Let the Stalins and the Lenins and the Molotovs preen all they want, but the new Tamil film Ko (Jiva, Karthika Nair) is not a big hit with Tamil movie fans. At least, not at the UK box office. Here’s how Ko fared in its opening weekend at the UK box office vis-a-vis a few […]
So much needless controversy for so many years. Finally, our President Barack Obama decided to put an end to all the nonsense over doubts about his birth in the United States and got his full birth certificate released. No, Obama was not born in Kenya. Yes, Obama was born in Hawaii, a state in the […]
In reel life, Abhishek Bachchan’s character Vishnu Kamat is killed in the new Hindi film Dum Maaro Dum. In real life, Abhishek Bachchan is forever getting kicked at the box office. And the trend seems to be continuing with Dum Maaro Dum’s ho-hum BO numbers. Helllloo, is anyone surprised? Not us. After all, this is […]
Marriage is not only not a necessity but positively a hindrance to public and humanitarian work. – Mohandas Gandhi, quoted in Great Soul by Joseph Lelyveld p.80 Alas, if only the Mahatma had come upon this great wisdom before his marriage he wouldn’t have put his family through so much stress. Greatness often extracts a […]
Last night, we were planning to embark upon the IMDB 250 odyssey that we mentioned to you all a few days back. But in a last second reversal, we decided to watch the Chinese movie A World Without Thieves instead. Boy, are we glad that we changed our mind. Every schmuck knows about the IMDB […]
Would the revelation that Mohandas Gandhi, hailed as the Mahatma (Great Soul) and Father of the Nation, was once given to engaging in racist behavior and trash talking of South African Blacks dismay Indians? No, Indians wouldn’t care save the perfunctory protests (some Indian pigs may even be happy considering how they still look down […]