Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History

Genre: Non-fiction Publisher: Doubleday Author: Ben Mezrich Overall ratings: 3/5 As I picked up the book reading just the first half of the title and wondering if it was lying in a misplaced section of the bookstore, I was intrigued by the plot. If either of these two feats were true, I knew it...

May 15th, 2013 | Book Reviews, Featured, Reviews | Read More

Star Trek: Into Darkness – A non-fan review

Director: J. J. Abrams Producer: Paramount Pictures Screenplay: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof Cast: Chris Pine, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Peter Weller & Anton Yelchin Music: Michael Giacchino Verdict:...

May 14th, 2013 | Featured, Movie Review | Read More

Movie Review: Bombay Talkies

Directors: Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap Producer: Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Ashi Dua Cast: Rani Mukerji, Randeep Hooda, Saqib Saleem, Vineet Kumar Singh, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Naman Jain, Ranvir Sheory. Music Director: Amit Trivedi Rating: 3.5/5 Indeed...

May 10th, 2013 | Featured, Movie Review | Read More

Iron Man 3

Director: Shane Black Producer: Kevin Feige Screenplay: Drew Pearce, Shane Black Based on: Iron Man by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck, Jack Kirby and Extremis by Warren Ellis, Adi Granov Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge...

May 7th, 2013 | Featured, Movie Review | Read More

Movie Review: Touring Talkies

Touring Talkies is one of the best films I have seen in recent times and an excellent tribute to Indian Cinema that celebrates its centenary year in 2013. Since this is a special film I would like to review it by using some quotes on cinema. Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning....

April 30th, 2013 | Featured, Movie Review | Read More

Prem Mhanje Prem Mhanje Prem Asta

With a title borrowed from a legendary Marathi poem the expectations from Mrinal Kulkarni’s directorial debut were surely high. But sadly this film does not meet the expectations to the fullest. Prem Mhanje Prem Mhanje Prem Asta essentially revolves around two characters; Anu played by Mrinal...

April 23rd, 2013 | Featured, Movie Review, Reviews | Read More

Aajcha Divas Majha

Director: Chandrakant Kulkarni Production: Puja Chhabria for White Swan Productions Writers: Ajit Dalvi and Prashant Dalvi Cast: Sachin Khedekar, Mahesh Manjrekar, Rishikesh Joshi, Ashwini Bhave, Pushkar Shrotri, Anand Ingle Music: Ashok Patki and Mangesh Dhakde Genre: Politics, Drama Rating: 3.5/5 Story: The...

April 16th, 2013 | Featured, Movie Review, Reviews | Read More

Our moon has blood clots

Writer: Rahul Pandita Publisher: Vintage Books/Random House Category: Autobiography, Documentary Ratings: 5/5 Verdict: The exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits is more of a forgotten chapter in the lives of many Indians, for we all have problems of our own that need to be severely dealt with. The reasons...

March 19th, 2013 | Book Reviews, Featured, Reviews | Read More

Oath of the Vayuputras

Writer: Amish Tripathi Publisher: Westland Press Category: Fiction/Mythology Cover: Rashmi Pusalkar Ratings: 4.5/5 The final book in the Shiva Triology is an amazing experience. Never before had the first day of a book written by an Indian author got such a great reception and response. Verdict: On...

March 13th, 2013 | Book Reviews, Featured, Reviews | Read More

Attacks of 26/11

Director: Ram Gopal Varma Producer: Parag Sanghvi Writer: Ram Gopal Varma, Rommel Rodrigues Starring: Nana Patekar, Sanjeev Jaiswal Studio: Alumbra Entertainment Distributor: Eros International Verdict: 3/5 So Ramu is back, again. Now, he had a lot of pressure with this one, since all his latest...

March 12th, 2013 | Featured, Movie Review | Read More

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