Posts Tagged ‘Sankat City’

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    Things in Sankat City
    Sankat City didn’t impress me that much but there were some small things that were used in the film that definitely caught my attention . Usually these small little ‘things’ tell you a lot about the director and the amount of thought he has put into the characters . I took a mental note of those things and here’s what I noticed : Title Graphics...
    by Saurabh at July 24th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
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    Sankat City: What it could have been, what it is.
    Let’s begin with Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa. One of the few ‘Bollywood’ movies that dealt with a loser’s story. The movie made us sink into his shoes and helped revisit our vulnerabilities. It also commented intelligently on youth’s lack of choices, and only few clearly defined options of future that they gulped. Rather, forcefully. A loser who...
    by Tanul Thakur at July 22nd, 2009 at 12:07 pm
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    Sankat City: Pay-off Master
    Befitting the preposterously loony & delightful characters he’s unleashed upon us, Pankaj Advani walked into the cinema-hall Friday night, veiled in a, yes, Burqa. Not surprisingly, the self-aggrandizing ploy didn’t work, at all; as the only straight-faced soul in a hall-full of hysterical communal film savouring, the maker of the film, playing the voyeur that...
    by thani at July 13th, 2009 at 06:07 am
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    Sankat City: Love in Underwar
    I watched Sankat City at the premier show on 8th July. The brief account of my experience, accompanied by few poor quality celebrity pictures can be read here. What I did not mention there, is that I was sitting beside Aamir Bashir (the other cop with Jimmy Shergil in A Wednesday) and Anurag Kashyap few seats away on the same row. Anupam Kher stood on the aisle and started...
    by ~uh~™ at July 12th, 2009 at 03:07 am
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    Mind-blasting, Mind-blowing, Chaiwalla!!! (Pankaj Advani and Sankat City!)
    Saat intertainment aur miser buyer ki peshkash, Sankat City… Nirdeshak Sai Pankaj Advani, abhineta Kay kay Man, Anupam Fauzdar Kherfree, Yashpagal Sarma, Monkey Pandey, Remixed Sen, Prilip Dabhavalkar, Virubhai Sexena, Sanjay Misri, Manoj Power ityadi. Vari Pankaj Advani kya pictude banaya sai… Ek aadmi ka achcha khaasa sabbatical khatm kar diya. Uski duniya palat...
    by Hansal Mehta at July 10th, 2009 at 02:07 am
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    Sankat City: Rats are us.
    I LOVE BOMBAY. Now to forward things, it was an exhilerating, overwhelming & ecstatic DAY (considering that the city never sleeps). It was about 5.00am and yours truly, was at the Mumbai airport, well a li’l outside it. There is the small joint where they sell snacks, cancer & other such addictions. All exhausted, I was there puffing away, where I notice...
    by Magik at July 9th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
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    Sankat City: Money is Everything
    According to Rhonda Byrne’s “The Secret“, the Need of Money, is said to be the strongest attraction point in the Law of Attractions. When you have a strong urge to Need Money, it attracts an even stronger attraction of Needing More Money, thereby sparking off a huge chain reaction of an endless Need of Money. It is this Law of Needing more Money that...
    by Sudhir Nair at July 9th, 2009 at 01:07 pm
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    Sankat City: Advani’s Walking the Talk
    Pankaj Advani walks the talk. Like his posts on PFC, his Sankat City too is great fun, to put it simply. But it is intelligent fun, the kind that speaks much without actually getting loud, though quite a few things are done over the top, perhaps deliberately, to poke fun at things that are intricate part of the Hindi potboiler narrative. The comedy is kind of zany and...
    by Runumi G at July 9th, 2009 at 08:07 am
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    Remember those times – Sankat ‘mochan’ City
    Remember those times when you dreamt of making a film that will devour the audience from its first frame… Remember those times when you dreamt of taking the viewers to a joyride that will catapult them from one crest to another with the alacrity of a roller coaster… Remember those times when you vowed after watching an imperfectly paced film that the film you make...
    by Nirad Baran Bhattacharjee at July 9th, 2009 at 12:07 am
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    Saeed Mirza and Kundan Shah on Sankat City
    The reviews have started trickling in. Atleast from those who were lucky to catch a few private screenings of Sankat City. Filmmakers Saeed Mirza and Kundan Shah (blog) sent in their thoughts to us on Sankat City. Saeed Mirza I saw Pankaj Advani’s film ‘Sankat City’ and what struck me most about the film was its anarchic splendour. The underlying theme is the need...
    by PFCdesktop at July 2nd, 2009 at 04:07 pm
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    Guest Blogger Chirantan Das : Shooting Sankat City
    Chirantan Das, (Chiru to friends, colleagues and family), is the cinematographer of Sankat City. For all your questions on cinematography, please feel free to pick Chiru’s brains. He’s one of the best in business. I’m glad Pankaj asked me to write about Sankat City and not speak because that would have been absolutely terrifying for me. Though the...
    by PFCdesktop at July 1st, 2009 at 12:07 pm
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    Guest Blogger Kay Kay Menon : Sankat Cinema 2 – My reply to your responses
    Hello everybody, let me start by confessing a significant hometruth. I am computer illiterate, so much so, that I can’t even type. So lo and behold, how am I posting this blog? Simple, poor Pankaj Advani, the writer and director of Sankat City is typing my verbal diarrhea verbatim. I’ve read each of your responses and been overwhelmed by it. So much as I would have...
    by PFCdesktop at June 30th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
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    Guest Blogger Anupam Kher : Sankat City
    On the lines of Khosla ka Ghosla and A Wednesday, comes a film directed by Pankaj Advani, called Sankat City. Having an acting school of mine and getting opportunities to work outside India I get to be in touch with today’s generation. In that sense I will never feel outdated. Sankat city is my belief in the modern day Indian cinema and that how money plays very minimum...
    by PFCdesktop at June 24th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
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    Review : ‘Main kaun choon…’- Lost (and loving it) in Sankat City
    I cannot write reviews – I am constitutionally incapable of writing them. We have a very visceral approach to movies, both me and Kamayani. We like them on a very human level, irrespective of technique and craft, and we are extremely hard to please. Most of the blockbusters and biggies from Bollywood and Hollywood as well as ‘world cinema’ in the recent...
    by Nikhil. V at June 23rd, 2009 at 01:06 am
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    Guest Blogger Kay Kay Menon : Sankat Cinema
    Pankaj Advani, director of Sankat City, invited Kay Kay Menon, to guest blog on PFC. Kay Kay’s graciously accepted the invite and here’s his first PFC Guest Blog Sankat Cinema A question has been pestering me for quite some years now – “Who is to blame when good cinema does not do good business?” I’ve come to a conclusion of late. The answer is...
    by PFCdesktop at June 22nd, 2009 at 12:06 pm
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    Bhendi Bazaar Swing – Sankat in the city
    The City. 20 million people, living on a man-made island. The primary thought, occupying the conscious or sub-conscious part of their minds, at one time or another ? Survival ! From the guy on the bicycle peddling over-milky coffee and cigarettes in the deepest hours of the night, to the fellow driving home from work OR play in a BMW at 2 ‘o clock in the night ( living...
    by Harmeet Manseta at June 16th, 2009 at 02:06 pm
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    Sankat City Theme Music
    Here’s the theme music of Sankat City created by Harmeet who’s working with Pankaj Advani on this. Simply click the play button below to hear the track! Enjoy! Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_1",...
    by PFCdesktop at June 15th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
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    Lick and Stick
    “Sankat City will not be released on 26th of June 2009 as planned earlier. Instead, it shall hit the screens one week later, on 3rd of July. See to it that the dates are changed in all promos.” “Promos is easy sir, but what about posters? “What about them?” “They’ve already been printed, truckloads of them, with the old date.” “Dump them in the same...
    by Pankaj Advani at June 14th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
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    Sankat City : BAND BAJAO Contest
    Sankat City : BAND BAJAO CONTEST Update July 15, 2009. Entries to the contest is now closed. We thank you all for your participation. Winners will be announced on July 23rd 2009. Update : The contest closing date is extended to July 5th JULY 15th, 2009, as the movie release date has been shifted by a week. The winner will be announced on JULY 23rd, 2009. Everybody who...
    by PFCdesktop at June 10th, 2009 at 01:06 pm
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    Jai Bollywood Baba
    Couldn’t sleep last night, kept tossing and turning, worrying – “Not even three weeks left for the release of Sankat City… 1200 sheep… the TV promos haven’t yet started… 1201 sheep… there’s no buzz in the media… 1202 sheep… nobody’s talking about the film… 1203 sheep… “ In the morning, I tottered to the washbasin, groggy and tired. When...
    by Pankaj Advani at June 7th, 2009 at 05:06 pm
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    Sankat City : Kay Kay Menon Intro Teaser
    by PFCdesktop at June 7th, 2009 at 09:06 am
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    Sankat City : Chunky Pandey Intro Teaser
    After Faujdaar, it’s Chunky Pandey as Sikandar Khan… Tomorrow, Kay Kay Menon lands on the web to create some Sankat!
    by PFCdesktop at June 6th, 2009 at 08:06 am
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    Sankat City : Anupam Kher Intro Teaser
    So, here we go… Faujdaar (Anupam Kher) lands on the web!!! Please email/spread the word around. Faujdaar is available on YouTube here. Tomorrow : Chunky Pandey lands on the web as Sikandar Khan
    by PFCdesktop at June 5th, 2009 at 01:06 pm
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    The Sankat City Poster with “Your” Tagline
    Here’s a poster design with the tagline inspired by Magik’s ‘Sabki Lagegi’. Thanks Magik. Sridhar Mayur’s ‘Sabki Bajegi’ is also quite close, though it came in after ‘SABKA BAND BAJEGA’ has already been coined. Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Viva PFC
    by Pankaj Advani at June 4th, 2009 at 09:06 am
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    Sankat City : Trailer
    It’s out… For all those banging PFC’s email box on wanting to see the trailer… here’s the first on YouTube… spread the word around! Oh and let us know what’s going on through your mind after watching this teaser of a Sankat!
    by PFCdesktop at June 4th, 2009 at 12:06 am
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    Dr.Dang@peepingtom.com
    (NOTES ON WRITING SANKAT CITY) Long ago, a Shanghai Night. It was late, the joint was nearly empty. I doodled on a paper napkin - INT. BIRJU’S KHOLI – MUMBAI – DAY Birju tears open the telegram. “Dadaji serious Stop Come home soon Stop” A worried Birju removes the cover of his cannon, quickly changes into HAWABAAN HERO costume, lights the fuse and slips into...
    by Pankaj Advani at June 3rd, 2009 at 02:06 pm
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    Dear Salman,
    “Tarzan is an Indian concept, a synthesis of two words Taad and Jan. Taad means tree and Jan is a man. Tarzan is nothing but Taadjan, man of trees.” – B. Subhash, Director Tarzan. Dear Salman, I myself Pankaj. Since I don’t have your phone number, neither your email ID, I’m posting this letter here, hope someone at PFC will draw your attention to it. Salmanji,...
    by Pankaj Advani at May 30th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
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    Shanghai Nights in Sankat City
    THE MONK WITH WINGS - “What do you need for the scene,” asks Chikna. “A BEST bus full of passengers and of course Rimi and Chunky.” “How many junior artists?” “Well, the seating capacity is 72, give me atleast a 100.” “Out of the question, too expensive.” “Okay, get me a mini bus from BEST with 50 passengers.” “We can provide 25.” “But the...
    by Pankaj Advani at May 25th, 2009 at 11:05 am
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    Tagline for Sankat City
    Help director Pankaj Advani find the perfect tagline for Sankat City. Please pour in your ideas here… so if you can come up with a few ideas in the next few hours feel free to dive in.
    by Pankaj Advani at May 23rd, 2009 at 09:05 am
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    My journey from Diamond Talkies To Suleman Scientist’s Lab
    It’s at the box office window of Diamond Talkies I realized, that a human wrist is the most supple of all body parts. There was no concept of a queue here, the moment the window would open, the mob would charge, screaming expletives, eyes bulging wide, shoving, jostling, elbowing each other, fists holding crumpled currency and shove their hands into the tiny hole, ten...
    by Pankaj Advani at May 21st, 2009 at 10:05 am
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