Cabbages and Kings

Sunday, 25 March 2018

Take #57: Secret Superstar

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This is probably not going to be everyone's cup of YouTube, but the fact is that I absolutely  loved the film. Aamir Khan was an u...

Take #56: All the Money in the World

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A gripping film about a mother's agony, a kidnapped teenager's travails and an ageing billionaire's penchant for looking at eve...

Take #55: The Commuter

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When Jaume Collet-Serra collaborated on this, his third outing with Liam Neeson (after  "Non-Stop" and "Unknown"), he ...

Take #54: Padmaavat

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"Padmaavat" is yet another spectacularly mounted Bhansali extravaganza. This one took me by surprise - for one, I didn't un...

Take #53: Death Wish

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For Bruce Willis fans and for those who haven't seen the 1974 original, this is a pleasant if  slightly negative revenge thriller. But ...

Take #52: Raid

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"Raid" is a fairly compelling watch.  Ajay Devgn, he of the perennially broody intensity, does a pretty good job as the Taxman ...

Take #51: Tomb Raider

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Even as an unabashed fan of Angelina Jolie, I have to say that Alicia Vikander's portrayal  of Lara Croft leaves a far more lasting imp...

Take #50: 3 Storeys

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An absorbing watch, with some beautiful cameos, and a   wonderfully subtle performance from the multifaceted Renuka Shahane, who had a v...

Worklore #14 : International Women's Day 2018

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So, instead of reading about today as I always do, I thought I'd write on the occasion for a change, especially since some of these tho...
Monday, 11 December 2017

Tobackoff #11: Won'tpower - The Arcane Art of Quitting Smoking

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Later this month, I complete 7 non-smoking years, having moved overnight from 40-50 sticks a day to zero, ending my count at 500,000+ st...
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Tuesday, 31 October 2017

Worklore #13 : Leader and Bleeders

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Good leaders like to be challenged all the time - it inspires them, helps retain their edge, and makes them stronger. More importantly, it ...
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Worklore #12: The Office Dress Code - RIP

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The snappily-dressed interviewee waiting at reception looked admiringly after a tall, arresting male in an impeccable suit who swept into ...
Wednesday, 27 September 2017

Worklore #11: Intrusive Interviewing - The Indian Reality

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Earlier today, I read and “liked” an article on LinkedIn which expressed outrage at the fact that a prospective employer (abroad) had the ...
Monday, 25 September 2017

Take #49: Kingsman - The Golden Circle

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My biggest apprehension after seeing this film is that Salman Khan might poach the OTT  bits for his next action film. The trouble is,...
Monday, 18 September 2017

Take #48: American Assassin

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If you're an action film junkie, look no further than this for your weekly fix. This is a cracking good entertainer in the tradition...
Sunday, 10 September 2017

Take #47: It

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The trouble with this film is that there is so much that is unexplained that it dilutes  the  horror component. Barring the clown (Bill Ska...

Take #46: Shubh Mangal Saavdhan

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The hall was pretty full, and everyone left looking as though they got their  money's  worth; I didn't.  Granted that...
Monday, 4 September 2017

Worklore #10: Do Your Own Induction

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We would all like to think, wouldn’t we, that the company we have just joined will put us through a structured induction programme so that ...
Sunday, 27 August 2017

Take #45: Annabelle - Creation

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It's not just dead horses that lend themselves to flogging - it can be done  with  ghosts  as  well, and this movie proves that. ...

Take #44: Mom

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This is a good film, with a splendid performance by  Sridevi,  beautifully  matched  by  Nawazuddin Siddiqui.   A great deal of finess...

Take #43: Kaabil

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It's always a good idea to go to a movie expecting nothing- that way, even something  moderately  good will come as a pleasant surprise...

Take #42: John Wick - Chapter Two

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Definitely not a film for the squeamish, this sequel has bodies piling up by the truckload  and more than one shade of Kill Bill in it. C...
Thursday, 24 August 2017

Take #41: Jab Harry Met Sejal

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Considering that the choice of words of the title was hardly accidental, the least Imtiaz Ali could  have done was to craft the dialogue ...
Wednesday, 23 August 2017

Worklore #9: ATG ~ Lowering The Boom On The Employee

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In the early 90’s, when I was part of a company that was once a household name but suddenly took the path to extinction, a curious trend ...
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