Posts Tagged ‘hindi cinema’

  • Don’t Blame the Censors, Blame the Greedy Filmmaker!
    The Indian Censor Board has come a long way, a far cry from the group of butchers that it was in the 90s. While an idealist argument can be made that censorship has no place in a true democracy, a regulatory body is necessary in all cinema to make the audience aware of the nature of a film’s content, especially in India where movies are often a family experience. The...
    by Vijay at October 27th, 2009 at 08:10 pm
  • Where have all the villains gone?
    I was born in the late 1970’s. It was a time when all kinds of villainous fiends were having their day in the sun on silver screen. Their histrionics were never too far away from being used to good effect in our own humdrum lives. I remember an aunt telling her hyperactive young son, when all other polite efforts to put him to bed had failed, ‘bete so ja, so ja nahin...
    by Akshay Manwani at July 28th, 2009 at 12:07 am
  • Happy Holi !
    Holi, the festival of colours, keeps different meaning to different people. Now nature will be more supportive to the farming. More and more flowers will be seen everywhere as spring has become the face of nature. Holi, has been the occasion when people forget their differences with each other and if they are still shy in raising hands towards each other then other...
    by Rk at March 10th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
  • The Underrated Series – Divya Dutta
    iView Author: SRIDHAR MAYUR (Hyderabad, India) Email: With Held “The Underrated Series – Divya Dutta” Today I am writing about Divya Dutta, a performer with honesty and passion written all over her. Born in a Doctors family in Ludhiana, Punjab this punjabi girl has made her way into the main stream with her will and hard work. Divya made her small...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at February 12th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
  • Ma, why I feel guilty to be son of a super star?
    Ma, I can not write to the Dad as I fear my thoughts may hurt him deeply but I can share my feelings with you. I am not producing any systematic case study but my inner conflict before you. It will be difficult for you to read thoughts coming out of my vacillating mind so please bear with me. I am highly confused and my confusion is increasing day by day and along with...
    by Rk at December 18th, 2008 at 04:12 am
  • How do the masses lap up these movies and so they become big hits?!
    Golmaal Returns is no masterpiece. The cinefans are up in arms against such litter thrown their way. The producer of “Aaj ki Taaza Khabar” suddenly realises that this movie is a LaserJet copy of his 1973 epic! Last heard, she was consulting lawyers. Arshad Warsi has publicly expressed his anger at his length of role. Rohit Shetty is happy for all the publicity....
    by Indraneel at November 14th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
  • Multiplex culture : Good or bad for cinema in India
    “Cinema wo hai jiska ticket black mein bikta hai”. Above mentioned catchy line was said by Javed Akhtar Saab, who has been one of the most successful screenplay writers of commercial Hindi cinema. Following can also be said in the respect of Cinema. ”Cinema wo hai jo baar baar dekha jata hai”. Tickets are sold in black or not, it is immaterial...
    by Rk at October 3rd, 2008 at 11:10 am
  • Hulla (Uproar): A New-Age middle-of-the-road Delight
    Have you ever woken up, from a deep slumber at the dead of the night, thanks to sound of the whistle or the “thak, thak” of the wooden stick of the locality / housing society guard? This was the topic Jaideep Varma dealt with in one of his write ups for a well-known English magazine some years ago. And in it lay the germ of an idea for a film, a film for which...
    by Runumi G at August 12th, 2008 at 04:08 pm
  • Guru Dutt:Ek Sanjida Filmmaker
    9 july ko Guru Dutt ka janmadin hai.mumkin hai patra-patrikaon,news chaneels aur filmy channels par unke sambandh mein apne-apne anaz mein har koi kuchh na kuchh likhe,bole aur bataye.aaj unhen aur unki filmon ko yaad karte hue sabhi ek hi raag alap rahe honge.bagair unki films dekhe,samjhe aur niji taur par aatmasaat kiye hi har koi tarif kar raha hota hai.waqt aa gaya...
    by ajay brahmatmaj at July 7th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
  • lahore:the missing link of hindi cinema
    The language of the post is Non-English.. only the script is in english. do hafte pahle pakistan jaane ka mauka mila.mujhe lahore jana tha.wahan meri beti vidha saumya beackon house national university mein independent studen ke taur pa saarc fellowship ke tahat padh rahi hai.bahana us se milne ka tha ya bahana pakistan dekhne ka?mujhe lagta hai ki donon bahanon ne mil...
    by ajay brahmatmaj at May 1st, 2008 at 06:05 am