Posts Tagged ‘Om Puri’

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    Baabarr: A violent tale of a don of Kanpur
    Film starts with a good promise. Narration, first by Om Puri and later by a boy, sets the nature of the film very well for the audience. Boy’s narration sounds raw but interesting. Initial twenty minutes or so maintain the impression that rest of the film may present similar good material. A good beginning gets strength from a realistic (but/yet impressive) touch in...
    by Rk at September 14th, 2009 at 01:09 pm
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    Mirch Masala (1985) – Sonbai walks tall
    Sonbai walks in the lanes of an unnamed village with a ghada (metal matka, water container) on her head.  She is in the middle of her hen-party, with all members skillfully balancing the ghadas on their heads, and you know that Sonbai is a leader. As the group of these exotically dressed women pass through a gang of by-sitters loitering around the quintessential banyan-tree-chowraha...
    by tejas at September 9th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
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    Chintu Ji : Fiesta for entire family
    Film’s tag line (This film is part reality, part illusion and part fact, part fiction) summarizes very well the category in which this film can be defined. Rishi Kapoor plays himself, Rishi Kapoor the film star who is better known by his nickname Chintu. But except using real profession and real names of Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Raj Kapoor and Krishna Kapoor film...
    by Rk at September 4th, 2009 at 01:09 pm
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    Great Indian Actors-Part II : Om Puri and the Illumination of Intensity
    iView Author: Ram V (Bangalore, India) Email: Shrey.dna [at]gmail[dot]com Great Indian Actors-Part II : Om Puri and the Illumination of Intensity “I’ve a little son. He needs careful nurturing. I can’t just sit back and relax. Naseer’s children are grown up. His responsibilities are over. And besides he has earned a lot more than me. I’ve...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 23rd, 2009 at 04:04 pm
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    54th Filmfare Awards 2009 : Hu Tu Tu as remarkable film of Om Puri?
    First, hearty congratulations to Om Puri Saab on getting Life time achievement award. He has got many national and international awards till now and his gloroious filmography is known to all cine lovers. Konkana Sen Sharma said/read names of some of the remarkable films of Om Puri Saab and she mentioned name of Gulzar Saab’s film Hu Tu Tu also as one of the remarkable...
    by Rk at March 9th, 2009 at 12:03 am
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    My Delhi-6 Viewing Experience
    iView Author: Saad (Madison, WI, USA) Email: withheld “My Delhi-6 Viewing Experience” T.S. Eliot said in his 1964 graduate dissertation, “The life of a soul does not consist in the contemplation of one consistent world, but in the painful task of unifying (to a greater or lesser extent) jarring and incompatible ones.” And with that quote I would...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at February 25th, 2009 at 03:02 am
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    The Meaning of a metaphor
    iView Author: LAVANYA KRISHNAN (Irvine,USA) Email: With held The Meaning of a metaphor Disclaimer: This may not be structured like a conventional review and is more a summary of the chain of thoughts sparked by the film than a description of the film itself. And inspite of what Hansal Mehta says, I have to take it seriously. Delhi-6 sparked a whole range of reactions...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at February 24th, 2009 at 05:02 pm
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    A Collection of Thoughts on Delhi-6
    (This post contains spoilers. You’ve been warned. Baaki aap ki marzi :-)) I normally stay far, far away from writing movie reviews. It just isn’t my forte. However, after seeing Delhi-6 on Saturday and then reading most of the reviews of Delhi-6 posted on the Internet, I feel compelled to write this post, since many of the reviews out there ignored a lot of...
    by Amanda Sodhi at February 24th, 2009 at 03:02 pm
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    Delhi 6 : contemporary socio-political scenario of India
    Jatatavigalajjalpravahpavitsthale, galevalambya lambitan bhujangtung malikam damaddamaddamanninaadvaddmarvayam chakaar chandtandavamtanuto nah shivah shivam Natraj is dancing while Shiv tandav strot created by Shiva devotee King Ravana is played in the background. Actor playing Lord Shiva, dances before a petty local politician who has usurped the place at the stage. A...
    by Rk at February 22nd, 2009 at 12:02 am
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    Delhi 6: Postcode for Simple Nostalgia and Messages
    Basking in the success of Rang De Basanti (RDB), Rakesh Omprakash Mehra decided to indulge in some nostalgia. Great films have come out of nostalgia, and Delhi with its old world charm (imagined and real), invites one to explore its narrow lanes that carry quaint names, to seek stories hiding behind high walls and close-set windows, and to regret the loss of a way of life...
    by Padmaja Thakore at February 20th, 2009 at 03:02 pm
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    Delhi 6 : kala bandar in colourful collage
    Delhi 6 Movie Review Finally…am relieved. Since the first promo came out, i was dying to watch the film. And after the music release, masakalli and maula were good enough reasons to catch the film first day first show. And then i slowly discovered rehna tu and dil gira. And some of us do have luck by chance, as we get to watch the film even before its release. If...
    by Phoenixnu at February 19th, 2009 at 07:02 am
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    Delhi 6 Music : Romance, Rahman & Gali-Muhalla
    This has to be most ‘instant’ AR Rahman album that I can think of. Rang de basanti was commercial no doubt and had its moments, but in that one also people would raise an odd frown or two, and go back to the tracks. Not the case here. Masakkali. Maula. Delhi 6. And I guess the trend will continue, what is the deal man! Make some tracks make some music that...
    by Tushar at January 15th, 2009 at 09:01 pm
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    Kalyug : Humanization of mythological characters and modernization of events of Mahabharata
    Son yells,”Kulta (Slut)”, and runs to hit his mother. * * * * * * People read or watch very easily that Kunti goes to Karna and tells him that he is her eldest son and asks for the lives of Pandava brothers. People read or watch with ease that Karna was born before Kunti was married. People take it easy to read or see that all the five Pandava brothers know...
    by Rk at December 23rd, 2008 at 03:12 am
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    My Favourite Actors – Part I
    Om Puri. Boman Irani. Ranvir Shorey. Vinay Pathak. Vijay Maurya. Javed Jaffrey. In no particular order. In celebration of my making it through to the next round of Sankalan, I’ve decided to write a nice self-indulgent piece about some of my favourite actors. The reason they’re my favourites is that for every character they play, they go into a lot of detail...
    by Kenny at November 24th, 2008 at 03:11 am
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    Death : An absolute truth that changes everything
    Every second of every day we are approaching towards the death. We can ignore anything and everything in the life but we can not ignore this fact that one day death will finish this cycle of our activities and we will have to go from this planet. Before that event happens death shows us its face many times in our life time through death of people living around us. It does...
    by Rk at October 7th, 2008 at 08:10 am
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    Rangeele Babu : Premchandian revolutionary character dares to challenge the God
    It is said and it has been said all over the world in every country and in every civilization that there is no man who does not face sorrows. There have been philosophers who have been investigating existence of God or his role in the life of any human being. Raju (Dev Anand) says in the Guide, one of the most wonderful films of the hindi cinema. “Now this question...
    by Rk at August 29th, 2008 at 06:08 am
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    Maachis: questions it ignited
    Set against the backdrop of the dying secessionist movement in Punjab, Maachis undoubtedly has a powerful and potent story idea at its heart and Tabu’s and Om Puri’s excellent portrayal of their respective characters makes it difficult not to like this film. Not to forget the brilliant songs. The villages of Punjab and snow covered landscapes of the small town/village...
    by Neeraja at August 28th, 2008 at 09:08 am
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    Ardha Satya : Amrish Puri, a policeman 24X7
    It will not be suffice to say that Amrish Puri plays only a callous father of Anant Velankar (Om Puri) in the film, Ardha Satya or the film shows him as a cruel father only. It will not do a proper justice to this interesting character. Things are not so simple and straight with this character that we may define his character as a harsh father of AV. Its not possible for...
    by Rk at July 8th, 2008 at 04:07 am
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    Prakash Jha : Hrishikesh Mukharjee cried after watching my film
    To continue the series “Initial Steps“, excerpts from an interview of Director Prakash Jha, taken by Ajay Brahmatmaj , are presented here. Ajay writes I had started my interview series with the interview of Prakash Jha. He is my elder and to some extent my guide also. Perhaps it is difficult, at present, to evaluate the contribution of Prakash Jha to...
    by Rk at July 2nd, 2008 at 09:07 am
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    Ardha Satya : Mike Lobo, Actor is The Naseeruddin Shah
    3.5 scenes in the film and he still deserves to be called as The Naseeruddin Shah! Simply because of his brilliant portrayal of Inspector Mike Lobo. “Short role can still be great” is proved by Naseeruddin Shah in Ardha Satya. Mike Lobo is often discussed among policemen before he actually appears on screen. In the present time, he is a broken man, a drunkard...
    by Rk at June 26th, 2008 at 05:06 am
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    Ardha Satya: Rama Shetty = Hand pump, spreading poison all around
    In continuation with the post Ardha Satya : Silver Jubilee remembrance–Part 1. ——————————————————————————————- Two things can easily be said about Ardha Satya or by taking clues from Ardha...
    by Rk at June 24th, 2008 at 11:06 am
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    Maqbool—Taking Macbeth to Bollywood
    Maqbool—Taking Macbeth to Bollywood I was going through some old college assignments and came across a film review of Maqbool I wrote for a Theatre History course I took. Below follows the write-up for those interested in reading it: Vishal Bharadwaj is a name which has almost become synonymous with excellence—whether it be his music score for critically acclaimed...
    by Amanda Sodhi at June 16th, 2008 at 08:06 am
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    Ameesha, Kareena, Soha : Whose intellect is needed on screen in Hindi cinema ?
    Some time ago a famous Director who has earned his reputation as an intellectual director also, said, during a private talk with someone, while asked to give his take on two actresses, that he can not have a conversation with a certain famous actress as she is too dumb for that. Its immaterial who he was and about whom he had said but important thing is this that a wise...
    by Rk at June 5th, 2008 at 06:06 am
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    To Dearest Geeta with Love
    Dearest Geeta, Have started becoming more and more like a protagonist of a ‘feel good’ film. Have mellowed down a little. Cigarettes ? I know that will be your first question. They have gone down from 20@day to 15@day. You, the censor board of India and honorable Mr. Anbumani Ramadoss will be very happy to hear this. It doesn’t look as good as we wanted...
    by kartik krishnan at April 13th, 2008 at 10:04 am
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    Bollywood : A right word for Indian Hindi cineworld ?
    Indian hindi cinema has been given word Bollywood and it’s accepted that Amit Khanna of Plus channel had used this word first time some 25 years ago. Amitabh Bachchan does not like this word and thinks this word is just there to ridicule the hindi cine world and Salman Khan has also joined this team of people who don’t like the word “bollywood“....
    by Rk at October 12th, 2006 at 07:10 am
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