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Top 10 Web Series (2020) In Hindi That Made The Year Less Sufferable

On January 31, 2021 By Alakananda Bhattacharya In Movies and TV Shows, Opinion

Reading Time: 9 minutes Trying new lockdown recipes– Check! Posting singing and dancing videos on social media- Check! Joining online guitar classes– Check! Creating your own Youtube Channel- Check! Binging on web channels- CHECK! Sounds too familiar, doesn’t it? Well, that’s precisely the year 2020 for you…in a nutshell! Between all those new activities and skills that you accomplished and juggling between Work From Home & Work At Home this year, “Netflix and Chill” has become more like a blessing than a casual phrase. We can’t thank the brilliant content all over the OTT platforms enough to help us get through the year. Truly, …

All Strings Attached: 3 Super Useful Tips For Your Guitar Learning Journey

On November 3, 2020 By Tarun Singh In Music

Reading Time: 5 minutes Hi there, I am no pro at playing guitar. However, I surely am someone who loves and lives music. My music journey started “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away! (Pun Intended ‘😉 ) Although music has always been with me, I got introduced to the ‘Rock’ genre and ‘Guitar in real sense’ when I moved out of school. One of my best friends got admission in engineering and that’s when it all began. I can never forget the very first CD he burnt for me, a Moser Baer one, with a collection of 17 Rock videos …

Bandish Bandits – A Binge-Worthy Musical Journey You Wish Had Never Ended

On September 8, 2020 By Alakananda Bhattacharya In Movies and TV Shows, Music, Opinion

Reading Time: 6 minutes “Kharaj ka riyaaz karo…jitna neeche se gaaoge, utna upar ja sakoge” (Practice Kharaj…the more you practice the lower octaves, better will be your higher notes). When I heard these lines coming from Panditji played by Naseeruddin Shah, I knew this wasn’t a half-baked series loosely based on Hindustani Classical music. Director Anand Tiwari and his team of writers had done their homework, and how! Apart from the obvious power performances by Bandish Bandit’s creme cast Naseer Sahab and Atul Kulkarni, the series was filled with musical moments that took me back to my own Indian classical training memories. I might …

Scariest Horror Movies! Which Of These 10 Foreign Films Have You Seen?

On July 6, 2020 By Alakananda Bhattacharya In Films, Movies and TV Shows

Reading Time: 8 minutes Horror movies are highly underrated. And when I say “horror” I do not mean slasher, gory bloodbath fest with guts & brains spilling out everywhere. As a true horror junkie, I believe the real art of making a good horror flick is to scare the shit out of you without necessarily having to use visual details. The very reason why films like “The Shining” and “Ju-on” are considered to be some of the world’s scariest films is they actually have haunting powers. You can’t unsee what you saw and forget what you felt! My partner and I have been ardent …

The name is Tagore…Rabindranath Tagore!

On May 21, 2020 By Ayan Majumdar In Films

Reading Time: 5 minutes রবি কবি বলে গেছিলেন – “যদি তোমার দেখা না পাই প্রভু, এবার এ জীবনে….তবে তোমায় আমি পাইনি যেন সে কথা রয়ে মনে“| আর অয়ন মজুমদার (who again!?) বলে চলেছেন – “যদি রবীন্দ্রনাথকে না আনলেন মনের চিন্তনে……..তাহলে কি আর ঠাকুর দেখলেন এই বাঙালি জীবনে””| Last month, I penned an article about বাঙালির একটি গুরুদেব| On this পঁচিশে বৈশাখ (25th day of Vaishakha month) and on the 159th birth anniversary, I could not not write about বাঙালির আর একজন গুরুদেব, Rabindranath Tagore, especially when I have my “Masalamug”☕ If ever there were four immortality pills 💊💊💊💊 created, three of them should have …

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey For Every Dreamer

On May 18, 2020 By Tarun Singh In Movies and TV Shows

Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s a fact that all of us are made of star-stuff. Wow! Starstuff!!! Isn’t it amazing just to hear the sound of it? Imagine exploring the vast skies and beyond with no boundaries of space and time. What an odyssey that would be! I was always fascinated with the night sky. It made me think about what lies beyond those twinkling stars. But there was no one to guide or point me in the right direction. I remember my school project where I had to create a solar system model. With little help, I gathered some household stuff, and created …

Irrfan And I – The Four Stages Of Our Clandestine Relationship!

On May 4, 2020 By Alakananda Bhattacharya In Films, Movies and TV Shows

Reading Time: 7 minutes Irrfan and I go way back. Being an 80’s kid, I’ve always been an ardent movie and television enthusiast. During the 90’s we kind of grew up together, Irrfan and I. Well, I grew up, he just grew! Of course, we have never met. Never even have had any conversation either. Neither physically nor virtually (only in dreams though, if that counts). But we share something special that’s beyond any meet-cute! It started when I first saw him on Banegi Apni Baat in 1997. And with each passing year of my life (and his), we both ventured, explored, and discovered …

Four masterpieces that exemplify the brilliance of one “Abhas Kumar Ganguly”

On May 3, 2020 By Ayan Majumdar In Films

Reading Time: 5 minutes …say who again! This man who was probably half the reason for the style that everyone admired in Bollywood’s “Gregory देव Peck”, the reason why woman swooned over the beloved “Rajesh काका”, and the bat-shit craze that followed the “Angry Young लम्बू Man”. And as I listen to his songs repeatedly day after day, and discover new ones even now, I cannot but admire the exceptional talent this man was. This man………….the legend………….KISHORE KUMAR………….was born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly. Everyone has a list for this genius, and so do I. After all, I am but one of you. But I …

7 Brilliant Movies/ Series That Have Imperfect Lead Characters

On April 25, 2020 By Alakananda Bhattacharya In Films

Reading Time: 6 minutes Good looking, brave, helpful, honest and oh-so-charming! No, I’m not describing your dream crush (or maybe I am!). That’s a quintessential Hero! And if that’s how a hero looks like, imagine how a heroine would? World’s most beautiful girl with a perfect body & features, gifted with brilliant abilities to sing, dance, play ace basketball and what not! Thanks to the silver-screen since the beginning of cinema, that’s how we’ve learnt to see our leads. Anything less just doesn’t sit right! However, does a great film always restrict itself to these so-called rules? In fact, aren’t the rule-breaking movies often …