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• Bombay Talkies

  By Vinay Antony Payyapilly on May 6, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Bombay Talkies Rating: 3/5 Indian cinema and Bollywood touch a century and as with any anniversary, we can look back and see both the highs and lows. I went into the movie expecting to be treated to four stories that… Read More ›

• Black Friday

  By Vinay Antony Payyapilly on May 5, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  I saw two movies based on stories by Zaidi Hussain on the same day, just that the movies are separated by almost a decade. But more importantly, the movies are separated by their directors – one by Anurag Kashyap and… Read More ›

• What if…

  By Vinay Antony Payyapilly on May 5, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The strangest of thoughts struck me today – what if Sonia and Rahul Gandhi have decided that they will destroy the party and system that destroyed their family? Of course, we can also put the reverse spin to it and ask – what if Sonia and Rahul have decided that the only way this country can move forward is if they destroy the Congress and the hegemony it continues to propagate.

• Shootout at Wadala

  By Vinay Antony Payyapilly on May 3, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Rating: 2/5 Starring: John Abraham, Manoj Bajpai, Sonu Sood, Anil Kapoor, etc. Directed by: Sanjay Gupta. Shootout at Wadala is a movie that disappoints on various levels. The biggest disappointment is in the treatment of the subject. The story of… Read More ›

• I screwed up, now you have to help me

  By Vinay Antony Payyapilly on April 17, 2013 • ( 1 )

  But there is another side of this story, which is being completely ignored by the media. Why? Because it is not a human-interest angle. Because the answer to that question in India would be, “Let he among you who has not sinned cast the first stone.”

• Unwelcome compliments

  By Vinay Antony Payyapilly on April 7, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Strange times these, where telling someone they are good looking can get you into trouble. Once again, and this is getting more and more common, I am reminded of Salman Rushdie’s observation that we are becoming identified more with what pisses us off rather than what we are ready to embrace.

• Movie Review – Himmatwala

  By Vinay Antony Payyapilly on March 30, 2013 • ( 0 )

  http://www.chitramala.in/reviews/himmatwala-review-130550.html

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