Pier Angeli: The diva who was deprived of love (19th June 1932 – 10th September 1971)

I came to know about actress Pier Angeli through the 2001 TV movie – James Dean. She was popular for her relationship with Hollywood heartthrob James Dean. Pier Angeli was an emerging diva while James Dean was making his presence felt in Hollywood. Pier Angeli met James Dean on set of movie: ‘The Silver Chalice’….

Listen to the wind: A classic spooky short story by Ruskin Bond

Not a single writer in horror genre brings romance and nostalgia to spooky stories so skillfully as Ruskin Bond does. He brings naturalism to the story. The ghosts in Ruskin Bond’s stories are not scary as we see in Bollywood horror movies. They too have emotions. Either they are melancholic or seeking for salvation. In…

Munjia: A timeless scary classic by C.A. Kincaid

The recently released Munjya (2024) horror comedy movie is a glimpse into the urban legends of Maharashtra. The (Munjya) malevolent spirit of an ancestor scares the daylight of the protagonist when he unknowingly awakens the spirit trapped in a peepal tree of Konkan. The Munjia unleashes his ghostly terror on the protagonist and orders to…