Movies and Coping With Grief – Sharmaji Namkeen and Achaari Baa

Grief and Sadness

For the past two months, I have watched comedy films as a way to distract myself from the bottomless grief of losing Krishnan. Reviewing two films, “Sharmaji Namkeen” and “Achaari Baa,”. Liked their positive portrayal of older folk. Finding coping mechanisms till meditation fills the hole with awareness.

A journey left midway …

Today morning KTV was showing the movie “Johnny”. Its a Tamil movie made in 1980 starring Rajinikanth in a double act and Sridevi, as the actress. The storyline is interesting and simple – Sridevi is a popular singer, and Johnny (Rajinikanth) is her ardent fan. Rajinikanth as Johnny is a small time thief and is crazy about … Read more

Movies that made an impression – 2017

Krishnan and I aren’t very avid movie-goers and infact this year we haven’t stepped inside a cinema theatre :). Nothing against the movie theatre, but when there is a huge selection of movies that we can watch on TV, why bother going to a theatre. The new movie channel “&PriveHD” that Tatasky has started offering … Read more