In 2008, after Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire released, which was a rags-to-riches story of an orphan boy from the slums, debates stirred up on whether the film was poverty porn. Many believed that the filmmaker used the poverty in Mumbai slums as an exotic factor in an exploitative manner. While the debates were never settled,…
While several Bollywood films are based in Mumbai, in Gully Boy we see a Mumbai that Bollywood seldom flaunts. from Top Movies News- News18.com http://bit.ly/2Ij4kKj
While several Bollywood films are based in Mumbai, in Gully Boy we see a Mumbai that Bollywood seldom flaunts. via Top Movies News- News18.com http://bit.ly/2Ij4kKj
I’ve been a movie buff for quite sometime now and I’ve always been proud about my tryst with the major regional language movies in India. Beyond a point, you can just make out the fate of a movie through its trailers and other promotional activities. Indeed, there have been times when that judgement has taken […]
Release Date: 14/02/2019 Cast: Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Vijay Varma, Vijay Raaz, Kalki Koechlin, Vijay Varma Director: Zoya Akhtar Murad (Ranveer) is someone who is at bottom of the barrel in a society that not only chooses to ignore his very existence but also ensures that he is not even allowed to dream. […]
A hard-hitting underdog story of possibly a rag-to-riches glimpse told through the eyes of Mumbai streets. But what makes Gully Boy special is the backdrop on which it is set – i.e., Hindustani Hip-Hop. My pride and patriotism for our country swelled up because I was not expecting that kind of reaction from this film. […]
With Gully Boy, Zoya Akhtar proves once again that she not just a good director but a skilled storyteller. This underdog, rags to riches story keeps you hooked. I don’t write movie reviews, primarily because most of my movies comprise Disney animations (cute…yeah!) and the non-Disney movies that I end up watching are too few […]
Gully Boy review : In a scene from this movie, a group of foreigners take a peek in to a dharavi slum and are amazed to find every inch of space in the ghetto cleverly utilised. One of its residents, Murad (Ranveer Singh) recognises the rapper on the firang’s tee and quickly blurts out his […]
Back when The Language of Thorns was coming out Illumicrate did a special box for it. Of course, me being obsessed with anything Bardugo, got it and love it! (My unboxing for TLOT) When King of Scars was released, I, of course, had to get this one. Naturally, I was not disappointed. I love this […]
“When truth is buried underground it grows, it chokes, it gathers such an explosive force that on the day it bursts out, it blows up everything with it.”–
I have a treasure trove of childhood memories. Of good times with family – both close and extended. We would make it a point to meet up once a year, typically the last weekend of the year before Christmas and a day or two after the New Year. All my cousins except for one were […]
