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This Is It : It never happened but it did
The film unravels in its ultra-slick avatar, much of what one would have seen in the concert had it happened. And witnessing it with all the helpings of technology for once it makes sense to have the film out and jam the funk out of the cacophony much of what is media and anti-MJ lobby generated noises about things which would be anything but just to the music he gave...
by Tushar at October 29th, 2009 at 03:10 am
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Films 08,09:Catching up on a Wishlist
Bright Star This one is for my low literature quotient. The film gathered rave reviews at the last Cannes, then it brings the Romantics in full bloom in a pre-Victorian era, has Jane Campion behind the camera. Keats. Poetic. Subtle. Doomed love. Epical. Love. Loss.Reasons enough. I am also interested in seeing how poetry(evident and symbolic) is blended into cinema. Few...
by Tushar at September 26th, 2009 at 02:09 am
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9 – Delusions of an Aftermath
To say that we really haven’t seen enough of the themes explored in this film before would be wrong. We have. Apocalypse and what not. A group of unknown who-left-‘em-here’s. it is quite really the middle of nowhere. Your closest and most recent reference points are Wall-E, I am Legend etc.(I guess The Road is next) so you think in those terms. There is an overtly...
by Tushar at September 10th, 2009 at 01:09 am
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090909 – Final Call for Sanity
We had such potential… such promise… We have come a long long way indeed. Through all these weeks, realizing a dream I had for long. Actually a few of them. Tim Burton’s cinema. The Ever Enchanting World of B films, classic horror, Goth-Drama, Not-your-average-Animation, the work that goes behind a film that gets it’s inspiration from all these...
by Tushar at September 8th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
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9: The End is Near, if You Can Make It
We are almost close to the hour of the apocalypse. 9 awaits us on the destined day and moment. It is the countdown to a film, and it is a celebration too. TIM BURTON and his craft, sometimes derided, other times hailed as a genre in itself. I have been thinking about so many things related to his films, they give you so much more to cherish, to recount, to go over for...
by Tushar at September 3rd, 2009 at 04:09 am
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Voices from the Waters 2009 – A Preview
The earth is my bed…bed..bed…bed… The sky is my ceiling..ceiling…ceiling…ceiling The whole creation is my native place. - Quick Gun ‘I will teach you how to behave’ Murugan The Exotic…is within you. - Prof. Nirgun ‘Tharak Buddhi’ Chaturvedi(speaking at the 7th Convention of Crude Logic, Varanasi) This one came quite unannounced. I mean generally it...
by Tushar at September 2nd, 2009 at 05:09 pm
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Ye Shaadi Nahin Ho Sakti – Murda Dulhan ke Kaarname
For Joe Ranft It turned out a long wait, for little reason. As the rain receded, we spilled out of the rainbow-lab. The air was reassuringly warm, But moist with the frown of the moment. It reigned over us, playing an unreleased Gilbert & Sullivan in vain. Infection. Mystery. Rage. Soon, it was all gone, In the prime of the moment. Not a second to replay no more....
by Tushar at August 27th, 2009 at 11:08 am
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One Whiskey, One Masala Dosa – The QGM Fan Club
circa 1994 “We are like this only” - Quick Gun Murugan(Channel V) circa 2008 “… and the Indian Cowboy who may become the greatest of all… Quick Gun Murugan, if at all it gets released! ” - Oz circa 2009 “Vegetarianism is the need of the hour“- Quick Gun Murugan(Quick Gun Murugan-Misadventures of an Indian Cowboy-The Film) And we...
by Tushar at August 21st, 2009 at 05:08 pm
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A Dark, Cold Night, and a Full Moon Sky
Attention. Attention, citizens. Terrible news. Although the imposter has been shot down, there’s still no sign of Santa Claus. It looks like Christmas will have to be cancelled this year. I repeat: The imposter has been shot down, but there is still no sign of the real Santa Claus… What’s this?! A world that you wish you inhabited, a world to live in. Of...
by Tushar at August 20th, 2009 at 12:08 am
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Edward Scissorhands-remember the images
Peg Boggs: Oh, my. What happened to you? Edward: I’m not finished. EDWARD SCISSORHANDS is the kind of film that appeals to you at all times, whether you know the legends or not, whether you have any nostalgic connects or not. This 1990 film by TIM BURTON has a special Indian connection, given the advent of satellite channels and the multiple runs it had on TV....
by Tushar at August 12th, 2009 at 03:08 pm
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Batman in Burtonland
Gotham City & Batman are like an odd yet fated couple in a rewarding arrange marriage. Tied together by fate but probably not as bad as it looks on paper. It is when Alfred takes a tired, beaten Bruce Wayne home and we see him as a feeble man, who is vulnerable in relationships, lacking in moral fiber. And the next morning comes, and Bruce finds reassurance in Alfred’s...
by Tushar at August 5th, 2009 at 09:08 pm
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Leaving Home, and the relevance of Indian Ocean
Anyone who has spent the hostel life in India post nineties wouldn’t have missed the exotic intoxication of Kandisa, or the melodic persuasions of Maa Rewa. I for one didn’t catch them early(thanks to the lack of our hostel’s collective I.Q.) but it was a day at a music store that I was rather annoyed by the unending plays of Kandisa, that I decided to pick it up...
by Tushar at July 27th, 2009 at 05:07 pm
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Gimme Shelter-The not-nearly-definitive guide to music documentaries
Keep the camera away from the guitar. They tend to create legends a little too often. And sabotage the microphone, it lends company to hearsay. YEAR OF THE HORSE – NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZY HORSE(1997) Jim Jarmusch Relatively lesser-known and inaccessible Jarmusch, it still rates high on obscurity. And a little influence never hurts. Ebert’s take on it is a classic...
by Tushar at July 23rd, 2009 at 02:07 am
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Raat ke dhai baje, Mehfil saje, Kaminey baje
A fresh season crawls up my window, as the lull reaches some depth of sorts. RAAT KE DHAI BAJE A few things are as 2:30 AM. Like a wasted trip. A trip that goes waste. For all the reasons understood by the likes of you and me. pehli baar mohabbat ki hai. And it is the end. Ishq mein jalte hue Saans tezaabi lage Raaz khulta hi nahi Koi to chaabi lage Conflicting motives....
by Tushar at July 8th, 2009 at 08:07 pm
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Jukebox-Short Kut & Kailasa Chaandan Mein
Strange are the ways of Bollywood. Fair enough. Argument taken. It doesn’t take a genius to guess it’s been a bad year. Post Delhi-6/Gulaal/Dev D that is. And the thing about bad times is that it kills one’s senses to acknowledge something minutely good that comes on the way further. I do not remember which was the last hindi film I saw and enjoyed. I guess 13B or...
by Tushar at July 2nd, 2009 at 06:07 pm
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Susie’s got your number
Dear MJ It was the summer of 92. Dangerous times. If you know what I mean. Everyone was talking about the 3 ‘foreign’ channels that had us dumbstruck. So I ran home with a prospective demand in my head. As I rushed in, I saw someone dancing on the Statue of Liberty, and as Statue of Liberty turned to the Eiffel Tower, the someone changed into someone, and someone,...
by Tushar at June 26th, 2009 at 07:06 pm
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Of Recalled Trekaddicts, Adamantium Plans and Retinal Hallways into Heaven
Logan: Do I look like a man who exaggerates? Wolverine has been one of my recent addictions. The comic book. I never saw X-Men films. Neither did I pick up their comic books earlier. “Too complex”, I said to both. Much later, quite recently, when the streets were done with all the Batman and Spiderman that they could think of, did I turn towards them. “This guy...
by Tushar at June 23rd, 2009 at 08:06 pm
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Hulla:for the lost sense of surprise
Full name? Raj Puri Arey middal name, baap ka naam Shiv Puri Haan to tera full name Raj Shiv Puri hai.. Kitne saal se Mumbai mein rehta hai? 6 saal se 6 Saal!! 6 saal se Mumbai mein reh raha…… BEGINNERS LUCK Common place irritations..bad jokes… Hulla is a delight, quite simply, away from all the noises that it created. Commonplace loud neighbours, the ones who shy...
by Tushar at April 29th, 2009 at 09:04 am
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Hona hai to ho hi jayega – Of Lost Songs-II
Continuing from where we left… BETAABI There was something about Vishal’s music in all lesser significant films. Betaabi was one such score. Raw. Instinctive. Full of beans. It was music with attitude, songs that would make you sit up. Tum mere ho would never leave me, it was a healer of sorts, loved the slowly-building-up sense of rhythm, the violent symphony,...
by Tushar at April 23rd, 2009 at 11:04 pm
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Ayan & Mr. Reloaded : In Search of The Hero Down South
Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded – Prodigy in the Living Room Heard about this film mid-week, got sold out on the Mohanlal factor. Couldn’t help it. Have always wanted to catch a masala potboiler in the theater where I can’t understand the dialogs for the love of me, but still enjoy the fun cus’ it really wouldn’t matter in the masala state of affairs. Then the talk...
by Tushar at April 17th, 2009 at 03:04 am
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More saiyyaan to hain pardes – Of Lost Songs-I
This is an attempt to revive some of the lost songs and albums that have got me hooked, at some point or the other, for some reason or the other… 1. More saiyyaan – BANDIT QUEEN Kuch maheene pehle ki baat hai….I was in a taxi. The taxi was shockingly slow. It was around sunrise time. I was tired. I could use a faster taxi. The songs were not any help either....
by Tushar at April 3rd, 2009 at 08:04 pm
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Roland Emmerich’s 2012 : Back to Disaster
So it’s back to the hysteria of running crazy and getting psyched out, a world gone crazy the epic/disaster movie(not them nauseous ’spoofs’)way. Emmerich, the man behind Disaster fests such as Independence Day, Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow and the more recent 10,000 B.C. is back to the game with this run-for-your-life tale set in the immediate future...
by Tushar at March 25th, 2009 at 02:03 am
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Peter Jackson’s & Spielberg’s Tintin : What a cast!
Variety talks about one of the most anticipated films this side of 2009, The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, while our prolific author, Kenny can’t stop gushing about it… The two films I’m most excited about in the post-Dark Knight era are James Cameron’s Avatar and …Tintin! And in a nice coincidence, the story being filmed...
by Tushar at March 12th, 2009 at 02:03 am
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13 B: Shock se Khelo!
(This post is co-authored by Siddharth Pillai & Tushar Shukla) Not to mince any words, Director Vikram K. Kumar’s psychological creep-fest, 13 B is the GREATEST HORROR FILM to come out from the country. Period. Now that we have set the tone, allow us to go GAGA. A good movie is a rare occurrence, you can’t plan it; and it is better sometimes more often...
by Tushar at March 8th, 2009 at 04:03 pm
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Revolutionary Road – A Life of Quiet Desperation
“Can you believe it? We just ended up being like everybody else?!” John Givings: Hopeless emptiness. Now you’ve said it. Plenty of people are onto the emptiness, but it takes real guts to see the hopelessness. Some films relish in the aftertaste of the moments not captured in their entirety, unsettling yet no good reason to be so, poised and in-their-moment...
by Tushar at March 7th, 2009 at 02:03 pm
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Gulaal Music Review : Love…Power…Revolution…
(This music review is co-authored by Amanda Sodhi & Tushar Shukla) (DISCLAIMER : The reviewers have attempted to quote the lyrics from the album to the best of their efforts, however there might be errors, and any suggested rectifications are welcome.) Two things are always guaranteed with Anurag Kashyap’s films—innovation and excellent music. While Dev...
by Tushar at February 27th, 2009 at 05:02 pm
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Delhi 6 : Jab teri gali aaya…
Few weeks back, I discovered the whole legend thing, the whole monkey thing, one fine morning. And I went where was I when all this happened? Sat over it, read some articles, wrote an article, moved on. Delhi 6. The music was all over…jab teri gali aaya….sach tabhi nazar aayaa… We went berserk. I took pleasure in dust. All things un-beautiful. All...
by Tushar at February 20th, 2009 at 08:02 am
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Dev D : bandwagon, atrocities, lightyears, shut up!
(Warning: This review might contain spoilers) What a film! First reaction. Rest assured. No bakwaas. Lovely film. Right from the first shots of Punjab to the drug and sex infested underground, it is a buoyant ride all along. From spoken words to unspoken emotions, from eyes that meet to eyes that shy away, from outbursts to guilt trips, from lost causes to lazy strolls,...
by Tushar at February 6th, 2009 at 06:02 am
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Why do you want to watch DEV D?
It happened somewhere this week. I have given up riding the bike for quite some time now. I love taking the red bus. Putting on the i-Pod, taking a walk, the dust, the village now intruded by urbanity, the stares, the shades, the town appears slowly on the highway, and somewhere along all this PAAYALIYA kicks in, and I become DEV D! So ya, in other words, WHY DO YOU WANNA...
by Tushar at February 5th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
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Film-o-meter
The woman next door Truffaut’s Silsila. Fanny Ardant. Infidelity. His penultimate film. What more reasons to watch it?! A lazy-paced idyllic film, with regular Truffaut indulgences, masterful handling of the sexual tension between the lead couple is one of the many strengths of the film. The twist of the guy-can’t-take-it-anymore elevates the tension so as...
by Tushar at February 4th, 2009 at 03:02 pm