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 Kahaani. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Kahaani. Show all posts

7 December 2016

At the scene of the crime

My Mirror column . Watching Kahaani 2 triggers a retrospective look at the city’s role in Vidya Balan’s actorly career. Vidya B...

12 June 2016

The Salt of Time

My Mirror column: If you can ignore the gimmicky title, Te3n 's Calcutta offers both an atmospheric whodunit and an affecting take on...

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...

13 July 2014

Woman, Uninterrupted

Today's Mumbai Mirror column: Vidya Balan's free-spirited performances have opened up a space in our cinema where not just she, b...

20 March 2012

She Belongs to the City

An op-ed I wrote for the Indian Express , on Kahaani and women in the contemporary Hindi cinema city . Kahaani , the Vidya Balan-s...

9 March 2012

Film review: Kahaani

Kahaani is an absolutely remarkable film for three reasons. First, it is the tautest, most involving thriller to have come out of Hindi ...

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