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Ghazini has similarities with many films like Memento, Jhootha Kahin Ka and Pasand Apni Apni etc, but does it reduce the intensity of hard work Aamir Khan needed to put in the character, he has played?
Had his job become easy because scenes or ideas have been taken from above mentioned films?

Sholay is said to be inspired by many films (Hindi and Western) but does this reduce the impact of the film?

Satte Pe Satta’s first half had similarities with Seven brides for seven brothers but did those similarities reduce the quality of Satte Pe Satta or stop audiences of Hindi cinema to enjoy the film?

No. Satte Pe Satta was a hit film and people have been enjoying the film since last 26 years.

Reason to like some films inspired by other films made in past has been only one and that is the conviction of makers and actors who have played …

Didn’t ANYONE on the sets of Veer, notice there is something wrong with the picture? How blind does one have to be, to not have the slightest idea of what is remotely good and absolutely bad… Tragically it’s hard to imagine this happening to one of my favorite actors who’s movies twenty years ago, we as college students would rush to watch…

tip: Jahan Bakshi

iView Author: Gurudev Prasad (Bangalore, India)
Email: gurudev [dot] prasad [at] email [dot] com Random thoughts on Yuvvraaj
I’ve always found it a challenging task to transform a dramatic script into a spellbinding musical,
Though I’ve done this before with films like Karz, Meri Jung, Khalnayak and Taal…………..

……….Imagine a film where: Salman is a dreamy singer…
Katrina is a leading musician…
Zayed grooves to a chaotic disco sound…
Anil kapoor enjoys only classical music…

Imagine the symphony of sounds created by all these characters.
Now imagine my struggle to match my visuals to rahman’s
Mesmerizing sound and Gulzaar Saab’s magical lyrics…

This is Yuvvraaj.

Hope you enjoy it!
Subhash Ghai.

This personal note from Mr Ghai is the first thing that would greet you when you open the audio CD jacket of Yuvvraj.

Frankly speaking I even …

iView Author: Jehan Handa (New Delhi, India)

Email: jehanhanda580 [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in

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Of late, we have seen a blitzkrieg of films based on bash- bash and bang bang. Alas Hijack et Tahaan. Most promos mislead the viewer no end. They promise the moon, the viewer is hooked and very often, they fail to meet the expectations. Here the promos look promising, and the star cast is blinding, with the likes of the Khan and the Deol brothers, the film looks like some Pak bashing, or anti-Pakistan or some pro- border film, honestly it is completely different from anything you expect, it delivers the unexpected.
After watching director Samir Karnik’s previous films consisting of an extremely weird Kyun Ho Gaya Na, and a sincere Nanhe Jaisalmer, you come with zilch expectations, you don’t …

If blogging was prevalent in the 90’s, there would be so many things I would write about – all the dubbbed films mesmerizing an alien audience in a way they never imagined, song dance and more, Gopi Kishan, Mohra, that oddball which changed the way I looked at Indian films called Dil Se, mid-90’s action wave, all the newbies vying for a sustainable career option in films, Mukul Anand films, and so on. If we would move a little ahead post millennium, there would be few more entries and revelations – the changing face of film music, some people making ‘NRI’ films whatever that meant, the almost death of story and innovation in Hindi cinema, and the predictable trends.

And somewhere along the early decade, I would buy a cassette of a film weirdly titled Taal, and I would log …