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iView Author: Sudhir Raikar (Mumbai, India)

Email: sudhirraikar [at] hotmail [dot] com

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A Job of a Lifetime
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Bimal Roy’s master piece “Naukri” (1954) remains one of the most sensitive celluloid representations of a social malaise that is relevant till date –one probably inflamed by a different fire today, but burning all the same. The manner in which Roy highlights the foremost economic challenge before the educated middle class of an Independent India is unique in several respects – deft use of dark humour in narrating a poignant tale of despair and frustration, refreshingly different vintage versions of singer-actor Kishore Kumar and thespian Kanihya Lal, a perceptive camerawork that unfolds the story through a well-knit collage of realistic frames, a soul-stirring music that raises the bar for situational music in films and last …

Final part of the interview of Director Prakash Jha(PJ), taken by Ajay Brahmatmaj (AB), is presented here.

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[Following is the translation of the Hindi Interview and may not do full justice to the original interview so to read the exact sayings of Prakash Jha, one should go through the original interview. This is simply a trial to expose the interview to those readers who can not read Hindi at all]
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AB: Which kind of influences you were having while making Daamul?

PJ: Impact of realistic cinema was certainly there. My own thinking and understanding was also developing continuously. I developed my own craft in direction and I conceived and further developed characters according to the necessity of that particular theme. Honestly speaking Daamul was the first film which followed my own liking and had my own style and touch. These four …

iView Author:Krishna
(Hyderabad, India )

Email:moviecentric [at] gmail [dot] com

Online Critics Society

The thought having an Online Critics Society came into my mind by looking at the present situation of the Indian Cinema.

Many people might be under the delusion that Indian Cinema has a good reputation outside India,sorry to say that the present Indian Cinema does not have that reputation.

When i was talking to my friend about the Indian Cinema who lives in US i came to know the downfall of standards of Indian Cinema.

Indian had produced some wonderful film makers like Satyajit Ray, Bimal Roy,Shaym Benegal,Guru Dutt,K.vishwanath etc… but do we have any hope of finding film makers mentioned above in the futre? answer is very simple and straight –NO

There are many reasons for this condition of Indian Cinema and one of the reasons is the awards.I feel …

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 also.

AG: Yes Yes�I have thought on this many a times. I am not certain about what actor Ashutsoh Gowarikar could have done after becoming successful? But if my early two films Pehla Nasha and Baazi had worked even then also Lagaan could not have been made. It was possible then that in my old age perhaps I could have tried to make such a film. Perhaps there would not have been existed any need to do so. My producers may feel …

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 represented by AB and Ashutosh Gowarikar by AG.

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[Following is the translation of the Hindi Interview and may not do full justice to the original interview so to read the exact sayings of Ashutosh Gowarikar, one should go through the original interview. This is simply a trial to expose the interview to those readers who can not read Hindi]
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AB: Where you spent your childhood. You belong to Mumbai or came here from outside. When you were introduced …

iView Author:
ANIRUDH JAYARAM
(NAVI MUMBAI, INDIA)

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Books to CINEMA - A Journey through Mediums

Dear fellow bloggers, today I read an article on PFC about Guide. This set me thinking about movies based on books.

Hollywood has a grand tradition of movies made on books. From “To kill a mocking bird”, “Ben Hur”, “The Wizard Of Oz”, and so many great films to the Star Wars series, The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, and the Harry potter series, all of them have been based on books. Just for reference, the LOTR books were written by J.R.R.Tolkien and the Harry Potter books by J.K.Rowling. Now you have movies based on the “Inheritance Trilogy” by Christopher Paolini, the first of which was Eragon, and a movie on C.S.Lewis’s “The Chronicles Of Narnia”, the second movie of which is scheduled to be released soon. Even Roald …

MOVIES AND REAL LIFE

Some days back, I saw an interview of Sudhir Mishra on Sahara Filmy by Mayank Shekhar. Mishraji told �Today�s film makers watch movies, not life� They are engaged in watching movies, discussing movies but they do not devote their time to watching, analyzing life. 100% correct.

Some so called biggest filmmakers claim their film�s connectivity to real life. They give very stylish, larger than life films. Making is stylish, larger than life films is not a bad thing. But their films do not connect with common man. Why?

Because�..
- They do not research properly for their films. They do not know minor rules of Indian culture like in Hindus, women do not go to shamshan for Agnisanskar. I have seen in many films by so called biggest filmmakers that women were present in shamshaan in a white cotton sarees.

- Human behavior (physical, mental, biological) is not properly analyzed. …