Asok, the first Indian comic character to win hear

Long before film-crazy Indian-American Raj Patel joined Archie, Jughead, Veronica and their gang in Riverdale High, Asok had made his way into Dilbert -- the enormously popular comic strip about......

Remember Osama bin Laden?

Sometimes, the passing of a year can make a huge difference! Last year, when I arrived in New York less than a month after 9/11, all I heard was Osama bin Laden this and Al Qaeda that... with bits......

Telecom firms ring in web ambassadors

Zac has a problem staying fit; he has a paunch and needs to exercise. And there is a queue of people who want to take him out for a walk. They include Mahesh Bhatt, Yuvraj Singh, author Chetan......

Nazara: The mobile entertainer

Nitish Mittersain, founder of Nazara Technologies, is among the few entrepreneurs who have remained unflappable in the current economic crisis. Having set up Nazara, a mobile entertainment......

Bollywood is game for more

After movies on mobile phones, comes India's first movie-based video game for PCs. Indian game developers are looking to tap the popularity of Bollywood movies by building games around films and......

Trying times at Patel Stores

At the southern tip of Bombay, where Colaba Causeway meets Wodehouse Road, wedged between Flashman Cleaners ("Curtains, Carpets, our Specialty") and Teenage Library, is Patel General Stores.......

Have You Watched These OTT Films Yet?

There may not have been anything as remarkable as 2022's Darlings or Qala on OTT in 2023, but the advantage of the medium is the variety of genres that can be found, and there are always surprises.......

Pictures That Best Capture 2023's Hindi Cinema

We read about the magic of movies and feel it all the time. At times, it appears full scale as if designed for wows and whistles, at times it's quiet yet achingly true in its depiction. Often......

The Top 15 Hindi Film Songs of 2023

2023 was the year of earworms. Songs from big ticket movies regaled on the strength of spunk and swagger even as pre-existing bangers like Diljit Dosanjh's Lover in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani,......

'I told Agastya's mother, 'Your son will be a star'

'Audiences have not seen a hero like Agastya since Rishi Kapoor in Bobby.' Javed Akhtar is all praise for The Archies, the Netflix film directed by his daughter, Zoya Akhtar. "The Archies caters......

The Muhammad Ali tribute you MUST read!

'Every Ali obituary I read made the point that he 'transcended his sport' -- a reference to the many battles he fought with America even as he fought in America.''What the obituaries leave out is......