Post Tagged with: "Aishwarya Rai"
Robot Mania Strikes Japan
A few years ago, Bollywood Productions would often say that they were making Crossover films. Now what exactly did they mean by crossover films? Till date nobody has any clue and producers have stopped using the term. It is a well known fact that in the overseas market Indian films do not have market generally [...]
Raavan – Mani Ratnam’s Epic Misfire
Dear Mani Sir, As we bring this blogathon to an end with your last offering Raavan, I would like to request you to give us back the Mani sir who was once touted as the Spielberg of India. Who tried to change the conventions of mainstream cinema by replacing drama with subtlety. Who chose bold [...]
Let’s Test Our Mythology – Raavanan
How true are our mythologies? How true are the stories that have been handed over by our forefathers? How true are opinions jaundiced by regional and racial sentiments? In a country like ours where we worship the female deity in various forms and names, we consider Rama as an ideal husband when set he set [...]
aaya aaya GURUBHAI…
GURU It’s not every Friday that we happen to find a biopic releasing in Bollywood. Though in yesteryears, people like Guru Dutt & Raj Kapoor did make attempts at making semi-autobiographical stuff, the commercial failure of those didn’t encourage future filmmakers to try their hands at similar ventures. Though we had films on Bhagat Singh, [...]
Iruvar: A Tale Of Two Men
Iruvar! Friendship! It makes the world go round. It can move mountains. When you are surrounded by your friends, you feel like you can do anything. This masterpiece by Mani Sir is an ode to Friendship. It is a brilliant tale of how 2 men, as different as chalk and cheese sadly let their ambition [...]
Iruvar – The Doomed Masterpiece
Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam Iyer perhaps knew somewhere at the back of his mind that the political saga he was about to embark on after the hugely successful BOMBAY, could be doomed for failure. What he perhaps never imagined was that he was about to create a cinematic masterpiece so brilliant and haunting, neither government, nor [...]
Endhiran Movie Review : Man Vs Machine
Dedicated to the memory of the late Sujatha Rangarajan whose contribution to Endhiran is immense. Director Shankar’s much in the news Endhiran finally hit the theatres this weekend and I was one among the curious onlookers on the first day. Curious for various reasons- 1. Shankar’s last film- Sivaji- The Boss had created a mass [...]
Endhiran & the Magic of Rajnikanth
As I write this there are lakhs of people across various parts of the Country especially in the Southern States who are all sharing something unique- the joy of celebrating the arrival of the latest movie of their favourite movie star. SethumadhavanMovie enthusiast,travel,music & food lover.Avid blogger on cinema,now out of the corporate rat race [...]
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