Ratnakar Sadasyula | PassionforCinema

Hmm Ok, where do i start? Ok i am a techie, touching 40, though i firmly believe in age being in mind. And yes a passionate movie maniac. Apart from movies also love books, music, traveling and photography. Oh yes am a hard core Quizzard too. I believe in being myself, and am a pretty laid back person, who believes in taking life as it is. Regarding my political views, i am more of a centrist, which makes me get hit from both left and right. Got used to it though. The toughest thing i found in life is to be moderate, not try to be extreme, because then you belong neither here nor there. But after some time, i stopped wanting to belong, and just believe in myself. Pretty much no nonsense in my attitude, have a zero tolerance policy for fools. And yes at the end of it, i am just a normal family man.

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Gene Hackman- Mr. Tough Guy
//Spoilers ahead in the post. Sultry and hot small town somewhere in the Deep South, the local Dy. Sheriff Clinton Pell( Brad Dourif), taking a shave at the barber shop. All of a sudden, the barber is asked to step aside, and Clinton feels the razor stiffening on his cheek, holding it is the tough FBI ...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at February 2nd, 2010 at 04:02 am
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Unbreakable-They call me Mr.Glass
“Comics are capable of being anything the mind can imagine. I consider it a great privilege to be a cartoonist. I love my work, and I am grateful for the incredible forum I have to express my thoughts. People give me their attention for a few seconds every day, and I take that as an honor and a responsibility. I try to give readers the best strip I’m capable of...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at January 27th, 2010 at 03:01 am
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Dr.Zhivago, Lara’s Theme and Russia
Some time back, my father had forwarded me a mail, from one of his friends. It was a slide show, containing some wonderful pictures of Russia, the beautiful snow bound landscapes, the onion domed cathedrals, the lovely Russian women. But more than the lovely pictures, was the music, ...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at January 21st, 2010 at 10:01 am
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God’s Beloved Amadeus
O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on.- William Shakespeare, Othello E-N-V-Y, 4 letters that more often than not, have the power to bring about the downfall of a person. It was Duryodhan’s envy of his cousins, the Pandavas, that led in a way, ...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at January 13th, 2010 at 03:01 am
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A Poster is Worth a 1000 Words
Well the motivation for my last written post this year, and this decade, was Tushar’s article on Film Promotion, and reading it bought me back memories of another article by Ram Gopal Verma, about how effectively a movie poster can convey a message. Considering that too many posts are...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at December 31st, 2009 at 09:12 am
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Dr. Vishnuvardhan passes away
Noted Kannada actor, Dr. Vishnuvardhan has passed away in the wee hours of Dec 30. Born in Mysore, his real name was Sampath Kumar. He got his screen name from noted Kannada director Puttana Kannangal, during the shooting of Nagarahavu. Vishnuvardhan shot into stardom with his role ...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at December 29th, 2009 at 05:12 pm
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Looking back at the Noughties-2002
Last year we said, ‘Things can’t go on like this’, and they didn’t, they got worse.- Will Rogers The world entered 2002, reeling from a dot com bust, 9/11 and the Enron scandal. And the eternal hope that things could not get more worse. That the way up from Ground Zero would be only upwards. ...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at December 28th, 2009 at 11:12 am
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Samuel L Jackson- Say it Again Sam
I am watching Pulp Fiction for the umpteenth time. And the by now famous hamburger scene, one of my all time favorite movie moments. Jules walking into the room, having a chat with Brett, casually talking about the nutritional value of hamburgers, and before you know it, he goes around shooting every...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at December 23rd, 2009 at 02:12 am
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25th Hour-One Day in the Life of Monty Brogan
/** Spoiler Alert You have one single day to be free on earth, or 24 hours more exactly, after which you would be behind the bars , so what do you do? Well i know this sounds like one of the questions you get in a psychological test, where you are given a what if scenario, ...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at December 8th, 2009 at 07:12 am
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Looking back at the Noughties-2001
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.- Mark Twain Mark Twain’s quote came to life with chilling effect in 2001. It was a year where the thin line between truth and fiction, the reel and the real, the imaginary and the reality became...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at December 1st, 2009 at 07:12 am
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Looking Back at the Noughties-2000
The end of a decade sees a feverish activity going on in the media world, unlike the mandatory year end articles, where you simply put together the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Year ahead, here it’s like you have to put together your recollections not just that of the year, but also the last ...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at November 24th, 2009 at 11:11 am
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Jackie Brown-Of Tarantino and Blaxploitation
One of the numerous slam bang movies, i saw as a kid during the late 70’s in India was Black Belt Jones. It had Jim Kelly, one of the main characters in the 70’s martial arts flick, Enter the Dragon, that had made Bruce Lee an icon of sorts, especially during the ...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at November 3rd, 2009 at 08:11 am
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Dacait(1987)- Sunny Paaji in Chambal
/* Spoilers In Post The camera pans over the desolate landscape, littered with ravines, valleys, criscrossing streams. Forbidding, haunting, the dreaded Chambal Valley, India’s own Wild West frontier, a name that spelt terror during the 70’s. A place synonymous, with backwardness, ...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at October 23rd, 2009 at 12:10 am
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Blue Velvet-Nightmare on Lynch Street
Scripted style lettering, super imposed over a backdrop of undulating blue velvet cloth, to tune of Angelo Badalamenti’s stringed score, sensual, haunting, a throwback to the early Hollywood movies of the 50’s. And then the blue velvet cloth dissolving into clear blue ...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at October 19th, 2009 at 08:10 am
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The Aviator- Hughes, Marty and Leo
Howard Hughes Making a biopic is even at the best of times a tight rope walk. An author has the full liberty to delve into every aspect of the character, explore the historical background, or go into the minute details of his quirks. A movie maker on the other hand has to narrate...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at October 8th, 2009 at 06:10 am
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Disco Dancer-Prabhu Leela ki Jai Ho
There are movies, then there are movies of “Prabhuji” and then there is Disco Dancer. If i ever had to pick one movie of Mithun Da, that signified his transition from a mere actor to the cult godly ”Prabhu Jee” status, it has to be this. Disco Dancer was released in December...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at September 30th, 2009 at 07:09 am
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Brian De Palma- No winners in a war
/** Spoilers in post Quite often when i go through some of the best anti war movies that have been made, i can’t help noticing one thing, in a vast majority of the cases, the anti war movies come out after the actual war is over. I take a look at some of the more well known anti...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at September 17th, 2009 at 03:09 am
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Brian De Palma-Only the paranoid survive.
“Mulder, are you suggesting that we somehow create our own quirky focal points of paranoia, as a result of the lack of things that are worth fearing in our day-to-day lives? That we’re not whole as beings without something to worry about, something to keep our eye on?” “That’s my point exactly, Scully. What if, in a society characterized...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at September 10th, 2009 at 05:09 am
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Brian De Palma Blog A Thon
If you have enjoyed the sight of Al Pacino yelling “Say Hello to My Little Brother” or the pram racing down the stairs in the Odessa steps inspired action sequence from The Untouchables, or happen to be one of those who love Brian De Palma movies, check out the Brian De Palma blogathon...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at September 9th, 2009 at 08:09 am
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Route “9″ to Sleepy Hollow
It is not hard to feel like an outsider. I think we have all felt like that at one time or another.- Alan Cumming An outsider’s point of view is always handy.-Pat Oliphant Strip away the Gothic universe, the dark undercurrents, the twisted up characters, the nightmarish visions, at the core of it, Burton celebrates the outsider....
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at September 8th, 2009 at 01:09 am
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“9″: The Women as the Warrior
Growing up one of my favorite stories in Indian mythology, was that of Durga, the fierce warrior form of the Divine Mother or Devi. As per legend, when the demon king Mahishasur, was wreaking havoc on the 3 worlds, the Gods went to the Trinity( Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva) seeking help....
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at September 4th, 2009 at 04:09 pm
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Count down “2″ “9″
Bela Lugosi as Dracula I was conscious of the presence of the Count, and of his being as if lapped in a storm of fury… the blue eyes transformed with fury, the white teeth champing with rage, and the fair cheeks blazing red with passion. But the Count! Never did I imagine such wrath and fury, even to the demons of the pit. His eyes were positively blazing. The...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at September 3rd, 2009 at 07:09 am
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1 in a 9 “Stitch Punks”
In a not too distant future, where humanity has been decimated, by the very same war machines they had devised. Just before his death, a wise scientist creates 9 rag dolls, and transfers his own soul into them using his invention. And the new kid on the block “9″ seeks out the...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at September 2nd, 2009 at 04:09 am
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Brian De Palma-Rage of a Woman
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned- The Mourning Bride by William Congreve. In revenge and in love woman is more barbarous than man-Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil. To just look at the tale of Carrie, as a ”scorned woman” taking revenge on the world, would be to overlook...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at August 21st, 2009 at 07:08 am
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Brian De Palma- You can’t believe everything you see
(Spoilers in post). YOU CAN’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE It could be the fact that Body Double is set against the backdrop of the B-Movie and porno world, two places, where nothing is what it seems. Or it could be that nothing is really what it is in this over the top,...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at August 18th, 2009 at 04:08 am
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Brian De Palma-The World is Yours
(Some spoilers in the post). Say Hello to my Little brother I was one of those hated Scarface when i saw it first. I guess maybe i saw it a time, when i hated anything even remotely 80’s. And the movie was 80’s, right from Giorgio Moroder’s techno music to the over the top acting...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at August 13th, 2009 at 04:08 am
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Brian De Palma- And so it began
1988- I was watching the Academy Awards ceremony on TV. The nominees for the Best Supporting Actor were being announced, and one of them was an actor, who to date still happens to be my favorite Bond, Sean Connery. Slightly older, with a salt and pepper beard, but still looking dashing...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at August 11th, 2009 at 04:08 am
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Gabbar Singh lives forever
Amjad Khan and Amitabh Bachan in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar It was year 1992, yours truly just taking his tentative steps into adulthood, yeah was in my early 20’s. It was also the age when we were all agog, exploring the brave new world of Cable TV. What a break from dreary old Doordarshan. Its another...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at July 28th, 2009 at 03:07 am
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Philadelphia- Brotherly Love, 377 and Equality
Well at last the Delhi HC, has struck down the archaic, antiquated Raj era Article 377, which treated homo sexuality as a criminal offence. As usual the judgement has been received with mixed reactions, with quite a large number opposing it. My personal take is simple, i support the ...
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at July 3rd, 2009 at 05:07 am
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Goodwill Hunting
Inspirational, entertaining, feel good, and one of the best scripts written. Take a bow Matt and Ben. IMDB
by Ratnakar Sadasyula at June 16th, 2009 at 08:06 am