Articles by Sarit Ray
We review trailers and what they say about these 5 highly anticipated 2016 releases
Updated on Dec 31, 2015 05:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sarit Ray
Actor Taapsee Pannu likes a good house party for an ideal New Year’s Eve
Updated on Dec 17, 2015 02:34 PM IST
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As told to Sarit Ray5 apps for your NYE party
Updated on Dec 17, 2015 07:19 PM IST
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Compiled by Sarit RayAngry Indian Goddesses review: Unique but incoherent
Right at the outset, Pan Nalin’s message is clear: this is the kind of cinema he doesn’t want to make. This is the kind of portrayal of women he’s seeking to reverse.
Updated on Dec 05, 2015 05:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sarit Ray, Mumbai
Kashmir travelogue: A beginner’s guide to paradise
Verdant valleys, fiery Chinars and white mountains make Kashmir as beautiful as promised. You just need to keep your ears close to the ground.
Creed review: Welcome to the Rocky tribute show
Updated on Nov 27, 2015 11:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sarit Ray, Mumbai
X- Past is Present review: Too many cooks spoil this
In the opening credits, there is a clock ticking backwards. Then comes the title — X: Past is Present. Neither is particularly clever. It’s only the rolling credits that tell of the experimental approach: 11 filmmakers have ‘co-directed’ X.
Updated on Nov 21, 2015 04:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sarit Ray, Mumbai
Burnt review: This is an undercooked film
Unfortunately, director John Wells and screenplay writer Steven Knight focus almost entirely on Smith’s histrionics rather than tell his back story. We can’t be endearing towards the man who we barely know. Jones, in fact (pardon the food pun), might be the most half-baked protagonist we’ve seen in recent times.
Updated on Oct 31, 2015 07:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sarit Ray, Mumbai
Deborah Kirsten’s book promises an insider’s view of the big, bad world of cricketers and their WAGs
What’s the Kodaikanal Won’t rapper been up to?
Updated on Oct 08, 2015 07:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sarit Ray, Mumbai
Talvar review: This razor-sharp film forces you to think
Talvar shakes you up and forces you to think -- the police’s negligence, the media’s stance and your own role as a voyeur, gleefully consuming ‘details’ without any care for authenticity.
Updated on Oct 10, 2015 09:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sarit Ray
First look at the much-awaited SodaBottleOpenerWala in Mumbai
There’s a massive sign inside the yet-to-be-opened SodaBottleOpenerWala in Bandra Kurla Complex.
Things will get better: ALS Ice Bucket Challenge mascot's mom
A year after the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went viral, its mascot, Pete Frates, is on a ventilator. But Pete's mother, the indomitable Nancy Frates, is confident things will get better.
Direct from Broadway: Beauty and the Beast is coming to India
All about the ambitious plans for an Indian Beauty and the Beast. And will we get a Disneyland?
‘Miss Malini' on how a WordPress account became a celeb blog
She employs people to blog on her portal and tweet to her 564k followers. She even has a Bollywood-based TV show in her name. But how did ‘Miss Malini’ Agarwal turn a blog into a digital empire of sorts.
Art Deco-ded: Explore south Mumbai's timeless architecture
Turrets shaped like flying saucers, nautical elements, an obsession with streamlining – Mumbai’s Art Deco structures denote a forward-thinking era and a proud city. Watch out for the geometric patterns (saucer-like turrets; zigzags), maritime elements (waves, ship deck-style railings, porthole windows), the rounded balconies, the obsession with symmetry, and you will be transported to a different era — the ‘20s to the ‘40s, to be specific.
Updated on Jul 31, 2015 04:21 PM IST
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Soma Das and Sarit Ray
Out with the stuffy suits and in with the t-shirts and jeans
Is the ‘smart casuals’ rule at Infosys and HUL the beginning of a fashion revolution at the workplace?
150 years of Wonderland: A book and movie inspired by Carroll
Its been 150 years since Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland and we tell a book and a movie that reflect Carroll's spirit.
Tried bun-maska yet? Lunchbox director Ritesh Batra bats for Irani cafes
Lunchbox director Ritesh Batra is determined to bring (young) people back to Irani cafés with chat sessions featuring Bollywood celebrities; we wonder if the bait will work.
Your ultimate guide to craft beer in Mumbai
Ale, porter or stout? What to drink? Where to drink it? As another microbrewery gets ready to serve its beer, we reckon it’s just the start
Updated on Jun 18, 2015 09:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sarit Ray
Court review: Tamhane’s film deals with intolerance and censorship
A day before Chaitanya Tamhane’s award-winning multilingual film (Marathi, primarily, with Hindi, English and Gujarati), Court, is to release in theatres, there’s news that the censor board asked for two lines to be deleted. One of them concerns a propaganda Marathi play, dealing with the anti-north Indian sentiment; the CBFC has an issue with the term ‘aai-mai’ (mother-sister). Then, on the day of release, a former sheriff of Mumbai has his office vandalised, for putting up a banner criticising the diktat of compulsory regional film screening in the state.
Updated on Apr 18, 2015 02:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sarit Ray
Broken Horses review: This film is lost in transit
Vidhu Vinod Chopra adds a lazy little twist to Broken Horses, for the benefit of those who’ve seen the original, perhaps. But if it does anything, it makes you want to watch Parinda again.
Updated on Apr 11, 2015 04:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sarit Ray, Mumbai
In Their Shoes review: This is a stellar, heartfelt effort
Far from that clichéd double-role-crime/family drama, In Their Shoes is a stellar, heartfelt effort.
Updated on Mar 14, 2015 07:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sarit Ray, Mumbai
If not an actor, I'd be a popstar: Shraddha Kapoor
Bollywood star Shraddha Kapoor says she still goes grocery shopping. She puts on glasses, pulls her hair down and 'makes it quick'.
Updated on Feb 20, 2015 01:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sarit Ray, Mumbai
Can't wait for the game to start: Sachin ahead of India-Pak clash
He may not be taking the field when India play Pakistan on Sunday, but speaking to HT on the eve of the big game Sachin Tendulkar said he was “slightly impatient”.
To move in or not to move in, that is the question
Making the decision to move in with your partner can be a tricky one: what if you break up? Who keeps the toaster? Who gets the LED TV you both paid for? What if your parents decide to say, “Surprise!” and pop-in for a visit? Here are some steps to make that process simpler.
Here's what popular sci-fi flicks thought 2015 would look like
Hollywood predicted our public transport will include hoverboards by 2015. Pity that it hasn’t happened yet. However, it doesn't hurt to take another check if we are any closer to where our imaginations took us years ago.
Updated on Jan 01, 2015 04:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sarit Ray, Mumbai