[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":83},["ShallowReactive",2],{"content-\u002Fblog\u002Fnew-delhi-times":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":70,"description":71,"extension":72,"image":33,"layout":73,"meta":74,"navigation":44,"path":76,"seo":77,"stem":78,"tags":79,"writer":81,"__hash__":82},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fnew-delhi-times.md","New Delhi Times",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":66},"minimark",[9,13,16,19,22,25,28,34,37,45,60,63],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Things so aligned themselves on this last weekend of May that the last exam of the semester – one which would draw curtains on the second year of my engineering degree – coincided with the last day of the 13th Habitat Film Festival.",[10,14,15],{},"The India Habitat Centre has a diverse event calendar, featuring a number of film festivals through the year. This one was special, however, since on the roster on its final day was \"New Delhi Times\" – a 1986 Shashi Kapoor starrer I had foraged through the internet multiple times to find, encountering only failure.",[10,17,18],{},"There was no question of missing this opportunity, then. A 7:30PM start time for the film meant that the only way of even remotely making it in time would involve taking the afternoon service from Patiala, which leaves at 12:40PM and is very punctual. The exam was scheduled to end at noon, which provided a forty minute buffer; on any other day, this would have been very manageable.",[10,20,21],{},"The additional complication at play here was that this was the last working day of the year; we would return only two months later now, to new rooms in new hostels. Therefore, all belongings – formerly pristine; infused, now, with the memory of the spent year – were to be carried along.",[10,23,24],{},"A worthy challenge. One which saw me walking out of the \"Manufacturing Processes\" examination earlier than I would have on any other occasion; sacrificing the opportunity to conjure up definitions and details in exchange for the prospect of marks granted out of sheer generosity and amusement on the part of the examiner – a generosity of which I have been a regular beneficiary during my time in college.",[10,26,27],{},"We lumbered our way to the bus; helped out by the introduction of Ola cabs to the city, which meant we could get a cab to ferry us from inside the campus to the bus stand. We made it in time to the bus, the bus made it in time to the city, and I made it in time to the screening.",[29,30],"blog-image",{"align":31,"alt":32,"caption":32,"src":33},"right","Vikas Pande, Executive Editor","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fnew-delhi-times\u002Fcover.jpg",[10,35,36],{},"About the film; numerous adjectives come to mind. The most appropriate though, is, perhaps, 'real'. It is sombre, reflective and genuine; especially memorable because of its shots of Delhi from the '80s.",[38,39],"iframe",{"width":40,"height":41,"src":42,"frameBorder":43,"allowFullScreen":44},"100%",315,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FHHcBBPkRzlQ","0",true,[10,46,47,48,55,56],{},"Shashi Kapoor's inclination towards creating fine, meaningful cinema is described well by the director of the film, while ",[49,50,54],"a",{"href":51,"rel":52},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.outlookindia.com\u002Fmagazine\u002Fstory\u002Fbollywoods-own-shakespeare-wallah\u002F299604",[53],"nofollow","writing"," upon his passing in December 2017. 'New Delhi Times' is a fine example. There are many, many more; each of which is lying in wait for its time to come. A string of excellent films that have slipped through the cracks; waiting to be appreciated. ",[57,58,59],"em",{},"Inka time aaega?",[10,61,62],{},"The next item on the agenda was to watch Liverpool play Real Madrid in the Champions League Final; as per tradition, Abhishek's house was to be the venue for a small-time screening. I slept through most of it – it is unfortunate, and a frequent cause of complaint by those around, that I have lost the ability to stay awake through nights in my early 20s – and Liverpool lost. All's well that ended well.",[10,64,65],{},"A summer, thus, begun well.",{"title":67,"searchDepth":68,"depth":68,"links":69},"",2,[],"2018-05-26","Shashi Kapoor and New Delhi of the 1980s","md","default",{"comments":75},[],"\u002Fblog\u002Fnew-delhi-times",{"title":5,"description":71},"blog\u002Fnew-delhi-times",[80],"New Delhi","Auraq staff","L-_hEFb2kdKLhE097XFGqfmB6tcp6CZlzdQg0-I3KqE",1779676880679]