One of my super-duper blockbuster hit posts was "How to write lyrics for Bollywood movies". The post was written during the previous incarnation of this blog, that was back in 2007. Although I am not immensely proud of it, this post escaped culling during my clean-up program. Please do read the comments section if you … Continue reading How to write lyrics for Pop/movie songs
Category: Bollywood
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)
Bollywood and its exploitation business
A Thumb rule for any movie director, even liberal, is to go very conservative when kids are involved. Several things can go horribly wrong, and I am not talking about acting. Sometimes the messages movies send out will have a long-lasting impact that is irreversible. Let me give you one example from the days where … Continue reading Bollywood and its exploitation business
Bollywood, the casting couch and narratives
Question: According to you, what is the most corrupt entity in Independent India? Please ignore all the 100 bucks you slipped under the table for a file to be moved to next table. I am talking about the big stuff. The Corruption at a level of the complete collapse of the moral values and the … Continue reading Bollywood, the casting couch and narratives
Gunjan Saxena – the movie
A confession before we start, I did not watch this movie. Nor do I have any intention to watch it. In fact, I highly recommend you avoid it even if Netflix consistently pops it on your screen and offers you to pay to watch it. This post intends to list down a few of the … Continue reading Gunjan Saxena – the movie
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