Sujoy Ghosh dishes out a half-hearted hocus-pocus mix of old world lore with contemporary indifference, sloppy trips to the flashback and awkward bursts of forced sentimentality.
No-Punchline humour reminds us how in our daily lives, we all are by turns 'The Corrupt Politician we criticise,' 'The Chauvinist Male we frown upon,' 'The Rule Breaker we deride through our Facebook posts,' 'The Communal Virus we so easily lampoon' and 'The Bad Artist we spoof.' In a land where the aforesaid prototypes are our major sources of 'funny,' is there an audience for the NPL kind of humour, asks Sreehari Nair.
David Beckham will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season and sign a five-year deal for US side Los Angeles Galaxy worth $1 million a week.
Naomi Mihara and Ritu Panchal report from Nepal to provide a more humane picture about the conditions on the ground and how the local populace is trying to cope with it.
They won the boys and girls' titles respectively in the Jr Asian TT championship.
Nilanjana S Roy compiles a list of the most eagerly awaited books next year.
These women and a handful of others are still a minority in financial and regulatory circles
Anand Pawar beat Chetan Anand 21-16, 21-19 in the quarterfinals of the Indian International Badminton Tournament.
England coach Sven Goran Eriksson has reportedly told his players they'll be fined if their phones ring during training.
A group of young guns led by Abhijit Jejurikar showed the world what they are capable of.
'The time has come for us to work for change and we will.'
How to prevent bad PowerPoint from happening to good people
Somdev Devvarman won India a gold medal in tennis after beating Australia's Greg Jones 6-4, 6-2 in the men's singles final at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday.
Is anyone even whispering that Aamir Khan's five-year-old marriage to Kiran Rao has been lacking in love in recent months?
Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam is a homage to the Wild Wild West and works for the most part.
Here's a glimpse at what happened around the world last week
Besides a great idea, it takes pluck, and some luck, to get going.
Imtiaz Ali masterfully weaves in details that draw us in while his leading man basks magnificently in the glow of a bespoke script.
Produced by ITA Films' S N Raja and directed by S Selvam, Rameswaram, Jeeva's latest offering to hit the silver screens starts off with a bang -- but ends up tearing a giant, gaping hole in the silver screen.
Google, whose unofficial motto is 'Don't be evil', is at the receiving end today.
Here's celebrating Dilip Kumar by re-visiting his best movies.
The defence on Monday presented in Manhattan federal court character witnesses, who testified about Gupta's honesty and integrity, before it prepares to wrap its case by Wednesday.
The jury of the 58th annual World Press Photo Contest has selected an image by Danish photographer Mads Nissen as the World Press Photo of the Year 2014.
Are you headed for a co-ed college? Here are some tips on how to make friends of the opposite sex.
If rapes are rising dramatically in India over the last 20 years, is it logical to blame traditional Indian culture, asks Sankrant Sanu.
The diminutive Mumbai lass beat the Wimbledon girls' doubles champion to enter the semi-finals in the NSCI-ITF women's tennis tournament.
The year 2014 is coming to an end. It was the year of conflict, the year of strife. Year 2014 will be remembered for several reasons -- the rise and threat of the Islamic State, the downing of two Malayasia Airlines aircraft and the sudden and effective way of using hastags on social media to generate a buzz about the event. After all, who can forget #theicebucket challenge and the phenomenon it grew into. Read on as we bring you an overview of international news and events of 2014.
How is it that Western society is willing to pay the short-term price for technological progress and we, in India, find it so tough?
Thousands of Chinese fans lined the streets on Friday to greet David Beckham and the Spanish champions.
Aruna Viswanatha grew up in New Jersey but worked in New Delhi as a reporter from December 2007 to May 2009. She is currently a reporter in Washington, D.C. Aruna offers her take on working in Indian offices.
They got the better of Flavia Pennetta and Akiko Morigami in the semi-final of the WTA Indian Open.
Sania Mirza won the women's singles tennis gold handing out a love game to Manisha Malhotra in the final.
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