Archive for the ‘People’

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    Mere paas Shashi hai
    Every evening show at his Prithvi theatre, he is wheelchaired in, he watches every play and when the place is emptying, waves bye bye, nods, or just smiles tiredly. I waved to him last week after a show of Veenapani Chawla’s Tortoise and the Hare, and he smiled. And to think there was a time when he’d be sparring with me about a review or chatting genially in the...
    by Khalid Mohamed at November 24th, 2009 at 09:11 am
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    Sreenivasan – Aam Aadmi from Kerala
    ‘Aam Aadmi’ is the focus of the present UPA administration in India. At least that’s how they spin it. In the Malayalam film industry, you had a man who imbibed this spirit a long time ago. Sreenivasan, writer, director , actor and lately producer, is the person I am talking about. He has always portrayed a common man in his movies. He has always written and directed...
    by dhirajr at November 21st, 2009 at 10:11 am
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    Ravindra Jain – Sangeet Samrat
    When I was a kid, I saw this man on television who was wearing dark glasses in a event and some people were praising him for his contributions to cinema. Gradually when the programme was ending, I came to know that he was blind. I was shocked initially, as I thought how could a blind man do that? He was none other than ‘Ravindra Jain’. The man who did it!!…and...
    by Sridhar Mayur at November 21st, 2009 at 07:11 am
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    Things That Bump: Federico Fellini
    The Director No matter how much of awe and reverence the world of cinema bestows upon Federico Fellini, the post neo-realist movie director from Italy, in the heart of his hearts Fellini knew perfectly who he was. He was a clown. He was that grand jester in the courtroom of God who was given the amazing right to ask all the wrong and politically incorrect questions albeit...
    by Labor_Day_Sale at November 13th, 2009 at 11:11 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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    One time Superstars
    Aaj gar main zad pe hoon to koi khusguman kyun ho.. One time Superstars Ramgopal varma claim to fame : films like Satya, Shiva, Rangeela, Company, Jungle, Bhoot, Sarkar Ram gopal varma made mark with films depicting the mumbai underworld with its gang wars, the glamour associated and not to speak of its dark underbelly. A promising directorial debut Shiva (1989)...
    by dilnawaz at October 28th, 2009 at 08:10 am
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    Things That Bump : John Carpenter
    It’s been almost three years. Three long years of watching PFC bloom. From those early days of Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Black Friday’  stories to one and only one (sigh) post from Santosh Sivan to a plethora of exclusive bloggers  and some really talented ‘passionate’ writes like Magik, Oz etc. I never really realized that when PFC became...
    by Labor_Day_Sale at October 16th, 2009 at 09:10 pm
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    Geeta Dutt : A legendary playback singer
    (image: Geeta Dutt) This post is withdrawn because it violates PFC’s publishing policy and guidelines. Only Original Articles not published elsewhere should be published on PFC. We have zero tolerance towards articles that copied and pasted from other sites. Please read PFC’s publishing guidelines in the About section. The author of this post may contact the...
    by geetaduttfans at October 16th, 2009 at 10:10 am
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    Amitabh Bachchan and Yash Chopra : Five stars
    Amitabh Bachchan turns 67 today and it can be remembered that like the union of Amitabh Bachchan and Hrishikesh Mukherjee union of AB and Yash Chopra has also been proved as a very fruitful combination for AB, YC and hindi films in general. AB worked with Yash Chopra first time in Deewar in 1975 and last time in Silsila in 1981 (as a hero so not considering their re-union...
    by Rk at October 11th, 2009 at 03:10 pm
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    Elizabeth Taylor – A Living Hollywood Legend
    Does the name Elizabeth Taylor immediately remind you of Cleopatra, her famous seven husbands and the enormous rocks she wore on her finger and around her neck? Yes, but what few fans know is her unstinting charitable and pioneering work for AIDS awareness. In 1985 her co-actor and close friend Rock Hudson was diagnosed with AIDS and many of her friends were HIV positive....
    by Indu Raman at October 9th, 2009 at 04:10 pm
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    A Wiki on Habib Tanvir
    Theater legend Habib Tanvir Early life:Habib Ahmad khan was born on 1st September 1923 at Raipur.his immediate family was town based some of his uncles were land owners and he got chance to visit countryside often.As a child he too had several opportunities to visit villages where he listened to music and songs of local people Here he developed passion to later...
    by dilnawaz at October 4th, 2009 at 08:10 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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    The films of Andrei Zvyagintsev
    Intuitively, Russian filmmaker Andrei Zvyagintsev’s films are escapist. For one who has directed only two films till date, drawing such a conclusion is jumping the gun but then you watch both his movies and find yourself being introduced to a singular and staid cinematic language. One that defines its elements distinctly using them in recurrently in both the movies with...
    by Arthi V at September 29th, 2009 at 02:09 pm
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    Roman Polanski, Lolita, Humbert, life and art
    There is literature. There are films. There are other artistic forms and creations. There is life and there are real life events. Life may not be fair or unfair but human world is always filled with hypocrisy. There is one thing that remains unchanged in any era and that is hypocrisy. Events happen in real life and people react almost in a certain way defined, described...
    by Rk at September 29th, 2009 at 12:09 am
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    Lauren Bacall Named for Honorary Oscar
    The Hollywood actress Lauren Bacall famous for her sultry looks and film noir roles will be awarded an honorary Oscar for her contribution to cinema. Here are some interesting highlights from her autobiography ‘By Myself’. “The Tony nominations were announced-… I was so excited! I couldn’t believe it. At last my first nomination for anything, anywhere… And...
    by Indu Raman at September 14th, 2009 at 05:09 am
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    Asha Bhonsle : Yun hee gaate raho !
    Indian cinema music has been fortunate enough because some great singers have been blessing it by their gracious presence in the last 7 decades. Their great singing performances have been enriching the fields of both, Indian cinema music and Indian music. To become a member of this prestigious group of great singers one needs to be an enormously talented singer who is...
    by Rk at September 8th, 2009 at 01:09 pm
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    Ritwik Ghatak and Ajantrik
    I was under the spotlight, and people generally behind the camera don’t really like the spotlight. Well OK, Hitchcock was an exception. The saleslady at the Music World in Calcutta’s College Street was breathing down my neck, asking me to “peek waan, saer” from a limited selection of ten or eleven Bangla DVD’s, so that we could pay, and release...
    by ArSENik at September 3rd, 2009 at 12:09 pm
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    Prasoon Joshi : a ‘Gulzar’ in the making?
    I have been at this post for quite a while now. But yesterday when I chanced upon this news piece that Prasoon Joshi was given the Shailendra award, I was spurred on to complete the post. When I look around at all the lyrical mockery that’s happening and all the poetical gimmickry, I wonder what will be the fate of lyrics in cinema, going ahead. Its not a very happy...
    by crazyrals at September 2nd, 2009 at 09:09 am
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    Reel life and real life-Preity Zinta & P.C.Barua
    There are 2 persons I remember in Indian film industry whose real lives were modulated by their reel lives. One is Preity Zinta and another is Pramathesh Chandra Barua. Recently media was abuzz with breakup of Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia. Apparently if gossip columns are to be believed, Ness wanted to marry Preity and turn her into a domesticated housewife or trophy...
    by Biswa Prasun Chatterji at August 31st, 2009 at 10:08 am
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    Tribute to Non-Actors
    To me, everything about cinema is fascinating and most fascinating are the people who work in it. This is a post, about the people, more than the cinema. Specifically, this is a post about people we see on screen. It’s amazing to see and hear those people in normal life, and realize how they get transformed on screen. I used to be amazed to see how Sridevi used to come...
    by A. Singh at August 26th, 2009 at 05:08 pm
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    An Interview with Cyrus Dastur
    The following post is an excerpt from telephonic interview with Cyrus Dastur. He is pioneer of short film club movement in India .He writes column for Mumbai Mirror, in addition to this he also acts and directs plays. He has acted in play such as God Said Cheers.Cyrus talks about Shamiana his short film club , there plans for expansion, the future of short films in India...
    by cinemausher at August 15th, 2009 at 10:08 am
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    Brian De Palma-The World is Yours
    (Some  spoilers  in the post). Say Hello to my Little brother I   was  one  of  those  hated  Scarface when  i  saw  it  first.  I  guess  maybe  i  saw  it  a time,  when  i  hated  anything  even  remotely  80’s.  And  the movie   was  80’s,  right from  Giorgio  Moroder’s  techno  music  to  the  over the top  acting...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at August 13th, 2009 at 04:08 am
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    Kader Bhai ko nacheez ka salaam
    Kader KhanKader Khan, a name that perhaps does not evoke admiration in its truest sense. This because of the immediate association with all those inane David Dhawan flicks of the 1990’s that regularly trespassed the established norms of propriety.  Sure there was the odd laugh riot – Aankhen (1993) and Hero No. 1 (1997), but these were exceptions that did little...
    by Akshay Manwani at August 7th, 2009 at 09:08 am
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    Blast From The Past: Meeting O.P. Nayyar!
    June 6, 2003. It’s almost 9.30 p.m. The goal is simple. We want to meet O.P.Nayyar – the legendary music maestro, the creator of some of the most scintillating tunes in Hindi film music. The setting is extremely informal. We have gathered in the drawing room of Shobhana and Chandramohan-Dubai-based singers-cum-event organizers. Me, my dear friend Shekhar (Dr.Chandrashekhar)...
    by Dr. Mandar V. Bichu at August 4th, 2009 at 09:08 am
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    Remembering Rafi
    Naushad (left) and Rafi (right)“Abhi na jao chod kar ke dil abhi bhara nahin” And yet he did go away…on that fateful day dated 31st July, 1980 the world lost it’s greatest singer ever. Leaving behind a legacy of humility and gentleness Md. Rafi passed away to other shores but definitely not oblivion. He left behind a body of work which is as gloriously...
    by Saim at August 2nd, 2009 at 09:08 pm
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    Where have all the villains gone?
    I was born in the late 1970’s. It was a time when all kinds of villainous fiends were having their day in the sun on silver screen. Their histrionics were never too far away from being used to good effect in our own humdrum lives. I remember an aunt telling her hyperactive young son, when all other polite efforts to put him to bed had failed, ‘bete so ja, so ja nahin...
    by Akshay Manwani at July 28th, 2009 at 12:07 am
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    Memories about a Lion!
    Once upon a time, I saw a lion in Nandan Kannan zoo. I had seen lions in Chennai’s vandalur zoo as well, but this lion, I saw was bigger and it looked every bit like the lions I had read about in the stories as a child. It evoked a kind of fear and awe in me, the feeling you have when you see the smaller hair in the back of your head rising in a moment of electric...
    by V.P. Jaiganesh at July 20th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
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    In Defence of Daniel Plainview
    Daniel Plainview This is not exactly a review of There Will Be Blood. This article is more in support of Daniel Plainview. There is almost a 5 minute sequence in There Will Be Blood, which captures the essence of the movie. The scene starts off with a fire in one of the oil wells owned and operated by Daniel Plainview. Without even blinking or gaping at the enormity of...
    by AzadK at July 18th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
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    Film Biographies – A call to arms
    Ever since I became a passionate fan of Hindi Cinema, I also felt the tingling desire to know these dream merchants who light up the canvas, up close and personal. The idiosyncrasies associated with each actor, the journey to fame for every artist and the real woman behind every starlet intrigued me. Was Shammi Kapoor who engendered the image of the rebel hero in the 1960’s,...
    by Akshay Manwani at July 15th, 2009 at 03:07 pm
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    Bimal Roy : A forgotton centenary
    In 1953, when Do Bigha Zameen was released and became an instant classic, winning rave reviews across the world, Raj Kapoor remarked “How I wish I made this film!” This July 12 marked the centenary of Roy and a pity it was that the media did not even care to brush past the legend for it is too busy with pseudo swayamvars of item girls and the umpteen possibilities...
    by Arjun Narayanan at July 14th, 2009 at 02:07 pm
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