My Mom’s signature dessert is trifle. Not too hard to make. Some small pieces of ladyfingers (the yellow cake, not the vegetable) covered in a thin swipe of raspberry jam, spread in one layer across the bottom of the dish, then douse in sherry. As the Harveys Bristol Creme soaks in, […]
Kaagaz ke Phool
Black and white, and visually precious. This 1959 film is often cited as an example of the golden age of Hindi cinema. Directed by and starring Guru Dutt, who committed suicide in 1964 at the age of 39, the film is considered by many to be at least partially autobiographical. The movie opens with […]
Shakti – The Power. What a stinker!
I’ve no one to blame but myself. I took this 2002 Sridevi Productions movie home because I like Nana Patekar, one of the three lead actors, and had read, several times over, back when the movie was first released that, surprisingly, Karisma Kapoor had done a good turn in it. What a sorry […]
Deewar
Even 30 years since its release, Yash Chopra’s Deewar still has a lot going for it: classic Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay, leggy and brooding, in full angry-young-man mode, the breathy voice and soft eyes of Shashi Kapoor as Ravi, the Dudley Doright brother of the family, compelled to pursue his bad boy brother. The […]
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Trailer
Last Friday night we moviegoers at Fanaa not only got to see Kajol back on screen and looking luscious after her four-year absence, there was also a first-time showing of a trailer for Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Karan Johar’s August-releasing movie which was filmed largely in and around hamara New York City (including Jersey City, […]
The Ghost and Mrs. Mukherji: my do paise on Paheli
First thing I noticed is that the name of the film’s jeweler is listed before the opening credits even start running. Once the movie gets underway, you understand why: the women, and quite a few men, are dripping in more bling than you’d see at the BET awards. The story in a nutshell: Rani […]