Month: July 2006
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on a sabbatical. p.s –
on a sabbatical. p.s – commenting system disabled to tackle spammers, while being away.
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Suhasini partly scripting Guru
On Mani Ratnam’s Guru – I have scripted the first 20 scenes of Guru. Mani bought me a ticket and asked me to go to England, where my sister lives. He sent me blank paper and some ideas, so it was a paid holiday. Mani grew up in the city, whereas I am from a…
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Malgudi ‘Doordarshan’ Days are back
T.S. Narasimhan, the producer of the hit 80’s television version of R K Narayan‘s Malgudi Days is back with the next installment. Shankar Nag who directed the 80’s show, has passed away. The ‘new’ Malgudi Day will be directed by Kavitha Lankesh. And I first read it on rediff, in an interview with Kavitha Lankesh.…
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Vijay Super Singer – Lifeline Round
In this week’s Vijay TV Super Singer, the lifeline round brought in 5 contestants who were eliminated or who dropped-off due to personal reasons. It included Harish, Sowmya, Archana Iyer, Nitinraj and Vijay. Vijay seems to be the most luckiest than anyone in this competition. He was eliminated thrice in the prelims but managed to…
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Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the
Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water is taking a bad hit. Has just 22% of approval rate in Rotten Tomatoes. And that’s not good.