Posts Tagged ‘Marathi’

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    Gandha and 7 Ans: Bitter-Sweet Scent of Cinema
    The sense of sight, touch and hearing have been well covered by cinema over the years. Even the sense of taste has been covered but not as much as the former senses. But very rarely would you come across a movie which uses the sense of smell as an integral part of a story. Thanks to the good folks [As Rajeev Masand Says ] at Alliance Francaise de Bombay I have had the...
    by Rasik Tirodkar at November 16th, 2009 at 11:11 am
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    Rita – A Marathi Movie that’s getting noticed
    Marathi film industry has seen a spate of releases recently. With many Bollywood production houses pumping money, its exciting time for Marathi film Directors. Alas, the same can not be said about the quality of movies which the industry is churning out. Rita is the directorial debut of Renuka Shahane. The story is based on her mother Shanta Gokhale’s novel- Rita Wellingkar....
    by cinemausher at October 15th, 2009 at 03:10 pm
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    India selects Harishchandrachi Factory for its Oscar entry
    Harishchandrachi Factory has been selected as India’s official entry for the Oscars! Congratulations to Paresh Mokashi and his team on their debut feature leaping right into the big league! In case you missed reading the movie’s reviews on PFC… here’s the first one by Gaurang and another by Salik Mokashi in an interview mentioned he is gearing up...
    by oz at September 20th, 2009 at 09:09 am
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    Tingya – an experience to behold
    Tingya (2008) Writer/Director: Mangesh Hadawale Tingya belongs to that rare category of films, which not only touches your heart but also stirs your soul deep within! Watching this film is realizing how little do we know or care for the lives of millions of poor and underprivileged Indian farmers and their families. After being rejected by 40 producers, (some of whom...
    by Dr. Mandar V. Bichu at August 26th, 2009 at 12:08 am
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    Gabhricha Paus gets Arthouse release in the US
    Gabhricha Paus(The Damned Rain) gets its US release at Facets in Chicago. First Marathi film to get a arthouse US release. Probably the first Indian film to be shown at Facets. I don’t know if they showed the The Terrorist there. Nevertheless a moment of pride for India and Indians and Desi’s. An achievement that i envy and i wish some day i will be able to...
    by Anurag Kashyap at August 22nd, 2009 at 02:08 pm
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    Gabhricha Paus Releases Today
    After getting some real good reception from the festival circuit Gabhricha Paus (The Damned Rain) releases today in Pune, India. This is the second movie from the Valu team. And surprise surprise, it is the First Film from India to get distribution funding from the Hubert Bals Fund of the Rotterdam Film Festival, where it was screened in competition earlier this year. For...
    by oz at July 16th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
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    Nilu Phule passes away
    Legendary actor Nilu Phule has passed away. He was 80. Just a few weeks ago Anupam Kher had visited Phule to invite him on the get together for their movie Saaransh. Though Phule did work in Hindi films, it was the Marathi cinema arena that he revelled in and came to be known for his acting prowess. We at PFC offer our deepest condolences to the legend. links : imdb (Tip:...
    by oz at July 12th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
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    Review : Me Shivaji Raje Bhosale Boltoy
    Finally I did it, yes I watched Me Shivaji Raje Bhosale Boltoy, the move which was in news for being one of the Marathi’s big budget. The one which overtook Hit Machine Akshay Kumar’s film Tasveer 8 by 10. Me Shiavji Raje Bhosale Boltoy (I Shivaji Speaking), with Mahesh Manjerkar acting as  Shiavji. I do not know who whether they had casting director, but casting...
    by cinemausher at June 24th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
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    Marathi Film Industry
    Regional cinema in India have always received second hand treatment.Thankfully due to internet growing media, regional cinema has been getting it share under limelight .Even though focus has been blockbuster, with advent of 24 news channel one can not forgot how Sivaji and Dashavataram occupied prime time spots in news channel.But it is also limited and channels do...
    by cinemausher at June 23rd, 2009 at 12:06 am
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    Harishchandrachi Factory: We all owe a bit to Dadasaheb
    iView Author: Gaurang (Pune, India) Email: j.gaurang [at] gmail [dot] com Harishchandrachi Factory: We all owe a bit to Dadasaheb Q. What if Dadasaheb Phalke hadn’t ventured into making a drama out of moving pictures? What if he wasn’t determined enough to overcome the financial crunch and societal disdain? A. Probably our film industry would have been running...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 25th, 2009 at 04:05 pm
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    Made in China (2009)
    The economic policies of the government in 1992 changed a lot for many Indian. From a developing country in the 80s, India saw itself transforming into a super power. The cities grew and India realized the power of the brains of its citizen. The next 15 years changed the way Indians lived with the economy riding the software wave. The world realized the buying power of...
    by Full2Faltu at March 21st, 2009 at 05:03 am
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    Dhudgus (2008)
    The movie “Dhudgus” was released on 21st November 2008. Five days later, Mumbai was attacked. The release could not be at a better time because the situation and the characters in the movie reflect the current social and political situation. It reflects the death of morality in today’s society. “Dhudgus” which literally means chaos is a Marathi...
    by Full2Faltu at December 6th, 2008 at 11:12 am
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    Ek Daav Bhutaacha – 1982 – Marathi
    iView Author: KC Pingle (Dubai, UAE) EMAIL: kcpingle@gmail.com Title: Ek Daav Bhutaacha – 1982 – Marathi I could write a few lines more than my usual one liner posts, only because I had typed this article much before I joined PFC, for a group of friends. Nahi to like Pavan says, saans lene ko bhi phursat nahi. Poora PFC padhna, aur RK jaise lambe lambe posts...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at August 13th, 2008 at 10:08 am
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    Checkmate : Finally a thriller that thrills
    Murphy’s law (From Wiki): “If there’s more than one possible outcome of a job or task, and one of those outcomes will result in disaster or an undesirable consequence, then somebody will do it that way.” “Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong” . Murphy’s law , this is what one of the protagonist narrates at the very beginning...
    by Anand Kadam at July 6th, 2008 at 01:07 am
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    This Manjha comes with a sharp edge
    54. That is the number of films that I and two of my co-jury members watched in just five days at the 10th Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short & Animation films (MIFF). The festival was held over seven days, from February 3 to 9, but the films in the Indian competition section (in which I served on the critics jury chosen by the Indian chapter...
    by Runumi G at February 25th, 2008 at 04:02 pm
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    Valu (2008)
    Three characters, a wild bull, a reluctant forest officer and a village deep in the interior of Maharahstra. The wild bull goes on a rampage destroying a lot in the village and to stop it, a forest officer is called to catch the bull. The Marathi film “Valu” directed by debutant director Umesh Kulkarni has this one line story which forms the skeleton of a interesting...
    by Full2Faltu at February 2nd, 2008 at 12:02 pm
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    38th IFFI-Goa : Indian Panorama announced
    The Indian Panorama for the 38th IFFI (Goa, Nov 23-Dec 3) has been just announced. Lenin Rajendran’s “Ratri Mazha” (Night Rain) in Malayalam and Samir Chanda’s “Ek Nadir Galpo” (Story of a River) will represent India in the Asian-African-Latin American Competition section. The Panorama section will open with another Malayalam film, Shyamaprasad’s “Ore...
    by Runumi G at October 16th, 2007 at 06:10 am
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    Laaga Chunari Mein Daag – the ‘inspirations’!
    Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (dir Pradeep Sarkar) is an ‘inspirational’ work. That is what is being said in some sections of the media and the Net. Here are 4 films which have similar story backgrounds. Decide for yourself. 1. Doghi (Sisters) Marathi (1995) Dir: Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukhtankar; Cast: Renuka Daftardar, Sonali Kulkarni, Uttara Baokar, Sadashiv Amrapurkar,...
    by Runumi G at October 13th, 2007 at 10:10 am
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    Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2008 Call for Entries
    IFFLA 2008 Announces Call for Entries The Sixth Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) seeks narrative, documentary, music videos, experimental, children’s and animated films of any length and format. IFFLA will run April 22-27, 2008 at ArcLight Hollywood, a state-of-the-art facility located in the heart of Los Angeles. Jury and Audience Choice Prizes...
    by Vijay at September 17th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
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    What should be Indian entry to Oscars this time?
    Pickle, an online journal on the entertainment industry, believed to be backed by one industry body, has reported that the Film Federation of India (FFI) has started the process to select the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Film Oscar in the 80th Academy Award. It says that a cross section of industry experts and critics contacted by it “squared in on” Feroz...
    by Runumi G at September 4th, 2007 at 05:09 am
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    That’s Passion!!!
    One look at it, and you will realize that it is a typical South Indian village. The vista evokes nostalgia in every Anna, Chetta, Thambi and Thamma — the rusty red (Mangalore) terracotta tiled roofs on the cute little row of houses that are huddled together like one single cozy family; the dusty roads, all of them ending in unison near one chowk – the center...
    by wb at August 21st, 2007 at 01:08 am
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    RAINS–Slushy For Mumbai, Sexy For Bollywood
    Mumbai rains played truant almost throughout July..Then suddendly today it started raining again..Not raining..But pouring..It hardly drizzles in Mumbai. Whether it becomes Shanghai or not one thing is for sure, Mumbai scores over it in terms of rainfall. It receives almost the double the amount in Shanghai.For your gyan the average annual rainfall of 2120mm is almost...
    by krysh at July 27th, 2007 at 01:07 pm
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    Dombivali Fast
    An awesome review was already done for this by Full2Faltu here. I am not going to write a big review or analysis or the movie or its characters, acting, direction, etc. I just felt that I had to express the feelings and emotions this movie evoked in me. Coming from a Maharashtrian family from Mumbai and personally knowing many such regular white collar straight-jacket...
    by FenderBender at May 4th, 2007 at 12:05 am
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    Dahavi Pha (2002)
    Human beings always like to categorize, segregate other people in a particular group or category. It is always US against THEM. This groupism can be based on religion, region, sex, caste and many more categories. Its always those Bengalis, Marathis, Tamils, Europeans, Muslims, Americans, Indians, Dalits, Brahmins, Nerds, Yuppies, blacks, whites, brown and a number of...
    by Full2Faltu at April 30th, 2007 at 04:04 am
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    For cinephiles in Mumbai: National Film Circle
    Received from Worldwide Film Distribution yahoogroup… Please spread the word! Let me take this opportunity to introduce you about me and social activities of our organization. … I am working with a government organization, one of the most important & entertainment department called “NATIONAL FILM CIRCLE” is given to me and I am looking for...
    by striker at April 26th, 2007 at 04:04 pm
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    Dombivli Fast (2005)
    Warning: Contain Spoilers A lower-middle age house in the Mumbai Suburb of Dombivli, an alarm rings in the morning, the household goes into a frenzy of activities where the man of the house, Madhav Shreedhar Apte gets ready for work, goes to work travelling in the Mumbai Locals, works and then comes back in the evening, feeds his young daughter and then goes to sleep....
    by Full2Faltu at March 20th, 2007 at 05:03 am
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    Yanda Kartavya Aahe (2006)
    The hero and the heroine gets married and live happily ever after. Most of the old Indian movies ended with the hero and heroine getting married in the end. The other alternative to the end would be the song from the movie shown again with “The End” shown. The marriage end would have the title as “The beginning” Kedar Shinde’s Marathi movie “Yanda Kartavya...
    by Full2Faltu at January 27th, 2007 at 09:01 am
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    Restaurant- Pune, Paris
    Every once in a while the Marathi film industry gets a hic-cup of pure excitement. Maharashtrains will be quick to point out that the popular belief that ‘Shwaas’ ushered in a sort of ‘New Wave’ in the Marathi Film Scene, when it was chosen as India’s entry to the Academy Awards the year after ‘Lagaan’ had it’s magnificent flight to the short-list, is a...
    by Siddharth Pillai at January 12th, 2007 at 01:01 am
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    Aga Bai Arechya (2004)
    Shriranga Deshmukh or Ranga as he is known to his family and friends is a frustrated angry man. Ready to blow any time, he is especially angry with women. He has a female boss in his office, who is angry about all men. At home, he is surrounded by his wife, his mother, his sister and his grandmother. He feels women are in control and from time to time he feels all women...
    by Full2Faltu at September 26th, 2006 at 11:09 am
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    Chakwa (2004)
    An Indian Engineer, Tushar Khot working in America comes on assignment to the village of his ancestors. He tries to stay away from his father who believes in ghost and claims to talk to them. A person of modern times he refuses to believe his father and finds his process disgusting. The Marathi film “Chakwa” starts with a simple story line of a person returning back...
    by Full2Faltu at September 20th, 2006 at 08:09 am
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