SPIRIT OF MUMBAI

"Let's celebrate Aaba's Birthday in Jungli style. Let's all go to watch 'The Jungle Book' , and then Eat Out today." - My nephew Aamen.  "What ? How ? Just cause your Mom, dad , grandma and I pamper you to the fault, do you expect 'The Jungle Book' producer to offer you Ticket + Treat , just like that?. We  need to stand in the serpentine queue for the advance booking as the movie is a super hit. We must shell out extra money for the eating out, cause the theater snacks are on par with  Kohinoor , the diamond ."- Aaba-his Grandfather. " Aaba, please listen. I will book the tickets on BookMyShow. We don't need to stand in a queue for that and BookMyShow has just launched ' MyCoupons ' free discount vouchers that can be availed at popular restaurants and cafes."- Aamen. Are you still wondering whether my nephew is pulling a fast one?. No it's the NEWS . Free discount vouchers can b...

We the Indians do not just watch the Movies. We move with the movies, literally. For us, any Movie is a live, interactive media. We act, we perform, we appreciate or criticize each and every scene, nuance of the movie with great gusto.   Having made this very clear in the beginning, my experience of " The   Jungle Book " preview show at 3D Inox, Lower Parel was as exhilarating as the Fire-Flower ( Rakta-Phool ). Rakta-Phool is the metaphor used in ' The Jungle Book ' to authorize the Human nature. How the human beings are destructing the nature, through fire, how they frighten the jungle animals with fire.  ' The Jungle Book ' movie is based on Rudyard Kipling's book by the same name. Disney's  ' The Jungle Book'  is in a live-action / CGI format. The Jungle Book  is a story of Mowgli , a baby found alone in the jungle and raised by a wolf pack. Once Shere Khan (the tiger) knows of Mowgli's existence, he is...