Archive for the ‘Movie-Blog’

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    As the River flows
    I know long ago   the river used to speak. But when he realised every drop of pain flows above horizon of words he surrendered to silence. People came to his bosom creating to destroy and named it civilization. People came to his bosom looking for the meaning in destruction and called it history. More the time flows more the time remains still. More the things change more...
    by bidyut kotoky at November 15th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
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    How does it feel to be born?
    I was born in a not so fancy government hospital on 15th February 1981. I always had this deja-vu about my birth. As if I remember the visuals on the day I was born, and me being this excited individual shared this thought with most of my family & friends and the leg-pulling that followed was unexpected, atleast for me. May be they felt normal by doing so. Their favorite...
    by Arvind kamath at September 10th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
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    Casting Ouch
    Farooque Shaikh in Accident On Hill Road Why does an actor say yes to a role offered by a new filmmaker? My experience of struggling in Bollywood to make a film taught me this. There are four factors that convince an actor (male and female) to say yes. The first is money. If I put crores on the table there are very few actors who will say no. But then that is such a stupid...
    by Mahesh Nair at August 23rd, 2009 at 07:08 am
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    First glimpse As The River Flows (Assamese)
    As The River Flows This is the first-ever glimpse of upcoming Hindi movie As The River Flows (click here to watch the video). It will also have an Assamese version, titled Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipare, which literally means “Across an unseen river”. It’s Bidyut Kotoky’s debut movie (he had won a special jury award at the 2005 National Film Award...
    by Runumi G at August 18th, 2009 at 08:08 am
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    How to make a film with friends
    Abhimanyu Singh and Celina Jaitly in Accident On Hill Road “There is this film that I have bought. I want you to see it and let me know whether you would be interested in making it,” Nari Hira said chirpily as we met for the first time in the Magna office Shit. I had spent the last six years sitting and writing eight original screenplays in the hope of making them...
    by Mahesh Nair at August 16th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
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    Accident in Bollywood
    First look of Accident On Hill Road posterAs a child I used to hate my dad for making us wait at railway stations to catch the train. I have often waited at  the Chandrapur railway station in Maharashtra to go to Palakkad in Kerala.  For a 5.30pm train we would be there at 1pm. I would my spend time counting the number of coaches of umpteen trains that pass by.  I would...
    by Mahesh Nair at August 10th, 2009 at 11:08 am
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    The Insomniac is in Town
    The Insomniac is in townThings came together in an unprecedented manner and with our meagre means and limited reliance on others, the three of us as Bad Alliteration Films have made our first film. It has taken almost a year, a lot of sweat, some blood but no tears. Before you call me a douche-bag and call this article a shameless plug; let me admit a few things. I know...
    by Madhav Mathur at August 10th, 2009 at 08:08 am
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    Abhimanyu – Reeling the Real
    Harish Iyer, who was the trigger point, for Abhimanyu, sends in his post on the movie Abhimanyu and invites investors to invest in the film. There came a child with night in his eyes and dew in his voice… The sly twinkle was hard to miss. As I looked at him, he appeared unnerved. So unnerved, that I wondered why. When my eyes met his, he face shrunk in shame. It was...
    by Magik at July 28th, 2009 at 04:07 pm
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    Reality Shows and Film Offers
    In my days in advertising we trained ourselves to develop ‘insights’ into the consumer’s psyche and the resultant behavior. Why does a person behave the way he does? Why does he choose a certain brand over the other? And then we would go ahead with a hopefully well-thought out strategy to position a certain brand to attract this target and creatively...
    by Valli Bindana at November 25th, 2008 at 09:11 am
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    MUMBAI MERI JAAN – Bravo!!!
    Possibly India’s “Crash”.. or i don’t know how else to describe it..Saw the rough cut , on Nishikant’s avid.. he wanted to bounce it off me and i was cleanbowled.. again the familiar feeling went through me.. why did i not think of it and why did i not make it.. The film begins in a police station with cops discussing sunil more(the marine...
    by Anurag Kashyap at August 10th, 2008 at 01:08 pm
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    Trauma – the best inspiration!
    What is Mendel’s law of segregation? A 12 cm by 18 cm picture is enlarged to 4 times its area. What are the new dimensions? State how prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells differ ….. How many times have I stared at my test paper stumped by the very first question? Stumped is an understatement. Trembling, sweating, unblinking tormented soul reduced to a pathetic nonentity...
    by Valli Bindana at July 17th, 2008 at 11:07 am
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    Bhram : First Look
    Pavan Kaul is extremely tied up in the release process of Bhram and sent in these videos. The first is a 30 second sneak peek into Bhram, followed by the songs! Sonu Song.. Jaane kyon Teri aankhon ki narmi Meri akhiyaan – Richa ( full song) I am a bad boy Jaane kaisa hai tu – Shaan
    by oz at March 4th, 2008 at 09:03 pm
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    The Script of No Smoking
    Was pleasantly surprised to see the script of No Smoking in my email box this morning. Due to the many requests we’ve been receiving so far to start a script section on PFC, here’s our first… No Smoking. It is not the final script. It’s the seventh draft that was still lying on Anurag’s computer and in his own words “…you will...
    by oz at November 16th, 2007 at 10:11 am
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    Chak de fatheh Mumbai Meri Jaan
    Mumbai Meri Jaan’s (MMJ) latest schedule just started. Ashish Shukla and I were keen on visiting the sets. The shoot was suppose to start at 9:00 am in a studio, but was delayed till 2:00 pm, as the unit had to complete the balance outdoor scenes from yesterday. Shooting outdoors is indeed a challenging task. With little control over the elements any amount of planning...
    by Manjeet Singh at August 21st, 2007 at 12:08 pm
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    Mumbai Meri Jaan – Dadar to Mahim
    I was in Delhi when Oz called. The Mumbai Meri Jaan shoot was on but I couldn’t make it. Got back to Mumbai and got in touch with the gang to catch up with PFC and get a chance to spend a few hours on a shoot and get back to Mumbai-mode. I am glad I did. Another interesting film but we can’t talk much yet. Wait for it, you’ll know. It seems like a film that wants...
    by Smriti Vij. at July 7th, 2007 at 06:07 am
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    Night out on the sets of Mumbai Meri Jaan
    “I have not seen a single Guru Dutt film!!!!“. As Somen, Kartik and me heard these words we almost had a Zombi moment….I could hear Guru Dutt screaming loud and clear in my ears….. “jaladoo…issee…..phoonk dalo..yeh duniyaa….”. But then that’s how he is frank, chilled out …he is passionate about his film…he does admit Oliver Stone is like his “Khuda”...
    by Vasan Bala at June 30th, 2007 at 06:06 am
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    Confessions of a Film Watcher
    June 16th, 2007, 3pm I arrived at the venue where the biggest Indian film release of the weekend… no wait, not weekend.. biggest Indian film release of the year, had attracted a crowd of 500+ fanatics of all ages, caste, and believe it or not, colour (yes, there were Americans!). The organizers of this film screening tried hard to keep people inside the ropes, as...
    by striker at June 18th, 2007 at 09:06 pm
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    Yeh hai Nishikant ki – Mumbai Meri Jaan
    About 2 months ago. It was around 2am in Orange County. We all were about to crash into our beds. While Nishikant was swinging between watching American TV, answering my questions on cinema and dozing off, while Anurag was busy on my computer checking his emails and loudly poking jokes at us from the other room. And as Nishikant was talking about how, what, where and why...
    by oz at June 16th, 2007 at 08:06 am
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    HOW ANISH PAID FOR THE SKIRT!!
    Kamal Kamaraju, lead actor of Confessions of a Filmmaker sent me this funny story that I couldn’t resist and had to publish for your pleasure. Dont forget to watch out the space @ Confessions of a Filmmaker website for the June 15th internet release of COF. Have a look at the poster in the meantime Poster There is a slight shift in the mood as we started that...
    by OM at June 12th, 2007 at 09:06 am
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    Confessions of a different kind
    So as the film nears its release date, I am faced with questions I ask myself often. “Anish, whatever got into your head, to make a film like this”? A damn good question, I must say myself. Shouldn’t every filmmaker confront himself with a question like this.? Let’s see….did I hope to make money? not really….however I hope I can validate my investment by recovering...
    by Anish Kuruvilla at June 10th, 2007 at 09:06 pm
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    Confessions Of a Filmmaker: Kamal Kamaraju, Unleashed
    Had an opportunity to talk to Kamal Kamaraju, the lead actor of Confessions of a Filmmaker. As promised i will be bringing in news about the movie. While the Trailers, Music videos, etc are on the way…how about having a one-on-one with the actor himself. Right, Kamal will be here to answer all your queries. Right on this blog, right on this article. Having said...
    by OM at June 7th, 2007 at 04:06 pm
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    Confessions Of a Filmmaker: Music Release
    GALA EVENT: Music Release of Confessions of a Filmmaker Where: Passionforcinema.com When: Right Now Invitees: Viewers of Passionforcinema.com Speakers: YOU!!!!!! Just got off phone with Anish Kuruvilla and boy o boy does he have plans or does he have plans? Currently i am bound with a verbal contract not to reveal anything...
    by OM at May 31st, 2007 at 08:05 am
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    NO SMOKING- Edit locked
    Finally .. A nightmare of a process is over.. after three months in the editing room, we have it locked.. we missed the Cannes deadline .. we haven’t yet announced the poster contest winner.. we missed a lot else.. so much for telling everyone that it will be a hundred minute film.. I ended making a 160 minute film.. its so painful to cut out your favourite shots.....
    by Anurag Kashyap at May 13th, 2007 at 12:05 am
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    Christina Marouda : Carrying the Indian Flag in Hollywood – A video conversation
    Christina Marouda, President of IFFLA is the brains behind the annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. Having completed 5 years, IFFLA, as we saw it has been growing by leaps and bounds, bringing to the world priceless gems from the Indian cine scene. IFFLA has become an upcoming junction for anything cinema, anything Indian. Distributors, producers, directors, Indian...
    by oz at April 25th, 2007 at 05:04 pm
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    IFFLA 2007 : The Winners
    Best Feature Jury Award: Valley Of Flowers Audience Choice Award: Outsourced Best Documentary Jury Award: Q2P Audience Choice Award: Divided We Fall – Americans in the Aftermath Best Short Film Jury Award: Tea Break Audience Choice Award: Monsoon Honorary Mentions Vanaja (feature) Printed Rainbow (Shorts) From the above the talk of the town was on the award given...
    by oz at April 24th, 2007 at 10:04 am
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    IFFLA 2007 – Updates & Filmmaker Interviews
    In our tribute to Deepti Naval, the screening of Mirch Masala on Saturday, April 21 @ 8:00 pm has been REPLACED by the stunning Main Zinda Hoon directed by Sudhir Mishra. This is a rare film that is not available on DVD, VHS, or VCD, and NFDC has been kind enough to strike a brand new subtitled print for us, specially for the tribute. Don’t miss one of Sudhir Mishra’s...
    by Vijay at April 11th, 2007 at 03:04 pm
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    1/60 th sec ——> 24 fps
    Don’t understand where to start with. Where does this urge to learn everything involved in film making comes from? Can I control it? Will it really help me in becoming a better director? Why does it keep bothering me? Why the heck I am writing this article? Am I trying to show off my mediocre skills or stupidity? Why do I have to convince people close to me that everything...
    by Manjeet Singh at March 23rd, 2007 at 02:03 am
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    Black Friday party – The Aftermath! Video
    Alright! Whoever said the Black friday party video will be my next post is absolutely right! Here it is .. ‘The Aftermath!’ – By the way, i am quite impressed with how much Windows Movie Maker can accomplish! Watch it – you’ll know. So – here it is – The Aftermath – kitsch at its worst! (but a few laughs guarenteed) Starring...
    by Smriti Vij. at February 20th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
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    BLACK FRIDAY- INTROSPECTING?????
    The Author loses his authority over what he has created the moment his work is put into the commercial arena, or in the public domain..thats the first lesson i learnt about filmmaking..Black Friday is finally released and i am not able to react..i have been locked in, tired of answering the same questions..seeing all the euphoria around..they are doing to black friday...
    by Anurag Kashyap at February 13th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
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    Confessions of an AD
    The journey of becoming a film maker has taken me to the initial milestone of becoming an assistant director (AD). The team of Ads is headed by Nitesh, who has been associated with Pavan Kaul in television and films, first assistant Himanshu, who has worked in Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Lage Raho Munnabhai and Eklavya. The rest of us Justin, Ravi, Prasad and myself are first...
    by Manjeet Singh at February 13th, 2007 at 08:02 am
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