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Godhi Banna Sadharna Mykattu

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“Getting lost will help you find yourself”   Having watched the much-talked Godhi Banna Sadharna Mykattu, the movie struck a deep chord. It stood out for its treatment of a simple missing-and-found person story with an interesting angle of an Alzheimer patient getting lost and finding himself amidst killer-gangsters. The plot had many poignant and meaningful Lost and Found nuances by Lost and Found Films that I thought I will spend some time writing down my impressions. When I started reviewing the movie here, there were so many aspects of the movie that stood out that I thought it best to use separate sections to appreciate the movie. Story Shiva (Rakshith Shetty) is an IT professional bent upon climbing the corporate ladder, traveling to New York is the carrot his boss keeps dangling. He has grown apathetic to his father, whom he calls “Anna.” With his mother (Triveni Chindodi) dead eight years earlier to cancer he has left his aging father Venkoba Rao (Ananth Nag) who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease at an NGO which ‘offers …

X’mas Gold Class

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Christmas 2014 was a memorable one. Enjoyed breakfast in true South Indian style, tasting a range of lip smacking dishes – Neeru Dosa with its traditional coconut side dish and chutney, Akki Rotti and Ragi Rotti with a homely touch, piping hot Paddus with the signature chutney – was a royal menu reminding of mother’s touch. Med man missing made one wonder if it was yet another truant played by our modern day doctors. It’s better if less said to keep one’s mind calm and clear, to not let yet another negativity enter one’s mind. The games people play to establish a lie as fact is enough to make you withdraw, standing aloof and seemingly detached from friend forms. Cruising along a flicker of celluloid thought beckons in the form of newly released PK. The parody and irony in the organized religion, the metaphysical search of God and yearning for God’s hand in absolving one’s life’s struggles. The whole metaphysical question is taken to another level with an alien questioning the human beings’ incomprehensible customs. Enjoying the great mixture of …