Category: Entertainment

16 JUN

Bala – A Journey from Baldness to Boldness #230

Bala is a Bollywood movie based on a guy named Bala, who is bald. This is ironic because he got this name because the beautiful hair he had once (Bal means ‘hair’ in hindi). The main characters of the movie are Bala played by Ayushman Khurana, Latika played by Bhumi Pednekar and Pari played by Yami Gautam.

11 JUN

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.

31 MAR

Badhai Ho (2018) , Another un-conventional Bollywood Movie #218

“Badhai Ho” means “Congratulation”. The story is about an Indian middle-class family, where a mother of 2 sons, Priyamvada got pregnant in her early 50’s.
A society that feeds on gossip, the boys who are matured only in age, a mother-in-law who is never impressed- reacted to the situation in the most realistic way. Will the societal pressure, taunt of dear ones and risk of late pregnancy win over motherhood?

15 FEB

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.