Life As I Know It

Given all the hype around Sacred Games it was but natural that I’d end up watching it. I haven’t read the book hence I am not comparing the show to the book. My primary reason for watching this show was Anurag Kashyap and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. I have loved their combo since 2012 when I watched Gangs of Wasseypur. I am a tad bit ashamed to mention that the language used in both Sacred Games and GoW helps me vicariously channel my extensive vocabulary in cussing. I liked how the story began. This isn’t a slow narrative, you basically have to run with the characters to catch up with their mind and emotions and sometimes have to see between the frames. I live on the extreme ends of storytelling arch. I love the slow narrative where each and everything is described in such a manner that you feel you are in that situation and you start feeling what the character feels and then there is the impromptu situation where you are unexpectedly put in and you have to start catching up with why the cha...

Image courtesy Wikipedia. I like AIB and when they came up with the   - ‘ The Truth about lust’ video I knew that I’d end up watching Lust Stories and here we are with the review. There goes one more thing in my bag of bad choices🤦. No, no read on. I promise to be funny. Before I proceed further please know that there will be spoilers😈. I hate Karan Johar and I would also recommend that you never rely on KJo for personal hygiene tips😐. Having said that let’s begin! The first story is directed by Anurag Kashyap and it features Radhika Apte and Akash Thosar of the Sairat (OG) fame. I like both these actors and as the story unfolded I couldn’t help but think that Anurag Kashyap may have found inspiration for this story from his own life. The story is as complex as the male gender makes out women to be and just as simple as men would like to presume they are. Irrespective of the nature of relationship, the moment you find yourself drawn to another person and begin a relat...