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First published in 1927, The Big Four reminded me of a 70’s Bollywood masala entertainer. Powerful villains, look-alike long separated twins, impostors, kidnapping, a long chain of mysterious murders, a big conspiracy and a happily ever after at the end of it……Sounds familiar…isn’t it? Especially so with all the remakes we have suffered recently of films from those good old ... Read More »

It is often said that genius people are somewhat mad. Possibly their passion for something make them focused on the target and ignorant of everything else, is responsible to create such image. This episode have references from the following stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: A study in scarlet The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans The Adventure of the Naval ... Read More »

Episode #13 of Hindi TV Serial Bharat Ek Khoj (which was aired on DoorDarshan and now is available as a set of DVD for home viewing); explores the second segment of the tale of Ashoka. The first part of the same is reviewed here. We see that now Ashoka (aka Ashok) is the king of Magadha. He have started spreading ... Read More »

Episode #8 of Hindi TV Serial Fauji is titled as “Raftaar” (Speed). TV Serial : Fauji Producer : Colonel Raj Kapoor ( New Film Addicts pvt ltd.) Writer : Colonel Raj Kapoor Director : Colonel Raj Kapoor Editor : Milin Kapoor Starring : Rakesh Sharma, Aamina S. Kapoor, Shahrukh Khan, Manjula Avatar, Vikram Chopra, Gautam Bhradwaj, Vishwajeet Pradhan, A. Kannan, ... Read More »

What is there in the name? Of course naming Rose something else wouldn’t affect its characteristics. But usually we are attracted to something by its name and first look. Authors often think a few names for his/her book and shortlist them to choose the final one, ditto for the films, TV Serials and other stuffs. Recently there was a movie ... Read More »

Although Sherlock Holmes considered his powers of deduction perfectly natural and to someone of his intellectual stature elementary, he remains one of the most enigmatic and appealing fictional characters ever since he was created. The stories of Sherlock Holmes and Watson have appealed a few generations and there have been countless adaptations in various forms of art including drama, radio, ... Read More »