Genre: Human Drama Platform: Free on You Tube with English subtitles Time: 1 hour 50 minutes Director: Satyajit Ray Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee (Apurba “Apu” Kumar Roy). Sharmila Tagore (Aparna Roy, Apu’s wife). Swapan Mukherjee (Pulu, Apu’s friend). Dhiren Ghosh (Apu’s landlord). Dhiresh Majumdar (Sasinarayan, Aparna’s father). Alok Chakravarty (Kajal Roy, Apu and Aparna’s son). […]
Genre: Human Drama Platform: Amazon Prime / You Tube Free Time: 1 hour 50 minutes Director: Satyajit Ray Cast: Kanu Banerjee (Harihar Roy). Karuna Banerjee (Sarbajaya Roy). Pinaki Sengupta (young Apurba “Apu” ). Smaran Ghosal (Apu – adolescent). Ramani Ranjan Sengupta (Apu’s great uncle). Plot: Apu’s father Hairhar is still struggling to make ends […]
Genre: Human Drama Platform: Amazon (Rent) You Tube Free Time: 1 hour 50 minutes Director: Satyajit Ray Cast: Kanu Banerjee (Harihar Roy). Karuna Banerjee (Sarbajaya Roy). Subir Banerjee (Apurba “Apu” Roy). Uma Dasgupta (Durga Roy). Chunibala Devi (Indira Thakrun, the old aunt). Plot: Apu is born to a poor priest Harihar, who is struggling […]
Genre: Spy thriller cum war movie Platform: Lionsgate Play thru Amazon (Paid) Time: 8 episodes x average 45 minutes Languages: English. French. Arabic. Kurdish Cast: Mélanie Thierry (Anna Habert). Souheila Yacoub (Sarya Dogan). James Krishna Floyd (Nasser Yassin). Dean Ridge (Paul Wilkins). Leo Hatton (Ellie Gordon). Zed Josef (Jake Al-Shami). Tasnim Cheham (Nisrine Dakka). Thibaut […]
Clickable links in red Subject: The MiG-21’s retirement from the Indian Air Force in September 26, 2025 Its not every day that such a momentous and truly historic event happens and is celebrated publicly. There have been many planes before in the Indian Air Force/ Armed Forces history but none of them have been the […]
Clickable links in red Genre: Historical Epic Platform: Theatre Time: 2 hours 53 minutes Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: Matt Damon (Odysseus). Tom Holland (Telemachus). Anne Hathaway (Penelope). Robert Pattinson (Antinous). Lupita Nyong’ (Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra). John Leguizamo (Eumaeus). Samantha Morton (Circe). Zendaya (Athena). Charlize Theron (Calypso). Plot: Queen Penelope of Ithaca waits for […]
Embedded/ Clickable links in red Time to read : Genre: Historical Epic / a doomed Slave Rebellion/ based on true story. Platform: Amazon (Rent) Time: 3 hours 17 minutes (original time; Amazon 3 hours 1 minute) Director: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Kirk Douglas (Spartacus). Laurence Olivier (Crassus). Jean Simmons (Varinia). Charles Laughton (Gracchus). Peter Ustinov (Batiatus). […]
Genre: Spy thriller cum war movie Platform: Lionsgate Play thru Amazon (Paid) Time: 8 episodes x average 45 minutes Languages: English. French. Arabic. Kurdish Cast: Félix Moati (Antoine Habert). Mélanie Thierry (Anna Habert). Souheila Yacoub (Sarya Dogan). James Krishna Floyd (Nasser Yassin). Jaouhar Ben Ayed (Iyad Bel Tagi). Dean Ridge (Paul Wilkins). James Purefoy (Stanley). […]
This is my 200th Post since November 2022 . I have been steadily posting every sunday and I wanted something special and chose the classic The Seven Samurai Clickable Links in red It can be argued that Akira Kurosawa’s film The Seven Samurai is highly influential worldwide as it put post WW2 Japan on the […]
Genre: Indian War Movie (TV series) Platform: Netflix Time: 6 episodes x average 55 minutes Cast: Siddharth (Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja). Jimmy Shergill (Wing Commander ‘Tony’ Dhanoa). Adil Hussain (Air Marshal Vinod Patney). Abhay Verma (Flying Officer Rajpal Singh Dhaliwal a.k.a. Dhali). Mihir Ahuja (Flying Officer C.H. Bal Reddy a.k.a. Baldy). K.C Shankar (Squadron leader […]