Posts Tagged ‘satya’

  • First Film
    It was summer… I think it was summer because that’s the time I saw maximum number of movies. Two hot long months of vacations… When most of my friends either studied for the next class or indulged in sports, I visited my favorite place… Movie theatres… I liked everything there… The anxiety of getting the ticket… Sitting in the theater lobby, staring at...
    by Saurabh Shukla at October 17th, 2009 at 04:10 am
  • Life is a fairy tale
    Well… As far as I remember, I was always fat… ‘Healthy’, as my parents called it… Then I lost hair at the age of 19… Some told me I’m maturing… Others said it is a sign of becoming rich and prosperous… I was pretty average in studies… “Don’t worry you have some other gift… Just find it” my father said and got busy with his daily Riyaz of music…So...
    by Saurabh Shukla at October 14th, 2009 at 05:10 am
  • 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
  • Tryst with Cinema
    iView Author: Shreyansh Shukla (Mumbai, India) Email: neel219[at]gmail[dot]com Tryst with Cinema As the name suggests, this is a story about transition, about self-realization, about what to do and what not to do in life and after life. Also the Title says so many things, about life coming a full circle, may be a vicious circle. Mard was the first movie I saw in theatre,...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 13th, 2009 at 11:04 am
  • Paresh Rawal : A sum of many parts
    iView Author: Akshay Manwani (New Delhi ,India) Email: akshay.manwani [at] gmail.com Paresh Rawal : A sum of many parts As an actor Paresh Rawal’s biography would surely make for an interesting read. From a rank outsider in the film industry, he has come a long way and is now amongst the finest exponents of the acting craft. Indeed, in the last couple of years some...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at March 30th, 2009 at 09:03 pm
  • Cinematic moments that never left me
    iview Author: Arati Raval (Mumbai, India) Email: aratiraval [at]gmail.com Content: Cinematic moments that never left me There are moments in cinema that never leave you. For weeks, months.. Years. It is impossible for me to write down all the scenes that came to me and never left. If there are 100 scenes that never left me, I will be probably able to write...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at January 21st, 2009 at 08:01 am
  • Anurag Kashyap: Noir is the story of underdog for me
    In continuation of the series “Initial Steps“, excerpts from a conversation occurred between Director Anurag Kashyap(AK), and Ajay Brahmatmaj (AB), are presented here. Full interview will appear in Ajay Brahmatmaj’s book “Meri pehli film” which will be published soon by Antika Prakashan. [Following is the loose translation of the Hindi...
    by Rk at November 5th, 2008 at 05:11 am
  • Reasons- Why I liked Satya?????
    Reasons- Why I liked Satya????? 1998-It was my 2nd year in engineering and as every hostel guy I was seeing lots of movies. I was testing new flavour of hollywod cinema staring from Jurassic park to commando to titanic to home alone and lots more. I also enjoyed Pyar to hona hi tha, Ghulam in monsoon of 1998. But unfortunately I missed the gem “satya”. Though...
    by Shailesh Limbachiya at October 11th, 2008 at 06:10 am
  • K J Singh: Interview Part 1
    The word “Sound” holds a different meaning for me post interviewing K J Singh. A little introduction is necessary because this man has been associated with all the possible positions that encompasses music and sound in India. He has worked on Films Background Score & soundtracks like Satya, Maqbool, Rage De Basanti, Omkara, Black Friday and many more. Also...
    by Sourav Bhuyan at August 18th, 2008 at 01:08 pm
  • Contract: A Must Watch…
    Contract is a must watch to see how far has RGV fallen. RGV has always known to make movies based on reality. This time he has decided to an autobiographical touch to the movie. In Contract there’s an underworld Don called Goonga (Upyendra Limaye), who relentlessly makes plans after plans using someone else’s money and all the plans are termed super-flop by...
    by Sudhir Nair at July 23rd, 2008 at 07:07 am
  • BACKGROUND SCORES IN HINDI MOVIES
    BACKGROUND SCORES IN HINDI MOVIES As hindi movies are full of songs, the music directors and film makers do not concentrate on background music. Hindi movies are not giving as much importance as foreign movies are giving. Somehow trends are changing. Now our technically confident directors and music directors take background score in consideration while planing the scenes. In...
    by Shailesh Limbachiya at June 12th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
  • Endings ….that stayed with me
    The most important part of a movie is its end…its climax…..even a dragging dud movie but with a superb climax can make it worth a watch ……..then there are movies which are exactly opposite to this….how many times have we come out of the theater thinking about how good the opportunity was, but was all ruined in the end ……most of the bollywood movies these...
    by Anand Kadam at June 9th, 2008 at 07:06 am
  • RGV’s filmi kundali before Sarkar Raj opens
    iView Author: Krishna (Hyderabad, India) EMAIL: moviecentric [at] gmail.com RGV’s filmography Sarkar Raj which is going be released on 6th June 2008 has attracted a lot of attention by the media and by the movie lovers due to RGV’s previous box office failure ‘Ramu ki AAG’.Let us look back into his works ,as i hail from Hyderabad i had the...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 5th, 2008 at 03:06 am
  • MEMORIES OF MOVIES
    MEMORIES OF MOVIES We all have some special memories for special days or special incidents. As we all are movie lovers, we must have some sweet or special memories associated with particular movies. In this post I am going to share some of sweet memories of films. The films and memories mentioned in post may not be great and I will not discuss their merits and demerits...
    by Shailesh Limbachiya at September 9th, 2007 at 10:09 pm