Harischandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar, who happened to be present for the Lumiere presentation, was keen on getting hold of the Lumiere Cinematograph and trying it out himself rather than show the Lumiere films to a wider audience. The public reception accorded to Wrangler Paranjpye at Chowapatty on his return from England with the coveted distinction he got at Cambridge was covered by Bhatwadekar in December 1901- the first Indian topical or actuality film was born.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011. Sorry for the past few weeks of year end holiday mood and new year-lag,this is my 1st blog post of 2011 and promise will blog more in this new year.

A dissection of that which attempts to shape who we are. Monday, July 27, 2009. One day post-modernism will be dead and Quentin Tarantino and I will both be out of a gig. Huzzah, huzzah, the world rejoices. Did it have one? A totality of bits.

Cinema of Obsession and Other Transgressions. Thursday, December 23, 2010. This blog is not active but please check out my other blogs and my photography all listed on the right. Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Watching Shadows on the Wall.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Five Million Years to Earth. Written by Nigel Neale, the Quatermass TV shows provided some of the finest and most thought-provoking science-fiction of the 1950s. They also resulted in two very so-so movies with American actor Brian Donlevy inexplicably cast as the determined leader of the British.