Tag Archives: Agatha Christie
Mysterious murder on an archaeological site
Mystery Queen Agatha Christie and her brain-child Hercule Poirot, the middle-aged Belgian detective are my favourites whenever I have to read a suspense story. Hercule Poirot has been the second most popular detective hero in the world of mystery based … Continue reading
You are no Shelock Holmes Rajeev but I like you
Samrat Tilakdhari aka STD (Rajeev Khandelwal) is our Desi Sherlock Holmes who likes to try his hands upon challenging cases only in company of his Desi Dr. Watson – Chakradhar aka CD (Gopal Dutt). He gets a challenging assignment through … Continue reading
Dharmendra-Waheeda starrer suspense thriller
There have been many Bollywood movies made under the title – Baazi. The most famous one among them is Dev Anand-Geeta Bali starrer film which was released in 1951 and directed by Guru Dutt. However today I am reviewing a lesser … Continue reading
We know what you did that winter Ekta Kapoor !
Kucch To Hai (2003) was released on 24th January, 2003 and I watched it with my family (wife and little daughter) in the Aakash Cinema of Kota on 26th January, 2003, that is, on the Republic Day of India. The … Continue reading
Miss Marple resolves a mystery for the last time
I do read very less English books. However when it comes to an Agatha Christie novel, I cannot leave it. And once I start reading it, I have to reach its finish in one go only. I am a great … Continue reading
Do you read detective novels and rely upon them ?
The world of fictional work can be classified in various categories / genres. One immensely popular category of such work is the stories of crime detection genre. People from all over the world have been reading / seeing such stories … Continue reading
An unknown killer among ten little Indians
Gumnaam (1965) is a take on the classic whodunit of Agatha Christie – Ten Little Indians (or Ten Little Niggers) which has also been published under another title – And There Were None. It’s a murder mystery based upon revenge which … Continue reading
The needle of suspicion and the 74 years old hero
In any regular formulaic fiction work, especially the pulp fiction work, the lead character (male or female) is most likely to be a young one. Agatha Christie created aged detectives like Miss Jane Marple and Hercule Poirot and there can … Continue reading
The mist of mystery
First of all, I sincerely thank my my dear friend and elder – B.S. Sethi Saheb for inspiring me to pen the review of this classic murder mystery which is an Indianized celluloid adaptation of Agatha Christie’s play – The … Continue reading
Double crossing whom Director Duo ? The audience ?
Being always in search of new tricks of fooling the typical Indian moviegoers, certain oversmart Bollywood filmmakers have started the franchisee business. If one movie succeeds on the box office, these clever guys convert the title of that movie into … Continue reading
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