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Monthly Archives: July 2020
Here’s the genuine spy-thriller
In 2012, two Bollywood movies had hit the screen under the name of spy-thriller – Agent Vinod and Ek Tha Tiger. Though I found those movies as entertaining flicks, I felt that they made a mockery of the term spy-movie. … Continue reading
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Tagged Agent Vinod, Dharmendra, Dhumal, Ek Tha Tiger, Gairon Pe Karam Apno Pe Sitam, Kumkum, Lalita Pawar, Loot Ja Yahi Din Hain Kisi Pe Loot Ja, Mala Sinha, Mehmood, Meri Sun Le Araj Banwaari Re, Milti Hai Zindagi Mein Mohabbat Kabhi Kabhi, Movie Review - Ankhen (1968), Mulk Ki Sarhad Ko Koi Chhoo Nahin Sakta Jis Mulk Ki Sarhad Ki Nigahbaan Hain Aankhen, Nazir Hussain, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Ramanand Sagar, Ravi, Saahir Ludhiyanvi, spy-thriller, Tujhko Rakkhe Raam Tujhko Allah Rakkhe
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Idealistic journalism ! Fearless journalism !
The late seventies saw the emergence of Sikh militancy in Punjab. Innocents started paying the price of selfish politics in the form of their lives. Bloodshed became the order of the day. The dirty game of blaming, buck-passing and mud-slinging … Continue reading
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Tagged Arvind Kejriwaal, B.K. Malik, Blast, Book Review - Main Begunaah Hoon (by Surendra Mohan Pathak), Chetan Bhagat, constant motivator, crime-thriller, fearless and committed journalists, fictitious metropolitan city of Rajnagar., high moral values like truth justice and patriotism, Hind Samachar Group, idealism can survive, idealist hero, idealistic politics, ideals of fearless journalism, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, journalist hero, Lala Jagat Narain, N.T. Rama Rao, national daily Blast, one flower makes no garland, politician-criminal combo, Punjab Kesari, Rajnagar, Ramesh Chander journalism, Revolution 2020, S.M. Pathak, sensitive issues concerning the nation, Sikh militancy in Punjab, Sunil Kumar Chakravarty, Sunil Series, Surendra Mohan Pathak, torch of fearless journalism, tow the line of the mighty ones holding the strings of power
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Angels With Dirty Faces, Yet Again !
New York (2009) is a movie that had got a lot of critical acclaim after its release. Critics went on heaping praise and praise upon the movie as well as the moviemaking banner (Yash Raj Films). I read a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged Aditya Chopra, aftermath of 9/11, Angaaray (1998), Angels With Dirty Faces (1938), Annarth (2002), Chhal (2002), Crash (1996), Droh Kaal (1994), Footpath (2003), gorgeous lady, Guantanamo Bay, harassment and humiliation of the innocent Muslims in FBI detention centres, Irrfan, John Abraham, Kabir Khan, Kabul Express (2006), Katrina Kaif, Movie Review - New York (2009), Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Neil Nitin Mukesh, old and familiar infiltrator story, Rendition (2007), Yash Raj Films
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Spy Sunil in Peking
Hindi novelist Surendra Mohan Pathak created a hero, Sunil Kumar Chakravarty in the world of pulp fiction during the early sixties. This youth is an investigative reporter by profession and works for a national daily, Blast in the fictitious city … Continue reading
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