The Gatekeepers (2012) (Shom’ray Ha’Saf-Hebrew Title) Dir: Dror Moreh The Gatekeepers is an Oscar nominated and much awarded documentary that brings together six former heads of Shin Bet, Ami Ayalon, Avraham Shalom, Yaakov Peri, Carmi Gillon,Avi Dichter and Yuval Diskin… Read More ›
Zero Dark Thirty(2012), through Indian Eyes Dir: Kathryn Bigelow The Death of Osama Bin Laden was greeted by a gigantic 1.2 billion people smirk in India.Look we told you, he is in Pakistan, the military there is hiding him, the… Read More ›
Matru Ki Bijli ka Mandola(2013) Dir:Vishal Bhardwaj Now thats a crazy title if I ever heard one.And it does not make sense. Harry Mandola is a rich, hard drinking businessman played by Pankaj Kapoor(shades of Ponty Chaddha?), Bijlee is his… Read More ›
Streets of Kolkata, A Journey Through Photographs. Milan Kundera wrote about Prague”Its like a poem written on a piece of burning paper, fast disappearing”.( I quote from a fickle memory). 25 years ago Rajiv Gandhi called Kolkata a dying city… Read More ›
The Tortoise, An Incarnation (Original Kannada Title: Kurmawatara),2012 Dir: Girish Kasaravalli Every anniversary of Gandhis birth and death is time for the obligatory and entirely superfluous debate on Gandhis relevance in the modern world. This year Barack Obama and Aung… Read More ›
The Dance of Donkeys and Elephants in a Global Village The heat and dust over the US elections has finally settled and those of my friends who just could not understand why non Americans are getting so worked up about… Read More ›
