The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) #289

A princess from the moon descends on the earth to fall in love with the people and nature of earth and live up a dream.

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Love Hard(2021) made me Laugh Hard! #288

Love Hard, a romantic comedy starred by Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang and Darren Barnet was like a fresh breath of air.

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Persuasion (2022), is more like Not-persuasion #287

Persuasion(2022) is Netflix adaptation of the romantic novel ‘Persuasion’ by Jane Austen, starred by Dakota Johnson and Cosmo Jarvis.

“Is Love Enough? Sir” Movie Plot and Review #259

“Is Love Enough? Sir” is Hindi romantic drama initially released in Cannes film festival followed by theatrical release in European countries in the same year.

Sonchiriya, the metaphor of a savior girl #240

Sonchiriya is a Hindi action film. A gang of looters that had accidentally killed some innocent kids once, try to do penance by saving a little girl’s life while being chased by Police.

Raabta(2017) – the connection of love through different lives #239

Raabta is a Romantic Drama released in the year 2017. Sushant Singh Rajput and Kriti Sanon played the lead roles as Shiv and Saira. Shiv and Saira died in one life for love met again to be tested by the destiny.

Chhichhore- Debunking the secret of winning in life #238

Chhichhore (2019) is a film starring Sushant Singh Rajput and Shraddha Kapoor. A father, Anirudh Pathak explains what winning in life is through his college life memory to his depressed son.

Kedarnath is the “Titanic” of Bollywood #237

Kedarnath is movie based on 2013 flash-flood in Uttarakhand that devastated the valley around age old Shiva temple Kedarnath temple. Mukku and Mansur’s story will bring tears to your eyes for sure.

Dil Bechara(2020), the heartbreak is real this time #236

Dil Bechara is an adaptation of the novel “Fault in Our Stars”. Kizie, a teenager cancer patient, finds a reason to smile again because of Manny. She’s worried about how her loved ones would live after her death. Little did she know her destiny…

De De Pyaar De: Romanticizing Age-disparity in Relationship #231

Ashish a guy in his 50s falls for Ayesha, a girl of 20. The story unveils how Ashish finds love after his failed marriage and parenthood.

Bala – A Journey from Baldness to Boldness #230

Bala (starred by Ayushman Khurana, Bhumi Pednekar) is a Bollywood movie based on a guy named Bala, who is suffering from existential crisis for baldness.

My Reaction to Kadambari Devi’s Suicide Note by Ranjan Bandyopadhyay #227

Kadambari Devi was married to Rabindranath Tagore’s older brother at the age of 9. Rabindranath and Kadambari were of the same age-group. Growing up in a giant family with so many siblings, Tagore did not get much of his parents attention. Kadambari was his playmate, the very first audience to his many of his timeless literary works, a fan and a critic.

The original story of Chokher Bali #226

“Chokher Bali” ,by Rabindranath Tagore, is about a young girl Binodini’s journey from “Falling in love” to “Rising in love” after her husband’s early death.

I laughed and cried watching Jojo Rabbit(2019) #219

“Jojo Rabbit” is an English movie released in 2019 in comedy/drama genre. Jojo, a 10 year old kid, was asked to kill a rabbit by his seniors on the first day in Hitler youth training cap. The bullies gave him the name “Jojo Rabbit” as he could not kill the bunny.

Badhai Ho(2018) is a love story of different time #218

Priyamvada, got pregnant in her early 50’s. Among the judgemental society and family and risk of late pregnancy will she get to hear “Badhai Ho” (Congrats)?

Jalebi(2018) is not a Fairy-tale Love Story #211

Jalebi (2018) is a Hindi Romantic drama and an official remake of the Bengali movie “Praktan”( meaning : Ex). Rhea Chakraborty and debutant  Varun Mitra played the characters of Ayesha and Dev.

Did you watch Bombay(1995)? #210

Bombay (1995), directed by Mani Ratnam is originally in Tamil. It is undoubtedly a master piece and bagged a lot of awards in many different categories.

Chhapaak(2020): A Heart-breaking Story of Acid Victims #208

Chhapaak is the sound of splashing liquid on a solid surface. The movie depicts how a splash of acid is ruining lives of innocent girls in India.

First Bollywood Movie based on Progeria – Paa #207

Paa, an Indian Hindi film, is based on a little boy suffering from a rare genetic disease called progeria, the disease made his growth 5 to 6 times faster. By the age of 13, Auro had a body of an 80 years old man but his mind was still of his actual age! Paa was released in December 2009.

Mom And Co. (YouTube Web-series Reaction) #201

Mom and Co. is a web-series on the the relationship between a son and a mother and how they build up a small business at home.

Little Things – The Indian Web-series are changing the game #196

Little Things is an Indian Web-series starring Mithila Palkar as Kavya and Dhruv Sehgal as Dhruv. It’s buit around the young couple’s day-to-day life, struggles of relationship and work.

Is ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ better or worse than its Prequel? #195

Fifty Shades Darker is a romantic drama released in 2017 starring Dakota Johnson as Anastatia Steele and Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey. This is the sequel of the movie “Fifty Shades of Grey”.

Is The Lion King (Live Animation 2019) any good? #194

The Lion King is an animated movie produced by Disney back in 1994. Disney decided to remake the movie in 2019 as a live action. After watching the new movie, here are my thoughts and reaction…

Love Per Square Foot – A Netflix Original Indian Film #193

Love Per Square Foot, a Romantic Drama and a Netflix original Indian film released in 2018. The movie is based on a love-story around buying a small flat! The cast includes Vicky Kaushal and Angira Dhar.

Is ‘Article 15’ too dark or too real for a movie? #192

Article 15, a Hindi Movie released in 2019 which shows the fight of an IPS officer to save a little girl and protect the law. The IPS Officer Ayan’s role is played by Ayushmann Khurrana.

Chokher Bali : Movie VS Netflix Adaptation #190

Chokher Bali, a novel by Rabindranath Tagore is based on the love-life of Binodini, a young widow. Comparing its Netflix and movie adaptations.

My thoughts on the Movie, Maleficent #189

Maleficent a 2014 fantasy movie, starring Angelina Jolie as “Maleficent”. As Maleficent 2 will be soon in theater it is a good time watch the movie if you haven’t watched already!

Watch My favorite Telugu Movie – Fidaa(2017) #188

Fidaa, a Telugu romantic comedy movie starrring Varun Tej and Sai Pallavi released in 2017.