Every community in India gets stereotyped by each other. When it comes to Bengalis, we have been stereotyped by our love for fish and rice, afternoon siestas, our political intellect, football, and Tagore. While I or many like me might contradict some of these stereotypical ideas, I feel very few
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Apu’s Agony to Manomohan’s Magnanimity: Navigating Satyajit Ray’s Classics on His Birth Centenary
The birth centenary of Satyajit Ray comes at a time when the world is overwhelmed by chaos and despair, too deafening to sit and appreciate the finer aspects of his filmmaking. Yet, there is no denying that the films he made decades ago, continue to transcend the boundaries of time,
Amazon Prime ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ hits deep-rooted patriarchy at the right place
This is an appreciation blog. ‘Women are auspicious if they stay home. Your contributions towards your family are even more than ministers and others running the country..’ We see a father-in-law telling this to his daughter-in-law, the protagonist when she got an interview opportunity for a dance teacher’s position. He
Netflix Irul Review: Fahadh Faasil-Soubin Shahir starrer could have been a dream project but stayed undone
A writer and his beloved are stranded in the middle of nowhere, a secluded house, a mysterious broody man, and a hanging dead body in the basement. This might just feel like another plot of a thriller, but for someone who is a sucker for thrillers like me, I always
Amazon Prime’s Drishyam 2 delves deep into Georgekutty & his family’s trauma with another edge-of-the-seat experience
The 2013 Drishyam proved to be one of the best Indian thrillers in recent times with its brilliantly woven game of visual deceit. It challenged the boundaries of a common man’s quest to save his family from the traumas of an unfortunate incident. The ending was perfect. It was something
The Bride In Bengali Movies: Through The Decades
Since the inception of talkies in Bengali cinema, the ‘wedding’ has been one of the most predominant themes in Bengal’s filmography. Be it a romantic saga ending in a wedding, a loveless marriage or the poignant tale of a child bride in a morally bankrupt society, the Bengali bride was
How Yesteryear Bollywood Women Rocked The Iconic White Shirt – An Album
Battling all odds, the female stars of vintage Bollywood ruled on and off the silver screen with their unparalleled acting, magical expressions and of course, their impeccable sense of style. The white shirt might be an iconic facet of fashion now. But it was these women who donned the attire
Netflix’s Rebecca Review: du Maurier And Hitchcock Are Probably Crying In Their Graves!
An aristocrat with insecurities is having a bad day. That’s what I felt through every minute of Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of the 1938 classic by Daphne du Maurier. The movie tried to hold on to the Hitchcockian rendition of a gothic romance but ends up being a dreary tale of
Enola Holmes Review: A Lukewarm Attempt To Launch A Female Lead in The Holmes Legacy
SPOILER ALERT “Because it (politics) is fatally boring.” “(Or) because you have no interest in changing a world that suits you so well.” Susie Wokoma’s Edith delivers undoubtedly the most empowering dialogue in the 2-hour long movie, while a burly Sherlock (Henry Cavill) looks on, deliciously bemused. The recently dropped
Decoding Clarice Starling: A Transcendent Feminist Character Played by Jodie Foster
The following article will discuss the version of Clarice Starling, a lead and recurring character of Thomas Harris’s Hannibal series as portrayed by Jodie Foster in the movie The Silence of the Lambs. “If he sees her as a person and not just an object, it’s harder to tear her
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