Archive for August 2021

Bhuj – The Pride  of India  :  Maajhi Ekdum Satakli   In 1974, Kishore Kumar acted, produced, directed, sang, wrote, and scored Badhti ka Naam Daadhi. Before the film starts, Kishore himself comes on the screen, addresses the audience, and says as below (a loose translation):   “Dear Friends and cinema fans This insignificant writer,…

Let’s talk about the obvious. An “Independence Day release is a neat idea, the hope being that more people will flock to see the movie. Shershah is a bio-pic of Captain Vikram Batra who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra posthumously for his various actions during the 1999 Kargil War. The ferocity of the engagements…