The clever twists and convincing acting from all the characters make the film worth a watch. It is indeed Sujoy Ghosh's best work so far.
The horrific disaster that has struck Uttrakhand has been assessed as a mix of natural and man-made. In fact, the various media analyses indicate we were asking for it and there were enough warnings and indications that this would happen, says Lt Gen (retd) Prakash Katoch.
Tim Burton's take on Lewis Carroll's classic is now available in DVD.
Sanraa Entertainments' Tamil movie starring Prasanna and Sandhya falls flat.
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad was at his humorous best in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday when he said he was a "freelancer" for Congress for ten years. Prasad, who fought the polls as part of the Fourth Front, said it was not because of Congress but for the people's support that he was sitting here with only four members.
Dum Maaro Dum is interesting but could have been much better.
Vodafone's ZooZoo advertisements have taken the country by storm. Here, we look in-depth at the story behind these strange little egg-headed humanoids.
India-born economist and politician Lord Meghnad Desai was in India to unveil his debut novel. He also discussed the financial crisis and the Lok Sabha election results.
Calendar -- made by a first time director, with the backing of an experienced scriptwriter Babu Janardhanan and an exceptional cast -- is an average film.
The Tamil movie is a mild, romantic love story that's a near-perfect portrayal of life in Chennai's IT sector.
Maxim India's March 2009 issue is all set to hit newsstands, and the lovely Ms Pinto's covershot is a picture of bliss.
Love in Singapore, the latest Malayalam film by director duo Rafi-Mecartin starring Mammootty is yet another effort by the actor to be humorous. But, the implausibility of the plot and the lacklustre execution reduces him to a clown.
US Senator John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee in 2008, and considered the GOP's foreign policy guru, Wednesday took to the Senate floor to defend nasty and unproven accusations by a coterie of right-wing House Republicans often referred to as the 'lunatic fringe' of the Party, that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's South Asian American Deputy Chief of Staff, Huma Abedin was part of a conspiracy by the Muslim Brotherhood to infiltrate the US government.
This album has all of Tamil cinema's staples and follows set patterns.
Composer A R Rahman on the sounds of Slumdog Millionaire.
It is quite possible that Aiyar was really trying to be humourous when he made a few funny remarks about Maken's English. But in a country where calling the economy class passengers as 'cattle class', can cost a certain minister his job, Aiyar should be more restrained in his humour, says Sudhir Bisht.
Khushwant Singh was a courageous writer. He was a superb mentor of young talent, had great generosity of spirit, was extremely tolerant and was, on many levels, a true secular Indian, says Shobhaa De in a moving tribute.
Agneepath is less of a remake, more of a tribute, writes Sukanya Verma
This devoid-of-interesting-twist-and-turns love triangle leaves you nothing but bemused as it reaches the rosy and commercially unavoidable happy ending, with the only surprise in it being A.R Rehman's song burnt over the credits as you lazily crawl towards the exit door. Asian audiences will probably savour the subtle snips of Bollywood ragas but if not for a one-time-watch this "accident" should be best avoided.
Call Center has a love story set against the backdrop of the Call Centre. It also gives a uni-dimensional glimpse of the call centre culture and is more a film for the youth.
At 70, Leslie Hardinge Pde or Bah Besbha (Mr Best in local dialect) as he is popularly known, from Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya in the North East, has seen the return of the radio as a popular medium of entertainment, prompting him to don the mantle of a Radio Jockey after retiring as a director of the Employment and Craftsmen Training Institute.
Misidentifying the film's seductive wrapping to contain a bustling firecracker would be inviting dissatisfaction.
Victory is watchable because of its contemporary social theme. Director Ravi C Kumar wants to tell people to unite and fight for what is rightfully theirs. Nitin does a decent job, while Mamta looks glamorous.
Bejoy Nambiar may have directed the film but it has Anurag Kashyap's pawprints all over its treatment.
Funny People, a comedic drama with Sandler leading the cast had a disappointing opening at the US box office.
The film is a Salman vehicle that showcases the best of the actor one has seen over the last twenty years.
Today, as I watch my son-in-law handle my grandkids, balancing friendliness with discipline and not missing an iota of either, I realise that this middle path that he adopts, is probably the best of all leadership/parenting methods, says AG Krishnamurthy.
People of the Trinidad and Tobago surprised all when they elected 58-year-old Kamla Persad Bissesar as the country's prime minister. The political coalition led by her won 29 of the 41 seats in parliament, the results of which were announced on May 26. She heads the United National Congress party.
Humour and spirituality emerged together, perhaps as ways for humans to relieve stress, communicate and make social connections in lieu of grooming, roughhousing and other, more direct means used by our primate ancestors.
Simran makes a real comeback with this film and proves herself. Alas, her shining alone is not enough.
"In the proud history of independent India, it is for the first time that the returns on the capital investment in the Railways will reach 21 per cent," the railway minister announced as he presented his 5th Rail Budget.
Jacqueline's Tara could be a keeper if only the movie wasn't so intent on turning her into a love-struck Barbie. Ditto for the movie.
With the ICC keeping an eagle eye on crowd behaviour, Cricket Australia on Saturday launched a campaign with the "friendly face" of former Australian cricketer Merv Hughes encouraging spectators to enjoy themselves within acceptable limits.
Geoff Dyer has written about jazz (But Beautiful, which won him the Somerset Maugham Award), photography (The Ongoing Moment that fetched him the International Center of Photography's Infinity Award) and his humorous travelogue Yoga for People Who Can't be Bothered to Do It has been a bestseller.
What's the best way to impress an interviewer? Probably not by breaking into song. And definitely not by bringing your mother along.
India's Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs Vayalar Ravi, keynoting the 15th biannual convention of the National Federation of Indian Associations, said the election of Senator Barack Obama as the new President of the United States had rewritten not just the history of America, but the history of the world.
Some black humour would have done more good than harm here, making Death Race a spectacular nonsense. But, without all that jazz the movie sadly ends up tasting like fast food junk with enough guns, girls and vroom vrooms, to keep your inner child entertained.
A radio advertisement for a UAE bank, featuring a man with an Indian accent, has attracted complaints of being offensive to the community but the bank rejected it saying it was "humorous and not offensive".
Mary Dunn, a pioneering yoga teacher and founder of the Iyengar yoga institutes in San Francisco, San Diego and New York, died recently in Scarsdale, New York. She was guru to thousands of people all over the United States.
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