Two Legends Lost Too Soon: A Tribute

Two Legends Lost Too Soon: A Tribute

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]The last two days of April 2020 will probably go down as the darkest and saddest days in the history of Bollywood as India lost two of her most prolific and legendary actors – Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor – way before their time. Parsi Times Film Critic, Hoshang K Katrak pays a…

The Virus And Hollywood

The Virus And Hollywood

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]PT Film Critic, Hoshang Katrak takes a look at some films, which had a ‘virus’ as the central theme![/otw_shortcode_info_box] As the continents (Antarctica excluded) of our planet grapple with the lethal and unseen enemy, one’s thoughts dwell on Hollywood’s fascination for the unknown… While the perils of viral annihilation has been the subject…

PG Holds 6th All-Parsi TT Tourney

PG Holds 6th All-Parsi TT Tourney

The 6th All-Parsee Table-Tennis tournament organised by the 134-year-old Parsee Gymkhana (Marine Lines) on 7th and 8th December, 2019, saw 90 participants – from across Maharashtra and Gujarat – vying in 5 events. The exciting two-day event got underway with the qualifying rounds of Open Singles and the Under-14, which attracted entries mainly from Pune, Godrej…

Film Review: Diego Maradona

Film Review: Diego Maradona

Sifting through 500 hours of archival footage – most of it not seen before – Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia, has constructed a lively and obsessive documentary about the world’s best-known footballer of the 80s. The film begins when SSC Napoli, a little-known football club in Italy, welcomes their newest recruit, 23-year-old Maradona on 5 July,…

Review:  Murder On The Orient Express

Review: Murder On The Orient Express

  A single clue is what is proffered in the middle of the film, based on the enigmatic maestro Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel by the same name. The self-proclaimed ‘greatest detective in the world’ – the fastidious and mustachioed Belgian Hercule Poirot (played by director Branagh himself) – is bound for London aboard the famed Orient…

Review: Simran
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Review: Simran

If ever there was a female-centric film, Kangana brings it to life in ‘Simran’. A collaboration between a National award-winning director and a National award-winning actress is bound to create more than just a flutter. Well, it does – till you realise that the writing could have had more credibility than it does. A 30-year-old…