Ask Jeeves: Answers to Hindi Film Questions You Wanted To Know But Did Not Know Whom To Ask

As I had earlier described , I am one of the world's leading repositories of useless knowledge. If in some faraway land called Jhingalal...

Indian Idols

It took us a generation to be World Champions again. I watched the 1983 triumph with my dad. Today, I watched it with my son. And to think,...

My Favouritest Movie Dialogues

* Aaya hoon, kuch toh loot kar jaoonga. Khandaani chor hoon. Mogambo ka bhatija, Crime Master Gogo - Andaaz Apna Apna The craze fest of AAA...

1983?

Before this tournament, how many of you knew whether Joginder Sharma was a bowler or a batsman? And before 25th June 1983, how many of you k...

What About Him?

Mothers' Day is in May. I think it is celebrated on the second Sunday of the month. Fathers' Day is in July. Probably the first Sund...

Long Time, No Hear

This can safely be classified as very irrational nostalgia. It is a yearning for some completely insignificant phrases / words that seem to ...

Muse Musings

Preity Zinta was recently in the news for a role in Shaji Karun’s film on Raja Ravi Verma’s life. She is being considered for the role of Su...

Old Friends

The really great thing about friends you go to college with is that – irrespective of the time gap you meet them after – you can just pick u...

United Colours of India, Part Three

DISCLAIMER : Most (if not all) of the examples in this post are based on oral renditions. Factual accuracy is not claimed and should not be ...

21 Things: Diligent Candy's Tag

So, from my first year of daddy-dom, here are - according to Ms Candy 's express wishes - 21 things I learnt while bringing up Junior. S...

Ek Ka Do: Films I Have Watched Twice in Theatres

Films you watch twice in a theatre are oddities. Sometimes they do not have to be exceptionally good. Sometimes, they just have to be there....

One

The good doctor pulled out a slippery, gooey mess – not unlike a chicken marinated in tikka masala – and exclaimed – “Oh good, Dipta. A quie...