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Porting Satellite Shankar

Porting Satellite Shankar

  Satellite Shankar made waves ahead of its release owing to a unique premise and more so a unique title. The movie stars young actor Sooraj Pancholi in the lead as a happy go, lucky soldier, KPG Shankar. Named after supreme deity – Lord Shiva, he is a true patriot and a helping soul from the first frame. Director Irfan[Read More…]

by November 5, 2020 Flashback
Bus to A bright future

Bus to A bright future

   A new-age romantic-drama, the 2013 Hindi movie, ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’, features a Tata LPO 1613 bus of the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC). With the plot evolving around Naina Talwar (played by Deepika Padukone) and her extrovert school mate Aditi Mehra (played by Kalki Koechlin), the movie, directed by Ayan Mukerji, reflects the developments involving four friends who[Read More…]

by October 1, 2020 Flashback
Caravan thriller

Caravan thriller

A 1971 Indian crime drama–thriller, the Hindi movie Caravan features a heavily modified Bedford J4 truck in the form of a ‘touring talkies’ van. It features Jeetendra and Asha Parekh in lead roles. Starting with Parekh’s father (played by Murad) firing his employee (played by Krishen Mehta) for embezzling money, the plot proceeds to Murad being killed by Mehta. Consoling[Read More…]

by August 28, 2020 Flashback
Justice Prevails

Justice Prevails

Highlighting the trend of over-inflated electricity bills in rural India, the 2018 Hindi movie, Batti Gul Meter Chalu, features an Eicher 10.90L Starline bus of Uttarakhand Transport Corporation. It appears right at the start where one individual onboard the bus narrates a story to the other individual. He starts by depicting the two characters of the movie, Sushil Kumar aka[Read More…]

by July 29, 2020 Flashback