chhotahazri

Hindi: chhoti haziri, vulg. hazri, 'little breakfast'; refreshment taken in the early morning, before or after the morning exercise. (Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, 1994 [1886])

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Showing posts with label Gangs of Wasseypur. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Gangs of Wasseypur. Show all posts

1 August 2016

Everything is Illuminated

This week's Mirror column : Are there more stoners on the Hindi film screen? A short history of filmi drugs, from old-fashioned to...

21 September 2015

Crime and Entertainment: Meeruthiya Gangsters

My Mirror column yesterday: Zeishan Qadri, who co-wrote Gangs of Wasseypur, makes an interesting directorial debut with small-time cr...

18 August 2014

The reality of illusions

Yesterday's Mumbai Mirror column : How can a performance ever be honest, and other thoughts about acting via Nawazuddin Siddiqui...

11 August 2012

Film Review: Gangs of Wasseypur

First things first. There is no denying that Gangs of Wasseypur is an exceptionally clever film. Right from the opening of Part 1, when ...

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