Bryan Adams is back....

I'm generally not very comfortable writing English album reviews coz I?ve often heard my friends comment that I don?t have the heart or soul of a rocker..(To be...read more

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Go for it...

''If the music is by Shankar Ehsaan Loy, then its got to be magical'' said my friend Pradeep from Texas on Saturday. Though I would not go as far as that, I mus...read more

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Has the last word been said ?

No! Never! There's always something to add - a new layer to explore - a different perpsective to analyse - a deeper meaning to understand. And that precisely, l...read more

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My all time favorites

From one legend called Ilayaraja to another called SPB, I don’t know why but this month I seem to be courting controversy with my reviews. To make it amply evid...read more

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Another classic from Almodovar

Background: While the attention of the whole world has been diverted this year at Cannes by Ms Rai and two other beautiful ladies, my interest has centered more...read more

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The Maestro's Magic

Disclaimer: I do not claim to be well versed in appreciating all the nuances of music but I can sense a good tune when I hear one. Though Ilayaraja has composed...read more

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Taxi Driver: Class act

Grim, dark, stark and disturbing. These are just a few words that are often used to describe Martin Scorcese films - and Taxi Driver made in 1976 is no exceptio...read more

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Madurai to Madras - Masala all the way !

Ram Gopal Verma once said ''Interesting movies are all about putting either uncommon characters in common circumstances or common characters in uncommon circums...read more

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??? The usual suspects ???

I still remember my first week at MS. I was so overwhelmed by the enormous amount of information and brilliant writing that I was at my wits end trying to figur...read more

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(:-) Wanna tickle your funny bones (:-)

Books are of two kinds: books that serve as good fodder for you to pull off intellectual conversations at social gatherings ? and then books that are best used ...read more

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Its just not funny

Writing, for me, has always been a passion - a cathartic experience. I can write on anything under the sun - I will do it as long as I am not forced to read my ...read more

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Tickle your funny bones ?

“Break the Rules” screams a popular song in the Tamil movie BOYS. Try as I did to get a new category created for Woody Allen’s book “Wi...read more

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A treat to watch this TEN

MSians who know me are probably well aware of my utter contempt for numbers ? So if you?d prefer a review with lots of facts and figures to back my choice of fa...read more

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YUVA - Musically Yours

It takes one genius to recognize another - No No - I am not blowing my own trumpet - Mani Ratnam has always been brilliant at identifying the right people for t...read more

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Poetry on celluloid

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past - Robertson Davies , A Voice from the Attic So...read more

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The way Politics works :-)

If politics is something down your alley and you believe Laughter is the Best Medicine, then YES MINISTER is just the right prescription for you. A devilishly ...read more

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Lacking Warmth

Literary adaptations on the silver screen are always something to look forward to especially when they come from the stable of someone as famous as Anthony Ming...read more

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Effort well worth watching

Kamal Hassan said ''99% of the films made today are ''run of the mill'' and ''formulaic'' - 95% of them bomb. Then why are my ''different'' films called risky v...read more

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Its MUSH all the way :-)

How does one define LOVE? Webster, in 1913, said love is ''A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kind...read more

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Let's talk about Love

Movies are quite often classified by the general audience based on the genre they belong to - action, romance, drama or comedy. The critics tend to segregate th...read more

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