About Mayank Shekhar
Mayank Shekhar is film critic and national
cultural editor with Hindustan Times. He divides his time between Mumbai and the movies.
Propose day follows Rose day, a week before Valentine’s Day, exposing the agony of the frustrated Indian single male. [Read more]

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 9:52 pm
Filed under India · Tagged discotheque, discotheques, fad for thought, hindustan times, Mayank Shekhar, nightclub, Propose Day, Single Indian male, single men, Valentines Day
Down with this phony democracy then. Just download Sanjay Kak’s Kashmir documentary Jashn-e-Azadi [Read more]

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Filed under India, cinema · Tagged fad for thought, hindustan times, Jashn-e-Azadi, Kashmir documentary, Kashmiri Muslims, Mayank Shekhar, news, Sanjay Kak, Sheikh Abdullah, Yasin Malik
Three Punjabi men get into the Pacific mansion of the world’s deadliest Dr Dang, Salman Rushdie, who sprays bullets at them from his machine gun. If I hadn’t seen this film, I couldn’t have vouched for the fact that it really does exist. [Read more]

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 11:20 pm
Filed under India, cinema · Tagged Bollywood, cinema, fad for thought, hindustantimes, HT blogs, international gorilay, Mayank Shekhar, news
The car suddenly swerved to the right at the precise moment. If it hadn’t, my wheels would have licked a little speed-breaker which had suddenly appeared by the footpath. [Read more]

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 11:19 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Alistair Perreira, Bandra, Carter Road, Chembur Golf Club, drunken driving, fad for thought, hindustan times, Mayank Shekhar, Mumbai, news, Toyota Corolla
Irrfan Khan, born in 1967, was by no means a kid in the late ‘80s, when he was cast as a street child – one of the main actors – in Mira Nair’s Salaam Bombay. Though doubtlessly capable as an actor, Irrfan was too tall for the role. [Read more]

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 11:13 pm
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Academy Awards, Claudia Wallis, Gabriele Muccino, happy, hindustan times, Irrfan Khan, Mayank Shekhar, Mira Nair, news, poverty, Salaam Bombay, Slumdog Millionaire, The Pursuit of Happyness, will smith