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Tribute to Non-Actors
To me, everything about cinema is fascinating and most fascinating are the people who work in it. This is a post, about the people, more than the cinema. Specifically, this is a post about people we see on screen. It’s amazing to see and hear those people in normal life, and realize how they get transformed on screen. I used to be amazed to see how Sridevi used to come...
by A. Singh at August 26th, 2009 at 05:08 pm
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DAMfest09 – The Events!
DAM 09 is here, and the digital entertainment world receives its second annual tribute from the hills of Lavale. Here is more than a sneak peek at what is in store for the three days of digital madness: DAY 1: The day begins innovatively with the crisp snap of clapboard by the chief guest declaring the festival open. SEMINAR I: THE DIGITAL BUSINESS The Digital medium...
by DAMfest at January 31st, 2009 at 08:01 pm
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DAMfest09 – Dibakar, Oye Lucky! Digital
Global warming has taken its toll even on our beloved film industry. With alarmingly declining green cover and rapidly multiplying population, dancing around the trees and fluttering translucent coloured dupattas in fertile fields is no longer an option for filmmakers. So what do they do? Tough to answer. After all, this is the phase in which Hindi cinema had been stagnating...
by DAMfest at January 23rd, 2009 at 09:01 pm
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DAMfest 09 – The Event
The Digit All Movement was born as an initiative to study the fascinating merging of the art of filmmaking with new age digital technology, and encouraging new filmmakers by not only showcasing their talent but also exposing them to professionals who have daringly tested this technology to make their films. “DAM provides a platform for young filmmakers to evaluate...
by DAMfest at January 20th, 2009 at 12:01 am
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Cannes 2008 official selections
Talking about Cannes, reminds me of Chetan Anand's Neecha Nagar, the Indian film which won the grand prize in the very first year of this film fest in 1946. Recently the film was screened in Mumbai. The print has its own story. A film personality found the print lying with the bhangarwala (junk dealer). He brought it for dirt. I guess there is no other print and doubt...
by Manjeet Singh at April 29th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
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Sarhad ke us paar
It started with Hassan Jehangir, Salma Agha, then later went on to Ali Haider. Ofcourse, Ustad was always there. But we are not talking about Ustad here. Our focus is the pages of memory that got fader through the years. The music from sarhad ke us paar that knew no barriers. And never will. Lets go over few pages of past and come to where we stand now. Late 80’s Hassan...
by Tushar at April 11th, 2008 at 04:04 pm
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Weekend Watch – The Bong Connection
There are ways in which one follows a different culture, a different set of values, beliefs and mannerisms. It’s all highly subjective, but you do grow to be more inclined towards a particular way of life and less inclined towards the other. Your beliefs keep changing as you move through life. Lessons learnt, and stories heard. Similar is the case with me. I see Bengali...
by Tushar at March 15th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
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Black & White : Ghai Waah!
A fidayeen attack is a suicide tactic used by militants. Such attacks are especially common in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. In a fidayeen, an extremist equips himself (most fidayeens are men) with weapons and a sizeable amount of ammunition. He then proceeds to gain entrance into a public gathering or other crowded area and proceeds to open fire on law-enforcement...
by Tushar at March 7th, 2008 at 09:03 pm
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Scare me…. please.
I have always been a huge fan of horror flicks. I still remember as child I used to watch the zee horror show.The first few episodes were quite good, infact I remember a episode called “saaya” in which the ghost of rapist named vikranta was shown……i was so scared that vikranta haunted me for almost a week then. Later on, that show became more of a comedy...
by Anand Kadam at March 6th, 2008 at 07:03 am
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MAMI FILM FESTIVAL 2008
Its time of the year for the International Film Festival of Mumbai popularly known as Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (MAMI) Fest. The opening ceremony will be held on the eve of 6th March, whose entry is by invitation only. The movie screenings will start from 7th of March. The people who want to register can pay 500rs for the pass and should not forget to bring a passport...
by Manjeet Singh at March 5th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
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i was emotionally troubled while mixing the film….
……the words stayed with me, for long. Does it happen like this ? Emotionally troubled while mixing the film…do you get so much involved…even during mixing the film…..i had heard something like this for the first time. Could not believe it. And was he talking about the same film ? Gandhi My Father. When i met Resul Pookutty (do check out his...
by Phoenixnu at February 29th, 2008 at 05:02 am
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DDLJ Come fall in love… again…..
I have not met a single soul as yet who has not liked this movie.It’s unarguably the cutest,most adorable,simplistic,charming,delightful love story coming out of Indian Cinema.Adi chopra hit the right cord with people across all the classes and generations.He rejuvenated the magic of Indian commercial cinema.Still today after watching DDLJ,i have hope that one day...
by Anand Kadam at February 15th, 2008 at 07:02 am
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Khoya Khoya Chand
iView Author: Ramesh Ramaswamy (PA/USA) Email: cdrakenc [at] gmail[dot] com Khoya Khoya Chand
by PROJEKT iVIEW at February 4th, 2008 at 12:02 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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2007 : A Lyrical Summary
iView Author: NIREN BHATT Mumbai, India EMAIL: nirenbhatt [at] yahoo.com 2007 : A Lyrical Summary
by PROJEKT iVIEW at January 28th, 2008 at 03:01 pm
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John Rambo: A toast to the 80’s
iView Author: SAAD NAWAB Vadodara, India EMAIL: saadnawab [at] gmail.com Title of the article – John Rambo: A toast to the 80’s Oh My God! Oh My God! Woohoo! Kill them all!!! That was me shouting and cheering in the theater as I was watching John Rambo, the fourth and possibly final chapter in the Rambo franchise. I was seven or eight years old when I first...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at January 25th, 2008 at 03:01 pm
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World Cinema coming home to us
Seems times are changing at last – for the better, and fast. After all these years of scouring the film festivals and pirated DVD shops (unless we have deep pockets to splurge on the highly-priced original DVDs of foreign films), it seems 2008 is bringing some happy tidings for us, the lovers of world cinema (that is, anything that comes from outside the country...
by Runumi G at January 25th, 2008 at 01:01 am
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A book about interesting cinema
It was the alluring cover that first attracts the attention – of a young monk dressed in ochre robes with his back to the camera and a football balanced on his round, bald head. The mood of the photograph is overwhelmingly orange, with some yellow – it looks like early morning time, and the monk is standing at the edge of a mountain, with three pagodas struggling...
by Runumi G at January 15th, 2008 at 04:01 pm
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A bagful of stars
Some of the most memorable moments of Taare Zameen Par are the ones that just flash you by, they will never be shown on those award screens, they will die a silent death… A sulking Ishaan in the blue bed of the dark night, making images in the dark, his rabbit eyes piercing through the darkness, while another morning comes and brings in new stories, both in the narrative...
by Tushar at December 23rd, 2007 at 03:12 pm
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Sounds from Nowhere: Baghi(MB)
I have climbed the highest mountains I have run through the fields Only to be with you Only to be with you I have run I have crawled I have scaled these city walls Only to be with you But I still haven’t found What I’m looking for But I still haven’t found What I’m looking for I have kissed honey lips Felt the healing in her fingertips It burned...
by Tushar at December 4th, 2007 at 05:12 am
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Revisit No Smoking!
[I thought to start my posting at PFC with a review of No Smoking – Kashyap is a well-known figure here; but also because in a recent post he bemoans how people don’t get his film]. [display_podcast] The protagonist of No Smoking, K (John Abraham, in a namesake role as Franz Kafka’s protagonist in The Trial) is a smoker who refuses to give up. His family and friends...
by Padmaja Thakore at November 27th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
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Yet another Saawariya review
There are some films up to the brim with so much self-belief they include you in entirety in their flawed existence. Films which take a risk so big you wonder what inspires such degree of madness or obsession to put it mildly. The film language gets the prime importance and all the imperfections merely act as check points for a dream to be alluded as reality. Such a film...
by Tushar at November 17th, 2007 at 01:11 pm
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Khoya Khoya Chand : I need an LP right now!
Khoya Khoya Chand is Shantanu Moitra in all his possibilities, a rich multi-dimensional score, yet not losing any bit on perfection. Listen on, and you will know that it just might be his best accomplishment in film till now… Chale aao saiyyaan Chale aao saiyaan Padoo main tore paiyaan This song has the mujra tone with its soul in place Diye ki main baati Jal jal main...
by Tushar at November 10th, 2007 at 02:11 pm
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Unlimited Movies
For three years in Amsterdam, I watched many movies on my computer. Movies I had never heard about. For the first one and half year, the only movie I saw in the theatres was Spiderman 2. Then one and half year later everything changed. Amsterdam is rich in terms of art. It has many music halls, small theatres and huge multiplex. The biggest multiplex group is Pathe. It...
by Full2Faltu at October 31st, 2007 at 10:10 am
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No Smoking:Dance of Darkness
(WARNING: Might contain spoilers) As I walked out of the theater, I couldn’t help feeling loaded in my head. I saw the faces around me, going down and up the escalator; I kept watching the inanimate things around. I went up the mall, came back up, and went down….while humming Ashtray. Like an unending chain of reactions, I kept feeling a strange subconscious angst....
by Tushar at October 26th, 2007 at 07:10 am
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Our Independent Cinema
How does one define independent cinema in our country? What budget limit would make a film indie? How does one control the budget to make it viable? What are the avenues available to sell the film, after it is made? How can we make more people aware of the meaningful films being made here and make them reach? Questions like these have been popping out for sometime now....
by Manjeet Singh at October 23rd, 2007 at 02:10 am
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Bhool Bhulaiya (2007)
Warning: Possible Spoilers ahead ============================== Have you felt a sense of deja vu while watching a movie? I guess many remakes give the feeling. But how do you feel when you watch the same movie with a different name, a different language and different actors. Priyadarshan’s “Bhool Bhulaiya” is a exact copy of “Manichithrathazhu”....
by Full2Faltu at October 15th, 2007 at 11:10 am
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Manichithrathazhu (1993)
An old man walks into a palatial mansion/palace calling someone’s name. From the look of things, the building is undergoing renovation. He is shouting the name of the painter shouting instructions to complete the work. There is no answer from the painter and the man walks to the first floor. Suddenly he stops on the first floor lobby when he realizes that the person...
by Full2Faltu at October 11th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
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Jab bhi cigarette jalti hai…
No Smoking’s much awaited music is out. There are multiple reasons for the excitement. It has been some time since a Vishal score came out for a non-Vishal film. The film’s theme centers around smoking (well, not exactly), a self-conflicting protagonist and his eccentric self-exploration. Put in an Anurag Kashyap, Vishal and Gulzar to this scheme and you get a thoroughly...
by Tushar at October 7th, 2007 at 06:10 pm
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It’s all about faith
iView Author: APOORVA GAURAV (Bangalore, India) EMAIL: apoorvagaurav[at] gmail dot com It’s all about faith All the chaos surrounding the Indian entry for Oscars has left me puzzled. I hadn’t seen either of the films causing the controversy but still was amazed at the confidence of Ms. Bhavna Talwar for calling the jury biased. I am a big fan of Pankaj Kapoor...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at October 3rd, 2007 at 12:10 pm