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Thoughts on Mani Ratnam and his films
Mani Ratnam Khalid Mohamed Once upon a time in Mumbai, you’d have to drag me away from the Santa Cruz aiport, literally prevent me from catching another flight to Chennai. The cities were still called Bombay and Madras then. Life was cool, cinema was cooler and conversations with this brand-new boss of mainstream [...]
Rahman at 20: Rehna Tu Hai Jaisa Tu…
As A R Rahman completes 20 years of his stupendously imaginative work and creations on 15th August and the only person who I will ever bow down with RESPECT in the field of cinema & music, my memories and experience of the man & his music. 20 songs which I will take to my grave [...]
Stereotyping in Indian Cinema: How long will it continue?
Sometime ago we saw RGV and Vivek Oberoi re-uniting for RaktaCharitra, a biopic on Paritala Ravi, the dreaded factionalist leader of A.P who was shot down a few years ago. Though I did have some apprehensions on how RGV would carry off the transition of factional A.P politics and associated violence conveniently into a mainstream [...]
Roja-The Rose That Smelled A Genius
ROJA With around 10 films (in all four major South Indian languages) under his belt and 3 National Awards to his credit, Mani Ratnam had become a big thing down South. Feroze Khan had officially adapted one of his films ‘Nayagan’ into ‘Dayavan’. And ‘Anjali’ as a children’s film also became popular among many families. [...]
THE UNCONVENTIONAL ROMANCES
Bollywood or the Indian Film Industry has never had a dearth of love stories. On the contrary, they find a way out to insert a love angle in almost every movie they make. And who can forget that the most popular Hindi songs are also from the tales of romances. To top everything, love stories [...]
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