It’s a trilingual film, produced simultaneously in Tamil (as Devi) and in Telegu (as Abhinetry). Krishna (Prabhu Deva) proposes to practically any female in his multinational company, where he works as an executive. His repeated attempts to woo modern, hep girls perpetually end in dismal failure. Resorting to marrying a village belle (Tamannaah), but embarrassed […]
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Film Review: MIRZYA
If a modern-day film with a legendary folktale as the backdrop and boasting of 15 tracks qualifies as a musical, so be it. Let’s check that out later. Mirzya is purportedly based on the lines of immortal sagas such as Heer-Ranjha and Sohni-Mahiwal. Munish and Suchitra are pre-teen classmates, bonding over everything — travelling to […]
Caption This – 1st October
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mail.parsitimes@gmail.com by 5th October, 2016.
Winning Caption
Dog: “Oye Ghadera! Ajun raat nathi thai!” – By Mehermosh Engineer
Mumbai Film Festival
For the second year running, giving the 18th edition of the festival a boost, are the two major sponsors – Jio and Star. Opening the JIO MAMI this year to a select audience at the newly restored Opera House, will be Konkana Sen Sharma’s (debuting as director) A Death in the Gunj. Cherry-picked from film […]
Film Review: M S Dhoni: The Untold Story
Dhoni’s initials are the most famous of all cricketers’ — M S could stand for Master Strategist or Motivational Skipper. It could perhaps, also denote Mahendra Singh. A film made on one of the shrewdest tacticians the game has seen, is bound to create more than just a flutter. MSD charts the ascent of the […]
Fiddle With The Riddles!
Up for a few fun riddles? Try cracking these riddles without looking up the answers below. How many did you get right? 1. The man who invented it doesn’t want it. The man who bought it doesn’t need it. The man who needs it doesn’t know it. What is it? 2. There is a certain […]
Film Review: DAYS OF TAFREE
‘Days of Tafree’ — whatever that means — uh, uh, it’s supposed to mean your ‘carefree’ days, is an official remake of the 2015 Gujarati film ‘Chello Divas’ (by the same director), alluding to your last day, or days, in college. As you may have guessed, it has at the core of its story (story?), […]
Film Review: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Westerns have always been the precursor of the superhero genre. 113 years after the first Western ‘The Great Train Robbery’ was exhibited, this genre still has the potential to enthrall audiences, despite this film being a remake of the 1960 classic (with itself was patterned on Kurosawa’s ‘Seven Samurai’). For audiences closer to home, ‘Sholay’ […]
Film Review: BRIDGET JONES’S BABY
A second sequel, 15 years after the original is by Hollywood standards not an unduly long interval. But, perhaps it would, if the subject is romance and subject is romance and at the core of the film is a 43-year-old childless spinster. Bridget (Renee Zellweger) celebrates her 43rd birthday all by herself. But at a […]
Caption This – 24th September 2016
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mail.parsitimes@gmail.com by 28th September, 2016. “Mahri Guy Mahnej MOO” – by Percy Hirji Elavia