Archive for May, 2007

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    4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days- a lesson learnt
    P.S.- the following post contins spoilers.. it was a late call by shahnab on sudhir mishra’s behalf that screwed my next night.. was at fun at nine sharp with my sfx supervisor David.. the movie unfolded.. grainy colored images of a dorm room and a girl next to the window, trying to clean up her table, talking to someone offscreen, taking off the plastic table cover,...
    by Anurag Kashyap at May 31st, 2007 at 02:05 pm
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    Confessions of a Filmmaker: Music Review
    The music for COAF comprises of two tracks by Exabyssus, a band based out of Hyderabad. The sound represents the same angst that is expected of this revolutionary film. Anish would be a better person to elaborate on how these songs have been used, but I was enamored and intrigued by the use of metal as the distinctive and symbolic sound in a film that captures the dark...
    by Tushar at May 31st, 2007 at 01:05 pm
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    Confessions Of a Filmmaker: Music Release
    GALA EVENT: Music Release of Confessions of a Filmmaker Where: Passionforcinema.com When: Right Now Invitees: Viewers of Passionforcinema.com Speakers: YOU!!!!!! Just got off phone with Anish Kuruvilla and boy o boy does he have plans or does he have plans? Currently i am bound with a verbal contract not to reveal anything...
    by OM at May 31st, 2007 at 08:05 am
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    PROJECT iVIEW : Literature in cinema
    iVIEW AUTHOR: Dipankar Giri (Bombay, India) email: dipankar.giri[at]gmail.com Last time when I went to the office of Rajesh Singh (producer of Anwar) they yelled at me “yahan Manish Jha ka naam mat lijiye nahi to maar khaiyega”.The tempearure was soaring outside…n this came out as an increment of another degree..I was surprised..hey what’s wrong...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 31st, 2007 at 08:05 am
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    GURU GURH CHELA CHEENI-KUM
    Leaving the depressing environs of Delhi Heights I decided to go on Yatra.Instead of saying Namaste London I reached Mumbai to experience Life In A Metro. I took Ek Chaalis ki Last Local.To my surprise it was quite full. Opposite me were Good Boy Bad Boy whose very demeanour screamed Panga Na Lo and who were trying to prove Nehle Pe Dehla. Beside me were Khanna &...
    by krysh at May 31st, 2007 at 01:05 am
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    Who the fuck i think i am?
    exactly.. who am I? I in capital..I walked into Ruby Tuesday at the infinity mall and there was this man.. i never found out who?.. and he said “Finally” and i looked at him like Travis bickle looked into the mirror and asked “you talking to me”.. only difference being i wasn’t carrying any guns.. mr. anurag kashyap, the man who thinks he...
    by Anurag Kashyap at May 30th, 2007 at 02:05 pm
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    Afterthoughts – Ek Chaalis ki Last Local
    A Collage of References Ek Chaalis ki Last Local is a treat for you if you watch it in an empty theater with no people or expectations. It is Abhay Deol’s innocence that catches you first, then the empty railway station reminiscent of Dil Se. then as the razor sharp screenplay takes over, you can stay assured this is good cinema. For a screenplay that reads like a Film...
    by Tushar at May 30th, 2007 at 10:05 am
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    My take on Shootout at Lokhandwala
    Hey was off the scene for a while. Me back again! This has been a busy week particularly with regard to my film viewing schedules. Started with Life in a Metro which should have been named Sexual Life in a Metro as all Anurag Basu did was dwell on sleazy underbelly of corporate culture and human relationships. Fair enough, to each his own. The other film I watched was...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 30th, 2007 at 12:05 am
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    David Dhawan-The remake King
    Revised version David Dhawan, the king of Comedy films. He is a graduate from National Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), in Pune. He studied editing there and after graduation he entered the Hindi film Industry as an editor. But before that itself he had connection with the film industry. His brother Anil Dhawan was a famous actor in the 70’s who acted...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 29th, 2007 at 03:05 pm
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    Siddhartha(1972) :: Cinematic depiction of spiritual quest !
    Background : Conrad Rooks had got involved in drugs and had visited France to get rid of his drug addiction. There he got to read the book “Sidhaartha” (written by Nobel Laureate, German author Herman Hess). He was greatly impressed by the book and he developed a wish to make a film on the book. He got the rights of making a film on the book with the help of son...
    by Rk at May 29th, 2007 at 08:05 am
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    SHOOTOUT AT LOKHANDWALA-MY VERDICT
    There is lots of discussion and arguments going about SAL. Some liked, some disliked. Finally I watched it to realize comments given by our PFC guys. Below is my opinion about the film. This is the review that I sent to my friends which are not passionate about cinema as we are. I have to review the film in simple language not too technical. SHOOTOUT AT LOKHANDWALA Director:...
    by Shailesh Limbachiya at May 29th, 2007 at 05:05 am
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    Film, Food & Cheeni Kum
    Light salad with mild seasoning. Good for health! I liked some of the ingredients.. but a bit bland still. Maybe because I am North Indian and non vegetarian! In short: a sweet little honest film that relies totally on performances. Film about Food: This connect about food and emotion - maybe it’s cultural or just purely human but to me it’s interesting....
    by Smriti Vij. at May 29th, 2007 at 04:05 am
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    Shooting at VT- I
    This was going to be an experience that would make an interseting blogg for sure! We were to shoot at the landmark VT station and we were going to shoot for a marathon 17 hours!! I had decided that the first thing that’ll require attention was my health- on the day i had vowed to intake less of slid food and drink more fluids. Until the day before the shoot i was...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 28th, 2007 at 08:05 pm
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    When Mr Ajay Muley became a prostitute
    When Mr Ajay Muley became a prostitute. This is completely fictitious post stemming from my infertile and derivative imagination. Any resemblance to any characters either living or dead is purely co incidental and completely unintentional. “Sir I saw your last short film… I didn’t like it at all !!” “Why ???” “I didn’t...
    by kartik krishnan at May 27th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
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    The Ghost of Emergency, Returns …
    The Ghost of Emergency I can’t sleep because my dreams have become an oddity. Everytime I shut my eyes, a nightmare, begins. I enter my parent’s house. The main door is ajar. My mother is sitaring; and my father is praying. There’s an elderly lady who is reading a newspaper; and making a check-list about which Breaking News is backed by which political...
    by Ramu Ramanathan at May 27th, 2007 at 07:05 pm
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    PAPAJI OR PROJECT-WHO IS THE BOSS?
    Bollywood is changing man. There was a time not long ago when all sorts of babu types from Bhatinda to Barabanki, in safari suits and white shoes carried bags full of cash or bhais from Bhusaval to Borivali carried guns to escort nothing else but bags full of cash with a two point programme-one to get themselves drowned in the glamour and glitz of Hindi Film industry...
    by krysh at May 27th, 2007 at 09:05 am
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    …hindi film industry mein HINDI
    katrina kaif ko hindi nahi aati…upen patel bhi hindi nahi bol pata… so what? hindi filmon ke actor ke liye zaroori nahi hai ki unhe hindi aati hi ho.hrithik roshan bhi hindi padhna-likhna nahi jaante…abhishek bachchan honge hindi ke kavi dr. harivansh rai bachchan ke pote aur super star amitabh bachchan ke bete…lekin hindi bolne mein woh bhi ladkhadane lagte hain.fardeen.zayed...
    by ajay brahmatmaj at May 27th, 2007 at 07:05 am
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    A Wonderful Recipe – Cheeni Kum
    The reactions of my friends to my love of Indian cinema ranges from befuddlement to humouring me. I have shown parts of Rang de Basanti and Omkara to my friends in the film industry, and while they appreciate the cinematography and many of the technical aspects of these films, they don’t enjoy the entire picture. My more socially conscious friends loved Traffic Signal...
    by t! at May 27th, 2007 at 01:05 am
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    Theme Music
    When I was doing the post production of my first short film, some years ago, I had decided that I would use less background music for the film. But afterwards I felt that some scenes needed them. I told my friend, the music director, to add some background music to the scenes. And yes, that brought life to the scenes. But, in some more scenes I felt that the music was...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 26th, 2007 at 05:05 am
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    Cheeni Kum (2007)
    The only regret I have while watching “Cheeni Kum” was that I did not have my dinner before watching the film. Every time Amitabh Bachchan said “Hyderabadi Zafarani Pulao” my stomach drooled. But then “Cheeni Kum” is more about food. Its about love, its above logical reasoning, its about need to be loved and then its nothing about the...
    by Full2Faltu at May 26th, 2007 at 01:05 am
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    ENCOUNTER-THE KILLING
    Encounter-The killing was released in 2002 and forgotten. And most of people still don’t know that there is a film like this. By the name people may think that this is B or C grade film containing usual police- gangsters’ saga. It had no big stars but had powerful performances, good script and story, dialogues and above all well defined characters and direction. The...
    by Shailesh Limbachiya at May 26th, 2007 at 01:05 am
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    Shootout at Lokhandwalla – Why?
    Why are movies like “Shootout at Lokhandwalla” being given the green signal? Why do two or more production houses – firms that house people, living people, – come together to produce such movies? Why is Apoorva Lakhia still directing movies? What the FUCK does “true rumors” mean? Did the team of SAL think the audience has scrambled brains?...
    by oz at May 25th, 2007 at 09:05 pm
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    Mahesh Bhatt- abundant energy
    26 days gone, another 15 to go… so close yet seems so far. It all started 9 months back when i joined on this project as a 4th AD. i must have done alrite in pre since by the time the shoot started i was promoted to being the 2nd AD. this was my first feature film and to assist Pooja Bhatt(a brand in herself) and to be around Bhatt Saab was certainly an better than...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 25th, 2007 at 08:05 am
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    Pirates of… headaches 3 : Can’t take this anymore
    When Johnny Depp donned Captain Jack Sparrow’s cap in the Curse of the Black Pearl, one was left somewhat similar to what one went through back in past, upon watching Travolta in “Pulp Fiction” or even Bollywood’s own Aamir Khan in “Rangeela”… stumped, thumped and bumped off the seats. The hair stood right up praising the Gods,...
    by oz at May 24th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
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    i love to be a performing Artist
    How did theatre happen? I always had a desire to join theatre. Learn the performing art. After my graduation in 1998, I enrolled for a workshop conducted by Amol Palekar and Bhakti Barve following which Bhakti barve informed me about Pandit Satyadev Dubey’s free workshops. I joined the workshop and did various plays, but no one took notice. I then did backstage for Makarand...
    by D Santosh at May 24th, 2007 at 09:05 pm
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    Why is it that our previous works are never good enough…
    Last weekend my wife and I had dinner over at my friend Manny’s. We decided to watch a short film he and I had collaborated on called “Cash on Delivery”, moreso since my wife hadn’t seen it. It was screened just 2 days before our wedding…just over a year ago, I hadn’t seen it since. It was a buddy comedy about how these two guys accidently...
    by Tony Mera Naam at May 24th, 2007 at 03:05 pm
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    Great Flops
    Good films always flop. No I don’t really believe that. But every now and then, when the trades trash a really likeable film and declare it a flop, frustration gives way to the pessimistic feeling that in India, good films won’t make money. Today the audience has diversified and so have distribution and exhibition platforms, so each film and producer has his/her...
    by Vijay at May 24th, 2007 at 10:05 am
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    Filming In NYC Easier Now!
    a) Hi Folks, Refer the below judgement. Affects positively, filming in NYC. Thanks to that brave documentary filmmaker Rakesh Sharma. CIVIL LIBERTIES: NYPD settles suit with Indian film maker Rakesh Sharma Link (for links, copies of the new rules, etc) New York City has agreed to change how it issues permits to film makers and photographers, as part of a settlement to...
    by Vivek Kumar at May 24th, 2007 at 09:05 am
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    Meri Awaaz Suno!
    Bollywood’s music directors are not content just being behind the scenes- not any more. Not only are they expressing themselves through their music, they are singing to their own tunes! Here are some of our music directors who have recently showcased to us their singing talent- or sometimes…the sheer lack of it! (Note This list does not include Shankar Mahadevan, since...
    by Jahan Bakshi at May 23rd, 2007 at 08:05 pm
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    Some Q
    Why make movies? Yeah. Why? What purpose does it serve? Entertainment? Escape? Enlightenment?, all of the above? (maybe that’s the answer) Or maybe its a turn on watching people (read actors) live out our fears and fantasies. Why do we need it? Because ‘Life’ is one big cinema. Its playing every hour, by the second, by the breath. And its hard for us to be our own...
    by Anish Kuruvilla at May 23rd, 2007 at 01:05 pm
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