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Screen Awards 2013: An Unpleasant Experience
I had never attended any of the numerous Bollywood award functions that happen in the first half of every year. So, when an Uncle of mine called up to ask me last Saturday if I am free for the evening as he had an extra pass to the Screen awards for me, I jumped [...]
Tete-a-tete with Anurag Basu
Noted film maker Anurag Basu, whose latest film Barfi is India’s official entry to the Oscars 2013 was on a visit to XIM, Bubaneswar for a Conclave Summit. I took this opportunity to discuss with him about the issue of plagiarism in ‘Barfi’, the bold scenes of ‘Murder’ becoming a trend-setter and also his forthcoming [...]
Inspired not ‘Plagiarised’
Since time immemorial, the malaise of plagiarism is very prevalent in Indian Film Industry especially in Bollywood. We have more than often seen directors (read Sanjay Gupta, Mahesh Bhatt etc amongst others) stealing films frame by frame and passing off as their own. However certain minor changes are made in the script. So that when [...]
“Joota Phake Leather, Dil Chicha Ledar” Barfi!: Movie Review
If there were lines of poetry, written by someone, and he were describing innocence, naughtiness, magic, and dreams, his description would begin with extracting silk from rays of light, painting clouds from dispersed water droplets, autumn leaves hazed out by smoke, floating joy in the evening mingled with all colors of the spectrum. That’s precisely [...]
Barfi Movie Review : BARFI! – you are as sweet as your name…
When I booked my review for BARFI!, of course there was a lot of excitement that led to the decision. However, there was an apprehension, “What if I don’t like the film? What if the film falls flat on its face just the way KITES did?” Souvik GuptaMore Posts
Trailer of Barfi
After Rockstar and getting all acclaim and awards Ranbir Kapoor returns in Anurag Basu‘s Barfi. One of the eagerly anticipated films of this year Barfi stars Priyanka Chopra and Illeana D’Cruz with additional support from Saurabh Shukla and Akash Khurana. Plot Synopsis: His parents named him Murphy, but everyone calls him Barfi! Always ready with [...]
Agneepath From a Dummy’s Perspective
Enough has been said and discussed about Dharma Productions’ retake on the 1990 classic. So I am not going to contribute anything new from a movie review point of view. However I thought there was still some merit in a reasonably objective perspective on ‘Agneepath 2011′, coming from someone who has seen bits and pieces [...]
A Musical Tribute to Raj Kanwar
Prolific Hindi film writer-director-producer Raj Kanwar passed away recently ( 3rd February, 2012 ) in Singapore even before he could undergo a kidney transplant. He was just 53 and is survived by his wife and 2 sons. Raj Kanwar had started his career by assisting filmmakers like Shekhar Kapur and Rajkumar Santoshi. His first film as director [...]
Agneepath! The Retelling!
Kya Dekhne Aaya Tha! Kya Dekh Ke Chala Gaya! That is exactly how I was feeling as I walked out of the theatre after watching Agneepath! The very name induces goosebumps in every Big B fan worth his salt. We have all grown up hearing the stories about how Amitabh tried a different voice modulation [...]
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