Ciné Ruminations

#Tamasha #Natsamrat #ImtiazAli #NanaPatekar #RanbirKapoor #ruminations So I am writing this way too late. Too, too late. I have been watching quite a few things. And since I'm late these can't be reviews; reviews are timely. Let these just be reflections and recollections. The freshest recollection is that of ' Tamasha: Why always the same story? ' Regarding  Tamasha , I am unable to gauge my judgment; so I have been finding it difficult to think about it in clear terms. As it ended I knew I had not seen a great, timeless movie; and yet I wasn't able to dismiss it simply enough. Due to this and other reasons, it has been such a challenge to reach this point here and finally write about it. Given its nature, the word and the film,  Tamasha, force into memory the visuals of another recent film. Recollection and reflection allow one to be broad in scope, more inclusive; they allow you to blur the boundaries and make a continuum. Reviews, by nature, are exclusiv...

Film review: Dilwale (Rohit Shetty 2015 Hindi) #Dilwale2015 #spoilers_alert #SRK-Kajol #Rohit_Shetty Yet another celluloid battle of Bollywood has begun yesterday. Not that the battle matters as much as the films, yet I hope its a win-win for both the giants. Being a simultaneous SRK-SLB admirer it became quite a conundrum to choose my point of entry into this battle. Finally, Dilwale it was.    So let it be made plain, as might have already come to your knowledge, that Dilwale is no great stuff. At best it leaves you with a light-headed, feel good vibe (like most other Rohit Shetty entertainers); at worst its just another pass-time movie with a staggering budget of about INR 100 crores - almost comparable to the largesse of SLB's Bajirao Mastani. So what does Dilwale accomplish with that kind of money? Cars, lots of cars and a bunch of superstars. Big cars. SRK-Kajol. Shining cars. Sanjay Mishra, Pankaj Tripathi and Mukesh Tiwari. Vintage cars. Vinod Khanna and K...