Krysh Dhieraj

 

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    K K K Kiran Se Kaminey Tak
    To do nothing is pleasureable..To think while doing nothing is indulgent..To think at random while doing nothing is bliss..In this phase of my life when I m doing nothing some random thoughts on our cinema..How far these thoughts are ‘cinematic’, I don’t know!..You decide.. It seems Aaj Kal love may not be enough..To be different in Hindi Cinema the challenge is...
    by krysh at September 1st, 2009 at 07:09 am
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    You Can’t Be A Passer ‘Bai’
    The great comic genius Charlie Chaplin was asked to define what exactly is comedy and how it differs from tragedy..And he gave an example of a man walking by leisurely and slipping on a banana peel..To the onlookers it is a source of comedy but to the person just fallen and humbled it is a tragedy..and bigger the ego that is humbled the mirth and merry making for others...
    by krysh at June 19th, 2009 at 07:06 am
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    Have You a Script That Tells It All In Two Lines?
    Two unrelated incidents made me put on hold a post I was writing after a gap of almost two months for pfc..These two incidents converged to give shape to this post instead.. Recently I attended a felicitation function where Javed Akhtar Saab was given an award by Enlighten Film Society for his life-time services to the world of Hindi Cinema..And during a tete-e-tete session...
    by krysh at April 29th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
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    One Man’s No Is Another’s Jai Ho!
    Yes this post is post Oscarmania and much awaited celebration of Indian talent therein! And it is a post that celebrates the unknown, the mysterious, the chance in the high stake world of movies!One twist of fate and the whole scenario changes! And when one looks with hindsight at these twists,there seems no real cut and dried explanation except that destiny beckoned...
    by krysh at February 28th, 2009 at 02:02 am
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    Sundaram Need Not Be Satyam
    Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half..That’s what Montesquieu said..After watching CCTC I feel like saying that Chandni Chowk killed the movie and China buried it.. Or it was killed in Chandni Chowk and eventually buried in China or something to that effect..All said and done not a very good start to the New Year Box-Office..But there is hope that is...
    by krysh at January 20th, 2009 at 04:01 am
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    THE ‘SHOE’ MUST GO ON
    Got a call from my cousin Titu in Amritsar..And I braced myself up for some fundoo gyan from him.. “ Oye ki haal hai Yaara”, his first words to me as I answered with a tentative sounding Hello.. I said I am fine but what is this Yaara business..What happened to good old Paapey or Boss? He said Yaara is the new flavor of the season courtesy RNBDJ.. “...
    by krysh at December 31st, 2008 at 08:12 am
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    Can We?
    I am into B O (Barrack Obama) phenomenon too..But my B O has much to do with Box Office! And that too in Bollywood ( no judgement or offence meant to much versatile Tamil and Malyali and Bengali cinema though).. Barrack Obama has done what was considered highly improbable, almost impossible..He came from nowhere and– is now everywhere..A first time senator becoming...
    by krysh at November 16th, 2008 at 07:11 am
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    Na Na To Bollywood Nanos
    Tata gave us a common man’s dream car Nano..Bollywood too, of late, has been producing its own Nanos ( movies with the budget between 2-3 crores)..Not only the Nanos but Nannies ( movies with the budget between 4-6 crores) and Nanas ( movies with the budget of ten crores plus) also ..(These categories are home-grown and product of this finicky mind of mine).....
    by krysh at October 2nd, 2008 at 12:10 pm
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    Thank God Its Friday !
    I am at TGI Friday at its Happy Hour..And trying hard to get high on spirits light and make light of the terror that is palpable all around in the news on electronic media or a newspaper in my hand.. And from it screams a headline .. Not about the terror attacks but Sensex Taking A Plunge On Global Cues..And the cue happens to be Lehman Going Bankrupt.. And I don’t...
    by krysh at September 16th, 2008 at 02:09 am
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    King Among Singhs In Hindi Film Industry
    Singh seems to be flavor of the season..Sardar Manmohan Singh winning a confidence motion towards the end of July and in the process nuking the entire opposition..Then Harbhajan Singh mending his way and doing the Ajantha Mendis by taking six wickets in an innings in the second Test Match between India and Sri Lanka a day before.. And now Singh Is King screaming to scorch...
    by krysh at August 5th, 2008 at 04:08 am
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    Longing For A True Blue LOVE STORY
    There is a folk wisdom in Bollywood that says never make a triangle love story with new comers and avoid making a straight love story with established stars..First part of this folklore has some rationale behind it..In triangle love story it is basically a question of who will get the girl(mostly) ..Its two versus one..And both the heroes are generally equally balanced..And...
    by krysh at July 26th, 2008 at 12:07 am
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    At Times You Don’t Need Love..You Need Luck.
    At times some dialogues have a weird sense of irony in them..In Love 2050 Harman Baweja is made to say at least four times “ I don’t need luck, I have love”..And to justify his conviction he goes into future to bring back his lady love Priyanka Chopra. In Jane Tu Ya Jaane Na (JTYJN) Imran Khan and Genelia D’souza are not even sure what love is all about and whom...
    by krysh at July 11th, 2008 at 10:07 am
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    Close Encounters with Close-Ups
    Recently I have revelled in the close encounters with the forgotten art of close-ups in couple of movies. Before I talk of these movies up close let me just share some masala and trivia with you on these close-ups.. The old cameramen who have gone to seed or become inactive don’t leave an opportunity to narrate how they used to relish lighting up for a close-up especially...
    by krysh at June 26th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
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    Wail Aaaaaaaaa! Woodstock Villa!!
    With due respects to Gulzaarsaab even if Woodstock Villa was named Pathar ki Haveli, Sheeshe ka Gharaunda or Tinko Ka Nasheman, how would it matter! What exactly White Feather Films wanted to make? (Or has the production house been making anything of substance of late anyway?) Story credited to S Farhan and then screenplay team of three headed by Sanjay Gupta himself,...
    by krysh at May 30th, 2008 at 06:05 am
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    Imagine Bollywood Without Bhaiyyas & Biharis !
    He was trembling, no shivering– no, no quivering– no,no shaking !..“Moss, I am leaving ! Moley toh, idhar bahut risk ho gaya hai!! Mete, ye shahar ab rehne kay liye theek nahin!!!” I was wondering at his nervousness but wondered more about the gibberish he was mumbling..And then he expressed his real fears..He was earlier scared by Raj Thackeray’s tirade...
    by krysh at May 22nd, 2008 at 01:05 pm
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    Where Is The Pulp–In Twenty20 Or A Multiplex Movie?
    There was no-show of three recent releases at one of the multiplexes..The culprits for keeping the audience away from the multiplex were Anamika, MrWhite& Mr.Black & Pranali..I happened to be one such brave soul who had ventured to watch one of these movies but was turned away..I was informed , that the theatre management requires perhaps minimum of five people...
    by krysh at May 15th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
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    Profession Of Prostitution And Business In Bollywood
    What Karishma Kapoor,Aishwarya Rai, Rekha, Shabana Azmi, Sharmila Tagore, Maduhri Dixit, Vyajantimala have in common. With commercial success they want critical acclaim and an award worthy of their self perceived mettle. As such in our Bollywood there are hardly movies that do justice to an actress’s versatility ..Rare is Erina Brokovich showcasing Julia Roberts acting...
    by krysh at May 8th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
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    “C” of Change In New Age Bollywood
    Bollywood is changing..Being the largest single industry that is growing at an estimated rate of 15 percent per annum and India's economy with a sustained growth of 9-10 percent, is fuelling this growth whereby consumers have high purchasing power and more leisure time to unwind themselves in the armless reclining seats of the multiplexes where if you don't like...
    by krysh at April 30th, 2008 at 02:04 pm
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    Angling For A Shot
    The other day a friend of mine buttonholed me as he was itching to narrate his debut feature film script. Off drinks, off non-veg, he was a bit put off by my not adhering to Bollywood convention of listening to a script. Somehow he had always given some weightage to my opinions—perhaps that was the reason—as he agreed to go ahead with the narration in this non-Bollywood...
    by krysh at March 31st, 2008 at 05:03 am
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    To Bhabhiji Or Not To Bhabhiji?
    This could only happen in Bollywood..Song & Dance is not the only unique feature of our Hindi Film Industry..There is this very unusual and peculiar syndrome prevalent in the industry that I think has no parallel anywhere in the world.. You join a director to assist..A hot shot one or a shot-down version..You are all excited and full of enthusiasm to learn, to get...
    by krysh at December 23rd, 2007 at 01:12 am
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    Whose Lyrics is it Anyway
    A creative aspect in film making that is generally overlooked suddenly jumped to limelight courtesy Aaja Nachle..In the title song of the movie a line ‘Mochi bhi samjhe apne ko sunaar re’(A shoemaker thinks of himself as goldsmith) inadvertently created a furore that led to politics of casteism marring the box office fortunes of the movie in Hindi heartland..Suddenly...
    by krysh at December 5th, 2007 at 06:12 am
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    Grace Under Fire–Reviews,Results And Responses
    Between OM SHANTI OM(OSO),SAAWARIYA and NO SMOKING(NS) so much heat has been generated , one feels as if these are also a culprit in adding to Global Warming! This is not about films OM SHANTI OM(OSO), SAAWARIYA & NO SMOKING(NS) per se..This is not about their reviews either..This is about makers of these films..And that too more specifically about the makers of...
    by krysh at November 20th, 2007 at 07:11 am
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    Of Smoking Joe ,No, Po, Dominoes And Film Promos
    What’s common between Laaga Chunri Mein Daag (LCMD) and No Smoking (NS).. One could say there could be no commonality whatsoever..One is proverbial chalk and another a cheese..One represents the established order and another rebels against it..One is power-centric and the other, well,ah-ahem, ego-centric..One is so stained that any cleansing is ruled out..Another is...
    by krysh at October 30th, 2007 at 11:10 am
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    Pee Room, Paan-ki-Dukaan And Dialoguebaazi
    I Everytime I go to watch a movie at Fame Adlabs,Andheri Link Road, and visit its wash-room/ rest-room/ pee-room or plain loo, it is not only the tool I hold on but the dialogues/one-liners from various films that are framed at eye level..And looking at them a vague feeling nudges me as to what’s missing in present day fare of movies ! Then the other day in a seminar...
    by krysh at October 18th, 2007 at 05:10 am
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    The Secret Is Out–Oscars Coming To India !!
    I frequently wonder what is that in Oscars that ruffles so many feathers in our film industry..Why are we so obsessed with getting pat on our back from these academy members who are to many, nothing more than an old boys association of spoilt brats.. KJO (Karan Johar) in his interview to a weekly magazine Tehleka recently acknowledged his wish to get an Oscar.. And the...
    by krysh at October 13th, 2007 at 12:10 am
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    31 Stars in OSO’s Song And OSHO’s Spirit
    Farah Khan picturises a song for OSO with 31 stars: SRK does a gig with his colleagues, contemporaries and his seniors by a generation,notably Dharmendra and Jeetendra, on whose filmy diet he grew up.. For the first time Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan and SRK come together on big screen..Though this experiment of bringing together stalwarts of the film fraternity on one platform...
    by krysh at October 6th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
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    SHAKUNTALA–SIX THOUSAND FEET ABOVE
    An open,cubicles- laden hall and in the corner a conference room with smoked glass door of a corporate production house..Four of them were sitting in various postures– slightly reclined ,with various versions of hands- jaw locking, to listen to my narration of a script that I had been pitching for a film project..VP (content) ,henceforth called plain VP, introduced...
    by krysh at September 26th, 2007 at 03:09 am
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    Pappu Pass Ho Gayaaaa?
    There could not be a more apt name for a debut movie. Announcement of David Dhawan’s son Rohit Dhawan to direct a movie titled Carry On Pappu set me thinking whether selecting such a name was just a coincidence or a deliberate decision manifesting David Dhawan’s funny bone.. And this also set me on a trail of sons of the directors who have carried forward the...
    by krysh at September 20th, 2007 at 01:09 pm
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    Thank God Only One Of Them Can Win
    It does not rain,it pours..It is not one isolated case of a mobile battery exploding..One explodes and there is a barrage of incidents involving the same..It so happens that one train accident is reported and suddenly the toll mounts and the count surges of similar accidents..One Prince falls into a deep hole..suddenly there is reporting of a queue of supple bodied, flexi-limbed...
    by krysh at September 15th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
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    Post Free Comments (PFC)? No Comments.
    A story and an anecdote..To put across my hypothesis: Once upon a time there was an innkeeper who was unable to make ends meet even though he did his very best to draw customers by making the inn comfortable, the service cordial, and the prices reasonable.So in despair he consulted a sage.. The sage told him to change inn’s name. Impossible! said the innkeeper....
    by krysh at September 7th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
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