New Year Greetings, 2018: Let’s begin with a few laughs from films & comedians Dialogue ֍ "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room."      -Dr. Strangelove: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) ֍ "Don't you find it a little bit (of a) coincidence that the body fell perfectly within the chalk       outline on the floor?"       - "I think...

Indian film-writer, lyricist, Akhtar Romani no more A rare film-writer and lyricist from the Dawoodi Bohra community, Akhtar Romani (nom de plume) passed away today in Mumbai, his home for almost all his life. He was in his early eighties. His contemporaries at the Saint Xavier’s College, Bombay, included Vijay Anand (who was to direct classic films like Guide, Jewel Thief and Johnny Mera Naam), Mahendra Kapoor (one of India’s best known playback song singers) and Ameen Sayani (ra...