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iView Author: Vishesh Mankal (New Delhi, India)

Email: Vishesh_Mankal [at] hotmail [dot] com

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Hindi Dialogues, English and Chamku
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As an aspiring writer one thing I have always struggled with is writing dialogues in Hindi. Indeed my first few projects were devoid of any Hindi, even though the stories were based in or around Delhi. Writing English dialogue just came a lot easier to me for some reason. I assumed that the problem was just mine and it would go away with time and practice. But then I saw Kabeer Kaushik’s “Chamku” a few days ago. I hadn’t seen a good action film in god knows how long, so I went in expecting some well-choreographed action scenes and some serious grit along the way. Of course I got neither as the film was an action-film in only and had …

Warning: Post contains strong language.

When you start noticing flaws in a movie directed by one, who’s first you absolutely admire… you for some odd reason go back to the first movie and go “Ya! The guy made the same mistakes in the first one too…”. The good, in the first one, had so many hooks to keep you engrossed that either you consciously forgive the flaws you may have noticed or you didn’t notice them at all.

Sehar, for us Kabeer fans, was one such good movie. Unfortunately Chamku isn’t. For starters and the most important note on Chamku - Kabeer Kaushik fails to develop any - and I mean ANY - sub characters, parallel tracks or sub plots in Chamku - which primarily focusses on Bobby Deol as Chamku from frame One to frame End. Even if the argument holds - the film …

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Neil Patel (India)

Email: NPatelBollywood[at] Gmail [dot] com

What’s in a name? (Part II)

The saying “Don’t Judge a Book by its cover” is great saying and it would be nice if everybody followed it.

Hence the need for good marketing. It is important. A title plus the package, it all matters. I should not judge a book by its cover. But I do. I guarantee I am not alone. Actually I think I may a part of the majority. This is why the “cover” is important. Film making is a passion, it is also a business. If XYZ(your average film goers) decide this Friday that they want to go watch a film, and there are 5 releases, I believe they will pick the film the go see by the “cover.”

Again …