NH7 weekender- on the highway to music
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Fried Jukebox, Issue 23, Issue 23, Issues, Vol. II on 01. Dec, 2011 | 0 Comments
For the lazy me, concerts are rarely a scene. Though I love the energy of stage performances, music for me is best in the quietness of my room. That’s the reason I resisted when my friend Victor Mukherjee, a music fanatic, asked me to accompany him to the NH7 Weekender in Pune. I tried giving [...]
Children’s films and India
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Issue 22, Issues, Movie Desk, Vol. II on 15. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments
The 17th International Children’s Film Festival kicked off on November 14 in Hyderabad. No, I cannot comment on what the festival has achieved so far, simply because I have had no idea that such a festival exists in first place. This information I found on my mailbox recently when a publicist decided to spread some gyaan. [...]
I don’t understand the relevance of marriage: Imran
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Issue 17, Movie Desk, Vol. II on 01. Sep, 2011 | 2 Comments
Honeymoons are quite an interesting time. More so for people who want to know what the person who has gone on his honeymoon has been doing. The details of someone’s private time, are far more attractive than one’s professional tidings. And if that someone is a star like Imran Khan, it just gets spicier! So [...]
Remembering Shammi Kapoor
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Issue 16, Issues, Movie Desk, Vol. II on 15. Aug, 2011 | 2 Comments
He is often referred to as the original rockstar. He was trained in music and was a splendid actor. And of course he was one of the earliest film stars who got girls crazily in love with his personality. In fact such is his stature in Indian filmdom that we cannot help feeling miniscule [...]
Wet, Musical and Memorable
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Issue 14, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments
Rains have quite a peculiar quality. While it can relieve us from the heat every summer; on screen it has the uncanny ability of turning it up! In our good old Bollywood, rain has a character almost as larger than life the hero himself. The rains bring out romance like nothing else- not even snow [...]
Ash effective as it gets!
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Issue 13, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 3 Comments
So Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is pregnant. And the whole country seems to be discussing about it, giving her a new found star status. I fail to recollect the last time she gathered as much attention. Her last film, another effort with her husband Abhishek Bachchan, was the ill fated Raavan. Not that they have not had [...]
One of a kind: Preity Zinta
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Issue 09, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. May, 2011 | 0 Comments
Preity Zinta was last seen in Deepa Mehta’s Heaven on Earth. While the film was not accepted by the audience, the actress’s work received appreciated. And two years since then the actress has finally given her nod to do another film. She says the break was deliberate as she wanted to concentrate on business – [...]
Every Performer wants to Reach Out to a Larger Audience
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Issue 07, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Apr, 2011 | 0 Comments
His excellence is portraying various characters. Be it playing a physically disabled person in Iqbal, a street smart guy in Apna Sapna Money Money, a student leader in Dil Dosti Etc., a villager in Welcome to Sajjanpur or a junior artist in Om Shanti Om – Shreyas Talpade has beautifully painted various characters in the [...]
Juhi Chawla: Treating a woman like a doormat is unacceptable
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Issue 06, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
An ex-Miss India and also one of the most successful actresses in Hindi cinema, Juhi Chawla has seen stardom like few others. She has one of the most impressive filmographies among Bollywood actresses with hits like Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Darr, Yes Boss and also sensitive films like My Brother Nikhil and the forthcoming I [...]
The underdog wins again!
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Issue 05, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
While the entire country was looking forward to the budget, there was also a level of excitement towards the Oscars which were being telecast live the same morning. Reason – AR Rahman was nominated in two categories. It ended being quite a disappointing day for his fans as the awards went to The Social Network [...]
Films that you could gift your date!
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Issue 04, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Feb, 2011 | 4 Comments
Priyanka Chopra and UTV have been trying to promote ways of getting rid of your valentines – which they are doing as a part of their campaign for 7 Khoon Maaf. But then at Fried Eye we know the bigger truth. It is always a bigger task to get a valentine than to get rid [...]
Fighting it out: Hard Kaur
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Fried Jukebox, Issue 03, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Feb, 2011 | 0 Comments
When 11-year old Taran Kaur Dhillon reached UK in 1991 with her family she was in for a lot of change. She had to deal with discrimination, learn English and also cope-up with extreme reactions from the Indians who were too protective about their culture. And amidst all these she figured out that she wanted [...]
Dancing with Prabhu Deva was scary: Madhuri
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Issue 02, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Jan, 2011 | 5 Comments
She has not been an active part of Bollywood for quite a few years now but that has not diminished her star power and neither has the long break faded memories of her performances on screen. Her dancer numbers are still a hot favourite and her looks still make you go weak in your knees. [...]
Big cheers to small efforts!
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Issue 01, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Jan, 2011 | 0 Comments
2010 is easily one of the worst years for the Hindi film industry in terms of business. Even as country limped out the west-spread plague called recession the positivity didn’t reflect all that much at the box office. Hugest of films – Raavan, Kites, Guzaarish, Action Replayy, No Problem – flopped miserably. The crisis continued [...]
Turn on the music
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Issue 24, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. I on 15. Dec, 2010 | 1 Comment
Our list of the year’s most played songs Alright the year is at its end! Well we know there are still a couple of weeks before it actually ends but then this is our last issue for the year. We rolled out our first issue on January 1 this year and as we complete on [...]
Telling stories his way: Amole Gupte
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Issue 23, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. I on 29. Nov, 2010 | 1 Comment
When you live in a place like Mumbai it is next to impossible not to meet people who leave an impact. You will meet people who irritate and depress you and then you meet people who are absolute delights and amaze you with their passion. I have met both types. And when I met Amole [...]
