Manfred Usher is a composite figure born as an homage to Byron’s Manfred and Poe’s Roderick Usher, uniting their haunted introspection and melancholic grandeur into a singular character I deeply relate to.

What I liked most about Imtiaz Ali’s Main Vaapas Aaunga - other than that he has shown incredible courage against the tide of hate-driven communalist cinema in India - is that he makes it clear that we must not appropriate the trauma of those who suffered it. We can relate to it, empathize with it, and may also inherit parts of it as it is passed down through generations, but we were never its actual victims; we can never imagine what it meant or felt to be in that position, and so the best we can do is to keep the memories alive, tell these stories, and use them to build a better world - as Imtiaz Ali is trying to do in this film. #mainvaapasaaunga

Henry Miller's Commandments for Writing

RT @aye_masakalii: with all due respect, fuck the box office. may filmmakers keep having the courage and motivation to make such poignant…

All. Not a fan of Night of the living dead.

I fought for others all my life. Not anymore. Now, I'm in it for myself.

Anupama chopra again cooked dhurandhar and defended her review:- " I said what was truth and I still stand by it, dhurandhar was a propaganda movie that glorified so many bad things and had so many information which had nothing to do with reality, people think criticising movie means hating a movie, my job is to point out things you didnt see and what's wrong and right, I did that exactly, you don't have to agree with me everytime".

Went to buy books. Bill came to PKR 30k. No. of books? 6. There is no lack of want for books or reading, the economics of life in PK makes it difficult as a consumer and as a publisher (have done extensive lamenting on this). Reading is a necessity, it should not be a luxury.

Happy Birthday to Alexander Sokurov, one of the most prominent Russian filmmakers alive. #filmtwt

Dear God, Thank You For Cinema