Monthly Archives: October 2012

THREE MUSIC PERFORMANCES: HIDEKI TOGI, SUFI-INSHAD and SHREYA GHOSHAL

Posted on October 29, 2012 by The eternally happy Vijay

THREE DISTINCTIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES: HIDEKI TOGI, SUFI-INSHAD and SHREYA GHOSHAL In the span of less than a week, earlier this month, my wife and I were treated to three very different musical performances in three different venues and each of … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: CHAKRAVYUH

Posted on October 27, 2012 by The eternally happy Vijay

CHAKRAVYUH Prakash Jha’s CHAKRAVYUH marks the return of the director to his no-frills style of probing meaningful socio-political issues. It certainly will rank as mainstream Bollywood’s first contribution to highlight the Naxalism issue, although two other movies, Govind Nihalini’s HAZAR … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: STUDENT OF THE YEAR

Posted on October 20, 2012 by The eternally happy Vijay

STUDENT OF THE YEAR There is one feature about Karan Johar’s latest directorial effort (which is also produced by him), STUDENT OF THE YEAR which I like: it has no pretensions whatsoever of wanting to be the film of the … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: AIYYAA

Posted on October 12, 2012 by The eternally happy Vijay

AIYYAA When I first heard about Anurag Kashyap’s latest production AIYYAA (which in Tamil means a respectable person), I honestly thought that it referred to the director, Sachin Kundalkar, who in Marathi film circles is acknowledged as a creative film … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: ENGLISH VINGLISH

Posted on October 8, 2012 by The eternally happy Vijay

ENGLISH VINGLISH ENGLISH VINGLISH opens with a one line mention of a tribute to Indian Cinema (100 years old) and one of its doyens, Amitabh Bachchan (70 years old on October 11th). And this movie, so brilliantly directed by debutante … Continue reading →

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