Besan Ka Halwa

INTO THE FIFTH DIMENSION Beyond Time and Space…and Imagination The most awaited movie of the year is here! Legendary Director Christopher Nolan delivers another ‘legendary’ film after the huge successful closure to the Dark Knight trilogy in 2012. No wonder his production company is named ‘Legendary’. Interstellar, through its trailers, had built much hype in the past few months. It has something that Nolan’s previous films didn’t have- an outstanding cast line-up; with all lead actors at the peak of their careers: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Cane and Matt Damon. Most of the people have been comparing the look and story of the film with Cuaron’s last year Oscar super-hit ‘Gravity’. Let me first ‘categorically’ say that this film is very very subtle with respect to ‘Gravity’. This project of Nolan’s is the grandest and most wide-ranging than any other science fiction film till date. The film has a lot to offer; it explicitly has three

Charandas Chor: Thefts...Promises…and much more… [*I am no one to present a critique on this but I have been compelled by the stuff I just saw, being a part of the audience. So, here’s my review of the SSC Sabha’s adaptation of Habib Tanvir’s classic ‘Charandas Chor’ .] After dark, complicated and sort of ‘Freudian’ stuff put up on it quite recently, the St. Stephen’s College Hall stage was in dire need of a light comic drama which would soothe the ‘nerve’ of the audience. Enter ‘Charandas Chor’- the loveable, humorous and (not to mention) ‘honest’ thief brought from the legendary writer Habib Tanvir’s story to life onto the stage by the Sabha. The play, titled the same as its protagonist, has been directed by Monica Thomas and Ankita Srivastava commendably. The play, according to me, was a huge risk as this story had been adapted quite a few times- the most famous of them being the film ‘Charandas Chor’ (1975) by Shyam Benegal. But the play’s script is very subtle from