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A 2016 drama featuring Kim Rae won & Park Shin hye. The drama begins with Park shin hye tying up her hair & getting into a fight in the hospital, her white coat does not help her. The men are not happy at having a lady doctor treat their boss. Immediately into the flash backContinue reading “The Doctors”

I saw this show last year. I loved it.It is a 2004 rom com. I went through the cast today & was shocked, nobody looks as they are in the show. Moon geun is a school girl & looks just that.She is affectionately called ‘Nation’s little sister’. She began modelling at 10. Kim Rae wonContinue reading “My little bride”

The story begins with a man receiving a wedding invitation card from his first love, whom he met in high school. He remembers the day when she came to the school for the first time. He was being spanked & she was a transfer student.In the lead are Park bo young & Kim young kwang,Continue reading “On your wedding day”

Getting Min ho in the first frame & as Min ho was very refreshing. This short film has all in it, longing,pain, travel,chating & yes pets,who make it happen. Mr Brown, Minho’s dog & Ling Ling’s Stuffed toy help. The language barrier makes them converse in the messenger app Line. So that is how itContinue reading “Love at first LINE”

A 2018 drama featuring Kim Kang woo & Uee. It is also called ‘My contracted husband’. Uee is a producer director at a broadcasting station. She is single, in her mid 30s & has a demanding mother & brother. She lives alone & has a cluttered house. To get the position of a married womanContinue reading “Husband Oh Jak du”

A 2017 Melodrama that keeps you enthralled till the end. Featuring Chae so bin,Jang dong-yoon & Jin young. Two children are born on the same day, 7 May & live next to each other. They attend the same school. Their bonding is strong right from their childhood. Appearance of a new student disturbs the relationship.Continue reading “If we were a season”

A 2015 drama made of only 2 episodes. The story is very simple. Dan bi is a high schooler on way to her SAT exam. It rains & she misses her exam.She is sitting on a bench getting wet. She has left her umbrella on the bus. She walks into a puddle & is transportedContinue reading “Splash splash love”

A !979 goldie by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Amol Palekar in double role. Supported by Bindiya Goswami. Music by RD Burman. The new Golmaal series owes it’s name from this film. Churning out blockbusters one after the other is no mean feat, but the original retains that authentic value. Golmaal ( messed up) was written by RahiContinue reading “Golmaal”

It is a 1957 film directed by Mehboob Khan. Nargis,Sunil Dutt,Raj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Kumkum,Sitara Devi, Mukri starred in this film. An Indian epic drama was a remake of Mehboob Khan’s 1940 film,’Aurat’. It is a story of a poverty stricken village woman called Radha(Nargis ).Her struggles to raise her sons in the absence ofContinue reading “Mother India”

Today as usual nothing was planned but I thought I should write about an autobiography which stayed with me for days. Kamal Padhye’s ‘Bandha Anubandha’. She has been in the background at home when Mr Padhye was away. Being a writer he was busy writing or meeting people. Time they spent together, with each otherContinue reading “Bandha Anubandha”