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Enter, stellify (The Interstellar experience)

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Enter, stellify                                         The Interstellar experience I try to stretch my legs between the closely constructed theater seats. This theater must be in Lilliput, not here. I won’t be having time for this once the movie starts. Last time, when I was watching Inception, my friend’s niece began to cry for an ice-cream. And before I could get one, the movie got half melted. It seemed like I got pushed into an unconstructed dream space. I couldn’t understand anything after that, except the fact that, the child started crying for popcorn.Well, that's not gonna happen this time. I get excited as the WB logo appeared. “Excuse me”. I look up to see the voice coming from a somewhat familiar face. She is wearing glasses and her hair tucked in the back like a pony’s tai...

Wounded by cupid's arrow - Tamil cinema

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Mythology believes that cupid can create love between two people, irrespective of their differences. But it seems that our cinema has been in love with love itself for more than 100 years. As per 2010, India ranks first in annual film output, followed by Nollywood, Hollywood and China. We create nearly a 1000 films per year. Now how many out of those doesn’t have a love track in it? At least half? Is it a rule that each and every protagonist should have a love interest? Well, don’t mistake me; I am aware of love’s part in an earthling’s life, “ To be wise and love, Exceeds man’s might”                                                               -William Shakespeare I j...