Posts Tagged ‘bimal roy’

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    Bimal Roy : A forgotton centenary
    In 1953, when Do Bigha Zameen was released and became an instant classic, winning rave reviews across the world, Raj Kapoor remarked “How I wish I made this film!” This July 12 marked the centenary of Roy and a pity it was that the media did not even care to brush past the legend for it is too busy with pseudo swayamvars of item girls and the umpteen possibilities...
    by Arjun Narayanan at July 14th, 2009 at 02:07 pm
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    Do Bigha Zameen, Umberto. D and the Bicycle Thieves: Where Do Bigha Zameen falters
    Nirupa Roy, Parikshit Sahni, Balraj Sahni, Nana Palsikar in Do Bigha ZameenThe distinction is important. Amongst good, very good and great. Because, something which is merely good sometimes seeks to shelter and glow amidst the presence of myriad mediocre works, where it stands apart on a strictly relative plane, nudging mediocrity by an iota.  And we often confuse and...
    by Tanul Thakur at July 13th, 2009 at 05:07 pm
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    Mottled thoughts on some political films
    If you are a grad student and you do everything on time then there is something wrong with you. Procrastination – that’s the one word guidebook to finishing your doctoral studies. It is way of living for grad students. And believe it or not – we get paid for that. Needless to say I am one of those geeks who practise this religiously. So it takes me months...
    by Neeraja at July 9th, 2009 at 04:07 pm
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    A Job of a Lifetime
    iView Author: Sudhir Raikar (Mumbai, India) Email: sudhirraikar [at] hotmail [dot] com ——————————————————– A Job of a Lifetime ——————————————————– Bimal...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at September 12th, 2008 at 04:09 am
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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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    Online Critics Society
    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...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 16th, 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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    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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    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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    MOVIES AND REAL LIFE
    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...
    by Shailesh Limbachiya at June 9th, 2007 at 03:06 am
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