Maddy and I go back a long way, right to his TV days which segued into a fine acting career. He’s one of the handsomest men I’ve ever seen, oozing charm, with and without his beard. We’ve enjoyed his performances in movies in different languages. Even as he is recovering from…
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As any child of the sixties—like me—will attest, one of our most exciting, and biggest sources of entertainment was going to the movies. We’d plan days ahead and try to get that first-day-first-show if it was a favorite star and then, keep bragging about it until the next movie. While we…
I’ve been wanting to watch the Shah Rukh Khan-Alia Bhatt starrer, Dear Zindagi ever since it came in the theaters. What with one thing or other, I didn’t get around to seeing it. When I saw an ad on Zee Cinema TV channel today about its World Television Premiere on 23 April at…
Have you ever dreamt of a TV button on your mobile? I have frequently fantasized about it, and the possibilities seem practically unlimited. Here’s the thing. My family loves to watch TV. We have two television sets at home. When my Mom was alive, we had one in her room, so…
When I wrote about teaching teens to manage money, I had the picture of a rather cute set of pigs. I was just finishing the post with my son hovering over me – waiting for me to join him for a walk. Naturally he was reading what I wrote – and…
In spite of the lovely day yesterday when we enjoyed Vidur’s birthday, one thing refused to go out of my mind. And that thing is this song. “Why this kolaveri di?” from the Tamil movie “3” starring Dhanush (ah, our superstar Rajnikanth‘s son in law) and Shruti Hassan (ah, my all-time…







