If I had that kind of money and the necessary influence, I would take the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and its chairperson, Bollywood poet, writer, lyricist, and screenwriter



Prasoon Joshi, to Court. And I would implore their respected and learned Lordships to watch Akshay Kumar’s satirical courtroom comedy-drama OMG2 that releases today with open minds and honest hearts and strike down the ridiculously harsh and unfair ‘A’ certificate it has been arbitrarily given. Not… Continue

And, an Eid Mubarak to Salman Khan. He’s got a new film releasing today. That’s his annual Eid gift to his fans. A promise he makes to them and then fulfills. This one is called ‘Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan’. It’s a romantic action drama. The kind his fans love. The name is Droll. It is at once humorous, whimsical, and odd. But bang on the money. Salman is affectionately and respectfully known as ‘Bhaijaan’ in Bollywood. Perhaps for want of a better title, he split this sobriquet and named his… Continue

After Tranquebar, the next seashore town I want to visit on Tamil Nadu’s picturesque southeast Coromandel Coast is Pulicat. This is a quaint 17th-century Dutch fishing village 60 km from Chennai. I like the name. It sounds Walt Disneyish. Making me imagine a wicked and witty cartoon cat character from Marvel comic books as the coastal town’s mascot. What attracted me to Pulicat is its lighthouse. I am fascinated by lighthouses. If I get the opportunity to climb one, I grab it. This lighthouse,… Continue

I wish I didn’t know you, but I do.

Referring to whom you once were and who you have become.

For you to have morphed into an enigma, a quandary, I find more

than puzzling, has left me somewhat at a loss as I attempt

to categorize and catalog you,

after you have been who you

once were.





Although, you do remind me of someone I once knew… Have we

met in another lifetime, perhaps, realizing there are other parallel

universes

and… Continue