Grand Magnificence, An Eternal Story, A Must Must Watch Breakout Film
Our nom de plume is CinemaRasik. Rasik is an amalgam of Aficionado & Connoisseur – one who revels in the Ras or essence. We have long marveled at t...
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Wife & Mother Wins Back Her Self-Respect – in that Unique Place called Manhattan
Shashi is an Indian homemaker with a loving husband and two children in an Indian city. She makes wonderful laddoo, an Indian sweet delicacy that you have to ea...
Rajesh Khanna – Personal Reminiscences & Memories
Young men tend to be idiots. As they enter college, the world beckons to them and in their arrogance they tend to look down upon what is near them. This is espe...
Avatar the Film – Just A Happy Interlude Before The Inevitable Conquest of Pandora?
Avatar, the film by James Cameron, is already the highest grossing film of all times. It is a beautiful film, a visual delight and a morally uplifting story abo...
Slumdog Millionaire – III – Comments By A Reader in Mumbai
Editor’s Note: We are pleased to print the comments (with his permission) sent by a reader in Mumbai. For inquiring minds who would like to kno...
Slumdog Millionaire – II – Fact & Reader Comments About Our First Article
We received several comments about our January 17 article titled “Slumdog Millionaire and The Merchant of Venice” http://www.cinemarasik.com/2009/01...
Slumdog Millionaire and The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of VeniceThe Merchant of Venice is a classic play read, enacted and revered all over the World. How could it not be? Written by William Shakespeare...
Hollywood’s Deepest Foray Into Bollywood – “Chandni Chowk to China”
Readers of this blog are no strangers to Akshay Kumar, probably today’s most bankable star in Bollywood, with block buster hits such as “Singh is Ki...
Go and See “Slumdog Millionaire” this weekend – We Will
On September 6, we wrote a brief article titled “Slumdog Millionaire – A discovery from the Telluride Film Festival” – www.cinemarasik.c...
Waqt (1965) – First, Evergreen, Evergreat
The Bollywood movie is Waqt. This the greatest and the simplest tribute we can pay to an evergreen and evergreat film which was a pioneering film when rele...