Dilemmas of today

                   A spectacle before the finale    The most admirable part about the Marvel movies is that they make you sit through till the very end and make you read the names of the technicians, stunt doubles and all the other guys who have given their blood and sweat to create this 'Master-piece'.         10 years, 18 films, 22 superheroes and finally we get Avengers Infinity war. Thanos, a purple giant from Titan having a huge chin is in quest for the six infinity stones. If he gets those he would have the power to wipe off half the population of the universe. He already has one, the others are with Loki, Doctor Strange and Vision. Thanos is not a regular bad guy. Here, he has a heart and he also mourns.        The directors Anthony and Joe Russo are masters at parallel storytelling. Thor bumps into the Guardians while in space, Doctor Strange, Iron Man and...

   Ishaan is the silver lining to the dark clouds.   The love of foreign filmmakers with the dark underbelly of Mumbai is really unfathomable. They find beauty in the slums,dhobi ghats, crowded streets, local trains and fish markets of this dream city. It was Danny Boyle in the 2008 Oscar winner 'Slumdog Millionaire' and now it is the Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi's 'Beyond the Clouds' introducing Ishaan Khattar and Malavika Mohanan. The music maestro A.R.Rehman has given the music.       Amir (Ishaan Khattar) is a teenager working for a sex-trafficer, couriering drugs in sweets' boxes to his boss' clients. He demands a raise from him inturn his boss decides to clip his wings by tipping off the cops. Amir, while running from the cops bumps into Tara (Malavika Mohanan), his sister whom he haven't met for years. Tara was once married and harassed by her husband. Now she is alone working in a dhobi ghat. She is sexually assaulted by her co-worker...

  'Padmavati', 'Padmavat' and now 'Padmaavat' what ever you decide to call this Sanjay Leela Bhansali directed Magnam Opus which was scheduled for a December 1 release, released today amidst police protection outside the cinema halls and incidents of vandalism and protests in Haryana, Rajasthan and many parts of the country. What is the Histo ry?     There is a disagreement within the historians whether 'Rani Padmini' did actually exist. The beauty and the valour of the queen is depicted through a poem by a Sufi saint 'Malik Muhammad Jayasi' in 1540 where he states that Sultan Alauddin Khalji heard of the unmatched beauty of the queen and decided to win her over by fighting against her husband Raja Ratan Sen. The rightful queen committed jauhar i.e self immolation along with the other women in Mewad to protect her dignity. What is the controversy?     Ever since the film was announced, the Rajput Karni Sena protested against the film. T...