Online streaming platforms (OTT) had a good run of generating quality products, which is almost over now. After producing gems of original content for about half a decade, they are giving up now. They, inevitably have opened the doors to production houses of both Hollywood and Bollywood to crap all over them. To be brutally … Continue reading Scam 1992 and OTT platform debate
Category: India
Translation: Hands up – Avane Srimannarayana
It's deplorable that in the land of Kuvempu and Bendre, the Kannada movie songs exceedingly obsessed nothing more than morning hygienic routines. Or it's evening routine if you chose to take a bath at night. Don't get me wrong – these are beautiful songs with great original tunes, it's just that their poetic value is … Continue reading Translation: Hands up – Avane Srimannarayana
My experiments with perfume salesmen
Perfume samplers are perhaps a most annoying bunch of salesmen out there. They are like urban cowboys with a set of perfume bottles in their holster and will shoot at a sight like dirty harry. I can not think of a time when I was in a mall and did not get ambushed by this … Continue reading My experiments with perfume salesmen
The Last Samurai, Taranaki Maunga and Mangaluru
Question : Do you recognize this mountain? Name and location please.. Taranaki title up for negotiation Yes, it's the same one in the backdrop of the legendary movie - The Last Samurai. This is supposed to be Mount Fuji where Tom Cruise and other ancient Japanese's warrior tribes fought their last battle and perish. However … Continue reading The Last Samurai, Taranaki Maunga and Mangaluru
Soorarai Pottru (2020)
Okay, a quick introduction. Soorarai Pottru (Praise the brave) is a rag to riches story of one Nedumaaran Rajangam (aka Maara ) who, against all the odds, goes on to build an airline company. The plot is loosely based on life events of GR Gopinath, one of the co-founders of Deccan Airlines aka Simplifly Deccan or Air Deccan. There were a … Continue reading Soorarai Pottru (2020)
The Bach 