~uh~™ | PassionforCinema

~uh~™ (Udtahaathi) was born on early 70's Kolkata. He now stays in Mumbai. He is a cinema lover by gene and likes to read, write & discuss about movies. He is a big fan of Satyajit Ray. His favorite directors include, Kurosawa, Ghatak, De Palma, Coppola, Scrocese, Tarantino, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, David Lynch, Coen Brothers, David Cronenberg, Polansky, Guy Ritchie, Vishal Varadwaj, Kamal Swaroop, Wong Kar Wai, Ridley Scott, Zhang Yimou, David Fincher, Paul Greengrass, Eli Roth, Anurag Kashyap, Sriram Raghavan, Saeed Akhtar Mirza. He particularly is attracted to dark/crime/ slasher/violent genre. His other interests include photography, travel, music, writing, cartoons and graphic art. He wanted do creative stuff, but somehow ended up in a cubicle, where he drinks numerous cups of lemon tea and pins up Dilbert strips on his desk. He tries to squeeze out his creative juice, whatever is left on his blog AEIOU ¿ ®

~uh~™'s Blog

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Blue: Amusing Blue Job
It's not a Blue film, it's a comedy The expectation A well promoted Diwali release. Big Stars like Akshay Kumar and Sunjay Dutt. Eye candies Katrina Kaif and Lara Dutta. Bahamas and bikinis in abundance. Kylie Minogue. Music by Rehman. Produce of Sri Asthivinayak Cine Vision that had earlier produced films like Bhagam Bhag, Jab We Met, Golmaal returns, Kidnap and Luck....
by ~uh~™ at October 21st, 2009 at 12:10 pm
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Dil Bole Hadippa: Battered Cricket
Yashraj movies have always been rich in characters, content, colour, Punjabi and social messages (3CPSM). Every farm fresh YR produce makes life look like a fairy tale taking the audience into an world of happiness and love with an utopian impossibility, which cynics, critics and cynical critics brand as ‘entertainment for gobar audience’. What? You have never heard...
by ~uh~™ at September 23rd, 2009 at 01:09 am
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QGM : Bulletspoof Machismo !
Mind it I saw the Tamil English version of QGM, though intention was to see the Hindi-English version. I was hooked to QGM music for last few weeks and was really keen to identify the hilariously innovative Hindi dialogues in the movie, which were highly enjoyable, interspaced within the songs. For the record, I don’t understand Tamil, not even little little, so to speak...
by ~uh~™ at August 30th, 2009 at 02:08 am
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Kaminey: A Ballad Darkly
Priyanka Chopra, Shahid Kapoor and the rainbow For me there will be always a difference in experience between watching a film on big screen, on the immediate weekend after its release compared to watching it after reading many reviews, seeing it on DVD. Because of my lack of knowledge, experience and panache to observe the nuances and minutiae of this medium of art and...
by ~uh~™ at August 24th, 2009 at 05:08 am
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Luck Stuck and One Smoking Jackpotboiler
There is this particular contemporary Thriller- Suspense genre in Hindi movies which probably started with Kaante. By now, the format and formulae of such movies are well established which can be summarized thus- Plot- basically an ‘inspired’ story or a remake ( official or otherwise) from a cult, popular Hollywood or World movie involving a large amount of money...
by ~uh~™ at July 28th, 2009 at 08:07 am
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Sankat City: Love in Underwar
I watched Sankat City at the premier show on 8th July. The brief account of my experience, accompanied by few poor quality celebrity pictures can be read here. What I did not mention there, is that I was sitting beside Aamir Bashir (the other cop with Jimmy Shergil in A Wednesday) and Anurag Kashyap few seats away on the same row. Anupam Kher stood on the aisle and started...
by ~uh~™ at July 12th, 2009 at 03:07 am
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Caught in Prosopamnesia
Having a good memory is a pain This is not a review. This is a post about few movies I have seen long time ago and for some reasons could not forget. May be because I was premature ten years ago and the movies were complex for me to decipher, these movies had an unforgettable impact on me. Presently, I can only recollect the basic storyline and remember few isolated...
by ~uh~™ at June 29th, 2009 at 11:06 am
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A twist in the tale of two cities: 99 movie review
I have studied, worked and lived in Delhi from 1996 to 2007. I was actually present there in Delhi through 99 and Y2k, when those thick pencil box shaped Siemens and Motorola handsets were launched with incoming call Rs 16 and outgoing Rs 32/ minute. We had to pull out the antenna and walk to a ‘better signal area’ for getting better call clarity. I have also met many...
by ~uh~™ at May 18th, 2009 at 07:05 am
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Poetic Liberty or Crazy Songs
The world of Hindi film song lyric is like an ocean of expressions of emotions, mainly love and pain. For years, song writers and lyricists’ deep poetic thoughts with eloquent verses have been creating magnificent tunes which are sung across generations. Such songs are original, melodious, memorable and generally termed as ’good songs’ and often- ‘timeless classics’....
by ~uh~™ at May 12th, 2009 at 09:05 am
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Phatikchand (1983): The boy and the Juggler
Phatikchand (1983): The boy and the Juggler Direction: Sandip Ray Story, Screenplay, Music: Satyajit Ray Many years ago, in Kolkata, a young boy saw a movie called ‘Phatik Chand’ which his dad took him to. The movie had a major impact on the boy because after Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (The adventures of Goopy and Bagha) this was the next best children’s movie he had...
by ~uh~™ at April 13th, 2009 at 08:04 am
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Every Story tells about Pictures
I watched two movies last weekend, both of which happened to be thrillers dealing with pictures. More precisely Photographs taken by a camera. This post is a twin review. 1. Tasveer 8 x 10 Director: Nagesh Kukunoor Genre: Whodunnit Thriller My Rating : 1/5 Plot Jai Puri (Akshay Kumar) founder member of an organization called EPS (Environmental Protection Services or Society)...
by ~uh~™ at April 8th, 2009 at 07:04 am
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Barah Aana : Count you chillar before they change
Last Friday was a deluge of low budget low key movie releases. There were Firaq (Directoral debut of Nandita Das), Barah Aana, Staright, Aloo Chat and Lottery (acting debut of the first Indian Idol Abhijit Sawant). Now, mentally I was still smeared with Gulaal and wanted to watch it again. After much planning and deliberation with wife, we settled for Barah Aana for Saturday...
by ~uh~™ at March 24th, 2009 at 09:03 am
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Gumnaam se Ghajini tak :The evolution of Hindi movie titles
To me, one of the best things I like about Hindi movies is their title. As a kid I always tried to guess about the plot, hero and the general reason behind the title. What is the plot of Saudagar ? Why is some are Khuddar but some are Khudgarz ? Who sacrificed what in Qurbaani ? Under what circumstances Albert Pinto ko gussa kyun aata hai ? Obviously I did not have...
by ~uh~™ at January 12th, 2009 at 04:01 pm