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Hero Hiralal Movie Review: Phata poster, nikla Hero!
The advent of cable-TV happened in India in the early 1990’s when foreign channels were beaming in the houses of the privileged upper-middle-class. A decade later came the age of the reality shows with Channel V running a contest to form a girl-band on the lines of Spice Girls; and in 2002 Viva happened. But much before cable-tv [...]
All About Piya Aiso Jiya Mein: A Short Film by Oorvazi Irani
A film maker, writer, film and acting educationalist, Oorvazi Irani is popular for having introduced the Michael Chekhov Acting technique to India with a DVD on the same as well. Oorvazi blogs on MAM regularly and you can check out her posts here. AdminMore Posts Follow Me:
As the River flows: This time, that year…
As I am still trying to comprehend the good show of ‘ekhon nedekha nadir xipare’ (Assamese version of ‘as the River flows’) in the recently concluded Washington DC South Asian film festival, where it won the award for best script & best actor (for Sanjay Suri), I couldn’t help taking a trip down the memory [...]
Shyam Benegal: The Master of Indian Parallel Cinema
“Benegal has put up a model of committed film-making in a thoroughly professional manner that could be eminently useful for both the mainstream, with its recklessly expensive habits, and art cinema, with its holier-than-thou attitude and amateurism.” It is ironical that talking about Shyam Benegal is extremely easy as well as quite difficult at the [...]
Frailty Movie Review: Small Town Psychosis at its Finest
You might have never been to America but you already have an idea what it’s like. And am not talking about how Times Square looks on New Year’s Eve. I am talking about its interiors. The small town America. The home of the American dream. The house with the white picket fence. All in a [...]
Kashmir before our eyes : A 3 Day Film Festival in Mumbai
The Films Division of India, has been screening films every Saturday for the past few months.They will now be organizing a Film Festival with special focus on Kashmir. The festival will include not only feature films but also documentaries,short films,readings and discussions on Kashmir.The entry is free for all.The venue for the event is RR Theatre, 10th floor,Films [...]
Meghe Dhaka Tara (2013) : Trailer
Kamaleswar Mukherjee, a physician turned ad filmmaker ventured into Bengali feature films recently with films like Natobor Notout (2010) and Uro Chithi (2011). And now he’s got not one but two interesting films in the pipeline. AdminMore Posts Follow Me:
Aurangzeb Movie Review: A Tale Of Men!
Aurangzeb! The last of the Great Mughals before the empire started on its eventual downfall. A man of great ambition, who let his rage against his father and family dictate all his actions. His ascent to the throne was marked by the blood of his brothers and their allies. The movie attempts to tell a [...]
Mariyaan Music Review: Sonapareeyum Kadal Raasavum
The last thing you want to do as a comeback article after a hiatus is a music review, and an ARR album on top of that.Whatever I say, there are going to be ARR fans who are going to chip in that this was the best gift God gave to mankind and there are going to be the [...]
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