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behind the grease paint

March 3, 2018March 3, 2018 ~ Durga Dash ~ 8 Comments

Life and death are conjoined twins. Nothing makes us ruminate more on life than the news of death. During those demonetization days if everyone became an economist, on the demise of  Sridevi everyone seems to have become a philosopher. This was evident from the first tweet and the first whatsapp message that I came across. … Continue reading behind the grease paint

love is the way

February 13, 2018February 15, 2018 ~ Durga Dash ~ 15 Comments

Late nineteen eighties. Just when we thought we were out of our teenage hangovers and stupidities, and the advent of TV and DVD players would sound the death knell for Bollywood, a spate of romantic films ruled the box office. These movies also launched the career of a lot of stars: the innocent looking Juhi … Continue reading love is the way

one life is not enough – the paradox

February 8, 2018February 8, 2018 ~ Durga Dash ~ 7 Comments

One life is not enough, yet for now, this moment is full in itself. One life is not enough, yet for now this moment is enough unto itself. The statement may  seem to be a paradox, self contradictory, and outright goobledygook. However, it is not when you see different parts of the statement from different … Continue reading one life is not enough – the paradox

moving adaptations

July 16, 2017December 14, 2017 ~ Durga Dash ~ 6 Comments

There would be, perhaps, half a dozen movies for which I must have read the original book either after or before I saw the movie. Of course, unlike the Hollywood ones the Bollywood productions have been disappointing. Gone with the Wind In case of Gone with the Wind, first I saw the movie, for the … Continue reading moving adaptations

girlfriend by two

April 22, 2017December 14, 2017 ~ Durga Dash ~ 16 Comments

  When I first came across the word Half Girlfriend during the launch of the eponymous book written by our great Indian novelist and twenty first century intellectual Sriman Chetan Bhagat ji, I wondered what might be the meaning of such a word. In Indian hotels, we are used to the rate card of a … Continue reading girlfriend by two

Sunday Musings and Random Notes #3

November 27, 2016December 14, 2017 ~ Durga Dash ~ 9 Comments

Of course I am talking of life, from which you cannot escape alive. It was after a long time that I was watching a quality Bollywood movie. That the movie was educative, or rather refreshed my understanding about certain basic fundas of life was an added bonus. At the same time the movie was not … Continue reading Sunday Musings and Random Notes #3

Sunday Musings and Random Notes

September 25, 2016November 12, 2018 ~ Durga Dash ~ 13 Comments

Our movies are like our food While switching channels ( Sometimes I enjoy this bad habit), got stuck with Star Action. The movie was - The Other Man. It was supposed to be an action movie. There was so much silence. The dialogues were few. Some of the dialogues were not complete sentences. Yet the … Continue reading Sunday Musings and Random Notes

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