Wednesday, December 25, 2024

60th Filmfare: Black Lady Goes to…

31st January 2015: The film fraternity took to their seats to witness the biggest award night of Indian Cinema. Red Carpet! Glamorous Actresses! Suited...

The Inheritance of Loss: A Must For Today’s Youth

The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai, is a novel of self-actualization and realisation of one’s true identity in the times of turmoil. As...

Superheroes On TV: Latest A La Mode- Part 2

  Last week I wrote about superheroes in DC comics being adapted as TV shows. We promised to bring you an update on the characters...

Chet Faker: The Electric Soul Man

Born Nicholas Murphy, Chet Faker is an Australian electronica artist who had his breakthrough after doing a mellow rendition of the Blackstreet classic ‘No...

Coldplay: The Scientist Stops the Clock

  Imagine an arena filled with laser lights and stadium sound systems, bathed in confetti that would put Santa to shame. And yet the ambiance...

Birdman: The Unexpected Vice of Ignorance

‘And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?’ ‘I did.’ ‘And what did you want?’ ‘To call myself beloved, to feel myself...

Sugar, Spice & Everything Clichéd: Recipe for the Perfect Sitcom

Wish to make a TV show? Want it to look ‘Cool. Cool cool cool’? Want the viewers to keep a track of the star...

Superheroes on TV: Latest A La Mode

  Comic books and superheroes are very often and very popularly adapted as movies and TV shows. Right now, there are a number of TV...

Padma Awards: Crowning the Unsung Heroes of Art

All of us (don’t) remember the names and dates we crammed for our general knowledge exams, making up official sounding surnames and hoping against...

Back For Round Five: Game Of Twists, Turns And Dragons

‘Nothing’s more hateful than failing to protect the one you love.’ The trailer for season 5 of HBO’s magnum opus starts off with this...

Bollywood Music: From Darde Dil to Darde Disco

Music is an art that transcends boundaries. It is believed to have existed for about 50,000 years, since the first human civilization, and was...

Elastic Heart: Aching to Remould Conflict

‘Elastic Heart’ by Australian singer-songwriter Siawas originally recorded featuring Canadian PBR&B artist The Weeknd for the soundtrack of the 2013 American film The Hunger...

The Tragic Trajectory of Breaking Bad: Modern Day Ozymandias

If ratings or awards mean something, Breaking Bad scored a hundred per cent rating by Rotten Tomatoes, and 9.5 out of 10 by IMDb....

Jaipur Literature Festival 2015- A Celebration

Every year since 2006, literature enthusiasts and book lovers from all around the world gather for the biggest celebration of literature on the planet...

EDM 101: The New Face Of Pop Music

  EDM, or Electronic Dance Music, is pop music’s funkiest and trendiest acronym! It has already become a rage amongst most of the youth and...

Why You Should Need (Read) The Japanese Wife

The Japanese Wife is a collection of twelve short stories written by Kunal Basu who is an Indian writer of English Fiction. Basu has...

AIB Knockout: “Let the Filth Begin”

Outrageous. Crass. Edgy. Filthy. Abusive. Humiliating. Bold with a capital B. Call it what you may, but I dare you to deny that the...

Papa Roach Spreads the F.E.A.R

Ever thought of mixing jam with ketchup? Unusual combo. Isn’t it? Well, music is just like food my friend. Mix Hard Rock music with Pop/Hip...

The Theory of Everything: A Most Subtle Experience

‘The Theory of Everything’ is, if not very thought-provoking, a romanticised portrayal of a man reputed to be of a great mind, inflicted with...

Whiplash: Chazelle’s Indie Masterpiece Hits All the Right Notes

Whenever I spot a fictitious arts school in the premise of a movie I am instantly reminded of those atrocious dance movies (set to...

Stairway to Heaven: Rock 101

How many of you can hum Hotel California and Still Loving You like it’s your school prayer and cannot help but sway to the...

The Lunchbox heads to BAFTA!

Indian Cinema finds its foot in Hollywood. 7 years ago, Slumdog Millionaire led to two Academy Awards coming to the nation. And since then Bollywood...

Swami Haridas-Tansen Sangeet Nritya Mahotsav

An amazing 3 day festival of Hindustani classical dance and music concluded on the 11th of January at Shankar Lal Hall, Modern Public School,...

Sony Hacked. North Korea Threatens. But The Interview is On.

  Guardians of Peace. That’s right, Guardians of Peace or GOP as they like to call themselves, is the name of the group behind the...

Broootally Honest: The Battle of The Five Armies Review; or, Oh…Alright

When was the last time your neck got uneasy? When was the last time your butt literally went numb? I don’t remember the last...