Male directors have always dominated cinema all over the world. The number of women directors is disproportionately small everywhere and India is also not an exception. We can endlessly discuss about the reasons for the same but I do not want to spend too much time exploring gender dynamics. Instead, today I want to list […]
Tarantino has morphed into such a pop culture phenomenon that it is impossible not be influenced by him, consciously or subconsciously. Quentin Tarantino has become synonymous with the word “cult” over the years but this cult has now gone mainstream and obliterated the very definition of cult. We are now eagerly awaiting his next film […]
This word when taken, leaves us in an array of possible imaginary positions, the one that dissonantly comes along is of the last road trip taken along with your loved ones, the ones you value the most. The last solved conflicts, the most vivid scene sense that you?ve carried along since then. All of this […]
Well, I do not know how and where to begin. This is something I’d been waiting for. This is something I expected to be a game changer. Instead, I am now left with monumental disappointment and depression. Initially I thought I will write a long eulogy but I do not even feel like talking about […]
I do like trains. There is something relaxed, languid and peaceful about trains that one can never feel in a bus or a plane. Especially the sleeper class with the window seat is a bliss, although it tends to get a bit too crowded at times. Last year around this time I took the train […]
As the horrific images of the Dimapur mob lynching incident started appearing in my social networks, my mind raced to find parallels of this event. Had I seen something like this before? Not really! It does not mean that they never happened but they did not happen so close to my home and in the […]
There is always a general tendency to club all animation films as children?s films. Extremely radical animation works like those of Ralph Bakshi?s have always been sidelined by the mainstream critics of their times. Animation is by default expected to be primarily intended for children and cater to the sentiments of the family audience. The […]
Well, everything has already been said about Badlapur. So I have no intention of writing a lengthy review. Despite the disappointment of Agent Vinod, I always look forward to Sriram Raghavan films as I always considered him to be a technically capable director. Earlier he used to take excruciating 4-5 years for every movie. But […]
Over the years we?have seen many people celebrate the 14th of February commemorating a martyred saint. The cause for their celebration is surprisingly contrary to the violent end of the saint. Nevertheless, the day calls for an overflow of candyfloss in terms of cinema too. But how can a blog called Sordid Day recommend the […]
???????? A screw fell to the ground ???????? In this dark night of overtime ????????? Plunging vertically, lightly clinking ?????????? It won?t attract anyone?s attention ?????? Just like last time ??????? On a night like this ??????? When someone plunged to the ground — 9 January 2014