The Power of Rhythm

By Avantika Seth A good song can trigger a cascade of secondary responses which are usually involuntary! Propensity to move in time with music, not so...

The Movie Set That Ate Itself

  By Aman Sardana Eight years ago, a relatively unknown (and unhinged) director began one of the wildest experiments in film history. Armed with total creative...

Save the Cat – How one book took over Hollywood

By Aman Sardana If you’ve gone to the movies recently, you may have felt a strangely familiar feeling: You’ve seen this movie before. Not...

AIB: All India Bakchod

By Surangya Kaur Do you remember the “Rape: It’s your fault” video? You might, it did go viral. It was a humorous, satirical take on...

Underground Scene of Indian Music

By Surangya Kaur A considerable chunk of our population is veering away from Hindi music and switching to English tracks instead. The reason behind this...

Bend in the End

By Pranali Batra A comment on unconventional endings in Indian Cinema  He is standing alone in a vast green field. He calls out to her. She...

OneRepublic – The Feel Good Band

By Chahat Sareen Music is to the soul what words are to the mind. You might have whistled along the “Good Life” tunes in your college...

Vishal Bhardwaj

By Naman Singh Now that everyone loves to write about their life a lot, why should we too wish to be somewhere behind? Yes, open...

Hindustani Music….Part 5

There are many many things about Indian classical music that I would love to talk about. But there are many concepts about which all...

Go Waka Waka: Benefits Of Belly Dancing

By Rashi Mittal We all love to see belly dancers. Their fancy costumes, the way they move their body and have a full control over...

Sunil Grover v/s Kapil Sharma

By Harshita Kain Sunil Grover and Kapil Sharma are amongst the best comedians India has ever had. While Kapil Sharma gained popularity after winning Comedy...

Why Just “NO-SMOKING”?

By Nikita Madan We Indians have movies in our veins. The clapping/whistling /dancing frenzy that it evokes in theatres has no parallel in any other...

Bollywood ladies in negative roles

By Nikita Madan  Women on Indian celluloid rarely get the chance to go bad, but when they do, they leave a mark. The Bollywood villainess...

Dystopia: Of Hope and Helplessness

By Riya Kuruvilla If we lived in a dystopian world, you wouldn't be reading this. Fortunately, it isn’t and we can talk about dystopian literature...

Escapist Indulgence in our Illusions of Control: From “The Lord of the Rings” to...

By Riya Kuruvilla Ghosts and Goblins, Fairies and Elves, Trolls and Monsters, Werewolves and Vampires – these and various other shapely (or shapeless) creatures fill...

Ekta Kapoor: The Prime Time face of Indian Television

By Riya Singla Prime time shows, family time, The ‘K factor’ and lots and lots of melodrama! The ideal scene from every household a few...

Movie adaptations of Bestsellers: a growing trend in Bollywood

By Riya Singla ‘Hollywood’, is something we all fancy. Indian film makers have always  been inspired by the way Hollywood conducts itself. In Hollywood, it...

Keeping up with the Khans

By Abhilasha We love to watch them on screen and always have the intel on who’s dating whom, but do we actually know what these...

Yours Musically, Coke Studio Pakistan

By  Mahima Rana The other day my roommate was playing “Sunny Sunny” on repeat, the entire day. Irritation level at its peak, I turned on...

The Best Musical Movies

By Kriti Kaul Music reverberates everywhere. There is little wonder then that music has acted as a muse, as an inspiration for cinema as well....

Hasee To Phaseee Review- Charmingly Goofy

By Nikita Madan   Hasee To Phasee (mind you the title has no relevance to the film!) is a refreshing take on the clichéd boy meet...

Bollywood Overdose

By Harshita Kain   In the recent years, stars have invaded our lives in each and every possible way. While earlier the presence of Bollywood celebrities...

Koffee of Words

By Sneha Garodia The definition of a perfect Sunday evening for many of us right now would be in front of the television watching Koffee...

The Timekeeper: We’re all a little Obsessive Compulsive over Time

By Riya Kuruvilla Hate or love it, you've still got to follow time. We are obsessed with the idea of “measuring the hour”, of trying...

Sensitization or Stereotyping?

By Rhea Grover   It is difficult to distinguish between art and life in modern day society; they no longer imitate each other but appear to...