Genre: Suspense Thriller Platform: Amazon Prime – Rent Director: Alfred Hitchcock Time: 1 hour 47 minutes Cast: James Stewart (L.B. Jefferies). Grace Kelly (Lisa Fremont). Thelma Ritter (Stella). Wendell Corey (Tom Doyle). Raymond Burr (Lars Thorwald) Plot: Due to an accident in which his leg was fractured while capturing a motor race accident, photographer Jeffries […]
When I was doing research for my book on Hrishikesh Mukherjee (Human Cinema available on Amazon on Kindle and Print ; for Amazon link, please click here http://bit.ly/4pnxUPL ), I came across this statement by Hrishida – “My film is not a copy of any foreign film; it is just a story of two friends […]
Clickable links in red Genre: Based on a True Story – Business Platform: Amazon Prime Director: Robbie Grewal Time: 6 episodes x 50 minutes average Cast: Naseeruddin Shah (JRD Tata). Jim Sarbh (Xerxes Desai). Vaibhav Tatwawadi (Akash Bansal). Kaveri Seth (Megha Mhatre). Lakshvir Saran (Gaurav Dhar). Plot: Surprised to discover that watch smuggling is a […]
Genre: Drama – based on Partition Platform: Theatrical release Director: Imtiaz Ai Time: 2 hours 46 minutes Cast: Naseeruddin Shah (Ishar Singh Grewal). Vedang Raina (Keenu / Young Ishar Singh Grewal). Diljit Dosanjh (Nirvair Singh). Sharvari (Afsana/Jiya). Plot: In the present , 95-year-old Ishar Singh Grewal is driven by the family driver to Attari check […]
It is always a mixed blessing when watching remakes of an original, especially when the original has the “Master of suspense”, Alfred Hitchcock’s stamp in various scenes. As always, Hitchcock’s “suspense movies” have one twist after the other, making you wonder what is the “MacGuffin” – the crux/ the core idea of the story. There […]
Dwight Eisenhower was the man who commanded the biggest military machine in Western Europe during World War 2. With his superb political balance, he managed the disparate British, American and French commanders and produced an unquestionable victory. President Truman who decided to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan was seen as ‘weak’ for letting the […]
Genre: Crime Drama Platform: Netflix/ You Tube Time: 1 hour 47 minutes Director: Elia Kazan Cast: Marlon Brando. Eva Marie Saint. Rod Steiger. Lee J Cobb. Karl Malden. Plot: Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) watches his friend Joey Doyle being thrown off the roof by a couple of gangsters whom he knows is part of his […]