Archive for the ‘PFC-Buzz’

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    The end of DVD is here… and no it isn’t Blu-ray
    Netflix. It changed how America sees movies. You go online you create your list of movies you want to watch. You select the number of movies you want to see at a time. And Voila! The DVDs are at your doorstep. 10 Million Subscribers. That’s One Crore Accounts. Then about 2 years ago, Netflix introduced direct download. Watch movies on your computer, within your same...
    by oz at October 12th, 2009 at 10:10 am
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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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    FROZEN PREMIERE, PUNE
    Saturday, 30 May, 2009 has been the fifth happiest day of my life. For a life of 32 years full of happenings, this is more than just a mere statement. It’s a conviction of priorities. I have unashamedly admitted this to some close friends, as well as to the team of Frozen, just before they were about to leave for Mumbai, after the successful premiere of Frozen in Pune....
    by Satyendra Jha at May 31st, 2009 at 11:05 am
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    Frozen: The Cold Colours of Life
    Sneaking by that bylane, those deep dark eyes having so much to convey, the starkling innocence awaiting corruption, and that naïve beauty, it all was innocently real, it had nothing false about it, it was innocence packed in a plain package of innocence. The name of the movie instantly conjured up images of either awe, shock, magic and ironically pain, bondage and obviously...
    by Jehan Handa at May 12th, 2009 at 06:05 am
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    Barah Aana: A Journey Three Quarters Complete
    iView Author: Raja Menon (Mumbai, India) Email: WITHHELD Barah Aana: A Journey Three Quarters Complete Here is an account of this week’s new release, the Indie film Barah Aana, in the words of the film’s director Raja Menon. Barah Aana is Raja Menon’s 2nd feature as a director, and both these films have been independently produced. Barah Aana...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at March 19th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
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    PFC Authors about their fav pastime!
    …you guessed it! Watching movies. Here is a glimse of a regular employed PFC author’s cinema comsuption in a week: Tushar: Curious case of Benjamin Button – good stuff, had heard all kinds of things about it but I was surprised with Fincher’s confidence Zodiac – took me almost 2 days to watch with repeat of many scenes and the sp. feature...
    by ravptor at March 3rd, 2009 at 11:03 pm
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    Oz in Bollywood!!!
    18th Feb dawned pretty nice and normal. Sun rising in the east, sweepers carefully re-arranging the mess on the roads, my kaamwaali bai late for work again so n so forth. So basically it wasn’t a day that began with a sense of foreboding like in Shakespeare’s works. But then there was no reason to as it ended perfectly well too. Just maybe not that normal. Now...
    by Fatema Kagalwala at February 27th, 2009 at 06:02 pm
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    Jai ho! geet sangeet
    iView Author: dilnawaz (Patna, India) Email: syed.tauheed [at] gmail.com “Jai ho! geet sangeet ” SINCE the first Indian talkie songs are part of Hindi films.lyricists, music directors and singers from very past are successfully carrying forward the geet –sangeet tradition LYRICISTS With likes of shakil badayuni, hasrat jaypuri, shailendra, sahir, majrooh...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at February 25th, 2009 at 05:02 am
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    Updates: Kaminey and Ishqiya
    Just came across a few updates, so thought why not write another post-besides it helps me keep my hopes and optimism alive after being scarred by Chandni Chowk To China. (To read my review, click here.) After Professor ji’s profound and stupendously entertaining analysis, I don’t think there’s much left to say. On the other hand, things aren’t all...
    by Jahan Bakshi at January 21st, 2009 at 04:01 am
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    Anurag Kashyap: One needs his own method to make a film
    Second and concluding part of the excerpts from a conversation occurred between Director Anurag Kashyap(AK), and Ajay Brahmatmaj (AB), is presented here. [Following is the loose translation of the Hindi Interview and may not do full justice to the original interview. Its advisable that one should go through the original interview to read the exact sayings of Anurag...
    by Rk at November 6th, 2008 at 06:11 am
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    Anurag Kashyap: Noir is the story of underdog for me
    In continuation of the series “Initial Steps“, excerpts from a conversation occurred between Director Anurag Kashyap(AK), and Ajay Brahmatmaj (AB), are presented here. Full interview will appear in Ajay Brahmatmaj’s book “Meri pehli film” which will be published soon by Antika Prakashan. [Following is the loose translation of the Hindi...
    by Rk at November 5th, 2008 at 05:11 am
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    Khosla Ka Ghosla : Hrishi Daian cinema fried with a heist
    We love to watch the cheating designed by Robert Redford and Paul Newman against Robert Shaw in The Sting, where they establish a false set up where Robert Shaw could be and would be conned. This is intriguing, interesting and thrilling to watch it and it remains interesting even during the repetitive watch also when we know in no uncertain terms what is going to happen...
    by Rk at November 3rd, 2008 at 07:11 am
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    DEV.D : The trailer is here!
    Tauba tera jalwa Tauba tera pyaar Tera emotional atyachaar YES IT IS, but before we move on to that, allow me to inflict upon thee some “emotional atyachaar“! Love it or hate it, No Smoking has been one of the most discussed and debated film all over the blogosphere for the last one year, and continues to be so and Anurag Kashyap is here to stay. And if the...
    by Jahan Bakshi at November 3rd, 2008 at 05:11 am
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    Hollywood Ripoffs better than the Original!
    Cracked.com has come up with a list of Hollywood Ripoffs (I repeat ripoffs) that are better than the Originals… which is what you new age Bollywood Bloggers term as: It is so bad that it’s REAL GOOD. While going through the list, I was stopped in my tracks by No# 8 which was titled… The Indian Superman – Dariya Dil (released 1988) Apparently Govinda-jee’s...
    by oz at October 23rd, 2008 at 01:10 pm
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    First Look: Heaven On Earth and Firaaq
    Deepa Mehta’s new film Heaven On Earth recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival while Nandita Das’ first directorial venture Firaaq was first showcased at Telluride and then at TIFF. Both films look interesting and have met with uneven but some very encouraging reactions. Heaven On Earth is a story of a domestic abuse with elements of...
    by Jahan Bakshi at September 14th, 2008 at 05:09 am
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    Raju Hirani : I strongly believe in Gandhi Ji
    Second and concluding part of the excerpts from a conversation occurred between Director Raju Hirani(RH), and Ajay Brahmatmaj (AB), is presented here. ————————————————————- [Following is the translation of the Hindi Interview and may not do full...
    by Rk at August 26th, 2008 at 03:08 am
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    Raju Hirani : Training is very important in film making
    In continuation of the series “Initial Steps“, excerpts from a conversation occurred between Director Raju Hirani(RH), and Ajay Brahmatmaj (AB), are presented here. Ajay writes about Raju Hirani First time I had met Raju Hirani in the office of Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Munna Bhai MBBS was not released yet. Most of the journalists were interviewing VVC. I saw...
    by Rk at August 25th, 2008 at 05:08 am
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    Singh Is Kinng!
    It is one of the most awaited film of the year, apparently. The film is directed by Anees Bazmee who has given successful hits like ‘No Entry’ and ‘Welcome’. Yes, both films were shite, but they were hits! You cannot beat that. The film stars Akshay Kumar – he is the king of entertainment. And he has been giving successfully films last so...
    by Honhaar Goonda at August 4th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
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    Sivan’s Before The Rains
    Before the Rains is a landscape movie, a sensuous story of love between an English spice exporter and his married Indian housemaid, shot and directed by Santhosh Sivan in God’s own country, Kerala. Deepak Chopra in his recommendation compared the movie to E.M. Forster’s “A Passage to India” and stories like “In the Bedroom”, “Little...
    by wb at July 10th, 2008 at 03:07 pm
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    Gulal : Aankhan Dekhi
    Just returned back from the sets of Gulal.. For more than a week, I was so heavily occupied in the work, the I could not manage to visit the location (currently filming at Chaumu Palace, about 40 kms from Jaipur city).. and then came July 4th, the Independence day of US, became a day of freedom for me as most of my clients were busy spending time at a holiday… So...
    by Pavan Jha at July 4th, 2008 at 06:07 pm
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    Prakash Jha : Politically I am not biased & all filmwalla people are not perverted
    Final part of the interview of Director Prakash Jha(PJ), taken by Ajay Brahmatmaj (AB), is presented here. —————————————————————– [Following is the translation of the Hindi Interview and may not do full justice to the original interview...
    by Rk at July 4th, 2008 at 02:07 am
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    Prakash Jha : Deepti Naval and I never cherished any negativity between us
    Second part of the interview of Director Prakash Jha(PJ), taken by Ajay Brahmatmaj (AB), is presented here. ——————————————————————————————————————————- [Following...
    by Rk at July 3rd, 2008 at 06:07 am
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    Prakash Jha : Hrishikesh Mukharjee cried after watching my film
    To continue the series “Initial Steps“, excerpts from an interview of Director Prakash Jha, taken by Ajay Brahmatmaj , are presented here. Ajay writes I had started my interview series with the interview of Prakash Jha. He is my elder and to some extent my guide also. Perhaps it is difficult, at present, to evaluate the contribution of Prakash Jha to...
    by Rk at July 2nd, 2008 at 09:07 am
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    4 BOYS FROM DELHI
    iView Author: Hemant G. (New Delhi, India) EMAIL: withheld 4 BOYS FROM DELHI ————————————————– It’s been almost 2 years that I stumbled upon PFC one fine morning in New York and it has continued to inspire me ever since. My love for filmmaking started when...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at July 2nd, 2008 at 01:07 am
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    PFC New York City MeetUp – The report
    I arrived at the location a full 37 minutes after the witching hour, figuring I’ll still be the first. IST and all. But no, Badmash and Evelyn were standing outside the bar. From their unbridled disappointment at seeing me, I figured they were PFC. We air kissed our hellos (Not), got a round of drinks and headed to the patio, It was Evelyn’s wedding anniversary,...
    by dabba at June 24th, 2008 at 02:06 pm
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    Ashutosh Gowarikar : Aamir Khan has sixth sense to identify a director
    In continuation with the first part of the interview( Ashutosh Gowarikar : I missed the Prem’s role in Maine Pyar Kiya ) of Director Ashutosh Gowarikar, taken by Ajay Brahmatmaj , second and concluding part is presented here. AB: If you had become a successful actor then we could not have got film like Lagaan and we could have missed the director Ashutosh Gowarikar...
    by Rk at June 11th, 2008 at 04:06 am
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    10th Osian’s Cinefan Mumbai film festival
    iView Author: DT (Mumbai, India) EMAIL: withheld 10th Osians Cinefan Mumbai film festival The next edition of Osians 10 day Delhi-based Cinefan festival, begins with its 2 day Mumbai edition at the National Centre for Performing Arts in Mumbai. The event will be held on the 13th and 14th of June, with a felicitation of Shammi Kapoor as its centrepiece. The helmer...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 11th, 2008 at 01:06 am
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    Ashutosh Gowarikar : I missed the Prem’s role in Maine Pyar Kiya
    As informed in the post Director is like a God walking on earth : Shyam Benegal a new series “Initial Steps” is started with this interview of Director Ashutosh Gowarikar. Thanks a lot to Ajay Brahmatmaj who provided his detailed Interview with Ashutosh Gowarikar to PFC. Here is the first part of the interview. From now onwards Ajay Bramatmaj will be...
    by Rk at June 10th, 2008 at 05:06 am
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    Sarkar Raj Press Show…and others…
    Sort of in between a rant and musings… Was at the Sarkar Raj press show at Famous yesterday. Well, as expected was house full. The sixty-seater was exploding with around hundred people from the press (we have SO many reviewers amongst us and not ONE to be proud of???) with so many sitting on the floor, including yours truly. Well, this is not the first time this...
    by Fatema Kagalwala at June 6th, 2008 at 09:06 am
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    Director is like a God walking on earth : Shyam Benegal
    Orson Welles, Jean Renoir, Ingmar Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock, Akira Kurosawa, David Lean, Andrei Tarkovsky, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Bernardo Bertolucci, Frank Capra, Francis Ford Coppola, Jean-Luc Godard, Fellini, Kubrick, Michelangelo Antonioni, Roman Polanski, Sydney Pollack, Steven Soderbergh, James Ivory etc etc and PC Barua, Sohrab Modi, Mehboob, Kedar Sharma, Bimol...
    by Rk at June 6th, 2008 at 06:06 am
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