Posts Tagged ‘Oscar’

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    Roman Polanski, Lolita, Humbert, life and art
    There is literature. There are films. There are other artistic forms and creations. There is life and there are real life events. Life may not be fair or unfair but human world is always filled with hypocrisy. There is one thing that remains unchanged in any era and that is hypocrisy. Events happen in real life and people react almost in a certain way defined, described...
    by Rk at September 29th, 2009 at 12:09 am
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    More anecdotes on Ray
    I feel encouraged by reader’s comments to recollect and write more anecdotes on Satyajit Ray. I still remember Satyajit Ray’s Oscar acceptance speech of 1992 Academy Awards. My generation will; forever!!! I was studying in Class XI . Satyajit Ray was very ill then. He was admitted to Belle Vue Clinic in Calcutta. The Academy members came to Calcutta to give away...
    by Biswa Prasun Chatterji at August 6th, 2009 at 11:08 am
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    Oscars will now pick 10
    Changes from 2010 onwards. Oscars will pick 10 nominees for the best film category instead of 5. The 16th Academy Awards in 1943 was the last one where the best film was chosen from a list of 10 nominees. According to Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis “After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some of its earlier roots, when...
    by PFCdesktop at June 24th, 2009 at 01:06 pm
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    Scent of a Woman
    Al  Pacino  is  outstanding,  the  movie however  is just about passable. IMDB(3/5)
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at May 30th, 2009 at 05:05 am
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    Born Into Brothels
    If nurtur properly, sense of good art can be developed even among brothel’s children. Making of Oscar winner documentary proves it. IMDB
    by Rk at April 30th, 2009 at 09:04 pm
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    Oscar arrives at Boskyana
    When Gulzar saab couldn’t make it to the Oscar’s presentation ceremony, his absence disappointed millions of his fans around the globe. On Monday, the Golden Oscar Boy arrived at Boskyana and was greeted with lot of excitement. The Oscar arrives at Boskyana The Golden Boy joins a big family of Trophies and Awards at Boskyana… Congratulations once again,...
    by Pavan Jha at March 25th, 2009 at 03:03 pm
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    Translations, Subtitles and the Loss of Nuance
    In his Oscar acceptance speech, ARR said, “Ella Pughazhum Eraivanukke” along with that other gem from Deewar. A PFC author asked what it meant in Tamizh, and several authors translated it along the lines of “All Praise to the Almighty.” I added my nuanced (aka BS) translation, and said that it actually means, “Don’t praise me, praise...
    by dabba at March 14th, 2009 at 09:03 pm
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    Oscars and Our Cinema
    iView Author: Ram V (Bangalore,India) Email: Shrey.dna[At] gmail.com ‘ Oscars and Our Cinema‘ “I come from a country and civilisation that gave the world the word that precedes silence and is followed by more silence. That word is ‘Om’. So I dedicate this award to my country,” Thus spoke Resul Pookutty, of whom only ardent followers...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at March 9th, 2009 at 02:03 am
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    Milk : Appreciation
    iView Author: Raghu (Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A) Email: r.s.godavarthi [At] gmail.com ‘ Appreciating Milk‘ There are some unique experiences that I have had in my movie-watching here in Huntsville, Alabama. There are some movies I’ve gone to see where I was among the very, very few people in the theatre (for any given show). Read “only”;...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at March 8th, 2009 at 07:03 pm
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    A.R.Rehman!!! Jai Ho!! – 2
    I shall pick from where Ratnakar left off, in his fantastic tribute to AR Rahman. I had actually started writing this post much earlier, the day after the Oscar ceremony, but when I found that such a beautiful tribute was already adorned to the Mozart from Madras, I changed track and decided to write a sequel starting from post-2001 phase. So, Lagaan was out and Rahman...
    by crazyrals at February 28th, 2009 at 09:02 am
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    Oscar of BOLLYWOOD
    iView Author: Proneet Dutta (Nagaland, India) Email: withheld “FIND BOLLYWOOD ’s OSCAR” The 81st annual Oscar award ceremony was brilliant , extravagant yet not flashy . There was music that was an unique cross between two different cultures & languages. what made the ceremony even more special is not only the music or the plethora of Hollywood...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at February 25th, 2009 at 07:02 am
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    Oscar Winners Acceptance Speeches
    The most interesting aspect of any award ceremony is the acceptance speech. Sometimes the acceptance speech becomes far too political, like what Sean Penn did when he went left-liberal and included the communists along with gays in his  speech, sometimes the winners become far too emotional like Gwyneth Paltrow and Halle Berry, sometimes it brings out the gymnast in them...
    by crazyrals at February 25th, 2009 at 01:02 am
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    Resul Pookutty and his thoughts
    Resul Pookutty, along with A R Rahman and Gulzar, have brought glory to India, winning the most-glamorous film award in the world, joining the ranks of Bhanu Athaiya, who had won the Best Costume Design Oscar for Gandhi and Satyajit Ray, who was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Oscar. Kerala-born Pookutty, who has the Canaries Post Sound studio in Mumbai with his...
    by Runumi G at February 24th, 2009 at 05:02 am
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    Watching the Oscars…
    My friends irrespective of whether they liked or hated or ignored the movie Slumdog Millionnaire, were all thrilled that it swept the Oscars last night! I guess it would be mainly because the presence of so many Indians was overwhelming. Many American responses on NYTimes fumed about “foriegners” taking away all the awards. We were so all over the red-carpeted...
    by Valli Bindana at February 23rd, 2009 at 10:02 am
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    slumdog millionaire – a true story
    This is an astounding achievement. Slumdog Millionaire sweeping the Oscars, just as it had done at the GG and Baftas. Its a true story of survival, of destiny and of dreaming big. I am not talking about Jamaal and Saleem, I am talking about Rahman and Resul and all other Indians involved with this movie. These guys, from a humble background, on the dint of their hardwork,...
    by crazyrals at February 22nd, 2009 at 09:02 pm
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    Resul becomes the third Indian to win an Oscar!!- Rahman Wins 2 and Boyle too and SLUMDOG SWEEP IT IS!!
    Resul becomes the third Indian to win an Oscar as Slumdog Millionaire sweeps the Oscars as per script!! Yayyy IT IS WRITTEN!!!! and RAHMAN becomes the fourth!! and HE WINS AGAIN!!! with Gulzaar saab this time!!! for JAI HO!!! Boyle wins Kate Winslet & MILK Sean Penn Wins SLUMDOG WINS YAaaaYY!!!
    by DPac at February 22nd, 2009 at 07:02 pm
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    Slumdog Millionaire, GG’s, Oscars and All That
    iview Author: Pratik (Cleveland, US) Email: mailpratik [at] gmail.com Content: Slumdog Millionaire, GG’s, Oscars and All That Slumdog Millionaire !! Yes – 4 Golden Globes and all that, and dare I say it, maybe even a few Oscars come February 22nd. Slumdog Millionaire – sweeping away every neighboring nomination in sight. Everybody’s...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at January 23rd, 2009 at 06:01 am
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    Salaam Danny, you got the best MASALA….
    ……and what a delicious masala it is!! (The writer of the post is supergreedy when it comes to number of views and comments. The post was written a month back, before the Globes, Baftas and Oscars. But the greedy writer decided to wait till its friday release. And what a day today! those who could enjoy/loved it…hurray…those who could not/did not…as...
    by Phoenixnu at January 22nd, 2009 at 12:01 pm
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    AR Rahman is a genius no doubt, but
    iView Author: Anand (Chennai, India) Email: withheld AR Rahman is a genius no doubt, but ————————————————————— AR Rahman has won his first golden globe and all of us are shouting from the rooftop that he has done us proud. Yes indeed, but let...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at January 14th, 2009 at 06:01 am
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    2008: A lengthy year-end roundup of the films that were
    It has been a crazy year at the movies. While Bollywood has mostly found it tough to spring any surprise, in the real sense, and there are hardly any films which impressed me out of the league (when compared to the last year – examples are aplenty, it had films either so good which made one shout from the rooftop or films that made you cringe and rethink about spending...
    by Tushar at December 2nd, 2008 at 11:12 am
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    kya TAARE ZAMEEN PAR ant tak tikegi?
    81st academy awards ke liye foreign language film category ki list aa gayi hai.is saal academey ne 96 countries ko invitation bheja tha.unmein se 67 ne apni entry bheji hai.jordan ko pahli baar shamil kiya gaya hai.foreign film language category mein is baar sabse adhik entry gayi hai.baharat se aamir khan ki taare zameen par bheji gayi hai.kya lagta hai?kya taare zameen...
    by ajay brahmatmaj at October 17th, 2008 at 09:10 pm
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    Movie Quiz I
    Here are some questions from the Film Quiz that I conducted at Starmark (the erstwhile Landmark) here in Calcutta some time back. Thought it would be a good idea to post them here. Write in with your answers and try not to google. Will put up the answers — and the names of the people who got a particular answer right for the first time — at the end of the post...
    by Pratim D. Gupta at October 14th, 2008 at 11:10 am
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    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
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