Dear Shutu, It’s been ages since I last saw you. How’s the afterlife treating you? I’ve been meaning to revisit you for a long time, but I suppose I’m still reeling from the last time we met. I’ve wanted to write this letter for over a year now. There’s just…
Okay, before I start, let me make something very clear. I am the biggest 3 Idiots fan in existence, and there’s going to be no debate about that. You just can’t claim to be a bigger fan than me, BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT. Fight me about it. I can recite the…
To Cinema, With Love Episode 8: The Anatomy of a Director ————————————— I wonder what gave Reflections Magazine the idea of calling their issue for this month ‘To Cinema With Love’. Well, in an issue surrounded by films, I would give myself some form of responsibility to at least write…
{Song recommended for background: From Eden (Hozier)} “People don’t read any more. It’s a sad state of affairs. Reading’s the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films, it’s someone else’s vision, isn’t it?” Isn’t that so true? I feel that part of the urge…
Cameras are the most essential components of any cinematic production. Cinematography can be defined as the art of handling cameras and framing scenes. The screenplay, the acting and the VFX would not carry any substance unless the camera movements carry emotions and essence. The audience is exposed to the top-layers…
Everyone’s been to the movies. Whether it’s for a first date or to hang with the crew, the movie theatre is always a fun time. Sure, the popcorn is overpriced, the sodas are weirdly large, and there’s always some idiot who forgets to silence his phone. Even with the pitfalls,…
It had been some time since I had been to the flicks, and thus, I fancied seeing a movie not long ago. It might sound cliché, but it really is true. My favourite motion picture was Doctor Strange, which premiered about four years back. Due to strenuous involvement with academic…
Released two decades ago, Andaz Apna Apna, starring the Khans of the era, Aamir and Salmaan, paired with the talented and glamorous Raveena Tandon and Karishma Kapoor, and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, was a promising film that spelled success. Astonishingly, the movie failed to perform well in the box office…
I forgot… I remember ….. I’m lost…..I don’t know my address….I remember….I am driving but I don’t know where was I going… I remember…. What is my name… I don’t know how to walk anymore… I have forgotten how to chew…. I have no control over my own life… Who…
“I think that short films often contain an originality, a creative freedom, an energy and an invention that is inspiring and entertaining. I think they are, as Shakespeare put it, a good deed in a naughty world.” – Kenneth Branagh A short film is any motion picture not long enough…
Genres are basically categories of art forms that have similar attributes. But every once in a while there comes a film that challenges and breaks apart from its genre, while somehow still staying true to its genre. Following are some examples of the this. Genre 1 – Comedy As the…
“We need that touch from the one we love almost as much as we need air to breathe. But I never understood the importance of touch. His touch. Until I couldn’t have it.” – Stella What’s love without touch? Is love more vital than life? ‘Five Feet Apart’, a tear-jerking…
If I were to review cinematography, I’d be dumbstruck, even though I would know what it would do to me. The concept to visually analyze and sense another conscience’s story keeps me ‘seated’. The lessons I have learnt, the lives I have lived, the relativity I have felt, the heartbreaks I…
“Run mad as often as you choose, but do not faint”- A dialogue which I use for relaxing myself in times of crisis. I have always been a filmy person, giving comebacks in the form of dialogues or expressions from various films, dancing with the same honesty, and getting inspired…
First off, if you haven’t watched One Tree Hill, I highly advise you to drop your candy bar and spend your time on something worthy, which is very obviously, a television drama series. I mean yes, knowing about the endocrine system and Newton’s Third Law is important but are you telling…
NOTE: This article assumes that you have seen the movie ‘Aisha‘, starring Sonam Kapoor. If you haven’t, this discussion of the film’s central love story will make little sense to you and would spoil the plot for you. Whenever I have watched the movie ‘Aisha’, the established sense of…
I chose to review this movie because of several reasons. The main reason being, it portrayed a disability in a way I could never imagined. Barfi, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D’ Cruz came out in the year 2012. I had never watched this movie properly till sometime…
To Cinema, With Love Episode 7: Character Arcs ————————————— Note: This article is heavily surrounded around the Godfather and therefore will contain some major spoilers (here is a link to its summary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/plotsummary) Writing is one of the most fundamental aspects of filmmaking (It also happens to be one of…
While watching an action movie a couple of days back, a thought ran through my mind like a jolt. What I realised was that we all have been watching these action films, without realising the appealing factor behind the movies. An action movie is a direct representation of a dystopia. Let’s…
The first memory I have of my mother is of when I was four years old. She held my hand as I went down the slide, straight into a puddle. She giggled as water sprayed on her and hugged my soaking wet self. When I was ten, I fractured my…
