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I call him the John Grisham of India, and the Madhur Bhandarkar of the banking world. Like Madhur, Ravi Subramanian exposed the blatant truth of the banking world, the corruption & the bureaucracy. But there is a BIG difference between Ravi and Madhur. Madhur kept on repeating the same subject in his films, leading to all of his recent ones being disasters. On the other hand, Ravi changed genres. Not that I disliked his repetitive subjects. I mean, he could easily manage to pull off 4-5 thrillers on the banking industry due to so much of diversity. But still, he shifted genres. And THAT was a lovely idea. PLOT So we have the novel starting with an IIM alumnus who turned an author later, giving a lecture at the same place he studied. Soon we get an idea about how publishing a novel isn’t the only thing to do. That is only half the battle won. What really escalates a novel from being a mediocre one to being a BESTSELLER is the marketing and promotional a...

TOP 10 REGIONAL & NON FILMY SONGS 10. SONG – VANDE MATARAM (NILKANTH MASTER)(MARATHI) SINGERS – VISHWAJEET BORWANKAR, SAVNI RAVINDRA, AMRUTA NATU MUSIC – AJAY – ATUL 9. SONG – CHAL WAHAAN JAATE HAIN SINGER – ARIJIT SINGH MUSIC – AMAAL MALIK LYRICS – RASHMI – VIRAG 8. SONG: AA BHI JAA TU KAHIN SE SINGER: SONU NIGAM MUSIC: JEET GANGULI LYRICS: MANOJ MUNTASHIR This song reminded me of those old sonu nigam video songs back in the 1990’s. 7. SONG – BOUNDLESS (INDOSOUL) PERFORMED BY – KARTHICK IYER & BAND 6. SONG – BRIJLO (BAS EK CHANCE) (GUJARATI) SINGER – ROOPKUMAR RATHOD MUSIC – PRANAV – NIKHIL – SHAILESH LYRICS – PRIYAA SARAIYA, KIRTAN PATEL 5. SONG – KALANDAR / PINJDE WAALE (HIGHWAY – EK SELFIE AARPAAR) SINGERS – JASRAJ JAYANT JOSHI MUSIC – AMIT TRIVEDI LYRICS – VAIBHAV JOSHI 4. SONG – MAIN RAHOON YA NA RAHOON SINGERS – ARMAAN MALIK MUSIC – AMAAL MALIK LYRICS – RASHMI – VIRAG As someone rightly...

What is it about a mother that manages to move us everytime? Swati Kumari’s debut novel “Without A Goodbye” answers this question convincingly. When I read the title of the novel, I assumed it would be yet another love story. But I was thankfully proven wrong when I read the synopsis. PLOT The story describes the poignant tale of Danica and her mother Aarti, depicting both their lives in detail. Danica is all set to appear for her competitive exams in Patna. She has a talk with her mother before going inside the exam hall. However after she comes out, she is unable to contact her mother.  The entire family searches for her, but she just seems to have vanished. What happened to her? Where did she go? Is she alive or not? These questions trouble everyone, before finally the truth is revealed. What was the truth and what circumstances led to it forms the crux of the story. WRITING Well, the author keeps the language pretty simple. Infact at times th...

Flipkart has come out with a new page on their app called, “What India Reads” “What India Reads” is all about what you read or would like to read. The app is designed basis genres for now and will soon feature what celebrities and authors read as well. The idea of the app is to make readers aware of what books are right at the top and also to help them discover books they might have not known of earlier. 

An A.R Rahman musical is not just a routine soundtrack. It is an event of sorts. In addition to that, Rahman has been in splendid form in Bollywood since the last few years. However when the trio of Irshad – Imtiaz and Allah Rakha come together after two massive hits “Rockstar” and “Highway”, it is an even bigger event, particularly because of the individual artistic liberties and licenses these three people exercise – Irshad is always at his eloquent best, Imtiaz shoots songs like no one else does, and Rahman – well we all know what he can do when given the proper environment and freedom without any directorial shackles or limitations. Maybe it is this zone of comfort which brings out the best in all three of them. “Tamasha” is a journey of sorts, involving stage acts, lot of travelling, and obviously introspection, as in all Imtiaz Ali movies. I expected a soundtrack with songs which would be less appealing on audio hearing; however nothing of that sort happened, and the ...