Archive for the ‘Editors’

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    Kurbaan Movie Review : Kuch kuch terrorism hai?
    Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Om Puri Direction: Rensil D’Silva Rating: One and a half stars I desisted from writing an instant-noodle review of Kurbaan. I said I wouldn’t, there’s no point etc. Because it raised my hackles to the extent that I wondered whether I was responding to this travesty of a film as a critic or as a Muslim. I saw the film again, reflected...
    by Khalid Mohamed at November 20th, 2009 at 06:11 am
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    Tum Mile Movie Review : Wet Until Dark
    Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Soha Ali Khan, Water Kumar Director: Kunal Deshmukh Rating: Three stars Squawk. The wannapaint Picasso is facing an artist’s block. How he rumbles, bumbles, grumbles. Then flash! He sees his live-in girlfriend sitting sadly on the bed, our faces turn red, and heil M F Husain, the artist is ready with a canvas overnight. Right. That’s a rather...
    by Khalid Mohamed at November 13th, 2009 at 07:11 am
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    Politics… rare, medium or well done?
    Politics! It’s tackled by our B-town movies..only once in a flu moon. Right now, in Prakash Jha’s Rajniti, the Mahabharat is sought to be adapted to today’s realpolitik. Fine, should be punchy, worth spotting the reference to the context, who’s playing which epical character. Shyam Benegal did practically the same update with Kalyug, incidentally. Twenty-eight...
    by Khalid Mohamed at November 9th, 2009 at 11:11 am
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    Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Movie Review : Laugh’s like that
    Ajab Prem ki Ghazab Kahani Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan (for a minute!) Director: Raj Kumar Santoshi Rating: Two and a half stars The kid’s brilliant. So watch it Hrithik Roshan, Shahid Kapoor and all the big and small Khans. At the rate he’s going – by sheer evidence of his screen charisma, technical felicity and youth power – Ranbir Kapoor...
    by Khalid Mohamed at November 6th, 2009 at 07:11 am
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    Jail Movie Review : What a jail bin machhli!
    Jail Cast: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Manoj Bajpai and Ram Gopal Varma movie-type of clowns-`n’-clones Director: Madhur Bhandarkar out of form Rating: Two stars (there’s nothing here that you don’t know or haven’t seen already) Egg tu Bhandarkar!  His angry young prisoner is thrown right into the dark-as-a-burnt-omelette baida cell. During  solitary confinement,...
    by Khalid Mohamed at November 5th, 2009 at 10:11 am
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    London Dreams movie review : Rock Yawn!
    London Dreams (limited) Cast: Ajay Devgn, Salman Khan, Asin, Om Puri, Kababs Direction: Vipul Amrutlal Shah Rating: Two stars (okay so it has a huge budget, technical varnish, A-list stars..so what?) Whip whip hurray. To keep himself away from carnal pleasures – read Miss Asin – the wannasing, wannarock star snaps his belt off, and flagellates himself. Ouch,...
    by Khalid Mohamed at October 29th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
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    Paul McCartney: My Emosional Atyachar
    (Gonna get unashamedly emotional and still strive to give you a straight, reportorial account of the first..and I’d like to think the most magical interview..of my life). “She’s some lady,” he said, rolling his powder blue eyes heavenwards. “Ooooh, she’s mean. How can she do this?” That was Paul McCartney talking about Mrs Indira Gandhi at Santacruz airport...
    by Khalid Mohamed at October 27th, 2009 at 09:10 am
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    Blue Movie Review : In Shallow Waters
    Blue Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Zayed Khan, Sharks, Bahama butts Direction: (not much of it) Anthony D’Souza Rating: One star..and that’s being generous Sharks, there go those shucks! Ulp, excuzee, pardon, sowie. Shucks there go those sharks! And hey, they’re smooth-as-slate grey. Their teeth aren’t visible (must be senior seatizens). Plus...
    by Khalid Mohamed at October 15th, 2009 at 10:10 am
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    Ashok Kumar… forget him not
    (Image: Ashok Kumar with Nutan) October 13. It was the 98th birth anniversary of Ashok Kumar on Tuesday. No one noticed. His family said, without an element of surprise, “What did you expect? Only one Gujarati newspaper carried a week-long series on him.” Like it not Gen Next, too, does not know of the sheer artistry of Dadamoni, the most clean-hearted actor I have...
    by Khalid Mohamed at October 13th, 2009 at 08:10 am
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    Acid Factory : Wake Up Gupta!
    Manoj Bajpai in Acid Factory Acid Factory Cast: Fardeen Khan pursing his lips, many gents in shades of black, olive and brown, Dia Mirza wearing karela-juice colour contact lenses,  cars, cars, cars Director: Suparn Verma Rating: One and a half stars No, no. This couldn’t possibly be producer Sanjay Gupta ki Aag!..but what to do? Bar bar cars jump in the Cape Town...
    by Khalid Mohamed at October 10th, 2009 at 08:10 am
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    Raj Thackeray ‘Get Well Soon’ – Gandhigiri v/s Goondagiri
    I have been overwhelmed by the angst and distress my post on Raj Thackeray http://passionforcinema.com/raj-thackeray-%e2%80%93-get-well-soon has caused. The objective of my post was not to gain sympathy for what happened to me nine years ago. The post was an emotional response to this continued attack on helpless citizens by goondas posing as self-appointed moral police....
    by Hansal Mehta at October 4th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
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    Raj Thackeray – Get Well Soon.
    Quote: A few months ago Shiney Ahuja was arrested for allegedly raping his maid. Yesterday Karan Johar apologized for being raped. His rapists have emerged triumphant. In our law books there is punishment for physical rape. There is no law for raping our freedom of expression. There is only triumph for the rapists. Bravo, Raj Thackeray. You are a master rapist. :UnQuote Nine...
    by Hansal Mehta at October 2nd, 2009 at 09:10 pm
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    Blast From The Past – Meeting Usha Khanna
    Author with Usha Khanna Remember the popular soundtracks like ‘Dil Deke Dekho’, ‘Hum Hindustani’, ‘Aao Pyar Kare’, ‘Hawas’ , ‘Saajan Bina Suhagan’ and ‘Sautan’? Remember the chart-buster classics like Rafi’s ‘Hum Tumse Juda Hoke Mar Jaayenge Ro Ro Ke’, Lata’s ‘Maanjhi...
    by Dr. Mandar V. Bichu at October 2nd, 2009 at 02:10 am
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    PFCOne 2010 : the Third Online One Minute Film Festival – Call For Entries
    PFCOne 2010 : Third Annual One Minute Online Film Festival Nov 15 Enter Movie Name in the form below and click “Buy Now” to pay the $15.00 late submission fee before emailing your movie and submission form Your Movie Name Update Nov 13: 2 more days to go before the window closes on accepting submissions for free. From Nov 16 onwards until Nov...
    by oz at September 14th, 2009 at 07:09 pm
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    9 Movie Review
    I have not seen any Tim Burton movie. Neither have I read anything about him or his movies. I know 9 is not made by Tim Burton, but by Shane Acker, but I find everyone around me talking about the film, the expectations, the outcome and most importantly: Tim Burton. I did not carry any expectations. I’ve always been a sucker for real emotions, and rarely have I pushed...
    by Jehan Handa at September 8th, 2009 at 06:09 am
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    Delhi and the Madrasi Cowboy
    Day 3 Quick Gun Murugan Life’s gone on overload. The cowboy is walking all over town. I’ve been huddling in the labs doing test prints. This far I love the Hindi print; it’s dark and colorful. and we have gone to town with little add-ons; the writer arshad kazi and i had this enlightening experience of matching lipsync and writing the lines. How nice...
    by Shashank Ghosh at August 20th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
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    Kaminey – one of the 100 films to watch before you Die!
    “Ikeesvi sadi hogi Dariya se nikalenge neki Aur saar pe baji hogi….hogi…hogi… Dhan Ta Dhan…tana tana….tana tana…..” This was a song Vishal Bharadwaj had composed for his debut tele-serial “Dhan Ta Dhan”. Folklore now and hearsay then had it that it was a terrible film and apparently many advised him to stick to music and not make films. One decade...
    by Vasan Bala at August 13th, 2009 at 01:08 pm
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    TGIB-ing the dream
    The Great Indian Butterfly, releasing on Sept 4, 2009A lot of film makers made star bestsellers and Rishteys those days. I had some stories brewing in my head. But I had not written them down. I would catch hold of just anyone and make him/her hear my stories. Some years later, I learnt in his own Masterclass, even Paul Schrader uses this method before penning anything...
    by Sarthak DasGupta at August 11th, 2009 at 08:08 pm
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    At Sea
    At Asian Sky Shop, I was responsible for the 1 minute demonstration films that ran on the Zee channels. Since I didn’t know the ass from the elbow when it came to film making, I had to stick to the company policy of commissioning these films to outside producers. Watching the guys on the floor, I could just about get a hang of only some yell-words like ‘roll’, ‘action’...
    by Sarthak DasGupta at August 2nd, 2009 at 01:08 pm
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    Guest Blogger Anupam Kher : My Tryst with Michael Jackson
    Fans in the Eastern Hemisphere have woken up today to the tragic news of the demise of Michael Jackson some hours ago. And as his millions of fans react first with shock, then grief, at the passing away of one of the greatest icons of pop music, for many who have had a brush with him, it is time to recollect their personal memories. My story goes back quite some time...
    by PFCdesktop at June 26th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
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    Guest Blogger Anupam Kher : Sankat City
    On the lines of Khosla ka Ghosla and A Wednesday, comes a film directed by Pankaj Advani, called Sankat City. Having an acting school of mine and getting opportunities to work outside India I get to be in touch with today’s generation. In that sense I will never feel outdated. Sankat city is my belief in the modern day Indian cinema and that how money plays very minimum...
    by PFCdesktop at June 24th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
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    Guest Blogger Kay Kay Menon : Sankat Cinema
    Pankaj Advani, director of Sankat City, invited Kay Kay Menon, to guest blog on PFC. Kay Kay’s graciously accepted the invite and here’s his first PFC Guest Blog Sankat Cinema A question has been pestering me for quite some years now – “Who is to blame when good cinema does not do good business?” I’ve come to a conclusion of late. The answer is...
    by PFCdesktop at June 22nd, 2009 at 12:06 pm
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    Sankat City : BAND BAJAO Contest
    Sankat City : BAND BAJAO CONTEST Update July 15, 2009. Entries to the contest is now closed. We thank you all for your participation. Winners will be announced on July 23rd 2009. Update : The contest closing date is extended to July 5th JULY 15th, 2009, as the movie release date has been shifted by a week. The winner will be announced on JULY 23rd, 2009. Everybody who...
    by PFCdesktop at June 10th, 2009 at 01:06 pm
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    Jai Bollywood Baba
    Couldn’t sleep last night, kept tossing and turning, worrying – “Not even three weeks left for the release of Sankat City… 1200 sheep… the TV promos haven’t yet started… 1201 sheep… there’s no buzz in the media… 1202 sheep… nobody’s talking about the film… 1203 sheep… “ In the morning, I tottered to the washbasin, groggy and tired. When...
    by Pankaj Advani at June 7th, 2009 at 05:06 pm
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    Dr.Dang@peepingtom.com
    (NOTES ON WRITING SANKAT CITY) Long ago, a Shanghai Night. It was late, the joint was nearly empty. I doodled on a paper napkin - INT. BIRJU’S KHOLI – MUMBAI – DAY Birju tears open the telegram. “Dadaji serious Stop Come home soon Stop” A worried Birju removes the cover of his cannon, quickly changes into HAWABAAN HERO costume, lights the fuse and slips into...
    by Pankaj Advani at June 3rd, 2009 at 02:06 pm
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    The journey from 99 to 100…
    …is a damn long one! Felt really good reading all the comments on the earlier article. Want to share more of my thoughts with all of you. So here goes… It’s been a numbers game all the way! First the title 99. Now someone tells me it sounds like an English title! Well in my mind I also thought of it as Ninyanve, Thombai Thommidi (Telugu), Thonnuthi Ombadu...
    by Krishna DK at May 23rd, 2009 at 03:05 am
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    Sankat City
    Last day of shooting. We are filming from below, a scuffle between Guru and Shetty, who are at the window of the first floor. I look through the viewfinder, I can’t see Shetty, though he is very much there. Chiru the cinematographer says, ‘damn, he is dark, let me throw some more light on him’. He does so, but Shetty still doesn’t register. He throws...
    by Pankaj Advani at May 20th, 2009 at 09:05 am
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    The Genesis of Aladin – Part 3
    I remember the day clearly… FILM CITY. FLOOR 9.  2003 I stand in one corner.  Atul Kasbaker clicks away stills for Dabur, while Mr. Bachchan poses.  Suddenly he shouts “STOP”!  - It’s too boring…let’s get some music on.  Hurry hurrush rush … and a music system appears by magic in which he slides in a CD. The music is from a new film yet to...
    by Sujoy Ghosh at May 18th, 2009 at 11:05 am
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    The journey from FLAVORS to 99…
    …has been a damn long one! About 4 years ago, Raj and I directed FLAVORS. Anupam was our friend by then and he agreed to produce the film along with us. It is an independent film in every aspect of the word. It was low-budget (which felt ridiculously high given that we were putting in all our savings), we did most of the tasks during production, we used all free...
    by Krishna DK at May 13th, 2009 at 01:05 pm
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    How I learnt to start worrying…
    I have just realised that it’s far, far easier to write a screenplay than a blog! For the last 6 hours or so I have been trying to find THAT perfect start to my first ever blog but like fuck if that’s going to happen in this lifetime.. so let’s just start.. I am here to share my experience in film-making and in making ‘Aladin’ and hope it helps someone in their...
    by Sujoy Ghosh at May 10th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
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