Here’s what you may have missed in April 2024 on The Wonderful World of Cinema!

By Aman Basha As his most awaited work for Pushpa The Rule releases, a look back at my Chandrabose favorites. It is not much of a debate to call Chandrabose the most acclaimed Telugu lyricist of his age, and this was even before his Namaste at the Oscars. Great Telugu lyricists before Chandrabose had come […]

Being an avid listener to the David McWilliams podcast I heard that his TED Talk has reached over 1 million views. It is well worth a look as he does make some very good points suggesting that poets and artists… Continue reading →

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The film stars Nivin Pauly, Dhyan. The message is so obvious that you see the ending from a mile away. The opening stretch of Malayalee from India deposits us on a mountain road, as a Hindi song with sad lyrics plays in the background: “Dilon mein faasle hain… Yeh kaisi khamoshi hai…” The words talk […]

The Netflix series stars Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, among many, many others. The eight-episode format allows Bhansali to be more patient with his material, and the result is lovely, mellow storytelling. What would you call a willful woman who insists that her daughter follow the family tradition of becoming a tawaif, a […]

A review of Henry Hathaway’s 14 Hours (1951) written on my companion blog Three Enchanting Ladies.

China’s economy is teetering on the brink of widespread deflation—a scenario that could cause even more problems than high inflation. Economists are afraid that deflation is happening in China like it did in Japan’s recession in the 1990s. Like Japan… Continue reading →

The film stars Vijay, Trisha, Prakash Raj. The only thing to say about it is that it still holds up. Let’s go back to April 17, 2004, the day Ghilli was released. The new millennium had seen the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers: Bala in December 1999 (so you can cheat a bit […]

By Rohan Bhardwaj Podcast are the new rage, everyone is doing one. And naturally I stumbled upon one talking about movies which has aged well. The movie is Chashme Baddoor. Farook Shaikh and Deepti Naval among other cast stole the show. These types of cinema isn’t getting made now. And I miss them. Its amazing […]

Listening to the Podcast ‘The Price of Football’ the theory of price elasticity of demand was raised with regard to the sale of Premier League replica shirts. Should clubs actually reduce the price of shirts in order to increase demand… Continue reading →

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By abishekspeare Penning down my crisis management thoughts in the heat of the moment My morning workout involves a very spirited walk from my bed to the hall in order to fetch the newspaper. Only today, on my return journey back to my bed, I was sweating so profusely that I could have solved Bengaluru’s […]

A review of the masterpiece Thelma and Louise (Ridley Scott, 1991)

The film stars Vishal, Priya Bhavani Shankar. There are some interesting ideas, but none of them are allowed to take root amidst all the speed. If a film wants to be a template film and it ends up being a template film, then is there any point in saying that this film is just a […]

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Read below my review of the delightful comedy DEAR RUTH initially published last week for the 6th Golden Boy Blogathon: A William Holden Celebration! 👇

Climbing Ladder on a Container ShipWith the downturn in global trade the international transport industry has been very much affected. Those that have been associated with the distribution of goods get an early indication of the slowdown in global growth.… Continue reading →

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