EXPRESS 5: Bollywood believes in reincarnation; Film critic’s guide to enjoy a bad film

Here are the top five stories that you should read from EYE edition of The Indian Express.

Here are the top five stories that you should read from EYE edition of The Indian Express.

1. Leader of the Cult

Kanti Shah’s residence is bare — devoid of life-sized portraits and film posters meant to remind visitors that they were in the presence of a star.

2. Lights! Camera! Bakwaas! – A film critic’s guide to enjoy the so-bad-it’s- good movies

What do you do when you are faced with the prospect of watching a truly Bad film? Option A: run for your life. Option B: grin and bear it.

3. Past Continuous – Bollywood believes in reincarnation

Bollywood, like Hinduism, believes in reincarnation — you cannot break the cycle of life and death and life again — you can only choose your wardrobe and which songs you’ll sing in each life.

4. Love, Actually

I met Prem in the summer of 1990. On a sweltering Kolkata afternoon, at a friend’s birthday lunch, he had me at, “Dosti ka ek usool hai madam, no sorry, no thank you.”

5. Of Bollywood movies: The awful and the awesome

Make no mistake: a bad Bollywood film is a lot of work. It is a constant battle against reality and the burden of what it means to live in the real world.

Source:: Indian Express