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I can’t quite figure out why this film got such bad reviews. I actually enjoyed parts of it. The real star of this film is Akshay Kumar. As long as he’s on the screen, you don’t feel bored or annoyed. By now, you might have already read about the high levels of style and attitude [...]
Posted on April 28th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Music, Film and Art | 8 Comments »
I’ve never really had anything knitted for me. My mother was coerced by me to try and knit something for me. In the winters, all my classmates wore at least one item that had been lovingly knitted by some woman in their family. It probably has something to do with growing up in the South, [...]
Posted on April 16th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Family and Friends, Self | 14 Comments »
If this film wasn’t about a spouse suffering from Alzheimer’s, it could have easily been a film about a spouse suffering from cirrhosis. By now enough spoilers are floating around the pipes. So I won’t go into the details. But here’s the biggest catch. It’s actually two films. One “before they got married” and [...]
Posted on April 14th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Music, Film and Art | 11 Comments »
I admit with great shame that I hadn’t heard this song any sooner. On the phone, my sister insisted I search for it on Youtube. I don’t know quite know what to make of it. I find it offensive and hilarious all at the same time. Not to mention the translation-defying lyrics:
Tere ghar mein bartan-shartan [...]
Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Music, Film and Art | 13 Comments »
Sometimes you read stuff that should be screenshot-ted and preserved for posterity. This is the case of the really boring and bordering on self-pity blog called Sir John Bull. Now you would expect someone who is a member of the BNP to be a complete moron. But this chap takes it way ahead. So this [...]
Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Politics, UK, wtf | 6 Comments »
Far away in some lab, your phantom
toe wiggles in tandem. At least this
is how one makes a grown woman
sleep after drinking lots of soup.
I now revise the epics for you.
One story about the three-toed
monster, another about the mystical
Third Toe. For now there are three.
Phantom, Real and Memory.
Posted on April 8th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Poetry and Fiction | 6 Comments »
Alright. I have to vent. I saw yet another Tamil film which could have been so much better. The latest in the list was Velli Thirai. Not having access to any Tamil TV channel, we tend to rely on luck when we get hold of a Tamil film. And I still haven’t found a very [...]
Posted on April 8th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Music, Film and Art | 7 Comments »
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