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At one point in Dev Benegal ‘s Road Movie , Satish Kaushik decides to cut off a few scenes from the reels of one of the movies they are showing to the villagers as they are too boring . How I hoped, why this thought never came to Dev’s mind . His ode to cinema could have been a mesmerizing tale where the effects of cinema on human mind is celebrated . But it ends up as a underwritten senseless

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At one point in Dev Benegal ‘s Road Movie , Satish Kaushik decides to cut off a few scenes from the reels of one of the movies they are showing to the villagers as they are too boring . How I hoped, why this thought never came to Dev’s mind . His ode to cinema could have been a mesmerizing tale where the effects of cinema on human mind is celebrated . But it ends up as a underwritten senseless

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What is your Aim In Life ?The first think that a career counselor had asked me in a group discussion when I was in my 10th standard was – What is your aim in life ? I was stumped went numb , not because I didn’t have any answers . This thought never came to my mind as I was too pre-occupied with other things ignoring the fact that one day I have to choose my identity in this competitive world

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Blue has arrived in town & no we are not talking about Sanjay Leela Bhansali here . An action adventure with sharks , treasure hunt is here & no we are not talking about an Hollywood movie here .There is style , bikes & sexy girls & no we are not taking about Dhoom 3 here . Infact It is desi film , we are talking about , touted as the most expensive Indian film ever made with a budget of approx

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LOVE - Trunkcall to chota rechargeImtiaz Ali is the new brand name of modern love in Hindi Cinema . He speaks a language of the youth & has had different interpretation of love stories which seem more closer to reality in sharp contrast to the melodrama of Hindi love stories . While his first film ‘Socha Na Tha focused on the concept of the arranged marriage being alien concept to the present hip

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Now this one was totally unexpected . Dharma Productions comes out with one of the best promos of this year with Wake up Sid . This one does promise a lot & there is a feeling that it will deliver . Especially with someone as honourable as Anurag Kashyap speaking of it as one of the best coming of age Drama scripts that he has ever read in his blog at PFC . This should indeed be an honest

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Yashraj are the baap of brilliant first trailers . Whatever be the quality of the respective movies , yashraj will produce a trailer that is bound to excite the audience . They are gurus who had revolutionized Film promotion in Hindi Cinema , the kings of packaging a product . Whether it’s the Potboilers like Dhoom series or the experimental Kabul Express or duds like Jhoom Barabar , Yashraj has

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WANTEDA Screenplay writer for director Soham Shah who could double up as a dialogue writer. The writer should be able to give shape to Soham’s unique ideas as well create interesting characters for it . He should also be able to write realistic lines which should take away from the boredom of heavy duty lines as felt by the tortured audience of Luck .CONFUSED IDEOLOGYThis was the first think that

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ALADINNow this one I was waiting for a long time . . I missed the trailer which was uploaded on You tube . But I m happy as I heard it was a trailer minus the effects & music. My expectations had gone way beyond when I heard the comments on the trailer by those who have watched it on youtube . Finaly I saw the Trailer of Aladin in a News Channel . I had already mentioned in a blog article http://

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WANTEDWanted is an extremely important film for Salman who needs a hit . This one has been helmed by rubber man of India Prabhudeva & has been produced by Boney Kapoor . Like all Kapoor movie this one too is a remake of Prabhu Deva south movie Pokiri .The film’s promo starts well , then goes wrong with chessy 80’s style voice over & scene that look like a ditto Southie remake . Sample this Salman

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This year has been a disappointment as far as quality of movie is concerned . only some genuinely good films have arrived the others have all been disappointing .The proof of that is that just 5 have somewhat worked this year out of which 4 were good movies Dev D ( Good,technically solid , great performances & intrepertation) , 99(Good Breezy, Funny), Raaz(well written & directed ) ,& of course

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the infiltration of reality into designer world New York is one of the bravest attempt coming from the Yashraj stable . Aditya Chopra has only been attributed as the story writer for the film & to be very fair the film does have a predictable story line .Well you cant blame him for lack of ideas as he is always hidden & reclusive to the world to watch it closely .

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Hindi film industry has always been a formula industry . If one simple idea works they start churning out similar 100 more concepts until it becomes rotten enough for a new formula to be invented . It was evident from the era of Angry young man Mr Bhachan where his screen image was utilized by number of filmmakers to the hilt . such precedence was also observed when Hum AApke Hai kaun was

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The recent news circulating that the famous Pankaj kapur starrer T.V sitcom Office Office is being made into a film has got me thinking .Now I don’t quite know that wether Office Office does have the appeal to translate into great cinema . But it is a great concept , something that as usual , Hollywood has already started with Sex & The city & many more soaps coming with their film version . For

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'EMOTIONAL ATYACHAR' this happens to be the part of the lyrics of a song in the new movie of the eccentric Anurag Kashyap Dev. D - a modern day interpretation of Sarat Chandra s Devdas . Having seen & heard of Anurag 's quirky sense of cinema I wonder what would he do to the novel & its premise. I had just heard Anurag in an interview that he hated the novel & its hero , so keep your fingers

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Comeback of Shidney Seldon Of india - Abbas MustaanAbbas mustan are known to be masters of thrillers in india so what if half of their successful thrillers are mostly copy of hollywod movies . originality isn’t their forte but one cannot deny that they were the first ones to bring complex characters which are straight but gay(oops sorry ) grey characteristics . they challenged the conventions of

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A CLASSICAshutosh Gowariker’s epic JODHA AKBAR is a classic tale of love after marriage & the coming of age of a young emperor . Ashutosh proves with this one that he is Indias finest filmmaker as only he can deliver a hattrick of movies which will be remembered for years to come in Hindi Cinema . All 3 movies are a great amalgamation of art & entertainment as well as extremely different in terms

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Sunday is quite a funday . its no great cinema , nor is it pretending to be but it certainly is not a 2nd time see . on the other hand one has seen quite a few movies last year in similar lines where the oneliners are more important than script ,so it kind of does wear . the gay jokes wacks so do the of Irfaan & Arshad track . the romantic song is the wrong chaal , many scenes reminds one of

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These are the movies that i enjoyed & adored this year & are my choice for top 10 1. CHAK DE INDIA- a real inspiration The most inspiritional film of the year would definitely have to be Chak De India . Indias finest sports film has made hockey the new style mantra . Jaideep Sahinis brilliant script where he envisions plenty of messages which include – team spirit , women empowerment , the

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9.PARTNER- the laugh riot Something clicked here I don’t know what . it wasn’t the story as it had none whatever it had was the frame by frame copy of Will Smith’s Hitchwhich itself was acopy of choti si baat (if there is an award for the copy cat of the year it has to go to David Dhawan) . what it did have as its own was some corny & funny oneliners & the presence of a great comic actor Govinda

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Bheja fry is great news for a industry where it was believed that a film with stars can only work & a budget above crores can only work . Bheja fry represents neo hindi cinema where each year a a small filmmaker with decent budget & no stars are giving successes . Last year we had 'pyar ke side effects ' , ' khosla ka ghosla' , ' gangster' & many others were sucessess . Even a year before that

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The success of Honeymoon Travels Ltd is great news at a time when some biggies like Eklavya , Salameishq have not quite worked . The film with no big stars was obviously made for the multiplexes where such films have a chance . The film has also supposedly done well outside , The success of the film with no big stars & only good actors is great news for outsiders who want to make it big .

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Filmfare is considered to be the Oscars of India . But is it really a fair awards . As compared to the Academy where the deserved films & actors, irrespective of the star power, in it get the best awards. Is it the same in the hindi movie’s biggest awards . Lets investigate –Best Film - 1.Don 2. Dhoom2 3. kank – do these movies desreve to be nominated ahead of Dor , Khosla ka ghosla , Being Cyrus

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DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO ANURAG KASHYAP’S BLACK FRIDAY . THE FILM DID LOOK PROMISING WHEN THE PROMOS CAME OUT 2 YRS AGO & LOOKS ALL THE MORE EXCITING NOW. THE DIALOUGES BETWEEN ADITYA SRIVASTAV & KAY KAY IS HEATING UP THE EXCITEMENT IN ME . ALSO THE YEARNING TO KNOW WHO WAS BEHIND THE MUMBAI BLAST . BLACK FRIDAY IS A NEW FORM OF CINEMA & THE BAND 0F BRILLIANT ACTORS IN KAY , ADITYA

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Deepa mehta's water has been nominated at the oscars & it is a slap to all those so called saviors of religion who were stopping this movie to be made . it was a shameful act & such people should not be spared who disrupt shooting of movies & violate the freedom of expression of an artist in a democracy . the same thing happend with Shekar Kapur's Bandit Queen which was another brilliant movie

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GURU IS BRILLIANT Guru is the story of one man’s ambition , dreams & his confidence & attitude to fulfill them . Guru is the story of gurubhai (or dhirubhai) . Mani Ratnam tells us about his journey from 15 to 75 . it may be biopic in nature but the genius of manisir never lets it finishup as a boring biography . it is mani’s narrative style that makes the film highly entertaining as well

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MYTOP 10 MOVIES OF 2006

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I LOVED THE MOVIE . THE FILM THAT MADE US REMEMBER OUR FORGOTTEN HEROES & COMPARED THEIR SPIRIT WITH THE YOUTHS OF PRESENT GENERATION . THE CONCEPT OF PAST & PRESENT IN A SCRIPT IS ABSOLUTELY ORIGINAL & SUPERBLY PRESENTED . THE COMIC SCENES MADE ONE LAUGH ESP BETWEEN AAMIR & SHARMAN & REMINDED ME OF MY EDUCATION DAYS & THE 2nd SERIOUS HALF MADE U THINK & CRY . THE FINEST EDITED

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WELL IF RANG DE STRUCK THE RIGHT CHORD WITH THE YOUTH THERE WAS ANOTHER MOVIE THAT MADE AN EFFECT WHICH IS LAGEY RAHO MUNNABHAI . WHAT AN ENTERTAINING FILM – IT ENTERTAINED , MADE U THINK & TACKLED VARIOUS ISUES LIKE SUPERSTITION , OLD AGE LIFE & MANY OTHERS . BUT WHAT BECAME THE STAR ISSUE WAS ‘GANDHIGIRI’ . THE FORGOTTEN GANDHIAN IDEALS WERE PRESENTED TO THE NEW GENERATION BY THE LOVABLE NEXT

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THIS YEAR HAS BEEN THE YEAR OF SOME AMAZING ORIGINAL SCRIPTS WHERE A MAKER WANTS TO MAKE FILM ON IMPORTANT ISSUES AS WELL AS ENTERTAIN THROUGH IT . KABUL EXPRESS WAS ONE SUCH ENJOYABLE JOYRIDE . THERE IS NO HERO , HEROINE , SONG BUT JUST CHARACTERS 5 0F THEM . THE GENRE A COMIC ADVENTURE THRILLER IS QUITE A UNIQUE ONE TOOTHE FUSION OF THE GRAVE –LIKE DESTRUCTION OF THE LOCALES OF KABUL

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THIS HAS TO BE THE FUNNIEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR . THERE IS NOT A SINGLE MOMENT WHERE I RELAXED , I JUST LAUGHED , LAUGHED ……. AND LAUGHED IN THE WHOLE MOVIE . NEERAJ VORA ONE LINERS ,PUNCH LINES & SITUATIONS ARE THE JAAN OF THE MOVIE . THE 4 PRINCIPAL ACTORS ( AJAY , ARSHAD, SHARMAN, TUSSHAR) ARE BRILLIANT . ROHIT SHETTY’S PRESENTATION , CHOICE OF ACTORS & THE WAY HE HAS EXTRACTED WORK FROM

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KHOSLA KA GHOSLA REMINDED ME OF THE OLD FEEL GOOD SMALL FAMILY FILMS WHICH DID MAKE U LAUGH ALOUD BUT SMILE ,WERE A REPRESENTATION OF THE SOCIETY OF THAT TIMES & DID NOT HAVE ANY BIG STARS IN IT .KHOSLA KA GHOSLA IS EXACTLY THAT FORM OF CINEMA . DEEPANKAR BANERJEE’S SUPERB EXECUTION OF THE STORY ALONG WITH A BRILLIANT SCRIPT BY & FLAWLESS PERFORMANCES BY EACH & EVERY ACTOR LED BY ANUPAM KHER ,

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YET ANOTHER ORIGINAL STORY BY YET ANOTHER NEW TALENT ANURAG BOSE . THIS TALE OF DECIET , LOVE , EMOTIONS WHERE THERE ARE NO POSITIVE CHARACTERS KEPT ME HOOKED TILL THE VERY END . ANURAG’S WAY OF EXECUTING THE STORY MAKES THE PROCEEDING EVEN MORE INTERESING . ADD TO IT WAS THE SUPERB MUSIC BY PRITAM &THE WAY THE SONGS ARE USED IN THE FILMANURAG IS ABLE TO EXTRACT GREAT PERFORMANCES FROM EACH &

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THE CLEANEST SEX COMEDY ONE HAS EVER SEEN . IT MAY HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY HOLYWOOD STARRERS BUT WHAT MAKES THE FILM IMPRESSIVE IS THE DIFFERENT PRESENTATION OF DIRECTOR SAKET CHOWDRY . THE SUBERB HUMOROUS ONE-LINERS HELPS THE MOVIE . THE FILM IS DIFFERENT IN PRESENTATION FROM THE USUAL HINDI FILM STUFF & THE ENTIRE CREDIT HAS TO GO THE DIRECTOR . THE LEAD CAST RAHUL BOSE (BRILLIANT) & MALLIKA

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I M A HUGE PRIYADARSHAN FAN . THIS MOVIE HAS TO BE ONE HAS TO BE ONE OF HIS BEST EFFORTS . THE FACT THAT HE MADE A FILM ON THE RUSTIC VILLAGE LIFE IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN ITSELF . A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN TO A CERTAIN EXTENT . PIYADARSHAN EMPLOYS HIS NOW FAMOUS COMIC FORMULA AIDED BY THE UNSUNG NEERAJ VORA’S ONE-LINERS . WITH PARESH RAWAL & OM PURI ADDED TO THE CURRY IT MAKES AN

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I HAD AN ASSUMPTION THAT NASEERUDIN SHA’S FIRST MOVIE WOULD BE SLOW ARTY KIND BUT I WAS COMPLETELY SURPRISED BY THEFACT THAT ‘YHTKH’ IS AN EXTREMELY FAST PACED MOVIE THAT KEEPS U INTERESTED TILL THE LAST MOMENT . NASEER HAS EXTRACTED FLAWLESS PERFORMANCE FROM EVERYONE . THE 9/11 THAT SHOOK THE WORLD IS USED AS THE CATHARSIS IN A BREATHTAKING CLIMAX . WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE OF NASEERUDIN SHAH

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I M A HUGE NAGESH KUKUNOOR FAN & I LOVE HIS STYLE OF SAYING COMPLEX STORIES IN A SIMPLE FORMAT . THIS IS SO EVIDENT IN HIS NEW MOVIE DOR . THOUGH THIS IS NOT HIS BEST EFFORT , THIS MOVIE STILL IS AN EXAMPLE OF GREAT STORY TELLING . WHAT IS NEW IS THE WAY THE LOCALES ARE CAPTURED IN THE MOVIE . AWARD WINNING PERFORMANCES BY AYESHA & GUL ALONG WITH SHREYAS ‘S COMIC ANTICS MAKES IT AMOVIE WORTH

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