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More Than a Miracle (1967)
The first Omar Sharif film I remember watching was Mackenna’s Gold. As the bandit John Colorado, Sharif made a very young me (I was a child) feel that, my goodness, how could someone be so cruel and...
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Home Delivery Review: Hand Pies
At home, if we want to order in, we usually have a set number of places we order from. This weekend, at home after a very tiring week, I was too exhausted to cook, and I’d recently heard someone raving...
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Mahabharat (1965)
I hadn’t heard of this version of the Mahabharat till a few days back (not, of course, that the existence of this film is surprising; given Hindi cinema’s love for mythology, there was bound to be at...
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Book Review: Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal’s Gaata Rahe Mera Dil:...
I know I’m a bit late to the party here; Anu had already written about Bhattacharjee and Vittal’s latest book over at her blog, and Harini reviewed it recently on her blog—but better late than never, I...
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Home Delivery Review: Sushi Haus
Till a few years ago, my husband and I were wary of trying sushi in Delhi. Would the fish be fresh enough to be eaten raw, was my husband’s concern. Would raw fish taste all right? Wouldn’t it be too …...
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Ten of my favourite ‘Give us a hug’ songs
The other day, I was thinking about some of those songs that end up featuring on every other list I make. Songs that are perennial favourites of mine, because they are those rare combinations of...
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Mahal (1969)
I had no particular film review or song list in mind for this week, but when Anu declared August Dev Anand month over at her blog, and Harini reviewed Duniya, I saw a bandwagon that I liked—and decided...
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Restaurant Review: La Bodega
What’s better than a lunch date with someone who shares several of the same interests as you? Someone whom you can chat with about everything from the latest good book you’ve read, to the next film...
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Muhomatsu no Issho (1958)
Or, The Rickshaw Man. I hadn’t heard of this film till a couple of months back. Around that time, looking at Toshirô Mifune’s filmography on IMDB, I came across The Rickshaw Man, and was intrigued...
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Ten of my favourite jeep songs
This post has been floating about in my head for a long time—at least, ever since I did a post on car songs (in which I’d mentioned pretty clearly that I meant only cars, not jeeps). When some readers...
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Baat ek Raat ki (1962)
Anu had started this month with a Dev Anand film—and I, following suit, decided I would review a relatively little-known Dev Anand film too, to begin August. But, while Anu’s kept up the Dev Anand...
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Karnan (1964)
One post often leads to another on this blog. When I posted my list of jewellery songs, blog reader Afsal posted a song from the 1965 Mahabharat—so I went and watched Mahabharat, and reviewed it. And,...
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Ten of my favourite ‘background songs’
I love it when readers comment on my blog posts. I love it when they add songs to lists, introduce me to new songs, remind me of songs I’d forgotten about. I love it even more when they write in …...
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The Innocents (1961)
My mother grew up in a family ruled by the iron hand of her grandfather, a strict disciplinarian who thought dining out, nightlife, and cinema were a waste of time. Not to mention immoral. As a result,...
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Hotel Review: Neemrana Fort Palace
Or, since the Neemrana Group insists on calling its properties ‘non-hotels’, a non–hotel review. Over the years we’ve been married, my husband and I have developed a love for the properties of the...
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Muzaffar Jang is back! Announcing: Crimson City
(Plug alert: my latest novel, what it’s about, and some background) Some of you who’ve been reading this blog for a while—or who know something of what I write about besides classic cinema—probably...
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Book Review: Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal’s ‘R.D. Burman: The...
People who know this blog focuses on pre-70s cinema would possibly be surprised to find a review here of a book about RD Burman—who, to most people, is more associated with Dum maaro dum and all those...
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Restaurant Review: Café Delhi Heights
My husband and I tend to steer clear of Delhi restaurants that have huge menus, especially when those menus scream ‘multicuisine’! Most of these (note: I’m not saying all, because there are some...
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Ten of my favourite ‘credits songs’
When I posted my list of ‘background songs’ (songs that form part of the film, but to which nobody lip-synchs), I made one stipulation: that they wouldn’t include ‘credits songs’, or songs that play...
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Ek Gaon ki Kahaani (1957)
What is it about Bengali directors—Bimal Roy, for instance, or Hrishikesh Mukherjee, or (if one steps out of the realm of just Hindi cinema, Satyajit Ray)—that they manage to bring so vividly to life...
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