Maharathi (based on the Paresh Rawal directed highly successful play of the 80s), Dil Kabaddi, Meerabai Not Out and Oh My God. Four films not of the regular commercial kind. A very different Friday. Which one are you going for?
I have no idea what hit me and why I’m stunned. I have now seen the bar of stupidity raised with this India TV news video.
Video Tip: Om
Suparn Verma’s organized meet:
Suparn recently blogged about the rally he is organizing on Dec 3 evening. Please join him and hundreds of others to show your support to fight against terrorism and the government mismanagement. The place is Hotel Taj, Mumbai at 6pm.
Is it a poster? Is it a teaser? Or both… this is a unique way of introducing an upcoming movie! Click here to watch the poster… ummm… video
In honor and respect of brave cops, armymen and innocent citizens who’ve lost their lives in the Mumbai terror attack we are moving PFCOne to January 5th, 2009. Click here for the new schedule.
Nov 28th, PFC will observe a day of mourning for the innocents who have lost their lives to terrorism in Mumbai. PFC Silence day is our way to condemn all kinds of terrorism. In this we would like honor and respect the brave cops who laid down their lives to protect its citizens. Salute!
No blog will be published on PFC on Nov 28th. Authors and Readers are requested to offer their respects on this silent day by maintaining comment silence.
PFCOne 2008 is postponed too. We are moving PFCOne to January 5th, 2009. Click here for the new schedule
Heart rate. Check. Pulse Rate. Check. Cause after watching these videos they may just shoot through the roof! Part One shows the hilarious three calls Dibakar made to Paresh, Abhay Deol perfecting the art of jumping walls… Part 2 starts with a startling statement from Paresh Rawal followed by Neetu Chandra, and above all Sneha Khanwalakar the music director showing videos of her research that she did in the interiors of Haryana and Punjab!
For Hi-Res (fast internet connections) click: Part 1 and Part 2
For slow net connections click YouTube Part 1 and YouTube Part 2
Farhan returns to the screen, this time in Luck By Chance directed by Zoya Akhtar. Click image below to view the trailer… and prepare to be surprised by Rishi Kapoor! 
Found the synopsis quite intriguing… “Sabine, a high school French teacher, gives her class a translation exercise based on a real news story about a terrorist who plants a bomb in the airline luggage of his pregnant girlfriend. The assignment has a profound effect on one student, Simon, who reads his version to the class and then takes it to the Internet. He has created a false identity, which allows him to probe a family secret. As Simon uses his new persona to journey deeper into his past, the public reaction is swift and strong. Then an exotic woman revels her true identity and the truth about Simon’s family emerges” - Click image below to view the trailer…
Atlast, the trailer is out… NBTT has an interesting story about a female reporter who faces a possible jail sentence for exposing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source… click here to watch the trailer at moviefone…
It’s here! Click Image below to watch the trailer…
Check the details out and RSVP fast before all tickets are reserved!
Update: The Festival Schedule has been published here.
Announcing the films selected in the competitive section. The movies made it to the Prized Cut… click here to see the list of films that made it.
it just keeps getting wicked! Click image below to watch the latest trailer
… and the 5 day schedule…
Will be released in 24 hours…
O Boy!
With Slumdog Millionaire releasing in a few hours… things get hotter, spicier and very, very interesting… David Chen of /Film met Danny Boyle for an interview and guess what’s Danny Boyle’s Playlist? Click the play button below to hear the interview (courtesy : /Film)
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Snapshot of the interview (be ready to jump!)
00:00 What are some of your favorite movies?
00:30 Apocalypse Now
01:50 The five-hour version of Apocalypse Now
02:20 Nick Roeg, Walkabout, Don’t Look Now, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Bad Timing, Eureka
03:20 The Uncertainty of Narrative
04:10 Bollywood Inspirations
05:40 Satya
06:00 Company, Black Friday
06:20 Nick Park
06:55 The Wrong Trousers, Apocalypto
08:08 Which filmmakers inspired you to get into film?
(news tip: PhoenixNu)
…starring Preity Zinta… click the image below for the trailer…
[gallery]Deepa Mehta is collaborating with Salman Rushdie on a big-screen adaptation of the author’s 1981 historical novel “Midnight’s Children.” Rushdie and Mehta will co-write the screenplay and shooting is tentatively scheduled to commence in 2010. Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das are on board to star in the project.
Source Wikipedia
So after the highly successful Batman, Nolan’s next venture is writing Ghajini… that is what I call a true Global writer!
(News tip: Honhaar Goonda)
No damn not in that manner (sorry bad joke)… they are making history by coming together to work in a film for the first time… The movie will also star Rishi Kapoor… Being directed by Gemini Films Circuit, the movie is titled Thalaivan Irukkiraan (tamil readers please translate)… The movie will be shot in US and Switzerland.
Abhay Deol starts his blogging journey with “Cinema Angst” his blogging diary. Please extend a warm welcome to Abhay and be sure to make him feel at home on PFC!
And for those who came in late…
Dibakar Banerjee (Khosla ka Ghosla, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!) opens his blogging diary on PFC! Please extend a warm welcome to Dibakar on opening his blogging ka ghosla!
Dibakar Banerjee (Khosla ka Ghosla, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!) opens his blogging diary on PFC! Please extend a warm welcome to Dibakar on opening his blogging ka ghosla!
Just heard the sad news of demise of one of the greatest legend of Indian Cinema. BR Chopra at the age of 94. The true flag bearer of social cinema and healthy entertainment, BR Chopra, has given Bollywood and cine-fans a lot to cherish forever. Afsana, Ek Hi Rasta, Naya Daur, Gumrah, Hamraaz, Sadhna, Kanoon, Dhundh, Nikaah and TV Serial Mahabharat, are some of his memorable pieces of work.
BR Chopra is forever.. PFC pays tribute to this legend.
UPDATED: Included Hi-Res Superchor Promo
It’s out! …
And…
Click here for the zip pow zing theatrical trailer
Check out the trailer to find why everyone is raving about this film!… including Anurag’s thoughts on the movie seen at London Film Festival
Video tip: Mainak
First teaser of Aditya Chopra’s December flick. Hollay Hollay!
“Welcome to Sajjanpur” is a mainstream Bollywood movie with a social conscience — hardly surprising coming from the lens of veteran arthouse director Shyam Benegal, who, at the ripe old age of 74, proves that even a founding father of parallel cinema can mix it up with the best of them. - Variety
