There used to be a time when it seemed like life was one long party after another. I guess it can seem like that when you live in a joint family– grandma, uncles, aunts, my mom and I, and constantly visiting cousins and house guests almost the year around. People would simply land up and blend in. Sometimes 20 of…
Decades ago, we lived in an eclectic neighborhood. We had nice neighbors. There was this family with four kids (and growing) that was a delight to hang out with; this elderly couple with an empty nest who was sweet to everyone; a noisy family with grown up kids who provided entertainment…and of course, “The Bachelors”. I put them in quotes…
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 surgery right now, (Get well soon, Madhavan!), the media…
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 went to the cinema theater most of the time,…
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 12 noon, I jumped with joy! Ideal for me–to…