Angelina Jolie Warns Of Mounting Crisis In The Mediterranean

UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres and UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie have called for increased efforts by European nations to contribute to the ...

Of Mirth And Soaps

There was this scene in Thakan, last week, where the newly married bride Sadaf goes into the kitchen to make tea. Foxed by an unfamiliar kitchen in the lavish house of her ...

A Pot-Pourri Of Shows

Instead of feeling jaded with the rounds of the same old shows, one is feeling buoyant. Two new channels ? Zindag, which has settled well into selective living rooms in the...

True Review: Mary Kom

Critics Rating: 3 Stars*

Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Sunil Thapa, Darshan Kumar,

Direction: Omung Kumar

A Moment For Sony Pal

Sony Pal has used an old marketing tool which was common in Bollywood in the 1980s. The most widely cited context is Subhash Ghai?s Hero which was a launch vehicle for Jack...

Naomi Judd Selling Off Memorabilia For Charity

The award-winning singer/songwriter has cleared out her closets and storage spaces and those belonging to her husband Larry Strickland, who performed with Elvis Presley, in...

Yudh, A Trend Setter?

The Amitabh Bachchan helmed Yudh is winding down, as I write this piece. Like every other time that Mr. Amitabh Bachchan has ventured out of the box, like he did for Rakish...

Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi!

Anita, my live in maid has taken a shine to Zindagi. Though the language is a bit of a challenge, as she hails from interior Maharashtra.? One Saturday night, when I got ho...

A Cut Above The Rest

Life OK has a new show which is worth the eyeballs -- Laut Aao Trisha. A top line cast, with some fresh young faces and a kidnap story, each episode leaves you asking for m...