Cinemas in Hyderabad and downfall of the industry on October 5, 2021Every detail written in this article was narrated to me by my father Basharat Ali Soomro. It’s the pre Zia era; Camel carts are carrying huge posters of movies to be embellished at 20 different cinemas of Hyderabad. Along with a cart can be seen a 6ft person known as Badamani, pretending and attired as […]
‘Cry Macho’ has many glimpses of ‘A Perfect World’ also directed by Clint Eastwood on September 20, 2021In 2018, Clint Eastwood, then 88, directed a movie ‘The Mule’ in which he played a lead of horticulturist based on the story of World War II veteran Leo Sharp. In 2021, at the age of 91, Eastwood came up with Cry Macho, where again he played the lead role and directed it. This shows […]
‘Malignant’ is opposite to supernatural horror genre with violence and gruesome images on September 13, 2021Mark Twain once said, “Everyone is a Moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” A Cherokee story resembling to these lines were read by me recently in the book Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman. An old man says to his grandson: ‘There’s a fight going on inside me. […]
History defines heroes on July 12, 2020A slightly mistake in making a judgment will be reason to deaths and execution of millions. So is the case with four German judges and prosecutors, accused of crime, sterilization and atrocities against humanity during Nazi regime depicted in Judgment at Nuremberg directed by Stanley Kramer. Court room geopolitical drama, Judgment at Nuremberg, though, is […]
Upheaval — writer reveals how successfully countries have dealt with nationwide crisis on July 11, 2020Jared Diamond is a professor of geography at University of California Los Angeles, best known for his classic Guns, Germs & Steel, awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1998. He draws on myriad fields, including anthropology, economics, ecology, and evolutionary biology to propose ground-breaking arguments about human civilization. He is the author of the books about […]
This book teaches you the importance of determining what your goal is on April 18, 2020It is always invigorating to watch new writers immersed into the world of writing, but even more revitalising when the books gives you lessons that impacts your life, influences and motivate. Mostly young authors endeavour to write fictional books but Shan Naqvi, an entrepreneur, ventured the tiresome and exhausting genre ‘business’. The book which he […]
Asur — a psychological thriller with nuances of mythology, astrology and science on March 25, 2020Often from our childhood we have heard that with good deeds and great virtue God will shower us with his blessings and with bad deeds and great sins we will get closer to devil. But what if God and Devil reside within? How they will react and will emerge from within, according to the situation […]
‘1917’ — Plato was right when he said, ‘Only the dead have seen the end of war’ on January 24, 2020Director and producer Sam Mendes‘s ‘1917’ war film is based on two young British soldiers, Tom Blake and Will Schofiled, during World War I who are given a mission by General Erinmore to deliver a warning to Colonel Mackenzie of an ambush during skirmish, soon after German retreat to the Hindenburg Line during Operation Alberich […]
‘The Lighthouse’ is an unconventional film for this century on December 29, 2019Psychological horror film ‘The Lighthouse’ directed by Robert Eggers is a somewhat unconventional kind of film for this century. In this era, where movies demand hype like Marvel Studios has been doing for the last 20 years for Avengers; where the audience demands the movie to be made in CGI, it is very risky for […]
‘The Irishman’ — a privilege to witness so many stars together on December 4, 2019Filmmaker and actor Martin Scorsese, master of crime genre, known for his maniac improvisation style and scrupulous self-abnegation, Catholic concept of guilt and redemption, machismo, modern crime and gang conflict, whose film depicts violence and bloodshed. Scorsese, one of the most influential filmmaker in cinematic history, has directed many films; such as crime film Mean […]