Black FridayProducer: Arindam MitraDirector: Anurag KashyapMusic: Indian OceanLyrics: Piyush MishraCast: Kay Kay Menon, Aditya Shrivastava, Pawan MalhotraCinematography: N Nataraja SubramaniamEditor: Aarti Bajaj A couple of years back my brother called…Continue Reading →
It might not be the Oscars, but is surely close to a blogadesh Filmfare (given the public polling and the…
Peugeot’s India story didn’t have a happy ending. Differences between partners, cash crunch, labour unrest and mounting losses led the…
San has been scribbling on her blog since April 2005 and she had 32 posts in the first month itself (I managed only three). She’s into film reviewing (though her…Continue Reading →
One of the best comedies to hit Indian idiot boxes of late, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai… …is a sitcom set in…
Not exactly from the eighteenth century (they too will be here one day) but the early 1900s. A Pears’ Soap…
Since it seems to be a season of kids in ads at Cutting the Chai. Here’s another classic. [Kid at a railway station.] Bablu: Ramu Kaka!Ramu Kaka: Aare Bablu yahan…Continue Reading →
Here’s another Rasna ad, albeit from a different era. The previous was 1985 vintage; this is relatively newer (1999). The…
Ouch! The shoulders are still aching, but the pain is sweet. It was worth it. The sound of leather hitting…
The ad might not win any awards today, but in recall value it can beat many multi award winners. Whether we loved Rasna or not, we surely do remember the…Continue Reading →
As the Gaizabonts pointed out “we haven’t done tags in a long time,” and put this my way. I’ll first…
“Master, Master, teach me Kung fu.” “Kung fu is not child’s play. You have to work very hard.” The Master…
