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Who said it to whom and where!
Few scenes/dialogues swim in the sea of memories and they want recognition and so many times we are unable to give proper identification to these audio-visual memories. Few PFC authors have collected some dialogues from Hindi Films and hope some of these dialogues will take you on a nostalgic trip and some will tickle you inside. Dialogues may not have exactly correct...
by Rk at June 2nd, 2008 at 01:06 am
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Random thoughts on NAMKEEN (1982)
Random thoughts on “NAMKEEN” (1982) Caution: Spoilers Ahead This is not a review kind of article but describes my random feelings and thoughts while and after watching Namkeen. Kartik has written an article on Namkeen but I must share my thoughts about this gem, – you have to tolerate this. Pardon me if some lines match with kartik’s article but this...
by Shailesh Limbachiya at April 10th, 2008 at 05:04 am
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nagesh kukunoor ka kasoor
bombay to bangkok ke asafal hone ka poora shreya nagesh kukunoor ke hi mathe hoga.woh akeley kasoorwar hain.is film ke liye subhash ghai ko doshi nahi thahraya ja sakta.iqbal aur dor jaisi filmon ke baad bomabay to bangkok jaisi kamjor film ke baare mein nahi socha ja sakta tha.kya ho gaya nagesh ko?kya unki pahle ki films fluke thin. gaur karen to nagesh koi bade aur...
by ajay brahmatmaj at January 20th, 2008 at 05:01 am
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as DHAAL as it gets
Responsible for Divyashakti, an adequately downbeat tale of revenge driven by principles and loss bolstered by an interesting villain, Tau (pronounced: taauu), played by Amrish Puri and two films with Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan (Main Khiladi Tu Anari, a rip-off of The Hard Way and Keemat), Sameer Malkan was last heard of when he finished a songless thriller shot in...
by George Thomas at November 1st, 2007 at 08:11 pm
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Pee Room, Paan-ki-Dukaan And Dialoguebaazi
I Everytime I go to watch a movie at Fame Adlabs,Andheri Link Road, and visit its wash-room/ rest-room/ pee-room or plain loo, it is not only the tool I hold on but the dialogues/one-liners from various films that are framed at eye level..And looking at them a vague feeling nudges me as to what’s missing in present day fare of movies ! Then the other day in a seminar...
by krysh at October 18th, 2007 at 05:10 am
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Villains
There is a special place for villains in Indian cinema. Especially in the 70’s, 80’s and early 90’s before the Hum Apke Hain Kaun phenomenon, our writers created iconic bad guys. Amitabh Bachchan would have never succeeded as the Angry Young Man if he didn’t have equally dynamic enemies to defeat. Personally, I always found villains to be way more...
by Vijay at September 12th, 2007 at 04:09 pm
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GHUTAN: breathe easy or die laughing
tum dono.n ne use zi.ndaa kabr me.n dafanaakar ek ghuTan-bharii maut dii hai; aur ab tum log is khulii hawaa kii har saa.Ns me.n har pal ghuTan mahasuus karoge (father james/ amit shankar) Before they clashed at the boundary of life and undeath in this Ramsay flick, Aryan Vaid and Heena Rehman already had Fun – Can Be Dangerous Sometime in common. Since Payal Rohatgi...
by George Thomas at July 16th, 2007 at 09:07 am
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APNE Huey Paraye
When Apne go to make a movie with a backdrop of world boxing title at stake–first for redemption and then for revenge,you know you have exposed yourself to blows and bhaashanbaazi by not some ETs but your own Apne. When Apne start talking nonsense in English and then switchover to Hindi to make some sense and Sunny Deol says Aa saale tujhe yahin gaarh doonga,...
by krysh at June 29th, 2007 at 05:06 am
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SARFAROSH (1999) – ORIGINAL AND AWESOME
SARFAROSH (1999) – ORIGINAL AND AWESOME Perhaps all of PFC guys have shown this superb film but I want to discuss this film as this film has impressed me lot with respect to story telling, griping script, dialogues, characters, performances and music. Sarfarosh was John Mathew Mathan’s first film after making ads and in his first film he seems to be prominent director...
by Shailesh Limbachiya at June 22nd, 2007 at 05:06 am
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Back in to time of Charlie Chaplin :: debut by a deaf and mute actor !
Charlie Chaplin was not mute but he worked in the silent films. Without uttering dialogues from his mouth he was able to create magic on screen through his acting ability and he proved that you don’t need heavy dialogues to make impressive presence on the screen. Presence has to be generated through facial expressions, expressions in the eyes and body language. Almost...
by Rk at June 19th, 2007 at 11:06 am
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Turtles Can Fly – Unforgettable Cinema
Iranian filmmakers for long have thrived on their unmatched ability to reflect upon their times through the eyes of their children. Majidi is perhaps the finest examples of exploring the issue through the viewpoint of the children who live it, because they are perhaps the only ones who see the world for what it is. They don’t judge, they observe. They see it, and...
by Vijay at June 11th, 2007 at 03:06 pm
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Building The New Stars of Hindi Cinema…
With Saawariya introducing the world to the acting talent of Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor, and Om Shanti Om rocket launching the career of Deepika Padukone, I got to thinking about the major stars of Hindi cinema who were introduced in the new millenium… and many an actor made his debut since Y2K, only a few have had the kind of impact which could earn them the...
by Tony Mera Naam at June 11th, 2007 at 11:06 am
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Amu: Heart, Anger, and a Mirror
Orwell’s prediction of the horrors of 1984 would seem mellow compared to what humanity really saw. In Delhi at least, thousands were massacred, families destroyed forever, the scum of humanity exposed, as justice still remains to be served. It’s a disgusting piece of our history that our government, which still employs many of those directly responsible, chooses...
by Vijay at June 6th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
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Life…In A Metro
“Will this survive the Kingfisher litmus test?” asked Oz as we inebriated ourselves while hogging on some butter chicken at Ambala Dhaba. I was hesitant to respond because Vijay Mallya’s concoction has a tendency to strip your tolerance levels considerably. The last film we saw under the influence (Nishabd) had us running to save our tender brains from...
by Vijay at May 12th, 2007 at 03:05 am
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Salim-Javed : Learn from good and bad of Formula Kings!
In the commercial hindi cinema Salim-Javed have been termed as most successful writers of story, screen play and dialogues. They were best or not or they produced best products or not this is another question but undoubtedly they ruled the box office for some 10 years after the release and success of their first film “Hathi Mere Saathi”. They charged hefty amount and...
by Rk at May 4th, 2007 at 04:05 am
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Bold face of Hindi Cinema = B. R. Ishara !
It is often said that though both, Raj Kapoor and B R Ishara, dealt with female exposure to a great extent but while Raj Kapoor exposed his heroines slowly scene by scene, B R Ishara believed in doing it in one go. Audience blinks and clothes of the actress are gone. But nudity in his film was not for the sake of it but it was as per requirement of his scripts. In several...
by Rk at April 24th, 2007 at 04:04 am
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The Pool – An American Movie?
Amidst all the wonderful discussions about indie movies, we haven’t quite had the opportunity to talk about what is in my opinion, one of the best indie films this year – The Pool. If the credits were deleted, one would never in the wildest of their imagination believe that this is an American movie. Independent documentary filmmaker Chris Smith, famous for...
by Vijay at April 10th, 2007 at 11:04 am
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Screenwriting Tips from a TV legend
As fans of hindi cinema, it’s far too often that we find ourselves watching what could have been a good, even great film, but somehow its found a way to disapoint us. 99% of the time its due to poor scripting. And what a damn shame that is. I’ve always believed that you don’t necessarily need a brilliant or even unique story to make a good film. It’s...
by Tony Mera Naam at March 15th, 2007 at 02:03 pm
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Abhishek Bachchan – Career profile !
Though there was a hype about his debut but Abhishek Bachchan started with a moderate success in Refugee. After all he was only son of Bachchan couple, Amitabh and Jaya, who have been getting tremendous respect for their acting skills. It was a great news with great media coverage and earlier JP Datta wanted to launch Abhishek in “Akhiri Mughal” with Dilip Saab in...
by Rk at February 1st, 2007 at 06:02 am
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Dillagi (‘78) : Don’t miss this precious comedy
Comedy King Dharmendra and Basu Chatterjee joined hands only once and their combination gave a wonderful comedy Dillagi. During those years of 70s, Hema Malini worked mostly with Dharmendra and this working partnership ultimately converted in to their marriage. Dharmendra plays role of a Sanskrit teacher and joins a GIRLs college where he sees Chemistry teacher, i.e. Hema...
by Rk at February 1st, 2007 at 06:02 am
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Muskuraahat (‘92) : Priyadarshan at his best in Hindi
This is not Priyadarshan’s loud comedy like Hera Pheri, Hangama etc. Its a sobre comedy film with enough romantic and emotional flavour intermingled in the plot. Revathi is no Sri Devi or Jaya Prada as far as physical beauty is concerned but her spontainity is not less than Sri Devi’s and if you like to watch an younger Revathi in a comedy role or in a comedy...
by Rk at January 23rd, 2007 at 04:01 am
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Vivah : Suraj R Barjatya regains synchronization with his kind of cinema
Nida Fazli the famous Urdu Poet wrote once – Tum bhee likhna Tumne us shab kitanee baar piya paanee Tumne bhee to dekha hoga Chajaje upar pura chand. A loose translation – (You also write to me how many times you drank water that evening You also might have seen full moon from your balcony) If you like this poetry and understand the romance...
by Rk at January 17th, 2007 at 06:01 am
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BAISCOPE presents… with Nikhil Advani
Here’s an event for PFC-ites in Mumbai… a few months back I had given an introduction to Baiscope Entertainment, an NGO designed to benefit fledgling filmmakers and others interested in film and the industry. Now they’re back with an event in Juhu and the director of the upcoming Salaam-e-Ishq will be in attendance. Highly recommend those of you in...
by striker at January 12th, 2007 at 02:01 pm
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Well, let’s see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes. And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di’s clothes. I couldn’t believe it. That was Jacob’s reply to his boss, the Air Traffic Controller in Airplane...
by Muzzy at January 11th, 2007 at 05:01 am
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Size doesn’t matter!
I love short films. They’re perfect for when you’re in the mood to watch a film but don’t have the time. Hell, I even try to catch a couple here and there during the day at work. Sadly, the market for short films is just not there with the masses. Unless a Darna Mana Hai or Darna Zaroori Hai comes along with Ramu’s banner behind it, the audience...
by striker at December 27th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
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Dowry anyone? A movie story
Last week Babul was released with widow re-marriage as its base subject. The led me to seeking out more women issues that plagues India. My search took me to the dowry issue. I looked up the judiciary system and found Indian Penal Code 498a, the anti-dowry law. Following is an excerpt of the same “Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman,...
by Muzzy at December 14th, 2006 at 02:12 pm
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Hazaaro Khwaahishen Aisi, Ghalib and more…
A lazy afternoon in near-weekend desperation, no mood to check out any new film from my pending DVDs(BRAZIL/FELLINI/and some hard to pronounce films), sipping beer, I stumbled yet again on a rerun of HKA. With no mood initially to revisit it, I could not resist getting hooked to it, yet again. I saw Hazaaro Khwaahishen Aisi some 6th time today. The scene was when Shiney...
by Tushar at December 14th, 2006 at 09:12 am
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Kundan Shah Retrospective
Kundan Shah, the inimitable genius and creator of Nukkad, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na, is coming to Bangalore this weekend for Eye for India, a film screening program for Indian directors done by the Bangalore Film Society. For this weekend’s event, BFS is collaborating with Collective Chaos and Films for Freedom. The program would include screenings...
by Tushar at November 29th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
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Lost In Translation
Time and time again, Bollywood movie makers have been called copycats for lifting an idea, script or complete scenes from various global movies. This was all OK before the early 80’s as not many Hindi movie-goers were subjected to the global cinema, especially Hollywood. There have been rumors of writers renting out 10 DVD’s, lifting a scene from here, a dialogue from...
by Muzzy at November 26th, 2006 at 08:11 am
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The 48-hour Film Project: what say PFC?
Here’s another idea I suggested to oz, and he suggested I post it here and check out reader reactions. 2001 marked the debut year of the 48-Hour Film Project, “a crazy idea to try to make a film in 48 hours” brought up by Mark Ruppert and his filmmaking partner Liz Langston. Basically, the producers at the 48hr Film Project have a huge meeting on a friday...
by striker at November 15th, 2006 at 10:11 am