Posts Tagged ‘Girish Karnad’

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    Manthan : Churning a revolution
    Manthan was second in the series of rural trilogy of Shyam Benegal, the other two being Ankur and Nishant. With the most unconventional idea and the most unconventional sources of fund at hand, Shyam Benegal made this rural drama showcasing the success of cooperative dairies in Gujarat. Inspired from the life of Varghese Kurien, Manthan talks of the life of Dr. Rao,...
    by Arjun Narayanan at June 30th, 2009 at 12:06 am
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    8 X 10 Tasveer : Imprisonment of Rashomon in a photo frame
    A low yield process supervised by a former Chemical Engineer. Many shortcomings in Process design, development, engineering and instalation. IMDB link/
    by Rk at April 9th, 2009 at 10:04 am
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    Tasveer 8 x 10 : More dud than thriller
    iView Author: Pankaj Mullick (New Delhi,India) Email: pankajmullick [at] gmail.com More dud than thriller … and that’s no secret It’s not every day that we get the promise of a good thriller from a director who has shown some sparks of talent. Dor may not have been a box office success but it did show that the man has a finger on the pulse of human sensitivities...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 3rd, 2009 at 07:04 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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    Kalyug : Humanization of mythological characters and modernization of events of Mahabharata
    Son yells,”Kulta (Slut)”, and runs to hit his mother. * * * * * * People read or watch very easily that Kunti goes to Karna and tells him that he is her eldest son and asks for the lives of Pandava brothers. People read or watch with ease that Karna was born before Kunti was married. People take it easy to read or see that all the five Pandava brothers know...
    by Rk at December 23rd, 2008 at 03:12 am
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    Shankar Nag- A Maverick, A Genius
    iView Author: Ratnakar Sadasyula (Bhubaneshwar, India) Email: ratnakar.techie [at] gmail [dot] com ———————————————————– Shankar Nag- A Maverick, A Genius ———————————————————– As...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at October 1st, 2008 at 09:10 am
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    Prakash Jha : Hrishikesh Mukharjee cried after watching my film
    To continue the series “Initial Steps“, excerpts from an interview of Director Prakash Jha, taken by Ajay Brahmatmaj , are presented here. Ajay writes I had started my interview series with the interview of Prakash Jha. He is my elder and to some extent my guide also. Perhaps it is difficult, at present, to evaluate the contribution of Prakash Jha to...
    by Rk at July 2nd, 2008 at 09:07 am
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    Nishant : Vijay Tendulkar’s illustrious entry in to hindi cinema!
    Great, powerful and impressive writers possess one thing for sure and that is the art to present stories in their own words/ways/manners and though it’s very much possible that they are taking inspirations from mythology or stories, already told in the past, but they weave the plot in such a way that their stories remain successful in presenting issues prevalent...
    by Rk at May 19th, 2008 at 08:05 am
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    Utsav(1984):: Eroticism at its best in hindi cinema!
    When a genius like Girish Karnad, the playwright, who wrote his most famous play, Tughlaq, at the age of 25 only and won Jnanapith award for writing plays in 1999, joins hands with another genius Shashi Kapoor, a film producer who dares to make different and sensible cinema and tries to carry cinema to new heights, then only a film like Utsav borns. Girish Karnad had made...
    by Rk at April 10th, 2007 at 07:04 am
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