Khosla Ka Ghosla is the result of minute observation

KKG is about observation. Observation about happenings around us and observation about people and their behaviour and their mannerisms have been included in the film.

On one side deep observation of day to day life of middle class characters are presented in a very good cinematic manner and on other side larger than life touch also has been given in the second half of the film and this blending looks so good on screen. KKG has observation about changing times and it touches the contemporary theme/s.

Authentic characterization is also a strong merit present in the KKG.

Khosla Family:

Aging parents, younger son is quite established and enjoying the success of IT area but elder son is not settled professionally because either he has got traditional studies which can not give him a good career in changing times or he was not good in studies and being a middle class …


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Khosla Ka Ghosla : Hrishi Daian cinema fried with a heist

We love to watch the cheating designed by Robert Redford and Paul Newman against Robert Shaw in The Sting, where they establish a false set up where Robert Shaw could be and would be conned. This is intriguing, interesting and thrilling to watch it and it remains interesting even during the repetitive watch also when we know in no uncertain terms what is going to happen and no mystery is involved anymore for us in the plot. Knowing the plot does not reduce our joy and after first watching we enjoy the feeling that this is the plot and how convincingly it is shown visually.

We love to watch Carl Reiner going into the casino as a rich man to establish the background to steal the money of Andy Garcia in Ocean’s Eleven .

Khosla Ka Ghosla tries to combine the Hrishikesh Mukharjee kind of film …


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OLLO Music : Much beyond your average Jugni’s and Billo’s (with streaming teasers)

There are so many reference points for ‘Punjabi’ in films. You tend to go about it stereotypically. Dhaba. Butter Chicken. Lassi. Aloo da paratha. Truck drivers. Jalandhar. Patiala. Phagwada. And so on.

The question is, what defines it? The culture, the language, the mannerisms, the way of life… and the music and dance that finds itself in an exhortation of life. We have seen umpteen films on Punjabi culture, mostly taking Punjabi as a fallback and moving on with whatever story they got, with a modest dose of naach-gaana, bhangra et al. sometimes the film goes awry and the director thinks ‘Punjabi!’ and lo and behold you get yourself a dhamaka item number. Universally acceptable oft-pointless song and dance. Oye balle oye. Bhangra paao ji paaji, giddha paao ni kudiyon.

Let’s take the discussion further. Punjabi pop. Daler Mehndi. Malkit Singh. London Brigade. You think of the words Billo, Jugni, …


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One Scene Character

It is time to do a list. This time, I present to you The Top 10 One Scene Characters. Not really. Just a few of my favorite One Scene Hindi Film characters, that have sorta stuck in me mind. I was meant to write on this a very long time ago. But, you know, how it is. Anyway, a few weeks back I read RK’s article on Naseeruddin Shah’s 3.5 scene in Ardh Satya and that kinda prompt me to finally write about my favorite one scene characters; I just want to highlight those great actors.
In most of the films - those small characters/one scene characters are the most memorable/entertaining scenes. And I am going to start with RajPal Yadav because he has made a successful career out of playing one scene/small characters.
RajPal Yadav has done plenty of films with Ram Gopal Verma …


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Khosla Ka Ghosla Director’s Next Film

It’s been a long time coming.

Just read an article on IndiaFM.com that Dibakar Banerjee, Director of the critically acclaimed, immensely likeable film “Khosla Ka Ghosla” has finally announced his next film.

Titled “Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye” (kickass title IMHO) the film stars the talented Mr. Abhay Deol as a thief who, as per Banerjee himself, “starts a normal thief and then later climbs up the status graph and becomes a very rich and well known crook.”

The film also co-stars Neetu Chandra (of Traffic Signal… we’ll conviently forget that Garam Masala was infact her debut film) and, what seems to be the ace up Banerjee’s sleeve, Paresh Rawal in an interesting Triple Role.

If Anupam Kher, Ranvir Shoery, Parvid Dabas, Navin Nischol and even Tara Sharma put in some stellar performances, one looks forward to even more from “Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye” (which I’m guessing will be referred to …


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