In 1992 Director Mani Ratnam made the first installment of his famous terror trilogy, which contains 3 films: Roja(1992), Bombay(1995), & Dil Se(1998). Roja was his first take on terrorism and the way he depicted it is quite a complex picture. Mani Ratnam tried to put forth a nationalistic message through Kashmir and its militancy. … Read moreROJA 1992: Kashmir with Conflicting Identities
In 2007 Director Farah Khan made her career-best directorial venture with the king of Bollywood in it, OM SHANTI OM was one of the biggest hits of 2007 and one of its kind in terms of its uniqueness because of a perfect mixture of cringe Bollywood melodrama along with intense storytelling. Let’s look at how … Read moreOM SHANTI OM: A Mockery of Bollywood
More than 40 years ago Govind Nilhani’s directorial Masterpiece AAKROSH was released, and to date, it is arguably one of the best takes on the caste divide in Indian society as per Hindu mythology. In the film, Naseeruddin shah plays a character of a lawyer named Bhaskar Kulkarni an upper caste who has just started … Read moreAAKROSH 1980: The Rage Within
Amar Akbar Anthony is a very popular Bollywood film. It was one of the best-regarded and hit films of the 1970s. Hindi cinemas most successful director at that time Manmohan Desai directed this film. If you look for logical coherence in the film then you will stop watching this film at the very establishing shot … Read moreAMAR AKBAR ANTHONY: a tale of fateful coincidences