Bhag Jayegi’ is a carefree, nonchalant film which promises much but fails to go the distance. Harpreet ‘Happy’ Kaur (Diana Penty) is a feisty and plucky bride-to-be who decides to play the vanishing trick on her wedding day in Amritsar. Jumping into a truck laden with…
Whatever happened to the winsome comedies starring Boman Irani and Arshad Warsi, two of our most gifted comedians? That they both require a good script is stating the obvious—the Munnabhai films, Jolly LLB, where they shared screen space. Arshad Warsi is Michael Misra (yes, we are told the ‘h’ is absent), who is a wannabe…
Accompanying Jason Bourne this week in losing his memory is Armin Salem (Rajeev Khandelwal) who meets with a car accident on a lonely road in picturesque Switzerland. Attending to him there is Dr. David Roy (Victor Banerjee) who asks him all the right questions but fails to ignite his memory. ‘It’s a brain injury,’ the…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]As promised to our readers in the last issue, we bring you an exclusive pre-release interview with Akshay Kumar, who plays the lead in the much looked-forward to Bollywood flick that is due to release next week – ‘Rustom’. Film critic and PT Special Correspondent Hoshang Katrak reports…[/otw_shortcode_info_box] The interview was scheduled for…
OK. The opening and closing frames of the film couldn’t have been more reprehensible — John Abraham (Kabir), a crack member of the Special Task Force and the blue-eyed boy of the External Affairs Ministry (the Minister is a woman, of course!) is shown smoking in an elevator and flicking a lit cigarette at the…
An interesting plot, impressive performances and original jokes are some of the ingredients for a commendable film. Sadly, ‘Grate’ Grand Masti has none of the above. The opening frames of the film, with Riteish Deshmukh and Farzin Pardiwalla, is a pointer to how the rest of the film would pan out and offers the viewers…
At last Salman Khan has got what he must have always hankered for – a valid reason to go shirtless Akash Oberoi (Amit Sadh) is a sports biz-kid who owns an MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) Premier League. His co-partners are after his blood as the previous two seasons have gone financially awry. On the advice…