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    500 days of Summer
    This isn’t a story about a normal guy meeting a normal girl. This is about a normal guy meeting a classy, sexy female. And this changes a lot in the dynamics between them. The pointer of the control exuded doesn’t shift from one to the other. It constantly is pointing towards the female. It may be the same when a normal girl meets classy hunk, but I will be the last...
    by Gaurang at November 10th, 2009 at 08:11 am
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    Fish Tank
    In my opinion (at the risk of generalizing), rebellious teenagers are more equipped to pursue their dreams and make things happen. On the other hand docile teenagers are more likely to go with the flow and end up dormant as the sun is about to set. Now, the reasons for which they may rebel, may seem utterly ridiculous, or may not even be on the right side of morality....
    by Gaurang at November 5th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
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    Wake up Sid is my kinda movie (not a review)
    Wake up Sid is my kinda movie. Only if at the end Sid would have told Aisha “You had me at your first e-mail”, this is the movie which I would have made. I was reluctant to write anything about this film, because I FELT the movie as it was and I was sure I wouldn’t be able to articulate my love for this movie truthfully. And then I also realized that analyzing this...
    by Gaurang at October 6th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
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    Away We Go: Finding truth in facades??
    A very simple take on Away we go would be that it is a testament of Sam Mendes’s love for dysfunctional families. And in fact this take wouldn’t at all be entirely incorrect. American Beauty, Revolutionary Road and now Away We Go. He loves American dystopia. Away We Go actually is a nice romantic indie with some genuine laughs and smiles. Only if this film had aspired...
    by Gaurang at September 26th, 2009 at 11:09 am
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    Kickass hand drawn Inglourious Basterds poster
    Inglorious Basterds is releasing in India on 2nd Oct with Paid preview shows on 1st Oct.
    by Gaurang at September 24th, 2009 at 07:09 am
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    Babagiri Delivered
    Let me get this out of the way. Wanted isn’t as good as Pokiri. Wanted could have been the best masala actioner of the last 2 decades if the love story was handled with a heart (The main reason Ghajini worked in its last half-hour); if there was some chemistry between Salman and Ayesha, if songs were cut on the editing table itself and alas if the punchlines could have...
    by Gaurang at September 21st, 2009 at 11:09 pm
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    The Return of the True single screen HERO
    Wanted may just be THE masala movie, the masses have been waiting for, THE movie which I’ve been waiting for, The movie I’ve been waiting to see with my fellow masses. As a dear friend would have put it, ‘In these times of pretentious mediocrity, Wanted may just bring a whiff of unpretentious kitsch, which could at least be reveled in with a guilty glee.’ ‘The...
    by Gaurang at September 15th, 2009 at 12:09 am
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    Punch-Drunk Love : A story of a guy with seven sisters
    This is not a review of Punch-Drunk Love, but an articulation of the character arc of Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) in the film. This write-up also became a quest to understand the character more truly, deeply and clearly. None of the reviews that I read fully understood the premise and the character of Adam Sandler in the film Punch-Drunk Love. So I just felt like articulating...
    by Gaurang at August 13th, 2009 at 02:08 am
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    The Rajiv Rai’s Trilogy
    Recently I’ve come across many trilogies by great directors, like the Color trilogy, death trilogy, some zombie trilogy, some vampire trilogy and there are many more which I’m unaware of. When we look for trilogies coming from India, the first one that comes to mind is the Apu trilogy. I am sure Shyam Benegal also has a trilogy, but to be honest I’ve seen very few...
    by Gaurang at July 13th, 2009 at 10:07 am
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