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Bachhon ki film? Who cares
iView Author: Varun Grover (Mumbai, India ) Varun, a long time PFC reader, is out with his first movie as a co-writer. Bachhon ki film? Who cares Disclaimer: This is not an appeal to the readers to go out and watch this film because ‘humne isse khoon pasiney se banaaya hai’. Not a gaali-bhara-post to those who won’t go out. Not an endorsement of small/indie/thoughtful...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 14th, 2009 at 10:06 am
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On spending 2 minutes with “Aladin”
iView Author : Nikhil V. Nikhil V. is the writer a writer working with Sujoy on a few projects. He’s filling in for Sujoy, who is caught up in the post production work of Aladin. ON SPENDING 2 MINUTES WITH ‘ALADIN’ On the sets of Aladin : Tinu giving the clap It is strange this had to start in tears. More than 4 years and countless sacrifices, sleepless nights,...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 12th, 2009 at 01:06 am
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David Lean’s Hobson’s Choice (1954)
iView Author: Nivedita Ramakrishnan (California, USA ) Email: niveditaramakrishnan [at] gmail.com David Lean’s Hobson’s Choice (1954) and the art of straddling realms There lived in England, between 1545 and 1631, a man named Hobson who owned a horse-rental business. He was quirky in that in he would rent out horses only according to his choice. It was, quite literally,...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 10th, 2009 at 03:06 pm
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New York : Music Review
iView Author: Saurabh Jaiswal (Indore, India ) Email: mail_saurabh3 [AT] yahoo.com New York : Music Review New York is the first big film to hit the screens after the long strike between the producers and multiplex owners and also Yashraj’s first film for this year . Yashraj had a terrible last year with RNBDJ being the solo hit of the year and they would expect...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 10th, 2009 at 09:06 am
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Two murders and a Kid’s Atonement
iView Author: Rahul Surendran (Cochin, India ) Email: godfader [AT] gmail.com Two murders and a Kid’s Atonement Disclaimer: First things first. Sorry. This isn’t an article on Cinema. At all. But, it was a stray thought about a film which triggered this post off. Just an old memory. An accidental, involuntary recollection. Prologue: I was watching this interesting...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 8th, 2009 at 08:06 am
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Non Film Industry Unions Demand Compensation
iView Author: Jonivestal (Mumbai, India) Email: jonivestal [at] hotmail [dot] com Non Film Industry Unions Demand Compensation “THE FILM INDUSTRY SHOULD COMPENSATE US!!!” A mob of professionals’ alleged demand rocks the biggest film industry in the world Times of Media News Agency Mumbai: Since last two days, angry mobs have laid siege outside Film City, Goregaon...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 6th, 2009 at 09:06 am
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Baader-Meinhof: Urban Guerillas or Barbaric Terrorists
iView Author: Nick (Phoenix, USA) Email: withheld Baader-Meinhof: Urban Guerillas or Barbaric Terrorists As the Rajapaksa government completes it rout of the Tamil tigers, eroding the last remains of the Eelam to a 60×40 box buried 10 feet below, the debate rages on. A separatist martyr or an executed terrorist, a freedom fighter or a merciless murderer? The inventor...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 4th, 2009 at 09:06 pm
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The undying torch of Satyakam
iView Author: Arjun Narayanan (Noida, India) Email: arju1987 [at] hotmail [dot] com The undying torch of Satyakam There are times when a work of art goes unrecognised in the public eye and is less talked of in the same breath with other works of art by the later generations. Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Satyakam, perhaps is, one such work. After the success of Anupama,...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 4th, 2009 at 06:06 pm
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Death in our films
iView Author: Akash Kaushik (Delhi, India) Email: akashkaushik_25 [at] yahoo [dot] com DEATH IN OUR FILMS It is said that death is ultimate truth and when ever death comes to my mind, what also comes is our films… because as a true filmi bug, i use to correlate everything with our bollywood films. This is very strange that we all know that death will come one day...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 3rd, 2009 at 01:06 pm
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Rantings of an old-movies buff
iView Author: Nivedita Ramakrishnan (California, USA) Email: niveditaramakrishnan [at] gmail [dot] com Rantings of an old-movies buff I sit in my California apartment, happily surrounded by my old, tottering VHS tapes of Hindi films from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Like King Midas with his gold, I proudly survey my precious collection, which is my only tangible link to...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 3rd, 2009 at 12:06 am
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Stanley Kubrick: The creative genius
iView Author: Vishal Chaturvedi (Bangalore, India) Email: vishalc2005[at] gmail [dot] com Stanley Kubrick: The creative genius A character in a movie is usually defined with reference to the script; it does not exist beyond the confines of the script. The character exists because the story needs to progress, the There may be some film-makers who try to flesh-out the...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 2nd, 2009 at 10:06 pm
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The ‘character versus plot’ debate in scriptwriting
iView Author: ScriptLarva (New Delhi, India) Email: turn360degree [at] hotmail [dot] com The ‘character versus plot’ debate in scriptwriting (Warning: spoilers for Dev.D, Race, Swades) A lot has been said about this. But I thought I should add some points. Basically the debate is whether development of a story starts from a set of interesting characters...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 2nd, 2009 at 10:06 am
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The Multiple Roles of Bhumika
iView Author: Arjun Narayanan (UP, India) Email: arju1987 [at] hotmail.com The Multiple Roles of Bhumika How will it be for an actress to act like an actress? Effortless, one may think. But one gets used to ‘act’ different roles to such an extent that one often forgets to ‘live’ it. Shyam Benegal’s Bhumika is the tale of one such actress, who, in the course...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 1st, 2009 at 06:06 pm
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Some Luck!
iView Author: Rahul Surendran (Cochin, India) Email: withheld Some Luck! Prologue : A laid back Friday afternoon at office. Rather free of work and three of us, teammates, sat together,chairs arranged in a circle, chatting. A short film was on our radars for sometime now, and the discussion was centered around the idea. Exceptional procrastinators that we are,...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 1st, 2009 at 02:06 pm
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Frozen : Access Denied
iView Author: Gaurang (Pune, India) Email: j.gaurang [at] gmail [dot] com Frozen : Access Denied My experience of Frozen was a Déjà vu. Not in the terms of its content, but the emptiness, the frustration and resentment, which I experience when a supposedly awesome film leaves me blank, confused, indifferent and untouched. I still remember seeing Taxi Driver few years...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 1st, 2009 at 12:06 am
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A postscript on remembering Harisadhan Dasgupta – a forgotten filmaker
iView Author: Biswa Prasun Chatterji (Mumbai, India) Email: biswaprasun [at] gmail [dot] com A postscript on remembering Harisadhan Dasgupta – a forgotten filmaker In response to interest generated by my blog on Harisadhan Dasgupta I write this as a postscript. I agree,the incidents that I remember about his eventful life are enough to make a movie spanning several...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 29th, 2009 at 08:05 pm
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Film Titles Galore
iView Author: Jonivestal (Mumbai, India) Email: jonivestal(at)hotmail(dot)com Film Titles Galore Ever since I stumbled upon PFC, I had been wanting to write my own blog. But like in most cases, I couldn’t come up with an apt filmi topic to write about. I did a feature film as a production assistant some few years ago and there were some funny incidents related to...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 28th, 2009 at 09:05 pm
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An ode to jim morrison
iView Author: ahmad raza (Allahabad, India) Email: raza000 [at] gmail [dot] com An ode to jim morrison Some say he was a poet Some say he was a ghost Sashayed on parapets Of roofs and lives alike Punctured with images From an otherwise plain childhood They pinched him every now and then He dabbled with pain Death was his high Words were his flight The snake was his...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 27th, 2009 at 09:05 pm
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Harishchandrachi Factory: We all owe a bit to Dadasaheb
iView Author: Gaurang (Pune, India) Email: j.gaurang [at] gmail [dot] com Harishchandrachi Factory: We all owe a bit to Dadasaheb Q. What if Dadasaheb Phalke hadn’t ventured into making a drama out of moving pictures? What if he wasn’t determined enough to overcome the financial crunch and societal disdain? A. Probably our film industry would have been running...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 25th, 2009 at 04:05 pm
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Shakti Samanta : Dawn of romanticism
iView Author: Dilnawaz (New Delhi, India) Email: syedtauheed [at] yahoo [dot] com Shakti Samanta : Dawn of romanticism Born on 13th June 1926 at Wardhman, West Bengal, Shakti Samanta’s completed his schooling in Dehradun. He returned to Bengal for higher studies. Calcutta happened to him. Admission into Calcutta University for bachelors saw him rise to new level....
by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 23rd, 2009 at 01:05 pm
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Remembering Harisadhan Dasgupta – a forgotten filmmaker
iView Author: Biswa Prasun Chatterji (Mumbai, India) Email: biswaprasun [at] gmail [dot] com Remembering Harisadhan Dasgupta – a forgotten filmmaker Hospitals are not the best of places to meet interesting people and forge friendly bonds with a person four times your age. Yet it was in a hospital room that I met Harisadhan Dasgupta – the doyen of documentary filmmaking in...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 21st, 2009 at 11:05 am
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Bollywood, India, and claiming our rightful existence
iView Author: Vineet Roy (Bangalore, India) Email: vineetroy.mail [at] gmail [dot] com Bollywood, India, and claiming our rightful existence “History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.” – by David McCullough, there I go a very cliched beginning to my article but this one line pretty much sums up...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 20th, 2009 at 06:05 pm
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KHAFFA ( خفا ) Vs Khaffa ( کھفا )
iView Author: Yusuf Tabatabai (Doha, Qatar) Email: symehdi67 [at] gmail [dot] com KHAFFA ( خفا ) Vs Khaffa ( کھفا ) First of all let me explain the title. When I write KHAFFA I mean the correct pronunciation of the word and the other one represents the incorrect pronunciation. KHAFFA (خفا) is an Urdu word and if not pronounced correctly, loses its meaning...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 19th, 2009 at 10:05 am
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Fast paced Play based on Anuraag’s Psyche
iView Author: Yogesh Baldotra (Pune, India) Email: fireweaversworld@ [at]gmail[dot]com Content : Fast paced Play based on Anuraag’s Psyche I am a big fan of Anuraag. I like his movies (written/directed by him) but I find Anuraag’s psyche more interesting. Enough has already been said about it, and I am pretty modest person when it comes to praising someone…...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 15th, 2009 at 12:05 am
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50 things I’ve learnt from Ghajini
iView Author: Uddhav Parab (Mumbai, India) Email: ud.adams [at]gmail[dot]com Content : 50 things I’ve learnt from Ghajini Well, here I go hammering Ghajini, the so- called blockbuster and cine wonder of Bollywood. I hate hypocrites and plagiarists. For those of you don’t know (you should have figured out this, by now) Ghajini was “heavily inspired” by a movie...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 14th, 2009 at 12:05 am
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Making choices- Pleasure V/s Pain
iView Author: Deepak Mahajan (Mumbai, India) Email: deepakmetro2000 [at]gmail[dot]com Content : Bollywood, Director Life is what?…. A list of choices made or followed except one and that is WHO WILL BE OUR FATHER? Seriously this we cannot choose (Many of us wish that to be Amitabh bachchan , Dhirubhai Ambani, why not Bill gates, guys ?). But choices are never...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 12th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
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Fire Still Burns
iView Author: Manu Warrier (Mumbai, India) Email: warrierm [at] gmail [dot] com Fire Still Burns Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. ~Honoré de Balzac Every waking hour and day of my vacation immediately after my board exams was spent listening to a collection of some Tamil songs that seemed to be the rage...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 8th, 2009 at 10:05 am
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Written ‘and’ Directed by…
iView Author: Yusuf Tabatabai (Doha, Qatar) Email: symehdi67 [at] gmail [dot] com Written and directed by In the good old days we used to have directors and we used to have writers. Most writers, of course, remained unknown or little known. Then came around Salim-Javed and films written by them used to be publicized with “Written by Salim-Javed” appearing in big...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 7th, 2009 at 05:05 am
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FROZEN – A Film Of Colors
iView Author: Hemant Gaba (Mumbai, India) Email: pennywisefilms [at]gmail[dot]com Content : FROZEN – A Film Of Colors I had heard Frozen is a black and white film, but after watching it i will disagree. It had so many colors of life and that’s too beautifully painted. Gauri’s love for his brother, her ambiguity regarding her boyfriend, Karma (Danny)...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 6th, 2009 at 03:05 pm
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When is the time?
iView Author: Ram V (Bangalore, India) Email: Shrey.dna [at] gmail [dot] com When is the time? Where are films we want to Patronize… Multiplexes are free Some days ago, a really agitated filmmaker questioned the inactive audience when they were found windowshopping and psuedo-praising films without taking the one concrete action, watching them. Now, its the time...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 2nd, 2009 at 06:05 am