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When Creative License is Not Enough
Here is a post that I wrote for Her Film Project. It discusses how films often, in the name of commercialism, seek to portray cliched stereotypes of women. A recent example is Ekta Kapoor’s psycho-thriller flick, Ek Thi Dayan. Can … Continue reading
Celebrating 100 Years of Indian Cinema
On the occasion of the ongoing centenary celebrations of Indian cinema, I requested my friend Aloke Kumar to share his views of Indian cinema. Aloke is a man of many talents and his views and observations about films have always … Continue reading
A Happy Ending and a New Beginning!
A little more than a year after my novel-writing journey began, I am finally approaching my destination. Yes, my debut novel will be published in September this year by Harlequin Mills & Boon and the title is {drum roll, please!} … Continue reading
A Fun Challenge for Writers & Bloggers
I have been nominated by my friend Ruchita Summer Vasudeva to take the Liebster Blog Award Challenge. The aim is to help bloggers spread the word about each other’s blogs. Every nominee has to write 11 interesting/little known facts about … Continue reading
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Tagged bloggers, blogging, challenges, creative writing, entertainment, fun, novels, writing
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Portrayal of women in Indian media
In December 2012, the rape of the young student Jyoti Pandey in a moving bus in Delhi shook the conscience of a nation. Within months, the Indian Parliament has passed a Rape Law to ensure that rapists, stalkers and those … Continue reading
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Tagged Her Film Project, role of media, women and media, women filmmakers
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Happy Blog-versary!
WordPress reminds me that two years ago, today, I started this blog. Every anniversary comes with its own celebration. And like every anniversary, this one too deserves a little reminiscing, some toast raising to the special highlights, and assessment of … Continue reading
Posted in Random Musings, Screenwriting Adventures
Tagged advice, blogging, fun with writing, Mills & Boon, musings, novel writing, screenplay, wordpress, writing
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Are you a Passionista?
Is Passionista even a word? Maybe not. Guess, I just wanted to catch your attention and I’m one of those writers who simply hate it when readers ignore my writing. Some would say that’s the trait of an obsessed person. … Continue reading
Making movies about movies
Movies about movies have been done in Hollywood over and over again, the most recent being Tropic Thunder. But surprisingly enough, Bollywood hasn’t had too many of these. Guru Dutt’s epic Kagaaz Ke Phool was one of the early films … Continue reading
Posted in Filmmaker Profiles, Random Musings
Tagged Bollywood, Farah Khan, Luck by Chance, moviemaking, Om Shanti Om, opening credits, Zoya Akhtar
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Content, Cause and Crowds: The “I AM” Experiment
Ask anyone in the Indian film industry about the one major problem that it faces today and the answer is likely to be: lack of good content. And yet, fresh content or unique storylines (that defy the age-old clichés of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bollywood, causes, content, costs, crowd funding, I Am, indie films, Sanjay Suri
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