Neram is another one of those “new-gen” light-hearted movies which are pure fun to watch. Seemingly an “Indie movement” with lesser known actors, experimental themes, no drama, foot-tapping songs with meaningless lyrics, loads of fun and solid plots, “new generation” (as they are called) Malayalam movies whose attitude revolve around “realism” and style are making Malayalam…
Beards were once considered unsavory in Kerala. Today they define the Malayalee male image. How did this come about?
[dropcap]It[/dropcap] was fourteen years ago when I first met them in a dingy movie theater in the town of Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India. They lived in a universe completely different from mine, lives not even remotely approaching mine. And that was why I was drawn to them. Brian O’Connor, Dominic “Dom” Toretto, Leticia “Letty” Ortiz, Mia…
Director – Santosh Sivan Cast – Prithviraj Sukumaran, Prabhu Deva, Genelia D’Souza, Jagathi Sreekumar, Nithya Menon, Vidya Balan Genre – Historical Fantasy, Action Watch Because – Cinematography, Something not witnessed in Malayalam cinema before Dont Watch Because – Watch, but it is not a wholesome movie. Rating – ♥♥♥1/2 out of 5 VERDICT – A totally…
IotR stands for Idiots on the Road where I will be chronicling stupidity I see on Indian roads. Here is first one: I didn’t witness this, but it happened as a friend narrated it, on the Bangalore Outer Ring Road (a six-land road inside the city) near Doddanekkundi. There was this guy riding a Honda Activa scooter…
33 years is not a long time. It is in fact infinitesimally smaller than infinitesimally small in the grand scheme of things. But 33 years is time enough for a lowly human being to learn a lesson or two or thirty three about life. You learn all your lessons in life from the mistakes you…
Once I had an argument with a creationist about, well, the origin of the species. This particular guy would not just refuse to accept scientific facts but wasn’t even ready to listen to a counterpoint to his argument and wasn’t ready to even recognize that there might be people who have a different point of…
“Just open more airport lounges”, but this is neither feasible nor will solve the airport lounges overcrowding problem in India or anywhere.