Posts Tagged ‘Govind Nihalani’

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    The Multiple Roles of Bhumika
    iView Author: Arjun Narayanan (UP, India) Email: arju1987 [at] hotmail.com The Multiple Roles of Bhumika How will it be for an actress to act like an actress? Effortless, one may think. But one gets used to ‘act’ different roles to such an extent that one often forgets to ‘live’ it. Shyam Benegal’s Bhumika is the tale of one such actress, who, in the course...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 1st, 2009 at 06:06 pm
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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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    The last scene of Kalyug is still unsolved for me…
    While I was growing up with rotis and films as my staple diet, three brilliant films etched themselves in my mind. They are kalyug, Ardh satya, and Shankarabharanam . They were, are and will remain masterpieces. During our college days,my friends and I would engage in a lot of discussions and intellectual talks about every film we saw and specially these three films....
    by Satish Kasetty at November 25th, 2008 at 11:11 am
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    Anurag Kashyap: Noir is the story of underdog for me
    In continuation of the series “Initial Steps“, excerpts from a conversation occurred between Director Anurag Kashyap(AK), and Ajay Brahmatmaj (AB), are presented here. Full interview will appear in Ajay Brahmatmaj’s book “Meri pehli film” which will be published soon by Antika Prakashan. [Following is the loose translation of the Hindi...
    by Rk at November 5th, 2008 at 05:11 am
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    Ardha Satya : Amrish Puri, a policeman 24X7
    It will not be suffice to say that Amrish Puri plays only a callous father of Anant Velankar (Om Puri) in the film, Ardha Satya or the film shows him as a cruel father only. It will not do a proper justice to this interesting character. Things are not so simple and straight with this character that we may define his character as a harsh father of AV. Its not possible for...
    by Rk at July 8th, 2008 at 04:07 am
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    Ardha Satya : Silver Jubilee remembrance
    25 years have passed since Ardha Satya, one of the most hard hitting films of hindi cinema, was released and it still possess so lively and relevant presence that if its re-released today then it still may score above many films of present days. This path breaking movie had paved the ways for several films made in the later years. It has inspired several directors to...
    by Rk at June 20th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
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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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