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I am disappointed. The crescendo at 23-24 suddenly tapers to a lame end. If RADE was an enigmatic character why wasn’t it explored? By 27- 28 I had a feel that it can go to 30-32 easily but in the end the scenes kept repeating & the purity, beauty captured earlier was lost. In theContinue reading “Saimdang.. the finale”

Vat or Vad is the Banyan tree which is to be worshiped on this auspicious day. The tree is eternal. It keeps on spreading & lives for years together. All the married women gather around the Banyan tree for the health & longevity of their husband. They tie threads around the bark & observe aContinue reading “Vat Poornima”

Another of Nicholas Spark’s novel made into a movie. His “Notebook” is more famous I believe, but this has a good story as well. A marine finds a photograph of a girl & tries to find who she is. As he saw the photo in the rumble he is saved by it. Had he beenContinue reading “The lucky one”

I had abandoned the show for being too slow. But after 18th episode it becomes interesting, it is slow is a given but it has it’s moments. Through the next two episodes now the life now & the life she had then start becoming eerily alike. In the art gallery an original painting gets burntContinue reading “Saimdang”

A skiing resort is buzzing with tourist & a new chef is appointed. He is the winner of the contest. It has been shot in Ontario with lot of snow around. The cars moving through a pile of snow on the streets. All the characters wearing heavy leathers, thermals to keep out the frost. It’sContinue reading “Christmas with a view”

Kim Mi Kyung is the mother! She was the mother of Park Min young in ‘Her Private Life’ which I was focusing on yes, Kim Jae Wook & Park Min Young but when I went to another show & yet another I met her again & again. Marveling at her capacity to blend in herContinue reading “The mother of the actress”

In ‘Blood’ there are many henchmen for the director Lee. He is one of the mentee with a senior doctor. He gets infected along with his two colleagues. A married couple. Parents of Park Ji sang, the hero. They kill his father but the mother escapes with the child. The mother is killed by oneContinue reading “Goofing up”

A small, short, sweet film that gives that feel good feeling. A young coffee shop owner is threatened with repossession. Her entire work of a life time is going puff. She is also trying to cope up with her ex boyfriend leaving her. He had asked her to come to Chicago but she couldn’t leaveContinue reading “Coffee shop”

A drama by Saif Hyder Hassan. Arif Zakaria & Sonali Kulkarni in the lead. A relationship drama based on the life of two creative people. The wife is a singer & he is a director. It is heavily inspired by the life of film maker Guru Dutt & his singer wife Geeta Dutt.The Tata theaterContinue reading “Rahenge sada gardish mein taare”

An excellent Marathi movie by Jabbar Patel.The film has Mohan Agashe & Smita Patil in the lead. Based on a book by G.N. Dandekar, set in the rural village of Sahyadris. It was a musical fare for the people. Hridaynath Mangeshkar at his best. But it was a box office disaster. The story revolves aroundContinue reading “Jait re jait”