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A 1982 drama with Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Kulbhushan Kharbanda in the lead. All amazing actors together, a real treat ! Inder An ambitious director gets involved with a successful actress, Kavita. He deserts his wife,Pooja. Pooja sets on a lone journey to find her true identity. Directed by Mahesh Bhatt, it is one ofContinue reading “Arth”

A 1977 film that defined the condition of the middle class. How buying a house was difficult for a commoner. Sudip & Chaaya decide to get married . They buy a house & are aghast when the builder runs away with their money. Amol Palekar & Zarina Wahab.. the pair of ‘Chitchor’ was repeated. DrContinue reading “Gharaonda”

When the thefts increased in our colony, we adopted a dog..Tommy. He was a very sweet specimen but people were scared & he had to be taken at the back for the patients to enter. With him around ,we felt secure. Once he was stolen. Maybe he barked in the night but we didn’t understandContinue reading “Sammy & others”

A 2017 drama with Ji Chang Wook & Nam ji-hyun in the lead. Now this is an actor that people rave about & it was time I watched his show. Yes, he has got that smile which melts hearts. The story is about suspicion & a murder mystery. In the opening sequence, Nam mistakes himContinue reading “Suspicious Partner”

I remember, I remember the house where I was born the little window where the sun came peeping in at morn, it never came a wink too soon nor brought too long a day but now I often wish the nights had borne my breath away…. these lines that I remember from my textbook makeContinue reading “I Remember…”

A 2018 action drama which unfolds the story of Oh Sunny,a musical actress who marries the Emperor of the Korean Empire. It has more action than Moon Lovers,within the walls of the palace.Betrayal,murder…it starts off with a skeleton unearthed in the present time & then takes us in the palace.I had seen Jang Na raContinue reading “The last Empress”

Education is to bring about the best in a child….the definitions make education a thing but it’s not. It is a sublime & intangible thing in our lives.My teachers have made me what I am today.I have at length described my first teacher,my mother who shaped my destiny. Then the teachers in Rani Bhawan whereContinue reading “Education is….”

A 1952 musical drama that tells the story of Baiju.In Emperor Akbar’s court is a maestro musician, Tansen, whom Baiju believes is responsible for his father’s death. So he challenges Tansen to a musical duel to avenge his father’s death. Baiju ..the insane ( the literal meaning) was directed by Vijay Bhatt.It was a megahit.ItContinue reading “Baiju Bawra”

The hospital sights & sounds should have been my favourite sights,they never were. The two most important people in my life worked very hard to make ends meet.We had no idea then. My parents excelled in their field & got gratitude for their work & not money,it was scarce then nobody had a lot. WeContinue reading “My Mother”

I have been in Nasik for half a century now.I have seen the changes that it has gone through. I was born in Nagpur & brought up in Nasik.I had my schooling here,college education…graduation ,my jobs…in pharmaceuticals & teaching, marriage & children.From the’ tangas’ to the autorickshaw the changes happened very swiftly.The industrial areas ofContinue reading “My home town”