Yudhisthira is the eldest son of the exiled King Pandu and his first wife Kunti. Born in a forest, life is idyllic, until one day when Pandu and his second wife Madri suddenly pass away. Orphaned at a young age, Yudhisthira and his four brothers go back to Hastinapur with their mother, hoping for some…
Rukmini, the princess of Vidarbha is a charismatic woman. Intelligent, inquisitive and strong-willed, she knows how to question the wrong and do the right. When her arrogant brother Rukma and father, the weak King Bhishmaka arrange her marriage with Chedi prince Shishupal, under the pressure of tyrant Jarasandha, Rukmini puts her foot down. She decides…
The battle of Kurukshetra is nearing its end. Bhisma lies, half-dead on his bed of arrows, waiting for death to embrace him. His entire life has been a series of sacrifices, vows, and responsibility. Yet, there is one last task that he has left, which he is determined to finish before breathing his last… It…
Dr. Anjali Joshi is back at Vagator, Goa to settle issues at her family clinic. She has just separated from her husband Rishabh aka Rishi and is looking forward to a fresh start. She wishes for some solace in life, when she stumbles upon her former lover Joe D’Costa on a blind date. 11 years…
The Finance Minister of India is under the radar for committing fraud. To catch him red-handed, Seema Rawat, a young uncover spy in her 20s is sent from IB to work under the minister’s son Adhith in his cybersecurity firm. Seema is feisty and intelligent who has frequent (hilarious) outbursts of the moody, quirky kind.…
It is not often that we come across a book on mytho-fantasy/itihaas-purana genre with a strong female protagonist (other than Sita and Draupadi). In light of that, Abhaya by Saiswaroopa Iyer was always on my reading list the moment I came to know of it. Synopsis: Abhaya is a brave princess of Anagha, a fictional…
Eleanor Vance is a lonely woman of 32. The only people she knows are her obnoxious sister and her equally nasty brother-in-law. Her mother, an ill but cross woman has just died after eleven long years of disease. Having nursed a sick patient within the confinement of her house for over a decade, Eleanor is…
Director: Vinod Kapri Cast: Myra Viswakarma Rating: *** Not all films are made to entertain. Some are meant simply to educate, and nothing else. Educate us about things that need to be discussed. Things that we need to be cautious about. Director Vinod Kapri’s Pihu is one such film. Honestly, it is not easy to…
What if I tell you that Draupadi never insulted Duryodhana as Andha Ka Putra Andha in the canonical Sanskrit text of Vyasa’s Mahabharata, contrary to what we see in popular depictions? To understand, let’s go back a little in time. The year is 1989. On a hot, humid Sunday morning on the 9th of July,…
Somewhere in Karnataka, an awry story had once taken shape. It is said that, in 1990s, a witch used to roam about the streets of some villages in Karnataka at night, knocking at doors of every house. Emulating the voice of relatives of the in-dwellers, she lured unsuspecting villagers to their doom. To ward her…