Posts Tagged ‘Smita Patil’

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    Wake Up Sid: Bombay to Mumbai : A matter of Love
    There are two love stories that progress in the Wake Up Sid. And these two love stories can not be given any first and second order ranking as they both happen simultaneously. When an outsider Aisha (Konkana Sen) comes to the city then it is Bombay for her and like this city Sid (Ranbir Kapoor) is also a stranger but Sid (a born Bombay walla who now lives in Mumbai)...
    by Rk at October 4th, 2009 at 11:10 am
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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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    Tarang (1984)
    Tarang Year: 1984 Writer/Director: Kumar Shahani Cast: Amol Palekar, Smita Patil, Shreeram Lagoo, Rohini Hattangadi, Om Puri, Kawal Gandhiok If you want to know why the so-called Parallel Cinema movement in Hindi cinema died down in the 1980s, then go and watch this movie- at your peril of course! The only reason I saw it was to listen to Lata Mangeshkar’s superb rendition...
    by Dr. Mandar V. Bichu at June 27th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
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    The Multiple Roles of Bhumika
    iView Author: Arjun Narayanan (UP, India) Email: arju1987 [at] hotmail.com The Multiple Roles of Bhumika How will it be for an actress to act like an actress? Effortless, one may think. But one gets used to ‘act’ different roles to such an extent that one often forgets to ‘live’ it. Shyam Benegal’s Bhumika is the tale of one such actress, who, in the course...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 1st, 2009 at 06:06 pm
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    Chakra : Slum woman becomes poorer in every field of her life
    [ Remembring a significant film on the lives of slum dwellers. Advisable for those who want to know about it and its premise and for those who have seen it and want to refresh their memories about the film]. There are few directors who could make only 1 film and there w’d be very few directors who died before the release of their very first film. They could not see...
    by Rk at April 6th, 2009 at 03:04 pm
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    Shyam Benegal’s BHUMIKA (1977)
    BHUMIKA(The Role) Does a man’s philosophical perspective change with time?Does a man’s convictions change with time?Does a man’s view towards a piece of art change with time?.. for all the above questions my answer would be YES because few days ago i watched Shyam Benegal’s BHUMIKA for the second time,the first time i watched it was a couple of...
    by Krishna at March 6th, 2009 at 03:03 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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    Satyam Shivam Sundaram : Khajuraho concept in Hindi cinema
    A large number of people are there who always shout as soon as they get a chance that India is the land of Khajuraho Temples and these people treat these temples as the places depicting sexual behaviour of mankind. Many of them equate Khajuraho temples with the erotic shops available elsewhere. If it is so then why these statues were carved on the outer walls of the temples...
    by Rk at September 18th, 2008 at 04:09 am
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    Sanjeev Kumar : Romantic hero was full of fun also on screen
    Just to remember Sanjeev Kumar and to celebrate his 70th birth anniversary. ——————– Who does not know that Sanjeev Kumar was a very good actor? Who does not admit that he was a versatile actor? He did many films which could be classified as mile stones in their respective genres. He played very tough roles with a competent ease....
    by Rk at July 9th, 2008 at 07:07 am
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    Nishant : Vijay Tendulkar’s illustrious entry in to hindi cinema!
    Great, powerful and impressive writers possess one thing for sure and that is the art to present stories in their own words/ways/manners and though it’s very much possible that they are taking inspirations from mythology or stories, already told in the past, but they weave the plot in such a way that their stories remain successful in presenting issues prevalent...
    by Rk at May 19th, 2008 at 08:05 am
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