tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9465700300242263512024-02-21T10:40:18.197+05:30bhawana somaaya THINK TANKBhawana Somaayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377182390448214481noreply@blogger.comBlogger960125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946570030024226351.post-52710432286402525552016-08-22T14:55:00.000+05:302016-08-22T15:01:44.832+05:30Queen of Katwe - Day:882<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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happy to read that Nair’s next is produced by Lydia Dean Pilcher and John Carl
David Oyelowo and starring Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o and newcomer Madina
Nalwanga Disney’s <i>Queen of Katwe</i> tells
the vibrant true story of a young girl </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Phiona
Mutesi (Nalwanga) </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">from the streets of
rural Uganda, whose world changes when she is introduced to the game of chess. With
the support she receives from her family and community, she is instilled with confidence
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on will open in Indian theaters in September, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bhawana Somaayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377182390448214481noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946570030024226351.post-26619803952643456272016-08-20T12:16:00.002+05:302016-08-20T12:16:40.374+05:30CONGRATULATIONS!!! PROUD OF YOU, PROUD OF INDIA - DAY 881<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Bhawana Somaayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377182390448214481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946570030024226351.post-67462744480554469302016-08-19T13:14:00.001+05:302016-08-20T12:13:46.634+05:30Happy is quite sad actually - DAY 880<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Rating: 2 stars <span style="color: red;">**</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Yellow& Krishika Lulla’s <i>Happy Bhaag
Jayegi</i> is a prime example of the saying that never judge a book by its
cover and a film by its trailer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Here
is a film that had all the ingredients of an entertainer- adventure, humor,
romance, ambition and envy but somehow the chef fails to cook up an exotic dish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the night of her<i> sangit</i> Happy Singh/
Diana Penty escapes from her bathroom window to jump into a waiting truck sent
by her boyfriend/ Ali Fazal except she jumps into the wrong truck and is
transported with a pile of fruits to Lahore’s politician Bilal Ahmed/ Abhay
Deol’s home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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has to protect his father from a scandal and struggles to find a solution. In
the meantime Happy’s <i>bauji</i>/
Kanwaljeet Singh and boyfriend Guddu/ Ali Fazal are confused where Happy has
disappeared. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Muddassar
Aziz’s screenplay is yet another story on the cross border relationship (<i>Veer Zaara, Filmistaan, Bajrangi Bhaijaan</i>)
and how an Indian in Lahore and Pakistani in Amritsar feel same to same in
their neighboring countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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problem with the film is that end of two hours the writer acquaints you with
every character except the protagonist.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Granted
that Happy is attractive, spontaneous and loves a loser but there’s nothing
extra-ordinary about her to intimidate abductors, Pakistan police and overwhelm
a powerful politician. The director takes it for granted that his protagonist
is special and forgets to share the reasons with his audience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the cast Jimmy Shergill as Daman Singh Bagga and Momal Sheikh as Zoya are
engaging and Abhay Deol as Bilal Ahmed is praise worthy. Diana Penty looks the
part and delivers her lines but her internal machinery does not work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Happy Bhaag <i>Jayegi only if you are an
Abhay Deol fan.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Bhawana Somaayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377182390448214481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946570030024226351.post-80270258064194936952016-08-18T14:32:00.003+05:302016-08-18T14:32:50.612+05:30Special date for many - DAY 879<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Wishing Parsi New Year to all my friends<br />
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Happy Birthday to <b>Aruna Irani</b>: She started on the Rangbhoomi as a little girl and was nine when she starred as a child star in Ganga Jamuna, so many decades and so many films/ serials later Aruna Irani is not out.<br />
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Bhawana Somaayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377182390448214481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946570030024226351.post-61292760773956111102016-08-17T09:43:00.002+05:302016-08-17T09:43:31.048+05:30Raksha Bandhan is no more about commitments - DAY 878<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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film was complete without a </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">bhaiya behna</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">
song but over the years the </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">raksha
bandhan</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> festival has disappeared from our films. Is it because our society
has changed or does this reflect on the image of our superstars and concerns of
filmmakers? Today, the woman on the screen and in real life has broken all
shackles, today </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">raksha bandhan</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> is a
festival to make merry, the sister does not expect protection from her brother
and the brother is happy not to make any commitments.</span></div>
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Bhawana Somaayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377182390448214481noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946570030024226351.post-85033797858706572032016-08-12T16:01:00.000+05:302016-08-12T16:01:26.349+05:30MohenjoDarro :Hrithik Roshan all the way - DAY 877 (1)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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circa 2016 B.C.E, an indigo farmer from Amri, Sindh named Sarman
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enemies and is attracted to the head priest’s daughter Chaani (Pooja Hegde), he
is unwittingly drawn into the problems of the villagersand battles to bring
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creative team they conjure a new world and introduce us to an imaginary
lifestyle, costume and language. The unfortunate bit is that this dramatic
world is not engaging. Something is missing and you are unable to connect to
the narrative and the characters. The pace is slow, the scenes too long and the
action never ending. Romance is a high point in all Ashutosh Gowariker films
but debutant PoojaHegde makes certain to leave you untouched.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shot, looks like a prince and fights like a warrior (crocodile or monster), he
is gallant with the horses, kind to the helpless and punishes the cruel king
and saves an entire civilization but his victory leaves you somehow unaffected.
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July 12 2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Tinnu Suresh Desai<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Cast:
Akshay Kumar, Ileana Dcruz, Esha Gupta, ArjanBajwa<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Producer
NeerajPandey and director Tinnu Suresh Desai travel you into time when Mumbai
city was Bombay in 1959, when the skyline was clear, the streets not crowded
and the cars distinctly different. The policemen wore ink blue uniforms and
people madelightening<a href="" name="_GoBack"></a> trunk calls. Life was simpler then
but love and relationships were as tempting and fatal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Inspired from
the notorious case of <span style="color: #3e3e3e;">KM Nanavati v/s State of
Maharashtra</span> that challenged and defied the judicial system, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rustom</i> tells the story of decorated naval
officer <span style="color: #3e3e3e;">RustomPavriwho murdered his wife’s lover
point blank and then surrendered himself to the police.The legal question was,
did he plan the murder or was it an emotional reaction? Was RustomPavri guilty
of murdering his friend PremAhuja or was he not guilty?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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works about the film is the art design and the deliberations in the courtroom.
What doesn’t is the slow pace, the background score and some unconvincing
traits of characters. Why is Rutom in his uniform all the time?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He says he does not want any special
treatment but is given a solitary cell where he plays chess. He is not a professional
lawyer so how does he accumulate witnesses sitting inside the jail? What
happens to the 5crore transfer?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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some props and locations are applause worthy like the Bombay streets and the
vehicles, some are embarrassingly fake like the old airport and currency; still
it will not be fair to dismiss<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rustom</i>
as just a crime/ courtroom drama. This is a story of love and deceit, of
complex relationships and principles. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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film would have been more impactful if the women characters were more
convincing but all IleanaDcruzdoes is cry and Esha Gupta wears red lipstick and
raise eyebrows. Akshay Kumar is the only one who delivers a sterling
performance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
controversial case has inspired two films in the past- RK Nayyar’s<b> <i>Ye RaasteHaiPyaarKe</i>/1963</b> more on
adultery and Gulzar’s <b><i>Achanak/</i>1973</b> on
medical profession.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the case challenged not just the state but changed the direction of police,
media, law and judicial system. It was the first time the public outrage forced
the jury to change verdict.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bhawana Somaayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377182390448214481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946570030024226351.post-54089113352650816582016-08-05T14:28:00.003+05:302016-08-05T14:29:04.173+05:30Saluting Budhia - DAY 874<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Based on a true
story of Odisha’s miracle runner Budhia Awooga Singh, the little boy was sold
to a bangle seller</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> by his impoverished
widow mother. Biranchi Das, a local judo coach and orphanage operator brings
him to live with the other kids under his care. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">One day, Biranchi notices him harassing other
kids and punishes him to run around the campus till he is asked to stop. Five
hours later when Biranchi returns from his work, he discovers that the boy is
still running. A medical checkup reveals he is fit and normal and that’s when
Biranchi Das decides to train Budhia to run marathons. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">By the age of 4, Budhia accomplished 48
marathons</span><u><sup><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></sup></u><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">which includes Bhubaneshwar to Puri covering a
distance of 65 kms in just 7 hours and 2 minutes and is listed as the youngest
marathon runner in the Limca Book of World Records in 2006. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">This is a film about Budhiya’s will and skill
and more important. about his submission to his coach. It is a story about the
courage and the vision of his coach </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Biranchi Das, a story of their families
and most important, a story of concerns - those raised by child welfare, the
sports council, advertisers, lawyers, doctors, journalists, politicians and
society at large.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">When you come
out of the theatre you are thinking about the 5 year old. It is fair to make
him go through what he did at a tender age? Will all this not affect his health
and future? Today Budhia is 13</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> and he is already burnt out, is one of the 150-odd
children at the Kalinga Stadium hostel, Bhubaneswar. He doesn’t run anymore and
his hours of rigorous session have reduced too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He is still a legend for the state of Odissha
but even Budhia knows it will never be the same. Maybe things would have been
different if his coach was alive or he had found another deserving coach in
these years, but that did not happen!</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Watch National
Award for Best Children Film 2016 <i>Budhiya
Born to Run</i> for the outstanding cinematography by Manoj Kumar Khatoi and
sharp editing by Shivkumar Panicer. Manoj Bajpayee delivers yet another
sensitive performance and little Mayur Patole is a revelation but finally the
film belongs to the wit, grit and vision of writer director Soumendra Padhi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Soumendra, take a bow!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Meena Kumari is no more but
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Empty Shop<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Why has Time spread
out its wares before me? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Where are the
things<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I used to buy?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">These spurious toys
of pleasure<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Paper of fame<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">These wax dolls of
wealth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Locked in glass
cases<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">(That can melt at
anyone’s touch)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">These are not the
things I wish to buy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A handsome dream of
love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">That can sooth my
eyes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A moment of perfect
intimacy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">That can soothe my
restless soul<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I came looking for
nothing but these<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">And the shop of
Time Supplies none of these things.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Unseen
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">How long ago<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The moon was born<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Look<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The young moonlight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Has made a pathway<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">On the ocean<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">On which<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I see no traveler<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Hear the sounds of
footsteps <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The sound of unseen
footsteps…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bhawana Somaayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377182390448214481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946570030024226351.post-47191847369492048452016-07-29T15:02:00.001+05:302016-07-29T15:02:16.061+05:30Dishoom is hot and happening - DAY 871<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lulla</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Director: Rohit Dhawan<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Cast|: John Abraham, Varun Dhawan, Akshaye Khanna ,Jacqueline Fernandez and Saqib
Saleem<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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film opens with India’s top batsman, Vijay Sharma/ Saqeeb Saleem hitting sixes
on the cricket pavilion and a few scenes later, you discover that the sportsman
is missing. The finals are two days later and the chase begins to hunt the
missing star. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Kabir
Shergill/John Abraham is the super cop assigned on the mission and assisting
him is the young and cheerful Junaid Ansari /Varun Dhawan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the surface it is a regular action thriller but there is a difference, this one
has substance and a 36 hour deadline. What works about the film are the virgin
locations, Ayananka Bose’s seductive cinematography, Tushar Hiranandani’s
script, Hussain Dalal’s dialogues and the dare devil action. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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must be made of a refreshing supporting cast and the delightful surprises
(Nargis Fakhri, Parineeti Chopra, a hilarious Satish Kaushik and an unstoppable
Akshay Kumar in cameos). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Saqib
Saleem as the abducted cricketer is reserved and reassured, Akshaye Khanna
effective in negative role and John Abraham–Varun Dhawan reminiscent of Amitabh
Bachchan -Shashi Kapoor pairing of yester years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">What
does not, are some exaggerations, some unending thrills, a cacophonic background
score but all diffused by Ritesh-
Rokade’s razor sharp editing that keeps you engrossed till the end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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furious, energetic, stylish and entertaining. Watch it for the delicious Varun
Dhawan, the handsome John Abraham and most important, for the new director on
the block, Rohit Dhawan take a bow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sachin as child stars did a couple of films with Sanjeev Kumar and considered
him as their</span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> guru</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> so after Sarika had
grown up and become a leading lady, Sarika was too excited when she was offered
a film opposite Sanjeev Kumar by her favorite director <b>Basu Bhattacharya.</b> Basu
Bhattacharya in his last years made four films on the subject of marriage –</span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">Anubhav</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> about stagnation in marriage, </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">Aavishkar</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> – about disappearance of
romance in marriage, </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">Griha Pravesh</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> –
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Pravesh Sanjeev Kumar is married to Sharmila Tagore for many years and finds
himself attracted to a much younger office colleague in the office. One day, on
the young girl’s insistence, Sanjeev Kumar brings her home to meet his wife and
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idol Sanjeev Kumar and to stare at the diva, Sharmilaji unabashedly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bhawana Somaayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377182390448214481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946570030024226351.post-1603703185685584062016-07-27T09:48:00.001+05:302016-07-27T09:48:34.980+05:30Fragrance of Abhimaan - DAY 869<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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since the release of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s</span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">
<b>Abhimaan</b></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">/July 1973 but the film is still fresh in our memories. We still
listen to the music of the filmin our car and become nostalgic. Everytime the
film is shown on television I stop to watch one more scene and end up watching
the entire film again. It is called the power of the medium. The digital media
is full of annecdotes on the film and the cast but we are always hungry for
more details. The film was ghost produced by Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri
that is why it was called Amiya Productions. Jaya wore her personal saris in
the film. The film was originally titled </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">Raag
Ragini</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> but Hrishida changed it at the last minute to </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">Abhimaan</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> because he felt it better suited the story. Amitabh and
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Bhawana Somaayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377182390448214481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946570030024226351.post-40441028455111878262016-07-26T09:32:00.002+05:302016-07-26T09:32:59.113+05:30Hema Malini is the lucky charm - DAY 868<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hema Malini and there are interesting stories involving both. The original end
of Gehri Chaal engaged Jeetendra and Amitabh Bachchan in a fight but by the time
the director began shooting the climax Seeta aur Geeta was released and the
distributor laid a condition that he will buy the film only if the climax
depicted Hema Malini fighting the goons and the director had to oblige much to
the displeasure of both the heroes. Dev Anand’s </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">Ishq Ishq Ishq</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> released in 1974 the same year as </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">Amir Gareeb</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> and while the former was a
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Hansraj’s birthday and I was the first journalist to interview the beautiful
child star of <i>Masoom</i> sitting in the
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Writing…is it magic or logic…art or craft…inspiration or perspiration…gift
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Director: Pa Ranjith<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Cast: Rajnikanth, Winston Chow, Radhika
Aapte<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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has stopped still for Rajnikanth since he started acting in films because in <i>Kabali</i> he is still the dreaded gangster
serving a long imprisonment in Malaysian jail. When he is finally set free, Kabali
has to look for his estranged family but before that he has to settle scores with
old enemies who turned his life upside down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the next hour and half, bullets fire in the air and blood flows like a valley
like it did in his films of the70s, the 80s, the 90s and the 2000 in that sense
time has stood still for the superstar. He still wears sqeaky shinning shoes
and walks erect with his collars up. He still flops on the sofa his arms
stretched and one leg resting on the other and he still throws his goggles in
the air and whistles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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things have changed undoubtedly, this time he wears salt pepper hair and does
not gyrate with his beloved but gets emotioal with his wife Radhika Aapte. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Traveling
three locations Malaysia – Thailand and TamilNadu and sprinkled in three
dialects <i>Kabali</i> is strictly for Rajni
sir fans only.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Cast: Irrfan Khan, Vishesh Bansal, Jimmy
Shergill<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Rating: 3 stars***<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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film opens with a voice over questionning that presuming there’s a fight
between an eagle and a mouse, who would win? If the eagle wins, the story
becomes predictible. If the mouse wins, the story is unrealistic, so the third
end is the story of <i>Madaari</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ordinary man/Irrfan Khan kidnaps the son of a powerful man, Home Minister/Tushar
Dalvi and throws him a challenge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is not a regular cop and culprit chase. The issue is not ‘who’ but ‘why’. Shot
on varied and fast changing locations within the interiors of India, the
characters walk the sands, tan in the sun, sleep on chugging trains, ride in
rickety buses and walk hungry for days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">What
works about the film is the premise, the message and the intention. Director
Nishikant Kamath has always displaced radical choice subjects beginning with
his award winning <i>Dombivali Fast</i>, later
<i>Mumbai Meri Jaan</i> on bomblasts and
recently debate on right and wrong in <i>Drishyam</i>.
This time Kamath knocks on your concience and exposes those in power.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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problem with<i> Madaari</i> is we have been
throug similar journeys of the common man in<i>
A</i> <i>Wednesday</i> and <i>Traffic</i> and the plot is devoid of
surprises. The narrative is slow paced and the story unfairly hero centric. One
misses the involvement of Rohan’s school, classmates and parents, particularly
mothers of other students. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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main problem is the exaggerated climax. Would any minister under any dire
circumstances ever visit a common man to resolve a crisis? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Shergill as the investigating cop Nachiket is effective but almost invisible.
Child star Vishesh Bansal is bright and cheeky but the film belongs solely to
Irrfan Khan. As the dishevelled, unkempt kidnapper always on the move, Irrfan
is merculrial and sparkling. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is just one song in the film composed by Vishal Bharadwaj and another from Urdu
poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz in the endcrdits and both add to the story telling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the story: it is not necesaary for either the eagel or the mouse to conquer
each other if both are accountable and ethical.</span></div>
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released in India. About an<span style="background: white;"> antique dealer who
lives in a luxurious apartment in a fancy apartment in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mumbai<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #252525;"> </span></span><span style="color: #252525;">with his aunt, the hero surprises everybody when he
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with her trying to comprehend the mystery that must have motivated her to take
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Bhawana Somaayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377182390448214481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946570030024226351.post-68824237584178151362016-07-19T09:02:00.001+05:302016-07-19T09:02:53.647+05:30Film: Kamla Ki Maut /1989 - DAY 863<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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20-year-old unmarried Kamla, who commits suicide unable to handle the news of her pregnancy. Raising issues related to pre-marital sex and relationships in modern India Basu Chatterjee master of middle class cinema travels the neighborhood and examines other relationships in the Gopal Bhawan chawl at Mangalwadi in Girgaum.<br />
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by Awtar Krishna Kaul, starring</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Raakhee</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">M
K Raina is based on a Hindi</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">novel</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Athara Sooraj Ke Paudhe</i><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">by Ramesh Bakshi about a railways
employee who meets a girl on the train. The music of this film was composed by Hariprasad
Chaurasia</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">and Bhubaneshwar Mishra
and production design by</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bansi
Chandragupta. 27 Down won National Award for</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Best
Feature Film in Hindi</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">as well as</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Best Cinematography</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">for</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Apurba
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cast: <span style="background: white;">Vivek Oberoi,Ritesh Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani n
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Indra Kumar directed </span><i style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Grand Masti</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> is a trilogy of his earlier two films </span><i style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Masti</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> made in 2004 and Grand Masti in 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">All three films border on pornography. The issue isn’t about whether such films should be made or watched? The issue is any film can be made on any subject, watched and enjoyed by the audience provided it is aesthetically presented.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you have relished Indra Kumar’s vulgar brand of cinema then Great grand Masti is for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Word of caution: This is not a film for children or family and certainly not a film that deserves my time or star ratings.</span></div>
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Bhawana Somaayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377182390448214481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946570030024226351.post-39804849668976320252016-07-14T08:02:00.002+05:302016-07-14T08:02:58.485+05:30Meeting up with Manjula - DAY 860<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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been associated with Economic Times, Pioneer, Times Of India and The Indian
Express. Currently the Deputy Editor with Tehelka, Manjula has found time to
write her debut book the story of a newswallah appropriately titled </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">That’s News To Me</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></div>
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fetch newspapers for their masters. Should a journalist be treated as a
retriever of news by his masters? Lal tells the story of Manush, an idealistic
journalist who tries to survive in the jungle of publishing. Manush enjoys the
adrenaline rush of chasing scoops and solving mysteries but finds the office
politics and demanding bosses difficult to cope. There is equal focus on the
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