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Himmatwala : Not Begging for a Remake
I remember seeing Himmatwala years ago as a kid and with each passing year, it has made way for newer, better films in my memory space. Now all that I can recall about the film is Jeetendra and Sridevi dancing around colourful pots to the tune of “Naino mein sapna”. So when a remake comes [...]
Himmatwala: Trailer
K.Raghavendra Rao the veteran prolific Telugu filmmaker is also popular for remaking many of his films in Hindi. One such Telugu blockbuster of his which found a Hindi remake was Ooriki Monagadu (1981) which had Krishna and Jayapradha in the lead. The Hindi version which released in 1983 was Himmatwala with Jeetendra and Sridevi in [...]
The Best of Bollywood: 2012
Unmindful of their box office gains, I present a list of 10 films which I rate as the best churned out by Bollywood in 2012. A few obvious choices, a few dark horses. If you still haven’t seen any of them, consider this list as a recommendation. But first, the consolation prizes. Devang GhiaA movie [...]
Thank you 2012: You changed our lives !
While we lost many icons in 2012, there were many who got a new lease of life. Character actors making breakthroughs, directors finding appreciation after a spate of flops, veterans making comebacks; 2012 saw it all. I have tried to put together few of those names here. Not an exhaustive list. Just a few I [...]
Lamhe – a love beyond forever…
He (Viren) was treading the desert – traversing its barren lands like the aimless wanderer who knows the oasis isn’t what he is searching. Yet, he moved on, like the purple of the sky that melts inexorably into stygian hues and awaits the incandescence of orange to break its gloom. Feared he was open to [...]
Chandni : Eternal Moonlight
“Her heart was a secret garden, and the walls were very high“. -William Goldman, The Princess Bride Chandni is not just a character from this movie, but she is a character who has been residing in Yashji’s thoughts for a long time. What culminated in this movie was the effect, but the cause of it [...]
Inaugural Ceremony and Opening Film ( Silver Linings Playbook )- 14th Mumbai Film Festival
It was a lovely evening at NCPA a few hours ago as the 14th Mumbai Film Festival got off to a rousing start with the vivacious Sridevi performing the ceremonial tradition of lighting a lamp along with Shyam Benegal, Chairman and Trustees of Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) which included Ashutosh Gowariker, Jaya Bachchan and Ramesh Sippy. Tina [...]
“Clean English” English Vinglish: Movie Review
There is a formula in movies, those who try, they triumph in the end. Now it doesn’t matter whether it’s 127 Hours or our very own English Vinglish. You take the scale of a film, play it around, and trim it down to the domestic level, at the centre of the film, put a house [...]
English Vinglish-Trailer
Ok for quite sometime we have all been hearing of Sridevi making a comeback with English Vinglish & finally the first look and teaser of the film is out. The film is directed by ad filmmaker Gauri Shinde & her husband R.Balki is one of the producers of the film ( the others being Sunil [...]
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