Traditionally, most eagerly awaited films are released in Summer throughout the world, but there are plenty of interesting films to watch out for in the last quarter of the year. Here’s our list of films in English, Hindi and Telugu which you can’t afford to miss.
…to come to Earth to answer the prayers of their disciples. But from Lord Yama to Lord Krishna, Indian cinema is filled with such instances.
Today is Comics Day and we are celebrating. Welcome to the world of superheroes, supervillains and super awesomeness.
The first response to defiance, perceived or otherwise, is always censorship. With the release of Salman Rushdie’s memoir Joseph Anton around the corner, we take a look at some other artistes who were persecuted by fundamentalists.
The Raid: Redemption, an Indonesian film, has become the talk of the town. We take a look at some other non-English films which became world famous. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon It’s a landmark film which revived the world’s interest in Chinese history and visual grandeur. Directed by Ang Lee, the international co-production starring Chow Yun-Fat, [...]
In an interview, Daniel Kish, a world renowned expert in echolocation, talks about how he overcame the challenges in his life and why visually challenged people are no different than others. It’s an inspiring tale which needs to be told again and again.
Becoming a police officer in real life might not hold much appeal but these on-screen super cops leave us with no doubt that being the ultimate badass cop is not a bad thing. With Dredd hitting the screens next week, we revisit some of our favourite men who are always around to save the day.
The film adaptation of David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas is itself an achievement. Here are some other films, based on books, which were perceived to be too difficult to adapt.
On September 2, 1973, the world lost one of its finest storytellers. But years on, JRR Tolkien’s novels continue to inspire writers, artists, film-makers and lovers of fantasy. Without him, literature would not have been the same. We bring his world to life once again.
Every year, thousands of couples and audience members from all over the world reach the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina to experience the Tango Buenos Aires Festival and Dance World Cup 2012. Argentine couples recovered their dominance of the world’s top tango dancing competition, sweeping both the Salon Tango and Stage Tango categories as the [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
Reporter’s diary: Who’s this footloose at CCS?
For some time now, staff in the powerful central crime station are being cowed down by a sada home guard who is said to be close to a senior IPS officer. CCS staff whisper that he is the eyes and ears of the officer and therefore gets a free run. Recently, when three ruffians who [...]
Reporter’s diary: Jubilee Hills show
Talking of thick skinned civic officials, one could take a look at the picture above. Here the building contractors of the rich and the mighty make insulting gestures at law and the GHMC. It seems to say, “Right to walk? Forsooth! Building rules? My Right Foot!”
Reporter’s diary: GHMC, practice what you preach
So the GHMC preaches about how cleanliness is next to godliness and has all sorts of clean and green quotes in every other corner of its office and parks. But if you walk into the head office, you’ll wonder what stops the staff from practicing what they preach. The entire office is permeated with the [...]
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