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Rajiv Rai : Master of the ‘Masala’ genre
When i was a kid, a friend of my dad had gifted me an audio cassette of Tridev. Remember those days there used to be audio cassettes for films which had Full songs with dialogues ??? In other words, the cassette used to have the entire film in audio format. I was only 5 years old when i first heard the songs and dialogues of Tridev. But from the first time onwards,...
by Aditya Savnal at December 27th, 2009 at 09:12 pm
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De Dana Dan
Language: Hindi Director : Priyadarshan Writer: Jay Master ( Dialogues ) Release Date: 27 November 2009 ( India ) Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Katrina Kaif Producers: Ganesh Jain, Girish Jain Music: Pritam Cinematography: N.K.Ekambaram Film Editing: Arun Kumar Vote your reactions for the movie below. Click on the number of stars you would like to give to the movie...
by PFCdesktop at November 26th, 2009 at 07:11 am
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Blue: Amusing Blue Job
It's not a Blue film, it's a comedy The expectation A well promoted Diwali release. Big Stars like Akshay Kumar and Sunjay Dutt. Eye candies Katrina Kaif and Lara Dutta. Bahamas and bikinis in abundance. Kylie Minogue. Music by Rehman. Produce of Sri Asthivinayak Cine Vision that had earlier produced films like Bhagam Bhag, Jab We Met, Golmaal returns, Kidnap and Luck....
by ~uh~™ at October 21st, 2009 at 12:10 pm
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Blue
After watching Blue, there are quiet a few facets of the Hindi film industry which have come to the forefront now: Film Making Courses: So far there are quite a few institutes like FTII, Anupam Kher Prepares and Whistling Woods where one can learn film making. Now they all have stiff competition. Here come the Dhilin Mehta’s Uber-Cool Diploma School (DUDS). Dhilin Mehta...
by Sudhir Nair at October 20th, 2009 at 08:10 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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Wanted- Young Stars, Where are they?
Ram Charan Teja and Kajal Aggarwal in the blockbuster Magadheera[Note- By young star the reference here is to an actor in his 20’s and who has enough star power to carry off a film on his ‘young’ shoulders.] A short while ago when I was in Mumbai I was involved in a discussion with some friends which included a few PFC authors as well. All of a sudden the discussion...
by Sethumadhavan at October 9th, 2009 at 09:10 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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Blue: Theatrical Trailer
One of the most talked about movie, Blue, Starring Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta and Katrina Kaif and above all music by AR Rehman hits the screens this Diwali. They just released a trailer of it. Looks pretty sleek.But, the most important question: Will it have a story? We really hope it does. Let us know your thoughts
by PFCdesktop at August 11th, 2009 at 05:08 pm
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Why Kamal Haasan should never watch Kambakkht Ishq
Ok so Sajid Nadiadwala entrusts a debutant filmmaker Sabbir Khan to make a movie. So like all Nadiadwala productions they decide to make another lavishly mounted project with A listers Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor. There are also top notch Hollywood stars like Sylvester Stallone, Brandon Routh and Denise Richards featuring and to top it all they decide to shoot the...
by Sethumadhavan at July 7th, 2009 at 12:07 am
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Priyadarshan- The Run Machine of Indian Cinema
So far this year we have seen the frenzy generated by SDM and the success of movies like Dev D and Raaz- the Mystery Continues. And of late we have been hearing a lot about the ongoing strike in Bollywood. But there was also one landmark that occured in the 1st Qr of 2009, something which did not really get so much of attention. This landmark was achieved on 13th February...
by Sethumadhavan at April 24th, 2009 at 03:04 am
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An encounter with Amitabh Bachchan and why 8×10
iView Author: Yusuf Tabatabai (Doha, Qatar) Email: symehdi67 [at]gmail[dot]com An Aam Aadmi’s Encounter with Amitabh Bachchan In February 2002 I was travelling from Doha to Lucknow via Delhi when I had a very brief accidental face to face encounter with Mr. Bachchan. At the domestic airport in New Delhi when I was standing on the small stand and being frisked by the...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 19th, 2009 at 04:04 am
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Salman Khan: The Real Superstar
iView Author: SATYENDRA JHA (Pune, India) Email:satyendrajha30 [at] gmail [dot]com SALMAN KHAN: THE REAL SUPERSTAR ———————————————– Disclaimer : The views presented in the article are personal views of the author. ———————————————— Can...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 10th, 2009 at 06:04 pm
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8 X 10 Tasveer : Imprisonment of Rashomon in a photo frame
A low yield process supervised by a former Chemical Engineer. Many shortcomings in Process design, development, engineering and instalation. IMDB link/
by Rk at April 9th, 2009 at 10:04 am
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Every Story tells about Pictures
I watched two movies last weekend, both of which happened to be thrillers dealing with pictures. More precisely Photographs taken by a camera. This post is a twin review. 1. Tasveer 8 x 10 Director: Nagesh Kukunoor Genre: Whodunnit Thriller My Rating : 1/5 Plot Jai Puri (Akshay Kumar) founder member of an organization called EPS (Environmental Protection Services or Society)...
by ~uh~™ at April 8th, 2009 at 07:04 am
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8 X 10 Tasveer Film Review : Nagesh goes Kuku..
……says his fan Mr Noor. I havent seen Nagesh Kuknoor’s film 8 x 10 Tasveer yet. Will watch it on sunday. But a freind who is Nagesh Kuknoor fan saw it first day first show and sent this mail…. Never thought I’d say this, but in light of Bombay to Bangkok and now Tasveer, being a Nagesh Kukunoor fan seems like an embarassment. Can’t believe...
by Phoenixnu at April 3rd, 2009 at 03:04 am
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The Spoof Of The Year
Last year ‘Ghajini’ was ‘The Spoof Of The Year’. This year, we could have an Akshay Kumar winner. He has been trying so hard for the title for quite some time now. Kambakht Ishq could be Akshay Kumar’s second autoBioGraphical fillum in space of two months. Naidawalas have produced spoof films in past, such as, Awaara Paagal Deewana, Phir Hera...
by Honhaar Goonda at March 26th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
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Next Month at the Movies- Money Saved, Joy Lost!!!
For a passionate lover of cinema like me, the anticipation of the next month always is keeping in mind the movies awaiting release- be it in Hindi, English or any other regional language. So why is it that introspecting on April’09 I’m feeling extremely sad? Ah! For the starters from April 4th onwards there’s going to be no Hindi movie releasing due to...
by Sethumadhavan at March 23rd, 2009 at 12:03 am
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The Curious Case Of Shilpa Shetty
Lady Limelight is a jealous lady. She wants all of your attention. You don’t have any time to think of anything else but Lady Limelight, because pretty soon that light will be shinning on somebody else. So you better do it while you can. - Buck Owens Yesterday I was seeing a news bulletin about Shilpa Shetty wishing to meet Jade Goody, and she was telling the media...
by crazyrals at March 18th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
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Tasveer 8×10 Song Promo
Not Impressed! When will item songs end?????
by OM at March 16th, 2009 at 01:03 pm
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No way to treat a lady..or women in the movies
*Hear out the honcho. The movie production house COO (not even the CEO), says airily,“Please not another woman-oriented film.” The implication is that women are the second-rung gender out here. *A TV interviewer, a woman, asks tetchily, “But why always women?” To that you ask, in sheer despair, “Why not?” * A well-meaning producer...
by Khalid Mohamed at March 14th, 2009 at 08:03 am
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Tigers and Monkeys
iView Author: RAM V (Banglore, India) Email: With Held Tigers and Monkeys : I celebrated a tired Holi evening by reliving Satyajt Ray’s ‘Jalsa Ghar’, as I watched Ray Sahib unveil the human soul naked and beautiful, through the sounds of Indian classical music. The sound of classical music was never utilized before to such dramatic effect. I was...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at March 12th, 2009 at 06:03 pm
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Sequel for sanity: Chandni Chowk to China
iView Author: ANUBHA YADAV (DELHI, INDIA) Email: With Held Sequel for sanity: Chandni Chowk to China From Chandni Chowk to China is 30 yrs too late. It seems the team must have made the film somewhat like this. Mr X :Sitting in CCD)- Yaar, we can use this Indo-China political idiom. Mr Y:The dragon and the tiger, u mean? – Waah! the two Asian superpowers coming...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at January 23rd, 2009 at 11:01 am
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CC2C : Triple fried Szechwan Rice with Sarso ka saag
iView Author: Ashu Bhai MAPRM waale (Bombay, India) Email: ashish.purple[at]gmail.com CC2C : Triple fried Szechwan Rice with Sarso ka saag !! Disclaimer: ” What you read further is a piece of my observations while watching CC2C, any reference to anyone living, dead or waiting to die after watching Yuvvraaj, is purely coincidental. I am hyper excited about...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at January 19th, 2009 at 02:01 am
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3rd Bangalore International Film Festival
3rd Bangalore International Film Festival 16-22 Jan 2009 BIFFES’09 is on, in full swing. This was day two for me, quite a nice and varied collection, nice retrospectives(Resnais, Kim Ki Duk, Kaurismaki, Dan Wolman), Homages(Chahine, Ichikawa, Vijay Tendulkar), Jewels from the archives, Cinema of the World, Country Focus(Italy, Norway, Poland), Summer 2007(no this...
by Tushar at January 18th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
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Chandni Chowk To China
(1/5) Pure Chinese torture- B.E.W.A.R.E! IMDB
by Jahan Bakshi at January 16th, 2009 at 04:01 am
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Dear Nikhil, Welcome to Club Bazmee
Chandni Chowk To China Movie Review I loved Kal Ho Na Ho. Smart lines, great humour, sexy songs and that one great scene…pata ho tum meri kya ho……SRK reads on, Preity turns back, Saif doesn’t have any clue…..the camera slowly zooms into the diary…its all blank! Salam-e-Ishq became Is Raat ki Subah Nahi (Nikhil was Ad on this one, if...
by Phoenixnu at January 15th, 2009 at 02:01 pm
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Chandni Chowk To China Review
Surprise of surprises, Mr. Ebert himself writes for apna very own Baaliwood goes Shaanghaai mad Akshay Kumar-Deepika Padukone epic-scale caper, Chandni Chowk to China. So did he like it? Well… “Chandni Chowk to China” won’t attract many fans of kung fu — or Adam Sandler, for that matter. The title and the ads will cause them to think for a...
by Honhaar Goonda at January 15th, 2009 at 09:01 am
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Aamir Khan supersedes other super stars of commercial hindi cinema in 2008
Ghazini has similarities with many films like Memento, Jhootha Kahin Ka and Pasand Apni Apni etc, but does it reduce the intensity of hard work Aamir Khan needed to put in the character, he has played? Had his job become easy because scenes or ideas have been taken from above mentioned films? Sholay is said to be inspired by many films (Hindi and Western) but does this...
by Rk at December 28th, 2008 at 04:12 am
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Chandni Chowk to China : Trailer and what Warners are doing right
No one from Bollywood thought of doing what many of us have been screaming our throats hoarse on… Get Bollywood to the Non-Indian Film Fan… cause there is a huge untapped market for Indian Indie to Studio films. Atlast Warner’s seems to be doing it just right. Targeting the film to that other potential market here in the USA. They released another set...
by oz at December 14th, 2008 at 03:12 pm
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Chandni Chowk to China International Trailer
Warner Bros are going all out to ensure, what our Bollywood studios never do and don’t seem to get it… grab that high volume of international movie watchers spread across North America for their Indian movies. And hence they’ve released an international trailer of CCtoC at some of the major media outlets today… Click here to watch the International...
by oz at December 5th, 2008 at 04:12 pm