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Recent films watched – JSA, Apocalypse Darko etc and Fatih Akin
Recent films watched – JSA, Apocalypse Darko etc and Fatih Akin yo Hadn’t been able to blog for some time due to some personal reasons. But now that I’m back in mumbai and in this cybercafe, thought might as well share my 2 paise ke thoughts on some of the recent films I have seen. Joint Security Area - on of the earlier films of Chan-Who?-OLDBOY-Park....
by kartik krishnan at August 27th, 2009 at 07:08 am
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Some thoughts on recent films watched
I haven’t had the time these days to watch much films. Got caught up in work and liquor. Didn’t even see 99 or the toast of the season – Sankat City. May be will watch them soon. Just a couple of movie updates that I managed to see in the past few days The killing – Quite possibly one of the inspirations for reservoir dogs. Multiple characters, multiple...
by kartik krishnan at June 22nd, 2009 at 03:06 am
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Confession at 2.45 am and the Departed connection
Confession at 2.45 am and the Departed connection (This post was written a week ago on saturday night but wasn’t posted due to unavailability of computer) Warning – personal rambling post Its 2.45 am at night. I can’t sleep. Missing geeta, missing my sleep, missing my laptop, missing something, missing a good movie on the idiot box. Fuck it. There’s IPL...
by kartik krishnan at May 3rd, 2009 at 12:05 am
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Gabhricha Paus (the damned rain) is brilliant !!!
Gabhricha Paus (the damned rain) is brilliant !!! Yesterday had gone to attend the preview screening of the marathi film Gabhricha Paus which according to the director means (the damned rain). As the name suggests the film revolves around the theme of farmer suicides in the villages maharasthara. The synopsis and the promos of the unreleased film can be found here http://thedamnedrain.com/main.html Most...
by kartik krishnan at February 10th, 2009 at 12:02 am
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HUMBLE REQUEST TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN (Rab ne Bana Di Ghodi)
I’m not saying what all is bad and what all is good. There are other better people for the same …. Just few observations and pointers 1. You don’t have to be a PUNJABI to fall in love 1. You don’t have to be a PUNJABI to fall in love 1. You don’t have to be a PUNJABI to fall in love 2. BALLE BALLE is only a subset of celebration. Celebration...
by kartik krishnan at December 15th, 2008 at 09:12 pm
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Freedom ..terrorism …cynicism … I thought my jokes were bad …..
Freedom ..terrorism …cynicism … I thought my jokes were bad ….. The past few days vaguely reminded me of how joker holds Gotham city at ransom in the dark knight. The past few days have also reminded me of Ardhasatya. The past few days i have been noticing people getting angry at the attack in mumbai. I’ve noticed the infiltration of security in...
by kartik krishnan at November 29th, 2008 at 01:11 pm
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Wednesday – and why I don’t read reviews !!!
Wednesday – and why I don’t read reviews !!! Warning – long rambling politically & logically incorrect non serious post I wonder why do people apply their brains so much at the wrong place ? Why is it that a decent/genuine film people has to face more criticism (the word criticism opens a whole new pandora’s box actually) rather than a Singh...
by kartik krishnan at September 6th, 2008 at 05:09 am
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Aaja ACTING kar le – says Surya
Aaja ACTING kar le – says Surya Warning – long post and NO ..this is not a casting call. Had been pestering Surya for a short role in his debut film “Aaja Gunaah Kar le” since the Vikhroli Akarshan days (rather nights). The shoot got delayed by two months due to the fact that Surya met with an accident and slipped into a ’slip disk’....
by kartik krishnan at August 28th, 2008 at 06:08 am
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Recent watches & Brilliant films that CANNOT be seen again
Recent watches & Brilliant films that CANNOT be seen again Just so that this post doesn’t become embarassingly small (since the second topic isn’t tooo long to be talked about), I’m writing a little about some of the recent watches. 1. In the mood for love – nice uptill a point. visually superb. But found it boring after some time. Couldnt...
by kartik krishnan at August 23rd, 2008 at 11:08 am
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singh is kingh – 21:30, sunday, chandan cinema, juhu
me wasan and phoenixNu saw singh is king … I’m assuming u wld be still intrested to know what me and phonix think (after we were labelled %*&$%&&$@$#$ after we wrote about Jaane Tu and contract… Hence this is a small post … Some unanimous conclusions - yashpal sharma (the imtiaz cop in ab tak 56) is just JAW DROPPINGLY funny embarassment...
by kartik krishnan at August 11th, 2008 at 12:08 am
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jaane tu SOUTH BOMBAY FILMAKING ???
(warning..spoilers throughout …this is not a review …. this is a personal post ….my reactions to the film…THIS IS NOT A REVIEW…A PERSONAL RANT) Before everything ..here’s some dope on south bombay South bombay “is the richest urban precinct in India, and houses most of the city’s elite” Now the post – I saw abbas...
by kartik krishnan at July 4th, 2008 at 05:07 am
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DEMOCRATIC NOIR CINEMA – RAJIV RAI !!!
DEMOCRATIC NOIR CINEMA – RAJIV RAI !!! Whenever we talk about Noir Cinema (I still have no idea what it means except that Manorama is a noir of sorts), i always used to think why not any other indian film which is noir ? Then some days ago i chanced upon this classic video from the film Tridev titled Gali Gali mein phirta hai … Pls pls pls pls pls pls watch...
by kartik krishnan at June 22nd, 2008 at 11:06 am
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ENDING DO, ENDING DO, ENDING DO !!!
ENDING DO, ENDING DO, ENDING DO !!! Warning – Usual Personal Rambling post The past one week has been tumultous. Writing a script ..hoping it gets made …the premise is “out of the box” …but the 4 solutions that i had offered were not doing justice to the premise. As Navdeep Singh, Machchar Kumar and PhonixNu say “A good idea isnt enough...
by kartik krishnan at June 22nd, 2008 at 05:06 am
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Mysteries of Life Solved – Dhoop to Good Boy Bad Boy
Mysteries of Life Solved – Dhoop to Good Boy Bad Boy One of the mysteries of my Life got solved today. Was talking to one of the former worker of Mukta Arts. He solved the mystery for me …. The mystery was how come the guy who made a “art” film like Dhoop got to make Good Boy Bad Boy ? Guy = ashwini chaudhary Art = Dhoop Yes the same Dhoop which...
by kartik krishnan at May 30th, 2008 at 04:05 am
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Meeting Kundan Shah – Talking about Films
Meeting Kundan Shah Was evening when i got the call from him. He invited me over to his office in Bandra west. Reaching there, the area seemed straight out of the Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa’s catholic goan setting. I rang the bell and waited darte darte. Was expecting an old man resting on his arm chair …. probably bittered by the world etc etc… His assistant...
by kartik krishnan at May 22nd, 2008 at 04:05 am
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Christopher Nolan – HOW DOES HE DO THAT ???
“Probably done this before” – Christopher Nolan – HOW DOES HE DO THAT ??? EVERY TIME ??? Every time he conjures up a brilliant,twisted,convoluted,serpentine script which doesn’t indulge itself, entertains, doesn’t take the EASY way out … doesn’t give u a deja-vu feel .. doesn’t give u a “i could see that coming”...
by kartik krishnan at May 13th, 2008 at 05:05 am
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Bura na mano holi hai
Bura na mano holi hai .. holi hai bhai holi hai .. Bura na maano holi hai The aforementioned used to be our (i.e me and my aawara delhi lodi colony waalas’) slogan during holi, while under this pretext we would apply colour to all the females of the locality who normally wouldn’t even bother to acknowledge us as human beings let alone Dudes/Guys/date-able...
by kartik krishnan at April 16th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
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When Scorcese came to Bollywood
Loong Loong ago Martin Scorcese before he became the ‘rage’ that he did eventually became, he came to bollywood. He had a terrible hand written script of what was to be called as Mumbai Taxi. It was a half decent script, and was based on the taxidrivers in mumbai..the haftawaalas, the traffic police constables, the prostitutes on the streets of mumbai, the...
by kartik krishnan at April 16th, 2008 at 03:04 am
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Maa ki aankh Pseudos !!!
Maa ki aankh Pseudos !!! Snippets of conversation with a cinema literate person – Me – Hey how was Manorama Six Feet Under ? He – Felt really bad WHY ??? There was too much time spent on the romantic angle between Abhay and Gul… Are you kidding ? Mid life crisis and a normal “middle class married life” has not been depicted as well...
by kartik krishnan at April 14th, 2008 at 04:04 am
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To Dearest Geeta with Love
Dearest Geeta, Have started becoming more and more like a protagonist of a ‘feel good’ film. Have mellowed down a little. Cigarettes ? I know that will be your first question. They have gone down from 20@day to 15@day. You, the censor board of India and honorable Mr. Anbumani Ramadoss will be very happy to hear this. It doesn’t look as good as we wanted...
by kartik krishnan at April 13th, 2008 at 10:04 am
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Jab We Left – Movies and Memories
Jab We Left – Movies and Memories Warning – Random personal rambling post …. Jab We Left…. left forever… Reminds me of the last scene of Sadma where Kamal hassan with a painful expression on his face does all the monkeying around in the hope that Sridevi will recognise him… But she’s lost all memory .. she won’t …...
by kartik krishnan at March 10th, 2008 at 01:03 am
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Fair, fairer, fairest Renu (Kundan shah on Renu Saluja and JBDY)
Fair, fairer, fairest Renu (Kundan shah on Renu Saluja and JBDY) I caught hold of this book while doing a google on renu saluja. It is easily available and at 50 rupees, quite a steal. This book is highly recommended. Thanks to Graftii.com and comet media foundation. Here’s a wikipedia on Renu Saluja and a very informative upperstall article. Anyways, this post isn’t...
by kartik krishnan at March 8th, 2008 at 01:03 am
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Farewell to Sujatha – a sad loss for all writers
Can’t write much, can’t talk much. Just heard (or rather read) the news here Tamil Writer Sujatha is dead The key person behind the development of the Electronic Voting Machine and an eminent writer, S Rangarajan alias Sujatha, has died. To be very honest, I have never read a single sujatha’s story (I cant read/write Tamil unfortunately). Although...
by kartik krishnan at February 28th, 2008 at 03:02 am
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AMOL GUPTE – THE CHILD SPEAKS …. AT BAISCOPE EVENT
AMOL GUPTE THE CHILD SPEAKS …. AT BAISCOPE EVENT “BAISCOPE ENTERTAINMENT Presents In Association with PVR CINEMAS Children in Cinema – Innocence & its Essence A workshop with Amol Gupte & Deepa Bhatia ( Creative Director, Taare Zameen Per & Editor, Taare Zameen Per ) And NO…… This is NOT about the TZP controversies !! An afternoon exploring...
by kartik krishnan at February 10th, 2008 at 03:02 am
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TZP – I Love Aamir, I hate Aamir
[Sorry for the deliberately late post.] Saw TZP alone on a saturday night. Everyone knows the film is about the relationship between a dyslexic child and his mentor/teacher. No amount of praise is sufficient for the first half. Please take a bow Mr Khan/ Mr Gupte for the in depth research into the mind of a kid. The film instantly set its benchmarks (wrt kid’s understanding)...
by kartik krishnan at January 5th, 2008 at 05:01 am
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kyun art masterpiece ki talaash mein udaas hai nirash hai dil
kyun art masterpiece ki talaash mein udaas hai nirash hai dil I have written a short ode to KKC. This is not a review (meaning i will not justify myself) KHO CHUKA CHAAND kyun art masterpiece ki talash mein udaas hai nirash hai dil kyun apne heroes sey khafa khafa zara zara sa naraaz hai dil yeh audience bhi khud hi tay kare yeh critics bhi khud hi tay kare kyun achchi...
by kartik krishnan at December 10th, 2007 at 02:12 am
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Mosquitos in My room
Warning – loong rambling drunken nonsensical post with general cribbings Why the hell are there so many mosquitos in my room ? There isn’t much blood left in the body anyway. This city has sucked it up all and putin Vodka. Why can’t the mosquitos leave me alone ? It’s 4 o clock in the morning. Why do they still bother me ? Why do they bite, hum...
by kartik krishnan at November 13th, 2007 at 09:11 am
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Khalid Mohmmd – WTF are you writing ??
Khalid Mohmmd WTF are you writing ?? I have never met you nor do i intend to. I have seen your Fiza and Silsilay .. I and good friends of mine (including OZ) have been following your cinema reviews since quite some time. I thought i should say few things straight blank … WTF are u writing these days boss ? Yeah … WTF are u writing these days boss ? Just...
by kartik krishnan at November 10th, 2007 at 04:11 am
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Pom pom – Horn Ok Pls – Surya boozing – Me writing
INT SATKAR BAR VIKHROLI, NIGHT It was a nice get together with Surya whom I happened to meet after quite long time. He had been busy with the shooting of the latest film Horn Ok Please for which he is an associate director. Working in 9 to 9 schedules … Not even having the time/energy to FUEL himself up (For those who don’t know, FUEL is the brand of vodka...
by kartik krishnan at November 3rd, 2007 at 10:11 pm
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No smoking – SHUT UP AND WORK or WHAT NOT TO DO
Exactly !!! I’ve been blogging abt no smoking and visiting the sets … ive had the pleasure of intertacting with the team and the cast crew during and after the shooting. I loved the process. I was lucky enough to read the script, be a pat of the shooting, and watch the rough cut as well (with othe pfc waalas and mr sudhir mishra as company)… I loved...
by kartik krishnan at October 28th, 2007 at 03:10 am