Written by ( If you weren’t living under a rock, the Bollywood aficionados among you have read about Deepika Padukone’s recent outburst on Twitter. She accused TOI of publishing photos of her cleavage and showing utter l...

A monthly shower of previews, reviews and my unsolicited views Volume 15, By Arup Raha Highway has too many detours 2014 has started well with two fabulous movies in the first two months, Dedh Ishqiya and Hasee Toh Phase...

This edition of Bolly Volley is not about Bollywood! It is in fact about celebrating that section of Indian and other South Asian cinema that does not get labeled as “Bollywood”. These are the movies that not many people...

Munich Revenge tastes sweetest, till we realize that we are inevitably diabetic… As individuals, as groups, or as nations, the urge to respond with force to an act of evil is very real and natural. Let’s not be naïve, or...

Young girls entering the film industry are often exploited . Debutant director ( is making a movie inspired by Jiah Khan’s death. This film will tell the story of three young girls who come to Bollywood to make a career....

A monthly shower of Bollywood previews, reviews and my unsolicited views Volume 13, By Arup Raha, Monday 27-May-2013 My decades of waiting for an opportunity to operate a movie projector ended last year in the sophistica...

Real to Reel to Real Life (Part 1 of 2) Art mirrors life, but when life portends art… To twist things a bit, let me tell you the story about a movie before I tell you the story of *the movie. What follows though, is a tr...

A r g o Here’s the kind of movie that makes movie-watching worth its while. “Based on a true story.” That ubiquitous line from many a movie’s beginning never sounded truer or more authentic than from Argo (2012). If you...

Minority Report Is a crime committed before it’s committed if you stop it before it’s committed? A paradoxical, circular question like that sends your brain into a tizzy, doesn’t it? But then, what human conundrum doesn’...

12 Angry Men “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” The man who said that, Abraham Lincoln, knew a thing or two about all three – adversity, character, and power....

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Retro Reel is a column about movies, but not about the latest box-office releases. There will be aspects of review, but the column is intended more as a recommendation of good movies of different genres, with the sense o...

A monthly shower of Bollywood previews, reviews and my unsolicited views by Arup Raha Olympics 2012 is over. Except those who get opportunities to appear on TV commercials, Indian medal-winners and other athletes who com...

Having just finished a gruelling outdoor shoot in Istanbul for Race 2, Saif Ali Khan is back in Mumbai, promoting his new film Cocktail and planning his wedding with Kareena Kapoor. Even though Cocktail releases this Fri...

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The King of Twitter is now the King of Apple, as "Two and a Half Men" star Ashton Kutcher is attached to play Steve Jobs in the indie pic "Jobs," which Joshua Michael Stern ("Swing Vote") will direct from a script by Mat...

A monthly shower of Bollywood previews, reviews and my unsolicited views by Arup Raha If you believe you are a follower of “Bollywood”, do any of these names ring a bell in your mind - Pawan Kriplani, Shashant Shah, S Ma...