I’ve got to hand it to Joseph Vijay and A.R.Murugadoss, the malefactors behind the thoroughly unwatchable Thuppakki. Say what you will but these two cheaptains of Tamil cinema have a bizarre sense of humor. After launching a vicious sleeper cell attack against the Indian Army and making the force look like a bunch of buffoons, […]
Thuppakki Review – Whopping Nonsense Joseph Vijay’s new film Thuppakki opened to a so-so response today. At a theatre on the U.S. East Coast, there were about 85 people for the opening, premiere show of Thuppakki. Besides Vijay, Thuppakki features Kajal Aggarwal. A.R.Murugadoss is the director. Murugadoss is also responsible for story, screenplay and dialogs. […]
It takes an Indian to nail an Indian. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara (a Punjabi of Indian origin) has gotten Tamil crook Anand Sekaran to plead guilty to a ponzi scheme that defrauded investors. Anand Sekaran, President and Director of Miami based Wasson Capital Ltd pled guilty Friday in […]
By Araj (This interesting piece was originally penned as a comment. For the sake of a wider audience, I have published it here as a blog post with minor retouches) Pseudo-noir films have become a problem with Hollywood, of late. Nolan kick-started this trend, perhaps, with his much lauded (glorified actually) Batman trilogy and Mendes’s […]
James Bond: Everybody Needs a Hobby. Silva (Villain): So, what’s Yours? James Bond: Resurrection I Loved Skyfall. Loved it. Loved it. Double-O-7 is back, charging fast and hard. Navigating a terrain of hazards that would easily fell a lesser intelligence agent. But never Bond, James Bond of Her Majesty’s Secret Service with a license to […]
Man, this is getting strange. Or as Alice (of Alice of Wonderland fame) would say, it’s getting Curiouser and curiouser. What is happening at the Montgomery County court system? Raghunandan Yandamuri’s preliminary hearing has been postponed yet again. For the second time in less than a week. Just this morning, the court records showed the […]