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Vikas Parihar
(Jabalpur, India)
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The Story of a Raja and Rani

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Mihir Vivekanand Patki
(Mumbai, India)

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mvpatki [at] gmail [dot] com

An aam aadmi’s view of Tashan

Tashan attempts to take you back into time. The classic cinema of the 70s and 80s. Baap ke khoon ka badla, loads of melodrama, bagfuls of bang bang. So much that even the theatres where you can catch Tashan might take you back in time considering this flick is being screened only at the good old single screens.
Imagine you are served a delicious looking 7 course meal. You sink your teeth into the first bite and realize theres no salt in the food. This is exactly how you would feel while watching tashan. After an impressive credit title sequence and a promising beginning suddenly you realize …

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Nirad B. Bhattacharjee
(Mumbai, India)
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k niradbaran [At]gmail [Dot]com

Always Being Born

The Indian new wave started almost a decade later than the Italian new wave with Ray’s ‘Pather Panchali’.

This film ignited the imagination of a wave of budding filmmakers. Two other Bengali directors followed Ray and soon they became the famous new wave Bengal trio – the other two were Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen.
Ray was the most feted of the three and received almost all-important recognitions including the Lifetime Achievement Academy award. Ghatak has been acknowledged as the eccentric genius – the one who broke all possible rules of the film book to create his masterpieces. Posthumously his work became the cynosure of all film institute students. Mrinal Sen, …

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Kenny Basumatary
(Mumbai, India)
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kennydb [At] rediffmail [Dot]com

Iron Man – A Great Addition to the Best Sup
I haven’t read any exclusive Iron Man comics before. I’ve only seen him in guest appearances or as part of the Avengers.
As a kid, I read all the DC and Marvel comics that I could lay hands on, and as an adult, I’ve bought almost all the Gotham comics with the superheroes that I’m a fan of – Batman, Spiderman, X-Men, The Fantastic Four, The Justice League of America, Hulk and some very special series like JLA vs Avengers, DC Elseworlds and JLA drawn by Alex Ross.

I’m fresh off Zodiac, a great film from one of my favourite directors, David Fincher. So I was definitely looking forward to …

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Sarika Joshi
(Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)

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Resonance; to resonate; to strike a chord; the coming together of harmonies

I watched this Bengali movie recently by debutant director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury.

It did not matter that I did not understand Bengali. The body language of the actors alone could have carried the movie. Yet, the words made it fly. I found resonance in this movie, in its simplistic way of accepting relationships, of allowing it to be left undefined. It left so much to interpretation and individual perception with an honesty that’s missing in the black and white portrayal of characters in mainstream cinema.

I found the relationship between Rahul and Preeti that of enablement. Rahul unintentionally enabling Preeti to fly further than the prisoned life her mind has had her leading. I say unintentionally as Rahul never set out to save Preeti, he was the …

iView Author:
Bharath Vineeth
(Boston, USA)

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WITHHELD

Dil Se… One Of Mani Ratnam’s Best

I don’t know how many of you still remember Dil Se. This movie was supposed to be the first true mainstream product that wanted make an impact globally like no other movie from India. It had some big names coming together Mani Ratnam, RGV, Shekar kapur.

This was the last of trilogy, the first two being roja and Bombay. Even though the music became a rage, the movie bombed and just faded into oblivion.

I first watched Dil Se when i was 15 years old, first day first show. Was a kid then so i did not understand the movie other than the fact that i was mesmerized by the music and the cinematography.

I saw dil se recently on DVD, am 24 now and have to say that it blew me away. Not stunned by the movie …

We are happy to present the teaser for ‘PICNIC’ - a short film by our IView author Gajendra. He has deligently provided information about his short before and for the late comers amongst you you can catch the posts here - ‘Poster and Synopsis’ and here ‘A Short Thriller’.

iView Author:
Gajendra S Shrotriya
(Jaipur, India)

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gshrotriya [at] yahoo [dot] com

PICNIC – The Teaser

Folks… finally the teaser is here. I am thankful to my production team to deliver this today. Let me have your feedback.

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Sarang
(Honolulu, USA)

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There is only one Street King for me!

I am big sucker for cop thrillers. Even if it is a remake of something I love, I still see it. May be, I have seen to too many of them. Last Friday the movie Street Kings showed up in the local theater and guess what! I was there to watch it. What do I say! The fact is that I am still willing to like the movie but I cannot find a reason why! It is one of those movies that I am left sad because it could have been a whole lot better if there was enough thought put into the story and the screenplay rather than finding out situations to put references in. The first 15 minutes into the movie and I know the denouement and even …

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Neil Patel
(MUMBAI, INDIA)

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NPATELBOLLYWOOD AT GMAIL DOT COM

The Writing Process

The writing process is very special thing. Every writer has his own method. Some do it in front of the TV, some in their office. Some go to Poona, some lay flat under a table in their underwear. I dont know what you do, but if YOU are a writer you know what I am talking about.

To tell you the truth I hated writing. I do not know if this is still true or not. I mean I wrote a script, a couple of blogs. You tell me if i still hate writing. Back in school, i rarely wrote my own papers. I copied them off the internet and rearranged the words and used the thesaurus to …

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ANIRUDH JAYARAM
(NAVI MUMBAI, INDIA)

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Books to CINEMA - A Journey through Mediums

Dear fellow bloggers, today I read an article on PFC about Guide. This set me thinking about movies based on books.

Hollywood has a grand tradition of movies made on books. From “To kill a mocking bird”, “Ben Hur”, “The Wizard Of Oz”, and so many great films to the Star Wars series, The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, and the Harry potter series, all of them have been based on books. Just for reference, the LOTR books were written by J.R.R.Tolkien and the Harry Potter books by J.K.Rowling. Now you have movies based on the “Inheritance Trilogy” by Christopher Paolini, the first of which was Eragon, and a movie on C.S.Lewis’s “The Chronicles Of Narnia”, the second movie of which is scheduled to be released soon. Even Roald …

iView Author:
Sarang
(Honolulu, USA)

Email:
saranghere [at] gmail [dot] com

Baazi: A revelation for me!

As I was buying my groceries for the week, I glanced through the DVD collection that the desi store had for rent. I wasn’t expecting to rent anything new and I wanted to get my mind off with some movie that made no sense. So, I picked up Kaafila, yes, the Sunny Deol one that deals with the issue of illegal immigration. Along with that DVD on the rack, I found another DVD which was cheaper to rent and it had two movies Baazi and Patita. I picked that up. I had seen Baazi a long time ago when all I knew was Dev Anand was the hero and I laughed at a few comic situations I could understand. Anyway, I had been wanting to watch this movie since …

iView Author: Prabhu Jhingran
(Lucknow, India)

Email :
mediamantra2000 [at] gmail [dot] com

The Practical Illustrated Media Handbook : Film & Cinematography

At the outset, we should not hesitate to admit that in several regions of our country, the standard of imparting media education is far from being satisfactory. The rush of young people towards the media-print or electronic, has led to the mushroom growth of institutes of journalism and mass communication. Their brochures make big claims and the fee is even bigger. Most of these institutes not only lack the basic infrastructure but also the faculty of teachers with professional background and practical experience. The show limps on with the help of part timers the result is that when the students find a job, they are also surprised to find that they were not told things which they should have been told for smoothly performing the day to day professional …

iView Author:
Neil Patel
(Jaipur, India)

Email :
Npatelbollywood [at] gmail [dot] com

Why bother?

Why bother?
…as of of late this is the feeling I get. I finished my 4 year business degree in 2.5 years; I like to work efficiently! I moved to Mumbai with a script. Ahh, the city of efficiency! Maybe I should have gone for Hollywood instead. But I came to Mumbai believing in my work and skill! Wow! Brilliant! Amazing! Not really, there are thousands who have come and left before me. Why should I be given a chance?

I can beg producers, directors, and actors that I have written a great script, worthy of commercial production. But no one listens. So why bother? I have been told many things about Bollywood, and what goes on behind its doors. It’s …

iView Author:
Gajendra S Shrotriya
(Jaipur, India)

Email :
gshrotriya [at] yahoo [dot] com

PICNIC – Poster & Synopsis

Folks… because of some delays in post production, I could not cut the teaser as expected. It looks that I won’t be able to release it before 9th Wednesday. So in the meanwhile, I just thought to share the poster of the film which got ready few days back. Also I felt, PFC readers deserved to have a closer peek into the story, so here it is;

The story of the film Picnic is weaved around the political ambitions of three friends, who go on a picnic to relax themselves before the ensuing elections. Something dreadful awaits them at the picnic which turns this outing in a never ending nightmare.

Vikram aspires to be the state president of his political party. His rivals to …

iView Author:
Azad
( Bangalore, India)

Email:
azad.ksingh [at] gmail [dot] com

Lives of Other - Sonata Of a Good Man

If I were a director, and someone came up with a story like “The Lives of Others” to me, my first reaction would have been to fill the film with some very simplistic yet powerful dialogues. “A film is as good as it dialogues”. This is the myth that I had been nurturing about great cinema for years.. But for the first time in my life, my belief has been challenged and how!!!

Lives of Others is set in the last few years of East Germany, before the Berlin wall was brought down. East Germany, was then ruled by a Socialist regime, that believed in exercising control over each and every aspect of human life of its citizens, more so of the artists. Artists, as a …

iView Author: Pankaj No 1
(Foster City, California - USA)

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Who is # 1 Hero Vs who is # 1 Actor?

I am #1 actor :) - At least my mommy knows, how I use to try hard on stomach pain, or ‘Maa I feel hot inside, its fever’ before going to school. We all are actors in some way or other.

Don’t we wear a mask always, anytime, anywhere hiding our real self and showing moods and gestures liked by others - boss, friends, and girlfriends :), teachers…

Nuff on that, coming back to my PFC tune and discuss who # 1 hero Vs # 1 actor is. I know it’s a very broad yet subjective matter, so let me narrow it down - from Hindi movies and from main stream cinema.

Many names will come up and we can debate …

iView Author: Hans Blix
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Seagull Mission — A Boring Story

Seagull Mission — A Boring Story

Once upon a time, on the shores of a WhiteWavesWorld, there lived an old impotent black seagull named drake (with an obviously small d).

It was alone (and therefore in bad company), embittered, irritating, obnoxious and unfortunately clueless of all this.

drake was quite good though at screeching expletives in his croaky jarring voice. So it found an admirer (himself) and made a few friends (his friends are just that, his friends).

Tired of singing dumb ditties to his spinster self, drake grew impatient and started to reach out. He flew to a near by private beach, where existed a carefully cultured garden (spread across hundreds of acres) called peace for community gardens, blessed with larks, cuckoos, peacocks, butterflies, and a lot of other beautiful …

iView Author:
Indraneel Majumdar
(Mumbai, India)

Email:
indraneelmj [at] gmail [dot] com

Kundan Shah to Ashwani Dhir

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (Dir: Kundan Shah)…that was the film I saw in 1984 and it went on to become one of India’s biggest cult satires ever. A homage had to appear..but in this form!

Ashwani Dhir, if I got the director’s name right, was the person behind “Office Office” a cult serial on Indian Television that laughs at us with us. Nice. He comes to the big screen and decides to make a comedy. He also decides to pay homage to “JBDY”..but One Two Three??!!

One gangster goes by the name of Demellos Yadav. Remember the laash (Dead Body) from JBDY - Satish Shah in a memorable role. Mukesh Tiwari, a capable actor otherwise, embodies that fabulous name from the earlier movie. But I dread to tell here what happens …

iView Author:
Gajendra S Shrotriya
(Jaipur, India)

Email :
gshrotriya [at] yahoo [dot] com

PICNIC – A short thriller

After a long gap, I am back at PFC, though not with a new film as promised in my last article. However, I have more exciting information to share with PFC readers. I have just completed the shoot of my new film PICNIC, a short 35 minutes thriller in Hindi, shot in 4 days schedule from start to finish. The film at present is in post production and very soon, a teaser would be released. The film is shaping up well and I am really excited as this time it is a very different experience than what I have had so far. I have worked with the crew of 20 people and managed to keep them perked up all through the four consecutive grueling hot days.

Artists …

iView Author: Talabgaar (Ann Arbor, U.S.A)

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Starstruck on Amitabh Bachchan’s 60th Birthday

It was the morning of October 11, 2002. I was on an impulse trip to Bombay, having driven from Pune the previous night. Staying with my in-laws in the suburb of Andheri, I had woken up at 4:30 that morning, pleasantly surprising my IAF Officer father-in-law, who always hoped that I would rise early every day, and go for a good brisk jaunt of a mile or so…or perhaps, ten.

His hopes seemed to quickly fade away however, when I showered and shaved, dressed up and left mumbling something about an early morning meeting.

A quick rickshaw ride later, I was in Juhu at the address where all roads in Bombay seemed to lead that morning. I wasn’t quite at the address, but rather across the road from it, since the …