Planting lilies

What does the mirror of Erised mean to you? Is it merely a glass painted to reveal yourself or a reflection to what your heart wants to see? Is it a long, clueless sea of hopes and wishes; trudging through steep banks? Hurdling its way in a mellow, cutting through the edges and tossing lives with it. Or alternatively, an endless voyage that stretches to infinity with vague roads, beautiful strangers to hop with and wild fruits to feast on. The mirror of Erised is special. It’s like an incessant stretch of sky with starts scintillating and immaculate alike those numerous, deathless opportunities. Junctures that you missed overlooked or probably wasted in a spree. The mirror of Erised is emblematic. It boasts of chivalry and winsomeness. However, on the inside it is as phony as a hybrid fluorescent rose. Delusive and yet tantalizing. The mirror of Erised is not simply to admire your hefty arms and those flawlessly fashioned muscles that could fit someone’s heart so brilliantly. Haven’t...

How do you define feminism?  A dainty creature who is competent of cooking at one time, working the other and cribbing half of the time for her rights? Okay, let’s get this better. In cities, there are special provisions for women seats in city buses, women get a special quota when it comes train services. Forget this; it is certain that you must have at least once felt the urge of telling a man to help you out when you fall down. Say from your vehicle itself. Trying to act all petite when we want something and when we don’t, we blame the typical male mentality and chauvinism for it. Why castigate them when it us who have actually created and embossed the image of being flimsy in their minds. I don’t see a point in shouting slogans related to how men and women are equal. Had we been, you wouldn’t have asked the guy ahead you to let you go first in a queue. All those admonishing that we lash fiercely claiming that men and women are equal. If that’s the case, what is ...

Before beginning my this post, I 'd like to make certain points clear. 1.This is purely my work of fiction and is not intended to be related to anyone. No one. 2.Please do not care to judge me after this. Really! It feels bad. 3.Lastly, be free to post whatever you feel. Cheers! Photo credits: That Kiss in the Rain That night, when we would prepare ourselves to get back home after a brief saunter. The moment we enter our room, it would take hardly a fraction of second to close it back. Know why? Because you would be keenly busy and restless in unraveling my lacy straps with your hands playfully scuffling to play with my tresses. Your incessant force to drive me off to bed would impede when suddenly a knock on the door with your mother telling us to open it would compel you to take your hands off me. Though unwillingly. After a short, in fact really tiny encounter with your mother, you look back to see if the business that you left unfinished for a moment is still at it...

Cast : Aftab Shivdasani, Tina Bajpai Director: Bhushan Patel Producer: Vikram Bhatt Rating : 3/5 It doesn’t entail to that extreme breathtaking horror that would not even allow you to catch a quick loo break.However, compile the usual old drama of a beauty possessed by an evil and a hero who frees his beloved blah blah. Old school. Nevertheless, who thought that this old school trick could actually work . 1920-evil returns has all the basic spooky elements to cling the audience to their seats and visit the loo more often. At least I did! Although the story line is very very basic. Moreover, if you have ever happen to watch Exorcist by any chance, do not get startled if you find some similar scenes. Smruti (Tia Bajpai ) is found unconscious at a lakeside shore where our hero (Aftab Shivdasani) as the famous shayar Jaidev is able to rescue her. The departure of her lost love (whom he had never seen by the way) has made him an alcoholic. The arrival of S...

Cast: Boman Irani, Farah Khan, Daisy Irani Direction: Bela Bhansali Sehgal Genre: Romantic Comedy Duration: I hour and 52 minutes Rating: 2.5/5 Rose tinted 40 plus love amalgamated with a funny storyline and a wide range of under  clothes. Well you are definitely in for a roller coaster ride of unceasing drama, love and an endearing finale. Farhad Pastakia (Boman Irani) is a 45-year-old salesperson at Tem Tem Bra and Panty shop. He has given up all the hopes of getting married ever in his life until one day he encounters another Parsi bachelorette Shrin Fuggawala (Farah Khan) who is the secretary at The Parsi Trust. And that marks the beginning of yet another love saga between the two. Boman Irani’s has acted undoubtedly well. Farah Khan fits beautifully in the role of Shirin and her acting skills are natural enough to make her debut a hit!  Amidst the sizes 38-d, 36-b at which Farhad is a master  at, the duo began to realize that love indeed...

Irrfan Khan does it again! With a methodical portray of the real life Olympic winner Paan singh tomar, Tigmanshu Dhulia has brilliantly portrayed the life history of one of the illustrious but eventually forgotten sports heroes of our country. The movie starts off in a flashback when a journalist interviews Paan Singh who has now become a gruesome”BAAGI” (as he likes to be referred )in the Chambal valley.  Paan singh being a jawaan in the Indian army represents a lean, little but yes an educated  villager who at frequent times does exhibit his love for his wife Indra (mahie Gill). The mention of lemon drops at times in order to drive their children away to grab a chance of making love is in a way very amusing. Mahie Gill who plays the role of his wife has a dark complexion like of all the village girls around,thus doing justification with the character.Not to forget the typical language used which enlivens the authenticity of the film. From a normal jawaan, the army spo...