• Life-Lenz

    Bollywood vs Indian Television

    I heard a quotation a long while ago – The main distinction between portrayal of masculine and feminine characters over the two platforms is quite opposite in nature – In Television, we idolize the feminine characters while fantasizing the masculine characters. Whereas in Bollywood, we idolize the masculine characters and fantasize the feminine characters. It has been literally several years ever since I heard this for the very first time… and all along this quote – this stark difference, has stuck with me and I have been consciously or sub-consciously analyzing all the shows or movies that I watch to find examples to refute this. Now, I do not say…

  • Reviews

    Madhumati : Old Movie Review

    Madhumati is an old Bollywood movie that released in 1958 and stars Dilip Kumar, Vyajantimala, Pran and Johnny Walker in pivotal roles. For me, this is a special movie since this is the first black and white movie that I ever saw. I saw this movie again today – probably for the second or the third time in my entire life so far. Seeing the movie after such a long time shed light on several features I did not pay attention to earlier. Caution: This contains spoilers about Madhumati movie and Om Shanti Om (starring Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone) movie. Why should you watch the movie? It is a…