Dipankar Giri | PassionforCinema

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kya “Devdas” “DevD” nahi ban sakta?
The language of the post is hindi and the script is roman. Maine “Intellectual” ki kahin par defnintion padhi thi ..wo kuchh yun thi ki agar kisi intellectual se ye poochho ki ghode ki kitni taange hoti hain to wo seedha seedha jawaab nahi dega..pehle poochhega ki astabal me kul kitne ghode hain..phir ghodo ke hisaab se unke number of taange calculate karega...
by Dipankar Giri at June 9th, 2009 at 02:06 am
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GULAAL –DEMOCRACY KA MUJRA mohe rang de
(This piece is written in hindi (roman) and the translation is provided along with) Lalu ji jab lagaam lekar Bihar ka tanga hank rahe the tabhi shilpa shetty ne “main aayi hoon UP Bihar lootne” me thumke lagakar patna me halchal macha di thi…”Bachhu Yadav ke naam se jo bawela macha tha usme in thumko ne aur khalbali macha di thi…thoda aur...
by Dipankar Giri at March 1st, 2009 at 08:03 pm
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AMAR PREM : Juxtaposing legend and contemporary subtext
The fact that this film was one of the most path breaking and successful movies starring India’s greatest romantic icon Rajesh Khanna , is probably why Amar Prem is remembered as a love story only. In retrospect the immortal love (Amar Prem) it speaks about is but a miniscule part of the entire canvas. The filmmaker succeeds in weaving a tale which is classical and...
by Dipankar Giri at December 28th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
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Aadmi azaad hai or ye hindustan hai tumhare baap ka ghar nahin
Shyam Benegal’s “Welcome to Sajjanpur” comes at a time when various characters from “Sajjanpur” are dancing on our heads. Even in these magical times when I-phone and G-talk do the work of flying carpets and ‘kabootar ja ja ja’; the film “Welcome to Sajjanpur” testifies how letters written on 25paise postcards can become...
by Dipankar Giri at October 23rd, 2008 at 04:10 pm
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Rare gems of Gulzar
One of my friends believes that poetry is the master of all art and if it is created by Gulzar then it automatically drives us in a different world. Though Gulzar’s poetry has been released in various forms and are mostly sung by Jagjit Singh, still there are some in which Gulzar has recited his own poetries. “Udaas Paani” is such an album in which there...
by Dipankar Giri at July 29th, 2008 at 06:07 am
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Shatranj ke khiladi
Satyajit Ray’s “Shatranj ke khiladi” has won the best film – critics filmfare award in 1978 but the fact that it has not been received well by the Indian audience raises an unending debate over adaptation of literature. Though this was not the first film of Ray which was based on literature, in fact “pather Panchali” “apur sansar”...
by Dipankar Giri at July 21st, 2008 at 01:07 pm
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It was raining..Premiere of “Jane tu….
Just came from the Premiere of “Jane tu….”(wrote just after coming out of the premiere)…..Thanks to Ajay who called me to come to the show. It was raining …yes and also the raining of stars (the real stars )….the venue was PVR Goregaon and the people were everywhere…outside……..in the lounge….on the first floor..second floor….third floor..every...
by Dipankar Giri at July 3rd, 2008 at 08:07 pm
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Politics in our films
“Sarkar Raj” released with a message -RamGopal Verma is back…. nice opening and great reviews makes it a watchable sequel. But what type of film it is..Is it a political film (every second scene has to do something with politics). Is it a good hearted mafia film (sarkar is shaher ka sabse bada gunda hai) or is it a family film(I somewhere read Ramu was speaking...
by Dipankar Giri at June 8th, 2008 at 11:06 am
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shayar and the lyricist
There has been a trend in Hindi cinema that only people from Urdu background could write songs for the films. In some senses it sounds true but upon revisiting the Hindi music scenario one has to believe that only writers with progressive thoughts had written good songs. Be it shailendra or Majrooh Sultanpuri. But since I have discussed these lyricists in my earlier posts...
by Dipankar Giri at March 30th, 2008 at 09:03 pm
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Premchand, Renu and Rural India…
It was a muddy sunset(77 years before) and the last rays of the sun were collapsing into the walls of Jamia Millia University Delhi and Premchand was about to leave for Lucknow and suddenly a man comes to him and asks for a brand new story for “Jamia Risala” (Jamia’s literary magazine). Premchand told him that he will send it after reaching Lucknow but the man was...
by Dipankar Giri at February 28th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
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Right or wrong ?
The veteran lyricist Shailendra writes in a song “humne har jeene waale ko dhan daulat pe marte dekha”(sab kuch seekha humne na seekhi hoshiyaari). The line has a message and has a connection with the whole idea of “jaagte raho”. The writing department of “Jagte raho” comprises of Shambhu Mitra, K.A Abbas and Shailendra. These were the people mainly associated...
by Dipankar Giri at January 23rd, 2008 at 08:01 am
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BADE GAUR SE SUN RAHA THA ZAMAANA TUMHI BHOOL GAYE FASAANA
I was the last to leave the theatre …I wished Khoya Khoya Chand should not have got an end….what a vintage wine it is!…I could not recollect myself..I just loved the film…surprised by the narrative…breath taking dialogues …great music blended with wonderful songs…an exceptional love story …Nikhat neither go with Jafar nor she is desperate to marry Jafar..Jafar...
by Dipankar Giri at December 12th, 2007 at 01:12 am
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Khoye Khoye Chand ki talaash me..
At last there is a lovely sad song coming out of “khoya khoya chand” – “khoye khoye chaand ki talaash me firaq me udaas hai ye dil”….great lyrics and the music…mind blowing…and the way they connected this song to Majaz’s poetry .. “ji me aata Hai ye murda chaand tare noch loon is kinaare noch loon us kinaare noch loon…”it’s unbeleavable…These...
by Dipankar Giri at November 16th, 2007 at 12:11 am
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dus ka bees..bees ka tees
Those were the days when the madness was just started in a small sleepy township of Jharkhand.Our local cinema hall was showing “DDLJ” every five shows in our local cinema hall. This popularity of the film has created so much craze that we bunked our school and went to see the film. The film had a great impact on us and consequently…we saw “DDLJ” continuously...
by Dipankar Giri at November 13th, 2007 at 01:11 am
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What should our hero do
The script is almost lock but the one question which is not leaving us is what should our hero do at the end. Throughout the film our hero doesn’t do anything special. he is just a next door simple guy and we tried him to keep him as real as he could be but towards the end we are loosing our sleep over it.(Audience point of view)…. endless discussions…multiple...
by Dipankar Giri at October 15th, 2007 at 04:10 am
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folk songs vs Mainstream cinema
The most unconventional song in “laga chunari me daag” is “ehe thaiya motiya heraail ho raama”(this is the spot where I lost my pearl) . Though Shantanu and Swanand had tried their best to revive a most popular form of music of UP & Bihar, I felt that something is missing in the song. first thing I felt that this is a “chaiti” not “thumri”...
by Dipankar Giri at September 19th, 2007 at 02:09 am
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love story of a strange country
It’s a short story of Dhirendra Asthana which inspired me to write this post..The story called “vichitra desh ki prem katha” (love story of a strange country).It’s a tale of a man whose love life is devastated by a political drama unfolds all of a sudden at the center. The backdrop used in this story is the tenure of “a poster woman.”. The protogoanist of...
by Dipankar Giri at August 23rd, 2007 at 03:08 am
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Bharat ki baat sunaata hoon…
He is a writer,an actor ,a producer,a lyricist,n a above all a director…In a couple of films he also shot some scenes..His last hit was “Kranti”….26 years ago…. But Manoj Kumar is not relevant today…even if he is alive…Started his struggle with Dharmendra played a long inning into the Film industry.but could not come out succefully in his second inning…”clerk”...
by Dipankar Giri at August 13th, 2007 at 05:08 am
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HALLA BOL
Now when RajKumar Santoshi’s “halla bol” is about to release,there’s a buzz that it’s inspired by Safdar Hashmi and Jessica Lal’s case. Halla Bol stars Vidya Balan opposite Ajay Devgan and is scheduled to release by this year end.A part of it has also been shot on the sets of “omkara”.It’s the story of an actor and his journey.It’s a tale of how...
by Dipankar Giri at August 6th, 2007 at 08:08 am
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FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL
No censor board certification….no entry fees…all u have to go and watch some of the best films of france. Starting today at 8 PM,French embassy is organising a week of french film festival at fun republic andheri…so mumbai PFC guyz…meet u at Fun. aug 3rd-9th 8 PM
by Dipankar Giri at August 3rd, 2007 at 05:08 am
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GEET BUDHE NAHI HOTE
Gulzar ne kahi likha hai “geet budhe nahi hote”..us din maine auto waale ko gaana lagaane ko kaha to usne saaf shabdo me kaha..”kya gaana lagaaye sahab..sab log naye gaana sunna chahte hai..aur mere ko naya gaana jamtaa nahi….gaane ka matlab gaane me meaning hona chahiye…aajkal ke gaane aadhe to angreji me hote hai samajh me nahi aate…baaki sirf...
by Dipankar Giri at August 2nd, 2007 at 05:08 am