The Storyteller's Lens

For the scenes that linger and the words that echo

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Crime & thriller novelist. Storyteller. I write about the films that hit like a plot twist — the ones that stay, sting, and refuse to be ignored.

Category: Films

  • Pallu Equals Love’ to ‘Bad English Equals Charm’: Karan Johar Finally Grew Up

    Pallu Equals Love’ to ‘Bad English Equals Charm’: Karan Johar Finally Grew Up

    It took 25 years, a blue bra, and Ranveer Singh’s English — but he finally got there. In 1998, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai released to screaming crowds and all-time blockbuster labels. Everyone loved it — except me. I walked out of the theatre midway (a first for me, and I’ve sat through some truly questionable…

  • OG – When Craft Becomes the Story

    OG – When Craft Becomes the Story

    Where silence speaks, the camera thinks, and the craft outruns the cliche. Another movie that made me pause. Not because the story was unique or the dialogues were out of this world. But because it changed something fundamental — the way a story is told. At the heart of it, OG is a regular Telugu…