Visual Art and Culture

 Bombay Velvet & Club 60:    r ecent films                                                                                        These days, I have been regularly watching new films that come with interesting themes and treatments, and these provide not only entertainment but also insights in to the specific subjects. It seems directors and scriptwriters are trying to experiment with simple themes with different approaches and perspectives. Some films refer to history, analyzing and giving new dimensions; some refer to con...

  Monsoon rain + mint and ginger tea                                                                                                                                                     After an intolerable summer heat, the first rain always brings immens...

  Piku: a new trend film             Peo ple who had watched Piku were talking very highly of the movie and after watching it; lengthy discussions were held by the audience and dissected the constipation problems with new perspectives and connotations. I watched this much talked about movie a couple of days back. The film is very simplified and the narration goes around a simple common subject of everyday life in a neat way. Here the author very intelligently analyses the simple subject like constipation that affects human beings both physically and psychologically and how get maniacal about such things in old age. The script of the film, the dialogues, the total approach     and the treatment - all speak of and reflect a new perception that has been evolving in Indian cinema. Constipation as subject for a film was unthinkable some years back. Glorifying, romantic themes are left out these days for simple and nove...

   Life style has been changing very rapidly across the world as economic liberty has enabled to dictate and     have a life style of one’s choice. People are going to different places in search of better job facilities and this has led to economic independency and nuclear family structure everywhere. Economically families have become self- sufficient, as both husband and wife have been working. In the joint family structure, dreaming and leading a lifestyle of one’s choice was very difficult. Economic stability is giving scope for everyone to fulfill one’s dreams and establish one’s identity by consuming quality goods labeled with brands. As a result, we see a sea change in the approach of people towards life style. Malls have erupted everywhere and the consumption power is increasing day by day. These days, the young and the old bee line to food joints to taste different delicacies of the east and the west as globalization has affected the foo...