Archive for the ‘Exclusive’

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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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    Debate: So the reviewer revealed your movie’s plot… huh?
    This was intended to be a debate between the filmmakers, the film watcher and of course the bloggers, critics and everyone who read or write a review or react to a movie in PFC Club’s exclusive boards for Level II and Exclusive authors. As the debate kicked and grew in many intelligent and in depth point of views, I felt this needed a much wider participation from...
    by oz at November 19th, 2009 at 08:11 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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    A Simple Story
    On an unusually rainy Tuesday, she passed away. Simpy – that’s the sobriquet she used on her Facebook account. She called her sister Dimple, Di. Coincidentally I was chatting with her on Facebook on Sunday. She was swift with her chat responses, pretty upbeat that she was on the mend at the Ambani Hospital. “I am cured..almost, touchwood,” she wrote, and we agreed...
    by Khalid Mohamed at November 10th, 2009 at 09:11 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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    The Screenplay of “The Stoneman Murders”
    As requested by Amanda, Yaatri, Ram and other readers, here is the Screenplay & Dialogues of ‘THE STONEMAN MURDERS’. I sincerely hope that it is of some help to aspiring filmmakers/scriptwriters attempting to write something in the suspense/thriller or real-life-police-case genre. I feel that one learning that can definitely be obtained from this script is –...
    by Manish Gupta at October 26th, 2009 at 04:10 pm
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    11th Osian Cinefan Film Festival: Opening Ceremony
    Sometimes life turns out to be rather very kind to you, very soon, and you’re fortunate to get what you’ve always wanted and wished. Cinema is a passion that I’ve unknowingly been living with for the past sixteen years, only to realise that I’m most comfortable with the cinematic expression, and the artistic form of cinema. I was never exposed to world cinema or...
    by Jehan Handa at October 25th, 2009 at 10:10 am
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    Announcing- “That Girl in Yellow Boots”
    Yes that’s the title of the movie i am making now. Forget media speculations about “Happy Ending” and “Bombay Velvet”. BV ’s script is not yet locked, its far from complete and who knows how many drafts to go. I was in the Jury of Venice and met a lot of filmmakers, saw a lot of films that shamed me, inspired me, challenged me and i...
    by Anurag Kashyap at October 20th, 2009 at 11:10 am
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    Hey MAMI
    No cracks please. Just don’t say MAMA, or even think of your long-lost uncle, because this year’s MAMI promises to be a film gourmand’s banquet come true. That’s the Mumbai International Film Festival presented by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images, acronymed as MAMI. Daniel and Anna Funded by munifience of Anil Ambani, the eleventh version of MAMI  unspools ...
    by Khalid Mohamed at October 19th, 2009 at 08:10 am
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    First Film
    It was summer… I think it was summer because that’s the time I saw maximum number of movies. Two hot long months of vacations… When most of my friends either studied for the next class or indulged in sports, I visited my favorite place… Movie theatres… I liked everything there… The anxiety of getting the ticket… Sitting in the theater lobby, staring at...
    by Saurabh Shukla at October 17th, 2009 at 04:10 am
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    All The Best Movie Review : The Good The Bad The Gaudy
    ALL THE BEST The good, the bad and the gaudy Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Bipasha Bsu, Mughda Godse Director: Rohit Shetty Rating: Two and half stars Once ‘pun a time. Referring to the household ayah, a guy trills Baharon phool barsao mera mehboob ayah hai.  Quips are made about Slumdog Millionaire, and there’s this madcap moment involving Ajay Devgn (he’s dropped...
    by Khalid Mohamed at October 16th, 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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    Life is a fairy tale
    Well… As far as I remember, I was always fat… ‘Healthy’, as my parents called it… Then I lost hair at the age of 19… Some told me I’m maturing… Others said it is a sign of becoming rich and prosperous… I was pretty average in studies… “Don’t worry you have some other gift… Just find it” my father said and got busy with his daily Riyaz of music…So...
    by Saurabh Shukla at October 14th, 2009 at 05:10 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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    Question of my Rutba
    Hello, hello, am returning to Passion for Cinema, with the hope of keeping my voice intact. Was working for website aslibaat.com. It was fun doing it but like all good things my role in it had to end. On the other hand, my film project Rutba has not ended, and never will. If I am writing this it is mainly to exhort filmmakers never to give up, never mind the odds. At this...
    by Khalid Mohamed at October 2nd, 2009 at 08:10 am
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    The Screenplay of Amitabh Bachchan’s “Sarkar”
    As requested by readers here’s the screenplay in PDF format and following below is the text version of the same. SARKAR screenplay & dialogues pdf S A R K A R
    by Manish Gupta at September 25th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
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    ‘THE STONEMAN MURDERS’ storyboards
    THE STONEMAN MURDERS poster These are original storyboards from my film ‘THE STONEMAN MURDERS’ (starring Kay Kay Menon, Arbaaz Khan). These storyboards compared to the actual scene in the film gives film students a fair idea of how a scene is conceived and then photographed. I use these storyboards and a dvd of my film to demonstrate storyboarding techniques...
    by Manish Gupta at September 25th, 2009 at 08:09 pm
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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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    Get A Celebrity To Say Few Things About Your Film….
    Yes, that is what I have been hearing from the time we wanted to run a publicity campaign for Frozen. We wanted to follow a new way of releasing an independent film…very few prints (three to be precise),  platform/staggered release, low cost marketing and blah blah. But one support we wanted was from the media, to write something interesting about the film  and...
    by Shivajee Chandrabhushan at September 8th, 2009 at 03:09 am
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    Happy Birthday PFC…
    PFC Meetup Mumbai June 2008 Three years old. Happy, joyous, bittersweet, tragic, tensed, strained, stressed, and we are just on the internet, not even making movies! Every new day poses a new challenge and reminds me of how it must be to actually make a movie! It’s been a treat. The most stressful year and the most difficult, this one, yet it’s taking PFC...
    by oz at September 5th, 2009 at 06:09 pm
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    Nine- The short that started it all
    Saw “9” the other day. Am still stunned by visual, production design of the movie, one of the very few movies about the supposed apocalypse that i really like. Imagination takes on a new meaning with it. Its a story of nine puppets designed by a scientist to save the world from the monstrosity, that he, himself thrust upon the world. The first eight have failed,...
    by Anurag Kashyap at September 4th, 2009 at 05:09 am
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    Shooting TGIB
    The Great Indian Butterfly We shot TGIB in 35mm in 16 days with approximately just 65 cans of raw stock. 14 days on the road and 2 days in Bombay. I do not know till date, what prompted Parth Arora to put his own money, whatever little he made from his earlier film, ‘Dhoop’, on an unconventional film like this? It wasn’t like we were childhood friends or anything....
    by Sarthak DasGupta at August 28th, 2009 at 03:08 am
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    Love and Lovelessness
    Lives become dysfunctional when love evaporates. Cinema portrays this evanescence in the finest possible manner among all other art forms. It has the intrinsic advantage of combining image with sound and then accentuating that with music to create the desired emotional response. The sheer agony of living a loveless life is painted best in movies. It makes you feel the...
    by Sudipto Chattopadhyay at August 27th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
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