The Lunchbox
‘The Dabbawala Museum’ and the film that put them on the artistic pedestal—The Lunchbox
A revisit, long overdue, has finally arrived, and it brings with it memories of a film that collared the heartbeat of a city. The launch of the Mumbai Dabbawala International Experience Centre (MDIEC) in Bandra rejuvenates the tender, stinging story of Ritesh Batra's The Lunchbox (2013). That film, like the museum now, honoured what had long remained in the background, the quiet machinery and emotional texture of everyday lives in Mumbai. When The Lunchbox released, it did something rare: it didn't just tell a love story, it mapped a city's emotional geography through stainless steel | Click Here...
Must watch movies to beat lockdown blues
The Lunchbox(2013): In Mrinal Sen’s Khandhar desolation was defined and epitomized as much by Shabana Azmi’s face and physicality as it was by the architectural ruins where Sen shot his dirge-like tale.In The Lunchbox debutant director Ritest Batra—is this really his first feature film?!—does not seek easy escape routes for his characters’ destiny of drudgery. The film is set in the heart of Mumbai city where everyone is busy making a living...or just trying to live. Rightaway, this extraordinary film catches your attention with the way the sounds and the relentl | Click Here...
Saluting The Most Talented Khan Of Bollywood, Best Performances of Irrfan Khan
Very few Indian actors have had the privilege of playing such a wide variety of characters. Irrfan Khan’s versatility and his ability to assume new personae with every film are by now legendary. Just last year he was in sterling form in three films Qissa, Piku and Tevar. Here’s looking at some of the most memorable roles of Irrfan since his debut with a cameo in Mira Nair’s Salaam Bombay in 1988. 1. Warrior (2000): Many Irrfan-o-philes including me still consider this to be Irrfan’s finest. PlayingLafcadia in Asif(Amy) Kapadia’s film about a warrior i | Click Here...
I can’t get enough of my uniform, and this is the first time that I have retained my costume: Nimrat Kaur on ALTBalaji’s The Test Case
Nimrat Kaur’s terrific portrayal as Captain Shikha Sharma in ALTBalaji’s web-series, The Test Case has indeed stirred open the huge wave of ‘women going green’!! The talented model and actor who has seen emphatic success on the big screen with roles in movies Peddlers, The Lunchbox, Homeland, Airlift to name a few, has lived up to the expectations of one and all in the web-series that is presently streaming on the ALTBalaji app. Carrying the mantle of portraying a character with lot of substance and responsibility, Nimrat se | Click Here...