Posts Tagged ‘mani kaul’

  • Literature and Cinema
    Cinema and Literature: Questions of Adaptation , A seminar held at FTII, Pune, India Javed Saab said, “Jab Gulzaar sahab kisi film ke liye koi script likhte hai to woh literature nahi hoti aur wahi script agar koi publishing house panno pe chaap deti hai to woh literature ho jaati hai.” “When it comes to adaptation, Hindi cinema could not get to the...
    by Rk at March 23rd, 2009 at 02:03 am
  • No Smoking : Body and soul are interdependent in this world to function
    No Smoking was rejected and ridiculed by film industry when it was released. But it had material to affect the filmmakers. Last Sunday I got to see Drona and it reminded me of No Smoking. Drona suggests that yes it has affected or has started affecting the film makers. The moment Abhishek Bachchan steps into the imaginary world (some nagar) and meets with a dwarf and...
    by Rk at March 19th, 2009 at 01:03 am
  • Critical Adoor….
    iView Author: SUDDHASATYA GHOSH (Kolkata, India) EMAIL: withheld Critical Adoor and a few more words for Mumbai industry There is a series of recent releases in Bollywood as usual. With more to come in time I was thinking about a reaction from great Adoor Gopalakrishnan about the mainstream Hindi films. He, in a recent interview to The Telegraph (Graphitti), had said...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at July 5th, 2008 at 10:07 am
  • Gup-shup
    Its not everyday that a bunch of filmmakers I like, get together and converse on the medium. For such occasions I always had to depend on film festivals or even take a trip back in time during those glory days of DD. Most such occasion are fruitful when the moderator/interviewer is as well versed or at least someone who can hold his/her own amongst such august company. Imagine,...
    by DPac at April 11th, 2008 at 11:04 pm