Irresistible, addictive dance shows
Duniya ke sabse boring World Cup final main Shakiraji ko Waka Waka karte dekha kya? Kya kamal ka waist action hai unka, Shilpa Shettyji ki takkar ka. You know, I can’t resist dance shows, especially the ones with a high Bollywood-celeb quotient. Hamare desi dance shows main there are latkas, jhatkas and, when the muse is Jeetuji,
Beauty to behold, with vague threads
Raavan is a feminist retelling of the story of Ram, Sita and Raavan. Now that should be exciting, even liberating. But it’s not.
Gripping story of the politics of politics
Prakash Jha didn’t write the story of Raajneeti. Ved Vyasa did. Jha read Vyasa’s Mahabharat and did two things: First, he filched a few critical events and twisted the rest.
Dance show gets everyone to weep
I toh love dance shows. Aur us par agar gender ka panga ho toh wah bhai wah. Zara Nachke Dikha (Star Plus) is just that — naach-gana, latke-jhatke and ladna-jhagarna. The show’s format is old: There are two teams,
‘I do not believe India is a particularly spiritual place’
The drive to meet William Dalrymple at his Mehrauli farmhouse is like going to meet a reclusive maharaja. It’s a long, dusty, rickety ride on a road that seems headed nowhere.