In this film essay, Yayaati Joshi looks at The Namesake  and considers it to be a mixed bag of emotions-cultural shocks, an unusual name, and a very hard attempt to replicate the book.

The Film Corner is a series on InPEC by Yayaati Joshi. Yayaati is a blogger and a short story writer whose work can be found here and in his book, ‘The Recluse and the Rag Picker’. He specialises in cinema of all kinds including commercial, arthouse and foreign films. This collection of film essays looks at the nature of film in society and the purposes that it serves.  The first article in the series, a review of Mere Apne, is here.

By Yayaati Joshi, 6th July, 2012. Continue reading →