A proud Sagittarius having varied interests which keep changing from time to time. Travel, Food, Films, Books, Music, and Photography are some which have stayed with me over the years and I enjoy partaking in them, in one form or another, even now. Although, my kids take up most of my time, it has been fun watching them grow and develop interests of their own, some of which thankfully coincide with mine.
It’s hard to review a book like Satyajit Ray’s Ravi Shankar primarily because it is more of a collector’s item, and is also likely to appeal mainly to hardcore cinephiles or music enthusiasts. While on the surface it is the untold story of the documentary that Satyajit Ray […]
One of the major reasons any biography or a tell-all tale of a celebrity achieves good book sales is gossip. Big revelations about the industry, which is a pretty close-knit family, have intrigued outsiders forever. When reading about famous individuals from any field of life, we the readers, […]
At first glance, Bhawana Somaaya’s Talking Cinema: Conversations with Actors and Film-makers might seem like a collection of dated interviews compiled together to present a balanced picture of the Indian film industry. The interviews date back more than a decade as most are from 2000-2005 with the odd […]
There are film directors I have known about, for years, mainly because of the blockbuster movies they have directed. Then, there are directors that I have heard of in the passing, but whose films I have never explored. There also exist films that I have seen, but possibly […]
There is a good chance that an avid film watcher in India would have seen at least one film by Mani Ratnam. He has long been an integral part of Indian cinema making movies in varied languages, at regular intervals, and taking on issues and stories that are […]
Every once in a while, a book comes along that not only takes me on a magical literary journey but also scratches my sometimes dormant but often itchy travel bug into action. It is not always the “travelogues” that intrigue me. Often, the most unlikely of books, those […]
The madness of it all is hard to comprehend. It is indeed not the first time that I have read Rajesh Khanna referred to as the “first superstar” of Indian cinema. Many, associated with Indian cinema, still claim that nothing has so far surpassed the craze that Rajesh […]
