What happens when you have the screenplay adopted from the most revered crime story writer in the history? To top of it off, this screenplay is adopted and enacted by a bunch of accomplished people? Then, you would say it has to come out splendidly superb, right? Well, not so much if you are watching…
Tag: Relationship
From Words To Views | The Last Letter from Your Lover
Fans of romantic drama and stories intercepted across timelines will surely like this movie. Based on the novel of the same name by Jojo Moyes, this film essentially focuses on taking chances in love and this theme is presented across two time periods till the end. The film begins in a fictional British newspaper as…
Red Birds | Mohammed Hanif
There is a dessert, in the middle of it is a refugee camp and next to it is a hanger. Then there is Momo, Mutt and Ellie. Three persons meeting or rather discovering themselves in three different places. How that came to be? what happened? And most importantly, why it has happened? This book tries…
From Words To Views | All The Bright Places
Both the original book and plot premise of this movie promise this to be a teenage romantic drama with a twinge of sadness. Based on the book of the same name by Jennifer Niven, this screen adaptation is very much in sync with the central story still it doesn’t leave its mark unlike its source…
Valmiki’s Women- Five Tales From The Ramayana | Anand Neelakantan
This is the second book I came across narrating the stories that make the cherished epic called Ramayan which is authored by Anand Neelakantan. Like the earlier book, depicting the details of Ravana’s life, this too successfully manages to capture readers’ attention from the word go. Here the author is specifically talking about the five…
नारायण धारप लिखित संक्रमण
भयकथा आणि विशेषतः नारायण धारपांच्या भयकथांचा एक साचा ठरून गेलेला आहे. एखादी विशिष्ट जागा किंवा व्यक्ती आणि त्याभोवती असलेला अमानवी शक्तींचा वावर हे बहुतेक कथानकांमधील मुख्य सूत्र. संक्रमण हि कादंबरीदेखील याच कथासूत्रावर’बेतलेली आहे आणि त्या अर्थाने ती या विशिष्ट वाचनप्रकारच्या वाचकांच्या अपेक्षा पुरेपूर पूर्ण करते परंतु त्याहीपलीकडे जाऊन ती इतरही अतेंद्रिय शक्तींचा धांडोळा घेऊ पाहते….
Intimations| Zadie Smith
This compact but complex book of essays by Zadie Smith is your quintessential reading for these unusual, unpredictable times. Coming out in the middle of this once-a-century pandemic, these six concise essays manage to capture the mood of this muddled hour so perfectly. These six essays have nothing in common in them per se but…
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | V.E. Schwab
A girl can dream- she can dream of visiting different places, meeting new set of people and having a better life. But what if while chasing these dreams, she has to make a deal and then keep that bargain going on for more than 300 years. Curios enough? Then read on. The story of Adeline…
From Words To Views | CB Strike
This book adaptation was the one that I have been looking forward to watch for a while. Although premiered and streamed in UK few years back, it took a while to reach this to my part of the world. But was this prolonged waiting worth it? Read more to find out. Adapted from the Cormoran…
From Words To Views | The Good Liar
A captivating con drama with mysterious twists in the tale, that’s the best way to summarise this movie. Adapted from a novel of same name by Nicholas Searle, this movie having two septuagenarian central characters is certainly a charm to watch on the screen. The story begins and ends in London- the financial behemoth of…
From Words To Views | Call Me by Your Name
The best way to describe this story can be- when a languid summer turns into a love story or how a friendship leads to the bittersweet heartaches. Based on the book of the same name by André Aciman, the simple romance with complicated details makes it one of the compelling feature film of our times….
From Words To Views | Sharp Objects
Before the Gone Girl, there was Camille Preaker from Sharp Objects by Gillian Flyn. An investigative journalist who is currently working in St. Louis, Missouri; Camille is more than making an effort to navigate through life after battling mental illness and alcoholism for years. Her only shoulder to lean on during these difficult times is…
Vince And Joy | Lisa Jewell
Do you believe in coincidences and fate playing it’s hand in chance encounters? Do you think there is serendipity? Do you believe that there is higher power which decides whom and when you will find you soulmate? Your heart choosing love above all else but does it require a positive signal from your brain too?…
Men Explain Things To Me And Other Essays | Rebecca Solnit
Men explain things to me begins with the author narrating an everyday, mundane experience. This anecdote might feel like shocking from a man’s perspective but yeah as women, we are very much used to such “mansplaining”. Although, the author categorically mentions that her brilliantly written essay has given birth to this term, but she would…