Note: I had written these reviews immediately after viewing the films and put them up for my Facebook friends. Thought of adding them here for posterity’s sake. These FB reviews are usually hurriedly written first impressions typed late in the night; I have pasted them here with minimal editing; please forgive any stark grammatical or spelling errors. Shuddh Desi Romance – First up, SDR is neither shuddh (the characters are confused, convulted though cute in their own way!) nor desi (heck, since when has live-in relationships become so, and this film unequivocally champions that cause right till its climax!) –…
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Kahaani is a brilliantly directed, website taut and tense thriller, with dollops of twists, treatment and loads of suspense, leaving the audience forever guessing, and lots of surprise elements that will keep you riveted to your seats.
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Number Plate My car’s front number plate has become a joke. If it had been a chain mail, it would have got forwarded the world over several times over. And perhaps (like all chain mails) return to me. Some two-three months back, the number plate decided to loosen all its ties, and hang out adventurously. Rather, hang down. Like a good car-owner, I reprimanded it and took it to the repair-shop (one decrepit one, near my place) and replaced its screws (at an exorbitant price for the job that size). Obviously, the number plate didn’t like to get screwed. Next…