Posts Tagged ‘amol palekar’

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    Middle Class Hero
    Amol PalekarIntroduction: A question for you, what would you call a man who has the following qualities, 1. Dances well 2. Fights well 3. Can ride a horse 4. Cries at the drop of a hat 5. has no insecurities about himself, 6. Can make the most beautiful girl fall in love with him 7. Is the perfect son/brother/father/husband 8. Is the most honest person you will ever meet? 9....
    by dhirajr at October 27th, 2009 at 05:10 am
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    Tarang (1984)
    Tarang Year: 1984 Writer/Director: Kumar Shahani Cast: Amol Palekar, Smita Patil, Shreeram Lagoo, Rohini Hattangadi, Om Puri, Kawal Gandhiok If you want to know why the so-called Parallel Cinema movement in Hindi cinema died down in the 1980s, then go and watch this movie- at your peril of course! The only reason I saw it was to listen to Lata Mangeshkar’s superb rendition...
    by Dr. Mandar V. Bichu at June 27th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
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    The Multiple Roles of Bhumika
    iView Author: Arjun Narayanan (UP, India) Email: arju1987 [at] hotmail.com The Multiple Roles of Bhumika How will it be for an actress to act like an actress? Effortless, one may think. But one gets used to ‘act’ different roles to such an extent that one often forgets to ‘live’ it. Shyam Benegal’s Bhumika is the tale of one such actress, who, in the course...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 1st, 2009 at 06:06 pm
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    Rang Birangi, Aloo Chat : Filmy Experiment Gone Wrong
    So, what’s common between Rang Birangi and Aloo Chat? Ok, lets recall Pati Patni Aur Woh and DDLJ, any bells ringing yet?? David Dhawan’s movie Hero No.1 was a good mix of Bawarchi and DDLJ. Govinda becomes a cook/servant to gain entry into Karishma’s house only to impress her family members and gain their confidence. Of course, lots of movies got inspired...
    by crazyrals at May 10th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
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    Director – Actor Combo: Some Gems
    iView Author: SATYENDRA JHA (Pune, India) Email: satyendrajha30 [at]gmail[dot]com Like most of my other articles on PFC, this one has also got its seeds from one of the comments on the beautiful articles written by Ratnakar and Crazyrals paying homage to the great Shakti Samanta, who left us for heavenly abode last week. Well, the comment in question was how Shakti-da...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 19th, 2009 at 11:04 am
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    Shyam Benegal’s BHUMIKA (1977)
    BHUMIKA(The Role) Does a man’s philosophical perspective change with time?Does a man’s convictions change with time?Does a man’s view towards a piece of art change with time?.. for all the above questions my answer would be YES because few days ago i watched Shyam Benegal’s BHUMIKA for the second time,the first time i watched it was a couple of...
    by Krishna at March 6th, 2009 at 03:03 am
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    Tapan Sinha : Ek Director Ki Maut
    Dada Saheb Phalke recipient, director Tapan Sinha died today. He made some wonderful films in his long career. It may happen that few people who claim to be having passion for cinema or mad about cinema did not know about him and his films on their own and once in a while whenever his name was printed in newspapers or spoken by electronic media because an award was bestowed...
    by Rk at January 15th, 2009 at 04:01 am
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    Khamosh : Once upon a time VVChopra had made this Thriller
    Khamosh is a thriller where every time needle is pointed towards a suspect, audience may feel that no he is just usual suspect at that moment and real murderer is somebody else and one by one needle of suspicion goes to many characters and audience also keep one step ahead as director’s screen play allows him to know it that something is missing in the investigation...
    by Rk at October 15th, 2008 at 08:10 am
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    WTS : How the hell Shyam Benegal could make this vast socio-political cinematic collage
    How Shyam Benegal has managed to handle such a vast and loosely scattered subject and presented such a fine piece of cinema? How he has managed to present so many differently looking and behaving characters in a single film? How he has managed to give so different physical gestures and psychological understandings to different characters? As its known he was born in...
    by Rk at September 29th, 2008 at 06:09 am
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    Chhoti See Baat
    There is a little difference between a good person and a person with gray characteristics and exchange between two kinds of natures of people can take place very easily with a little manipulation and management. Though they are seen and understood as good people but several times majority of people follow the dark shades of mind also, though they do it sometime to fulfill...
    by Rk at June 17th, 2008 at 07:06 am
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    Books to Cinema – A Journey Through Mediums
    iView Author: ANIRUDH JAYARAM (NAVI MUMBAI, INDIA) EMAIL: WITHHELD Books to CINEMA – A Journey through Mediums
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 10th, 2008 at 04:04 pm
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    RamNagri(1982)-Amol Palekar in a socially relevant Comedy film!
    Marathi literature is quite rich in presenting Dalit sahitya. Mostly literature created by authors coming from depressed class present their problems, sorrows and exploitation etc in a tragic manner but Ram Nagri, Ram Nagarkar’s autobiography takes shelter in satire and sarcasm and exposes cast factor prevailing in Indian society. Ram Nagarkar came from the Barber cast...
    by Rk at December 6th, 2006 at 06:12 am
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