Posts Tagged ‘Indian Cinema’

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    ..yaar Sivam..Nee naan Sivam..Anbe Sivam
    This, is the title track of the Tamil movie Anbe Sivam. Playing along a few times during the film, it seems like this song is just lain there and the characters, their experiences are gently and fittingly sprinkled all over the stanzas. The words blend with the narrative and beautifully encapsulate its theme.(The complete lyrics are here…) Yaar yaar Sivam…Nee naan...
    by Arthi V at July 16th, 2009 at 09:07 am
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    Indian Cinema for a Global Audience?
    Following Bobby Bedi’s Facebook post of “The kind of Indian film the world would like to see” three of us friends got into a late night discussion (over pakoras and some left-over wine) of just what kind of Indian movie will be accepted the world over. I thought our movies were being eagerly awaited and watched in a big part of the world anyways – some movies were...
    by Valli Bindana at May 2nd, 2009 at 03:05 pm
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    Dev.D: Ib ke howega aggey yaar…
    Disclaimer: This is an optimist filmi’s work of fiction. No offence meant to anybody, living, dead or tripping! In the recent past 2 movies that moved me beyond my imagination were Luck By Chance & Dev.D. While I considered LBC to be a crash course to the insides of the Indian Film Industry, Dev.D became a crash course into taming / trying to tame my own demons....
    by Magik at February 12th, 2009 at 02:02 am
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    Kitna Talent Hai Re Kaalia!
    The past weeks have proved to us that the Indian people are no longer willing to take crap in the name of cinema and music. The windmills of change have spun its own magic on the mind of the nation. At passionforcinema.com, we have been blogging and commenting about this oncoming change in taste for some time now. It has happened. Drona, Love Story 2050, Kidnap, Karzzz,...
    by Indraneel at October 27th, 2008 at 04:10 am
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    A diamond falls from a tree – last tribute to Director Sridhar
    A shocking news to read this morning – Director Shridhar – most successful classy director in thamizh cinema whose movies did well uniformly well in all languages passed away at the age of 80 yesterday. He was the first director to introduce feminism in thamizh cinema. He was the first director to bring modernist visions of movie making as far as thamizh cinema...
    by V.P. Jaiganesh at October 20th, 2008 at 11:10 am
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    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
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    India and Cannes: A Reluctant Courtship
    “India embraces the cinema of the whole world…In a future issue, I shall show why India is the creation of the whole world.” Jean-Luc Godard It has been 14 long years since an Indian Film has made the Competition Selection of the Cannes International Film Festival. And that particular Competition Selection, Shaji Karun’s second feature Swaham (1994), happens to...
    by thani at May 12th, 2008 at 07:05 am
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