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Tasting The Lunchbox

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                                                                    Photo via Visual Hunt Some movies make you stand up and take notice. They blend into the system, just like it were "us" on-screen. They have an element of simplicity, making it real to the core.  #RealOnReel I was stoked to watch ' The Lunchbox '  (2013)  and must admit certain directors and artists are God-gifted. The ability to pick up a normal story and give it a humane touch is spectacular.  #EpistolaryRomance Set in the hustle and bustle of Mumbai and based on an one-in-a-million error by  The Mumbai Dabbawallas  - the food lifeline of Mumbai, these food messiahs have been honored by The Harvard University and even acclaimed by Prince Charles.  Ila (Nimrat Kaur) , a typical Indian housewife, cook...

Celebrating the Last Mile of the #Mahatma - *Road to Sangam* (2009)

Everyone knows the *Mahatma*, the *naked fakir* who once addressed the House of Commons, in nothing but a loincloth! A man who sacrificed his whole life, just for India, to see the daylight of Independence, against an empire that once took pride in ruling half of the world. 👑 The Mahatma wished that once he lost his life, that his ashes be segregated in separate urns and immersed across 12 riverbed locations across India. 🍃💦 #RoadtoSangam thrives on the last wishes of an internationally acclaimed figure. 😇 👥 The movie, resting on the shoulders of *Paresh Rawal*, takes the *immersion of the#Mahatma's ashes* as the main theme and weaves a *soul touching story* around it.  Playing the character of *Hashmat Ali*, a car mechanic in Allahabad, the museum authorities get in touch with him, to repair, rewire and rejig the engine of a #FordV8, which would be used to carry the ashes of the #Mahatma towards the Ganges. 🙏 💧 The movie thrives on the #HinduMuslim b...