Satyendra Jha | PassionforCinema

Born and brought up in Kolkata, presently in Pune. Working in the field of Finance in heavy-engineering industry, and being as crazy about movies as it gets. Watched my first film in a theatre (well, technically...), when I was just 22 days old. Since then, all my life, there has never been a gap of more than 22 days between two movies in a theatre. I look forward to maintain that personal record...

Satyendra Jha's Blog

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Doordarshan Ki Aatmakatha
Kal Jahaan Basti Thi Khushiyaan, Aaj Hai Maatam Wahaan, Waqt Laaya Tha Bahaarein, Waqt Laaya Hai Khizaan… Namashkaar, Aadab, Sat Shri Akaal, Hello… My name is Doordarshan. Naam Toh Sunaa Hoga… After a prolonged stoic silence, I have finally decided to vent my frustration in front of all of you, the discerning public, who have grown up with me, and have subsequently...
by Satyendra Jha at October 5th, 2009 at 07:10 am
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Teesri Kasam: An Underrated Classic
I have been going through some tough times these days, mainly at the professional level, and that has kept me busy in more ways than one. Long hours in the office, not much opportunity to talk to friends or family, thinking about work much after office-hours and generally feeling low have been some of the symptoms. And then I talked to the doctor in me, and I prescribed...
by Satyendra Jha at August 17th, 2009 at 01:08 pm
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Shyam Benegal: Commitment Personified
“Benegal has put up a model of committed film-making in a thoroughly professional manner that could be eminently useful for both the mainstream, with its recklessly expensive habits, and art cinema, with its holier-than-thou attitude and amateurism.” It is ironical that talking about Shyam Benegal is extremely easy as well as quite difficult at the same time. Considering...
by Satyendra Jha at June 19th, 2009 at 01:06 pm
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An Ode to Monsoon
Another year, another hot summer season and sweltering heat without any immediate respite in sight. Well, this is a common phenomenon year after year in India, but something that we all look forward to is the rains and the spate of new releases during the holiday season. Well, this year was different in the sense that there were no new releases to see through the summer...
by Satyendra Jha at June 12th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
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FROZEN PREMIERE, PUNE
Saturday, 30 May, 2009 has been the fifth happiest day of my life. For a life of 32 years full of happenings, this is more than just a mere statement. It’s a conviction of priorities. I have unashamedly admitted this to some close friends, as well as to the team of Frozen, just before they were about to leave for Mumbai, after the successful premiere of Frozen in Pune....
by Satyendra Jha at May 31st, 2009 at 11:05 am
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Frozen in Inox, Pune
Saturday, 30 May 2009, 4:40 pm, INOX, Bund Garden, Pune All from Pune and nearabouts are cordially invited. Shivajee & his team have agreed to grace the occassion. Contact for further details at 0 93251 28075 (Satyendra Jha)
by Satyendra Jha at May 29th, 2009 at 03:05 am
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Kondura: Sage From the Sea
We all love to watch movies; country, language, genre, or the team involved not necessarily a hindrance. Most of these movies are famous, or well-known due to one factor or the other. As we graduate in our process, we tend to endeavour for more ‘qualitatively fulfilling’ movies, and that’s where the director or the genre plays an important part in our selection....
by Satyendra Jha at May 27th, 2009 at 03:05 am
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Great Songs in Not-So-Popular Movies
Note:The earlier title sounded radical, so I went ahead with it. I had my own reasons for that, and had nothing personal / judgemental about the movies mentioned in the article. Evidently, it was not liked by many, and it definitely sent a wrong signal to many. I have decided to edit the title of the post, to make it less controversial. Hmmm, most of you must have guessed...
by Satyendra Jha at May 19th, 2009 at 01:05 am
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Sau Jhooth Ek Sach
This is my first post as an ‘author’ on PFC, and though the news came two days back, I was in a remote part of the country, with not much access to net, hence got the ‘good-news’ only this morning. The ecstasic feeling of finally being a ‘regular’ part of PFC is something that has neither sunk in, nor will it go away for a while. Anyway,...
by Satyendra Jha at May 5th, 2009 at 04:05 am