India’s best kept secret
Forbes leaks India's best kept secret in its 100 most powerful women list (whatever that means). C'mon Forbes, there is a way of saying things. We know. But you could [...]
August 2007
Ali Bhai – First Day,First Show
There is a one year old story that Mohanlal dumped "Ali bhai" because the script had nothing new to offer. After watching the movie at Shenoy's yesterday, I wish. Sreenivasan [...]
My country is a house of wine
There is a Himalayan press Where wine is oozing from the snow; Deep rivers serve as Saki-girls; With wave-trough cups abrim they flow; Their banks are hands with which they [...]
Chora veena mannil…
Anil Pachoooran's poem from Arabikatha. Anil is the lyricist and the singer. Couldn't resist posting since I've been searching for some time :) (Thanks Whoever for the malayalam version) à ´Å¡Ã µâ€¹Ã ´° [...]
the Big Retail dilemma
He is a happy man. My friend’s wife is pregnant. But the other day, he was cribbing about shortage of apples in Kochi. He says the big red ones, the [...]
July 2007
Tete a Tete
Truman Capote's potrait by Henri Cartier Bresson Pic courtesy : © Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos "To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. [...]
Arabikatha and Cuba Mukundan – Lal Jose delivers
Film makers often fear to touch the communists,(and most often it is for singing praises) - they fear to touch live issues too. Lal Jose does both. Cuba Mukundan, the central character played by Sreenivasan is, when you think about it, the "party" itself. With all that is right about it and many things that are outdated. Lal Jose shows the decay with deep sympathy, as a true artist and like the touching poem in the movie, finds light at the end of the tunnel.
Our Lady in Raisina Hill
OUR Lady is in Raisina Hill. History was made today when Pratibha Patil was sworn in as the country's first woman President, who favoured socially inclusive economic growth and unity [...]
With balls and Without
Sometimes I get tired of this whole blog business, its the same stuff everywhere and millions of them (and net is so slow). The rightists, leftists, cookists, fundamentalists (with balls [...]
Mission 90 Days – FLAT
Mission 90 Days, In theatres. a Classic reaction, which sums it up - "Worth! Worth" Me: "Is it!!" "Veruthu!Veruthu" Everyone has a right to self-indulgence, good film makers have done [...]
If Sharks were people
-by Bertolt Brechtlink courtesy : "Quitsmoke" Mokashi "If sharks were people," his landlady's little daughter asked Mr. K, "would they be nicer to little fish?" "Of course", he said,"if sharks [...]
Bloody Mary – Sagarika’s Circus
It is funny, the shallowness of our much touted journos. If it appears that I am highlighting a few flaws in an article without addressing the bigger question, it could [...]