Sholay 3D: The unofficial Google doodle
That film, that we have watched uncountable times, has been re-released in 3D. That I want to watch Sholay in a theatre has nothing to do with it being in…Continue Reading →
Cinema century: May 3, 1913 – Raja Harishchandra and the beginnings of a national obsession
(This is an edited version of a post first published on April 21, 2012, that was also cross-posted on my…
Raja Harishchandra 3D story in Amar Ujala
The Hindi daily Amar Ujala (April 23, 2012) carried a home page anchor story on Cutting the Chai making Raja…
Raja Harishchandra (1913) on India Public Domain Movie Project (and in 3D)
In India, cinema isn’t just a passion. It is frenzical. We have perhaps inherited this acute addiction from the man who started it all, 99 years ago – the Father…Continue Reading →
Dissecting the Volkswagen Vento Talking Print Ad
The advertisement that got everyone talking: in the office, at home, on Twitter, on Facebook, on blogs and even on…