Beware of Hisss


Hisss was presented as revolutionary horror and (in quotes)”bold”. Well it’s not! It’s a B-grade soft-core (in quotes) “pornographic” disaster. If you need more explanation; it is pathetic, pointless, terrible and crappy in every department including that much celebrated Khan dude. It did not look like the movie had a director or a script. Every … Continue reading Beware of Hisss

Outsourcing the outsourced


Outsourced - a sitcom in the sets of an American Novelties Company which gets bangalored (to India) for cost cutting purposes, as its name suggests. Episodes of this revolve around its Mumbai office where an American works with Indian customer support employees and an Indian Asst. Manager. All five major roles of Indian employees are … Continue reading Outsourcing the outsourced

Woman, equal pay and Dagenham


My family profession is Farming! We grew (still do) rice, cashew, coconut, banana, etc., in a village and had cattle too. That’s right! Some of my friends were astonished when I told them I milked cows and chased wild bores out of rice farms. Back in those days we had daily labours for doing various … Continue reading Woman, equal pay and Dagenham

Enthiran – the robot


It wasn't horrible. Not bad for an attempt from Indian cinema trying to match Hollywood standards. I enjoyed it, well done. At the same time I wish the movie could have been better if director did not worry about audience “understandability factor”. Some compromises were silly. It looks like Indian cinema waited too long, with … Continue reading Enthiran – the robot

Movie review : Lafangey Parindey


This movie revolves around four characters Deepika, her dupe, Neil and his dupe! All four of them got equal share of screen time a typical multi-starrer. They skate, they dance and they fight all over the screen, but none of them managed to do it well, so verdict is 1/10. Lafangey Parindey is the first … Continue reading Movie review : Lafangey Parindey