Feb 23Varisu (2023), an all-out Vijay filmVarisu (2023), is an all-out Tamil Nadu father-and-son sentiment film that has been made on a Bollywood film set background. Single-handedly Vijay entertains the audience for the three hours of running time. Director Vamshi Paidipally utilises the best of Vijay, which in my view is not his dance or action…Kollywood2 min readKollywood2 min read
Feb 23Pathaan (2023), where thrill trumps sense!What a movie this was! A thriller with non-stop action, Shah Rukh Khan with a muscular and sculpted physique, breathtaking Deepika Padukone, a ruthless villain in the form of a toned John Abraham and the entire screenplay happening in locations outside India. I appreciate the director Siddharth Anand and his…Bollywood2 min readBollywood2 min read
Jul 6, 2022Our Great National Parks (2022)Our Great National Parks, a nature documentary blew my mind with its stunning 4K visuals, coverage of extremely hard-to-reach wildlife forests on land & water, and a well-written commentary. Complimenting these was the majestic voice of the former American President, Barack Obama. If you have a Netflix subscription and even…TV Series2 min readTV Series2 min read
Jul 3, 2022Man vs. Bee (TV series)We have seen TV series that is about love, friends, colleagues, family, community, mystery, theft, greed, and even games. But, only Rowan Atkinson CBE can produce one about a bee and him, nothing more. Man vs. Bee (2022) was utterly unbelievable and stupid, yet wholly funny. In the two hours…TV Series2 min readTV Series2 min read
Jul 1, 2022Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022)Rocketry (2022) is the directorial debut of actor R Madhavan. I saw the Tamil version of the multilingual film, which was also…India4 min readIndia4 min read
Jun 22, 2022The Swimmer (1968)Can a movie create a story in the minds of the audience without describing it directly or showing visuals of the happenings? If you had…Movie Review2 min readMovie Review2 min read
Jun 20, 2022Top Gun: Maverick (2022) — An authentic sequelWhen it comes to making a worthy sequel for a popular movie, most often the makers fail. As a pleasant surprise, Top Gun Maverick succeeds in the near-impossible task. The movie had been in the making for over a decade, thankfully Director Joseph Kosinski, the late Tony Scott and the…Top Gun Maverick2 min readTop Gun Maverick2 min read
May 27, 2022The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric JorgensonI first heard the name of Naval Ravikant in Tim Ferriss’s Podcast, where select episodes can be fantastic like the one with the AirBnB Co-Founder Joe Gebbia, or the one with the Ethereum inventor Vitalik Buterin. So, when I saw on social that the foreword for this book is given…Book Review4 min readBook Review4 min read
May 11, 2022Singapore — Travel DiaryI have travelled to Singapore on more than a handful of occasions and have written many posts about the places I have visited. I have a basic understanding and familiarity with the place and the people. …Singapore6 min readSingapore6 min read
May 7, 2022Ecommerce in India between 2004 and 2022🛒In 2004, I made a presentation titled eCommerce reality and myths in India. It was interesting to compare how many of the points that I covered then have remained or changed in the last two decades. One thing is unmistakable and that is the scale, which has now grown to…Online Shopping2 min readOnline Shopping2 min read
