And The Oscar Goes To ….
Super thrilled that the Naatu Naatu song from the movie RRR and the Documentary film Elephant Whisperers won an Oscar each !! Let the floodgates open 🙂
movies
Movie Review – 6 Below
Two recent Hollywood movies speak of miracles, Breakthrough and the more recent movie “6 Below – Miracle on the Mountain”. Life is a miracle !
The Forever Bond, Sir Sean Connery
RIP Sir Sean Connery. You will be missed and thanks for bringing James Bond alive. You live on. The Forever Bond !!
And our vacation begins !
This trip to the UK is dedicated to my father … we were planning to visit London in 2008 and we couldn’t because he had his cerebral haemorrhage in Aug of 2008 and passed away in Dec, the same year. For the next ten years we didn’t think about a visit as we were busy … Read more
Misplaced priorities – Shiva & Sandeep Vs Sanjay
Does the name Shiva ring a bell ? I doubt it. Except that its a fairly common Indian name and its also the name of an important God for Hindus – the destroyer, Shiva. Does the name Sandeep ring a bell? Once again its a fairly common name in India and without a last name … Read more
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
Where there is love ….
On Sunday we watched this movie “The Vow” starring Channing Tatum and Rachel Adams. The story is about a couple who are madly in love, get married and within a few weeks are involved in a serious auto accident that leaves the wife in a coma. When the wife recovers from her coma, she doesn’t … 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
“Shashi” has a new dimple
Something about him conveyed class and goodness, and he was the kind of man that a girl could introduce her dad to and he wouldn’t object to your seeing him. His handsome face had “decency” written all over it… He was and remains my favourite Kapoor. I never liked Raj Kapoor much for some reason, … Read more
The bald, witty, democratic “Tughlaq” no more!
His mentee Jayalalitha passed away yesterday and even before people could pour Earth over her coffin and the Earth settled, her mentor too passed away! I knew about Cho always because my dad was a huge fan. The only magazine that he would buy was “Tughlaq”. Dad accepted his political view without debate because Cho … Read more