Life, a Bitter and Sweet Symphony

Movie buffs in India are eagerly waiting for the release of ‘Baahubali – The Conclusion’ but guess it’s the Queen Elizabeth II of UK who would watch it first. Reports have it that Rajamouli’s ‘Baahubali – The Conclusion’ will be screened in UK a day prior to its worldwide release.  The British Film Institute will showcase Indian films as a part of Indian Film program from April till December and Baahubali has made the cut to be screened to mark 70 years of India’s independence. If sources are to be believed, not just Queen Elizabeth II but PM Modi would also be among the first ones to know “ Katappa ne Bahubali ko kyu maara ”. He is likely to attend the screening on 27 th April, i.e., one day before its worldwide release – but no official statement has been declared. With a budget of Rs. 150 crores, Baahubali is the most expensive movie in the history of Indian cinema.  It is a sweeping epic that glues the audience for straight 2 hours and 40 minutes, with our mout...

The world is full of people and people have opinions. While many of us are all praise for UP’s new Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, many of us are critical of his strong decision making. Last week came another powerful decision by the government of setting an "Anti-Romeo squad" (a team of about 30 police officers) in the interest of safeguarding women. But guess things didn’t turn out well when the squad shaved the head of a guy in the presence of policemen who had caught him with a female friend in a public park in Shahjahanpur. What’s worse is that this incident occurred in the presence of police officers. Prima facie say that the three constables namely Suhail Ahmed, Laiek Ahmed and Sonu Pal were being mute spectators and did nothing to stop the officers of the squad to stop shaving the head of the victim.   This does not end here – some men were even made to sqat in public and some were questioned why they are roaming in public with a female friend. Now ...