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Finding Fanny

                                                                Finding Fanny If I was ever confused about whether or not I liked a movie, then this one certainly is it! I have come out of the theatres recollecting some rather witty moments and really loving some performances, but at the same time wondering if this was all. Once in a way this does happen and then later when the movie is running on some channel I find clarity in whether or not I liked it. So for me the jury is out on this one. But I shall share what I did feel. If you are a book lover or even a lover of movies and you have liked P G Wodehouse, then this one is certainly for you. It has a Wodehousey quality to it and that saves it some blushes. There is nothing that you won’t be able to guess here about the plot. I was hoping for a cross between Homi Adaj...

Mary Kom

                                                                                  MARY KOM What a movie! I am cursing myself for not having seen it on Friday itself. The thing is that on Friday morning itself I read such a miserable review about it in one of the leading newspapers that I was completely turned off. How wrong can you get a review? I mean surely you can call a good movie a good movie and it doesn’t need the brain of a rocket scientist to say so! And me? When did I become so devoid of my own opinion that a silly paid review could make me stay away? A lesson people…..Always always form your own opinion! And so in short I loved the movie! What a performance by Priyanka! It is such a super effort by her. The thing is that the story of M.C Mary Kom has no grand flourishe...