Indian Movies
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Movie Review: Talvar (2015)
As my readers are well aware, I enjoy watching whodunits where a shrewd sleuth unravels the mystery behind a murder and exposes the culprit. However, does this often happen in reality? Talvar, a Bollywood film based on an actual murder case, blends fact and fiction in its plot and, to some extent, answers this very Read more
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Movie Review: Byomkesh Pawrbo (2016)
In this post, we will look at another Byomkesh Bakshi adventure directed by Arindam Sil. Abir Chatterjee, Ritwick Chakraborty, and Sohini Sarkar reprise their roles as Bakshi the sleuth, Ajit, his buddy, and biographer, and Satyabati, Bakshi’s wife, respectively. It is another Bakshi who-dun-it and a sequel to “Har Har Byomkesh,” a movie reviewed in Read more
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Movie Review: Mumbai Police (2013)
Today, we will look at another hidden gem of Indian Cinema, particularly Malayalam Cinema. I have expressed my admiration for Malayalam and Bengali cinema in the past, and I will spare you the details this time. “Mumbai Police” is a landmark, not just in Malayalam Cinema but in the annals of Indian Cinema itself. If Read more
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Movie Review: Chotushkone (2014)
If there is one thing that can be said about Bengali movies, it is that they celebrate intellectualism. This gem of a movie is a testimony to that statement. There are two movie industries within India that stand out for their consistency in producing quality content: the southern Malayalam movie industry of Kerala and the Read more
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Chiriyakhana (1967) vs Byomkesh o Chiriyakhana (2016)
The fictitious sleuthing duo of Holmes and Watson, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, have inspired numerous other detective duos, including Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Hastings. Another detective duo inspired by Holmes and Watson are the “truth-seeker” Byomkesh Bakshi and Ajit Kumar Banerjee, his loyal friend and sidekick. This duo was created by the Bengali Read more
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Bengaluru, A Homecoming of Sorts – I
Back in the mid to late ’80s, I completed my first degree, a Bachelor’s in Computer Science at a university in Bengaluru, India. Now, 34 years later, about 20 of my classmates planned our second reunion in 10 years, in the city of Bengaluru. My cohorts came from many places around the world to reminisce Read more
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