Lalita Iyer

SOMETHING ABOUT GODSE After I saw `Samadhame' and `Ante Sundaraniki' I felt a bit dull. The first film was definitely nice but lacked vim and vigour, while the second one went in so many directions, poor Naani probably did not know he was suckerpunched. Directors and also script writers do not know where to stop and so there is unnecessary khincha khinchi......till you as an audience on the OTT platform, change the movie. Samadhame has some cute songs, reminicent of circa 80s, musical and full of tamasha. And then Netflix announces Godse. Must say the name is very intriguing. And the hero, Satyadev Kancharana, known popularly as Satya Dev, not much seen but boy is he good! He is among those who makes a few films and with fairly meaty roles. While the name of the movie makes us recall Mahatma Gandhi, there is one shot to connect to the name the hero has got. Otherwise the movie is based on a Korean film called The Negotiation. Aishwarya Lekshmi, the ACP from the negotiation team...

NEW SHOPPING SCAPES Every day events excite me quite a bit and I like to write about it. Like the state of roads in and around Srinagar Colony and there are such dangerous pot holes in certain turnings and corners that if a car gets stuck, it would take a long time for it to get back on the road. So, while Hyderabad wins prizes for being the best city, it is only on the main roads and probably the ORR. But with guys brandishing guns and young idiots zooming at high speeds, that is also losing its charm, especially after dusk or pre-dawn.  I do not want to complain, because how much can the municipality guys do or MAUD do. They are probably busy wondering when they will get their salaries. And look at all that construction happening abutting the ORR. My God, and I am left wondering if there are enough people to buy the apartments. And all of them have smooth facades and elevations, for all the pipings, ACs are centralised, including the bin chute. God help the occupiers if one of th...