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Burlesque Director            Steve Antin Cast                  Cher, Christina Aguilera, Stanley Tucci, Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet, Peter Gallagher , Kirsten Bell, Julianne Hough, Chelsea Traille, Tanee McCall Year                 2010 Genre               Musical Spunky is the word that first comes to mind when you watch Burlesque.   First time director Steve Antin (well almost first time since his other video movie didn’t really create waves) gives us an extremely heady mix of jazz put together in a style that can only be described as Coyote Ugly meets Moulin Rouge.   One could choose add a taste of Chicago to it as well but just a dash mind you.   Small town girl aiming to make it to the bright arc lights...

Director            Madhur Bhandarkar Cast                  Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Omi Vaidya, Shazahn Padamsee, Shruti Hassan, Tisca Chopra,   Shradha Das Year                 2011 Genre               Comedy Madhur Bhandarkar for the first time moves away from his standard formula of a topical movie – Page 3, Fashion, Jail etc.   I have always thought that he is vastly over rated but for some wonderful reason – one of the mysteries of the world – he has always gotten away with it. Probably because he makes movies that just about make the cut.   Movies which appeal to the audience just enough for them to overlook the ridiculous amounts of inconsistencies and gaffes. It was quite amazing to see that ev...

Director            Danny Boyle Cast                  James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Sean Bott, Treat Williams, John Lawrence, Kate Burton, Fenton Quinn, Lizzy Caplan, Clemence Poesy Year                 2010 Genre               Drama I think I have finally cracked the solution to make really really really big bucks.   One has to do something that is super duper stupid under the pretext of having a “sense of adventure”.   Maybe play with severely poisonous snakes or crocodiles like that guy from down under used to do.   Or follow the footsteps of our protagonist and walk into the Grand Canyon. Alone. And make it a point that you don’t inform anyone – I repeat – don’t mention it to a soul as to whe...

Season of the Witch Director            Dominic Sena Cast                  Nicholas Cage, Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Stephen Graham, Claire Foy, Christopher Lee, Robert Sheehan, Ulrich Thomsen Year                 2011 Genre               Fantasy All actors have to keep themselves busy.   Some more than the rest.   And Nicholas Cage falls in the former (more) category.   The Season of the Witch is Cage’s desperate attempt to tell the rest of the world that he is still around and still acting.   So what if he is pushing 50 and has acted in over 50 movies in his 30 year career? He released only 2 movies last year as compared to the 4 in ‘09 and 4 in ‘07 (only 1 in ‘08).   And so what if ...

Director            Kiran Rao Cast                  Aamir Khan, Pratiek Babbar, Monica Dogra, Kriti Malhotra, Danish Hussain, Jehan Manekshaw, Kitu Gidwani, Ashok Varma, Sanjivani Oagle, Babita Sehgal Year                 2011 Genre               Drama Dhobi Ghat was by far the most awaited movie in this month. And it everything that people expected it to be from the trailers.   If one was disappointed with the end result then I guess we were giving too much credit to the audience.   In a very “Crash meets Bollywood” style of movie making, Kiran Rao gives us the story of 4 people in the city that doesn’t sleep, whose lives are intertwined thanks to various twists of fate if one may call it that.   And she ...

With MNP all set to release country wide tomorrow, there are something which you need to know. There aren't much fineprints which would affect the user in the MNP race, but its better we know what we are talking about. 1. You can port your number only 3 times in your lifetime. I repeat, three times, and thats it! You are fixed back to your operator. 2. You have to have been atleast 90 days with an operator before you can port your number to the next operator. 3. Once you request for a change of operator, your current operator has 48 hours to make you stay back. If you refuse the offer, you will be shifted to the new operator after the 48 hours are over. 4. You can shift from CDMA to GSM, GSM to CDMA, CDMA to CDMA, and GSM to GSM. You cannot shift your broadband number yet. 5. The maximum an operator can charge for a transfer is Rs.19 + 10.3% service tax on it.You will still need to pay for the SIM card from the new operator. 6. A 2 hour "dead period" is usually pos...

This is an ode to my Filipino maid who is with me for 2 and half years. Its festive time for Christians with Christmas and New year   around the corner and here is a Filipino dessert to tingle your taste buds. The first glimpse of the Piaya actually makes you feel it is an Indian dish. Since it looks like a paratha (Stuffed bread) and the first bite gives you a nostalgic feeling as it tastes somewhat like the Puran Poli. After the completion of 2 years with me, my domestic helper(maid) who helps me dish out these wonderful dishes went home to visit her family and came back with this sweet delicacy for us. Since we are strict vegetarians we were a bit skeptical, so she told me, ”Maam it is completely vegetarian”. I tried it and the taste was so much like puran poli that I decided to share this wonderful recipe Piaya PIAYA This Filipino dish originated in the Negros province found in the middle of the country which is considered as the sugar capital of the Philippines . Other re...