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Okay, so the other film that I saw over the weekend was Jab We Met. I have mixed feelings when it comes to films with Kareena Kapoor. But Imitiaz Ali’s Socha Na Tha was such a wonderful watch, that this one had to be given a fair chance.
I liked Socha Na Tha quite a [...]
Posted on October 30th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Music, Film and Art | 6 Comments »
I know I’ve been quiet for a little while. Very uncharacteristic. But moving on, I saw two films over the weekend. One of them was Katrathu Tamizh.
I wanted to like this film. I want to like any film that goes a bit beyond the usual formula. I suppose the story had some promise at some [...]
Posted on October 29th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Music, Film and Art | 10 Comments »
Perhaps it’s because he’s so
thin. That winter assaults his
very soul. Shiver by shiver,
he disappears everyday. She
kisses him constantly.
Her lips are chapped. His cheeks
are sore. But they’re in love,
and so feel compelled to show.
In the middle of a cuddle, he
abandons her for a book, “I
must figure out how we
can kiss Pareto Efficiently.”.
PS – This poem makes [...]
Posted on October 19th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Poetry and Fiction | 13 Comments »
There’s something to be said about the mind. It hops randomly between disconnected triggers, and out bulges a memory. MM’s post on fancy dress competitions brings me to this.
Till a certain age, committing anything to memory was never a problem for me. I guess that age was probably eight. Given that most of what one [...]
Posted on October 15th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Photographs, Self | 16 Comments »
The world would be wonderful if more people were as flippant as her. Doris Lessing is told that she won the Nobel Prize for Literature and she looks part annoyed and part tired.
Lessing later said she thought the cameras were there to film a television program. Vegetables peeked out from blue plastic bags she [...]
Posted on October 12th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Books | 1 Comment »
Babe of Bombay (BoB) and I have a brief conversation.
BoB: I don’t speak Hindi. Never picked it up.
Me: In Bombay? You didn’t pick up Hindi in Bombay?
BoB: Even at home, I don’t understand what my parents say in Tamil.
Me: Oh. Okay.
BoB: I think it’s my face.
Me: Err?
BoB: I think my face tells people that I [...]
Posted on October 10th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Self | 18 Comments »
I admit I am looking forward to this film. Even as big shots in Hollywood declare that they’re strictly off making movies with women in the lead, there seem to be at least some films with women in focus in India.
But reading Rani Mukherji’s interview in Rediff, I am deeply puzzled by this statement [...]
Posted on October 9th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Music, Film and Art, wtf | 14 Comments »
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