Category Archives: Media Sociology

Ashok Kumar Ganguly alias Kumud

Posted on November 20, 2019 by secondsaturn

Ashok Kumar’s biography has been much written. By Divine Grace the actor lived long and in full alertness of the mind and in good health and spoke freely to those who sought him out for interviews and a longer engagement. … Continue reading →

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The Sister and Her Brother

Posted on October 9, 2019 by secondsaturn

This is the story of the sister and her brother, both superstars, one the highest awardee in India and the other of Pakistan. The sister is known as Lata Mangeshkar and her brother, though born as Yousuf Khan is better … Continue reading →

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Fire in The Cinema Hall

Posted on August 12, 2018 by secondsaturn

I live in Dover Lane whenever I am in Kolkata because that’s where my house is. Priya Cinema, therefore is part of my territory in the city. Convenient to just walk down, the theatre has been a part of my … Continue reading →

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Sanju

Posted on July 19, 2018 by secondsaturn

I have not watched the film Sanju. Yasser Usman has already written about Sanjay Dutt, I am yet to read it. I have not followed Sanjay Dutt really though I wish I could. I know some of his fans and … Continue reading →

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Plastic is the New Age Pottery

Posted on June 26, 2018 by secondsaturn

Come the World Environment Day and there are talks of banning the plastics. Arre Baba, if the plastics were to be banned then why did they grow to such usage in the first place? Obviously plastics lie at the very … Continue reading →

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Sridevi dies

Posted on March 5, 2018 by secondsaturn

Sridevi died on the 24th of February 2018 at the age of 54. At the time of death she was preparing, and rather was on the path to a great second innings of her life. She had made a comeback … Continue reading →

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Politics of Padmavati

Posted on February 11, 2018 by secondsaturn

Watched the film Padmavat. Spectacular, disquieting and disturbing. Spectacular because of the visuals but disquieting and disturbing because of the history. Historians want to take the history bit out of it and the Karni Sena wants to stop the history … Continue reading →

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Gayatri Mantra

Posted on November 15, 2017 by secondsaturn

My uncle has sent me a video in which an Indonesian singer tries to make a song out of the Gayatri Mantra. She sings perched upon a rock on the sea shore which gets constantly awashed by the waves lashing … Continue reading →

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Amitabh at 75 years

Posted on October 12, 2017 by secondsaturn

On his landmark birthday of three fourth way towards a century, Amitabh Bachchan retains the romance of the star he once rose to be some four decades ago. He is active in films, in the entertainment business, on social media, … Continue reading →

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Amitabh @ Prateeksha

Posted on September 24, 2017 by secondsaturn

It was exactly on the 20th of December 1990 that I got an invitation from Amitabh Bachchan to be his house guest at Prateeksha in Mumbai. The invitation came through a call from Mumbai, then still Bombay in my landlord’s … Continue reading →

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