Vinay Payyapilly
Troy
Starring: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Diane Kruger Rating: 3/5 Rewatchability Index: 3/5 Seen at: Prasads The movie tells the now familiar...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 27, 20042 min read
Dear Private Banker
I write these words to you amidst the ruins of yet another bank – Global Trust Bank. While other private banks have fallen by the wayside...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 27, 20041 min read
Spiderman – 2
Rating: 4/5 Rewatchability Index: 5/5 Seen at: Sangeeth Spiderman (Tobey Maguire) is back and in what style. Sam Raimi crafts an all...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 27, 20041 min read
Kireedom
Rating: 5/5 Rewatchability: 5/5 Seen at: Home on Asianet Sethumadavan Nair is the eldest son of a policeman’s family. The policeman...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 27, 20041 min read
Gayab
Rating: 1/5 Rewatchability Index: 0/5 Seen at: Prasads Vishnu Prasad (Tushar Kapoor) is a punching bag for the world. Nobody notices...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 20, 20042 min read
Policemen and Police Stations
Yesterday I visited more police stations in a day that I did in the entire 32 and odd years before that. A friend of mine lost his mobile...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 19, 20041 min read
Mona Lisa Smile
*ing: Julia Roberts, Kristen Dunst Rating: 2/5 Rewatchability Index: 3/5 Seen at: Prasad’s In a world that told them how to think, she...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 12, 20041 min read
Behind Enemy Lines
Starring: Gene Hackman, Owen Wilson Rating: 4/5 Rewatchability Index: 2/5 Seen at: Home (Star Movies) A maverick navy pilot shot down...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 12, 20041 min read
Bird on a Wire
Starring: Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn Rating: 2/5 Rewatchability Index: 0/5 Seen at: Home (Star Movies) Funny how stories pan out. Rick...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 12, 20041 min read
Hyderabad Blues 2 – Rearranged Marriage
Starring: Nagesh Kukunoor Rating: 2/5 Rewatchability Index: 2/5 Seen at: Prasad’s Multiplex, Hyderabad 6 years have passed since...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 8, 20041 min read
Hum Tum
Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee Rating: 4/5 Rewatchability Index: 5/5 Seen on: Screen at Prasads Guy meets gal on plane, they...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 8, 20042 min read
Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azbakan
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson Rating: 2/5 Rewatchability Index: 1/5 Seen on: IMAX at Prasads The movie lives up to the book....
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 30, 20042 min read
On Rights and Duties
Watching a good idea die is bad enough, but watching it struggle gamely on, against all odds is gut wrenching. Whoever thought of the...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 24, 20041 min read
Untitled
Event Horizon Starring: Lawrence Fishbourne, Sam Neill Rating: 1/5 Rewatchability Index: 0/5 Seen On: Star Movies A good premise gone...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 24, 20041 min read
Untitled
The Red Dragon Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ed Norton, Ralph Finnes Score: 4/5 Rewatchability Index: 3/5 Before Clarise there was Agent...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 8, 20043 min read
I
This is an essay I wrote at the request of my sister-in-law when she had to submit one on herself for an interview. — Who am I? The...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 8, 20042 min read
An Impossible Dream
I have never ever been able to keep a diary, and I dont know what makes me think that I’m going to keep this regularly. But then to quote...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 8, 20041 min read
MAX
Awesome! Awe-inspiring! Fills your senses! The adjectives used to describe the mother of all mountains – the Everest – have always tried...
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 8, 20041 min read
The Race
I run as fast as my legs will carry me. Somewhere in the distance behind me I can hear the rumbling. Is it getting closer? I don’t know....
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Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 8, 20043 min read
Sister’s Day
It’s that day of year again when we celebrate sisters. Anybody who has one will vouch, you can love ’em, you can get mad at ’em, you can...
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