“The best swords stay in scabbards”- a part of the teaching imparted to Samurais.
Violence on screen is an ever present and ever inconclusive topic of discussion. The intensity may vary, but it always kicks off debate at the slightest provocation. While watching Quentin Tarantino’s latest film Inglorious Basterds at [...]

The owner’s story:

West End Theatre in Pune was established by late Keki Modi, who was the youngest of the 10 siblings. The most famous and the eldest among them was the legendary Sohrab Modi. While Sohrab went in to the creative field, Keki began developing a passion for the exhibition of films. His early days [...]

West End theatre in Pune in its old form was a quintessential movie theatre. It was (and still is) in the heart of Pune cantonment. A tall wall flanked by two open gates at the centre of the compound wall displayed the poster of the film that was playing. In the courtyard of mud [...]

Three films amongst the very many that I have seen in the last two months deserve a special mention. Pestonjee (dir: Vijaya Mehta, 1987), Chhoti Si Baat (dir: Basu Chatterjee, 1975) and Chakra (dir: Rabindra Dharmaraj, 1980) are the films that I am talking about and I saw them all after a gap of two [...]