Kapil’s Korner

Filmstars. The Divas. We like to walk, talk and dress like our favourite star. And now you have the option to even holiday like the stars in their on-screen avatars only, of course.

SOTC in an interesting tie-up with Yashraj Films presents what they call the Enchanted Journey. Travel Packages which explore Europe and promise to [...]

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Read an article in Campaign India which inspired me to put this down.

Farhan Akhtar
This is the guy who once again re-confirms my “life-wish” to make a movie someday. His ability to play so many roles (film director, actor & singer) and that too with superb performances is commendable. Firstly, I would thank him for responding [...]

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Creativity is not a cut and paste formula. And I guess what works once, maybe even twice may not work again and again. That’s what Madhur Bhandarkar seems to have missed out on in his latest project – fashion.
Gay designers, the need to sleep around for work, drug abuse, alcoholism & a bit [...]

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Two weeks back I saw Rock On and blogged the review in a Letter to Farhan. I later sent an email to Farhan’s production company Excel Enterntainment expressin my wish to share the letter with Farhan himself.
A day later I got a response from a production supervisor at Excel saying that the letter had been [...]

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I watched Rock On and thought I should send a congratulatory note to Farhan & his team for a good job they had done.
Dear Farhan,
I couldn’t ask for a better treat. I watched Rock On with my wife and I think it was time well spent on my birthday.
“Multi-talented” is the word which [...]

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Yash Raj Film’s latest venture Bachna ae Haseeno may or may not be a box office hit. But if there is something they have hit for sure is a a good in-film brand placement initiative with Microsoft’s Halo 3.
The brand team for Halo 3 at Microsoft, India should be commended for a wonderful branding [...]

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For some strange reason I have been thinking “radio” all of last week. That’s maybe because I spent three sick days last week listening to a lot of music.
— from inframan – (?)
Idea #1: You’ve got TV channels dedicated to religious talks – Aastha, Sanskar and a few more. How about having Radio [...]

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Thursday night is attractive to watch a movie at Inox, the Manhattan card gives you one free ticket with every one purchased. So it’s two for the value of one – And at Inox rates it matters. Wife and me decided to catch the late night show of Woh Lamhe.
A movie aptly named, this is [...]

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No, I have been around – just that work and personal front has been very hectic. On the personal front, my marriage plans are almost getting finalized – should be around mid-year. So finally kapilb will be hooked. Since then it’s been a frenzy – lots of planning, shopping and of course meeting the in-laws, [...]

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