An aam bolly-musical viewpoint by Sharmila Jayakumar
Posted by Fried Guest in Issue 02, Issue 2, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
Movies have come a long way. First it was those street plays, then theaters and then silent cinemas and then to the cinemas that we see with full fledged dialogues.But one thing that has been witnessing this transition by being a silent spectator is the sound or music as we know it today. Music in [...]
7 musicals for 7 days
Posted by Fried Eye Research Team in Issue 2, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
Seven brides for seven brothers is a musical from Hollywood from which the movie Sattte pe Sattta derived “inspiration” Well but we are not writing about the movie nor does it figure in our recommendations for the week which we have named as Seven musicals for seven days.We are bringing before you our seven DVD picks [...]
Avatar: A Milestone
Posted by Roopam Goswami in Issue 01, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Special Issue, Techno, Vol. III on 01. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
To try something different requires courage and innovation. To try something outrageously different requires something much more than that. James Cameron tried the latter and the results are there for all to see. First of all, to even visualise such a movie way back (he wrote an 80 page scriptment) in 1994 is itself a [...]
RIO: A Review
Posted by Purbarag P. Choudhury in Issue 01, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Special Issue, Vol. III on 01. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
My first encounter with the characters of Rio was when I played the Angry Birds Rio application. I did not realize the connection between the App and the movie. So I finally put the two together from the start of the movie. From the makers of the hit Ice Age series, Blue Sky Studios brings [...]
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. [...]
Chillar Party -A little change is all we need.
Posted by Tinam Borah in Issue 22, Issue 22, Issues, Movie Desk, Vol. II on 15. Nov, 2011 | 1 Comment
The Movie: Chillar Party The Audience: Made for children, meant for the adults The Directors: Nitesh Tiwari, Vikash Bahl The Producers: Ronnie Screwvala, Salman Khan The Music Director: Amit Trivedi The Cast: Irrfan Khan, Sanath Menon, Rohan Grover, Naman Jain, Aarav Khanna, Vishesh Tiwari, Chinmai Chandranshuh, Vedant Desai, Divji Handa, Shriya Sharma The Special appearance: [...]
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 [...]
THE OTHER KALAM ( All he needed was a hero)
Posted by Rini Barman in Issue 17, Issues, Movie Desk, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Sep, 2011 | 0 Comments
“There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child, there are seven million.” — Walt Streightiff [...]
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 [...]
THE STEEL MAGNOLIAS – A MOVIE REVIEW
Posted by Fried Guest in Fried Guest, Issue 16, Issues, Movie Desk, Vol. II on 15. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
THE STEEL MAGNOLIAS MOVIE REVIEW: BY ANUPAM DABRAL The playwright Robert Harling in his play ‘The Steel Magnolias’ very beautifully combined femininity and strength, but when in the year 1989 it was made into a movie nobody knew that it would achieve a cult status. With the cast of Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah, [...]
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 [...]
X-Men: First Class
Posted by Parmita Borah in Issue 13, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments
Director: Matthew Vaughn Writers: Ashley Miller (screenplay), Zack Stentz(screenplay), Jane Goldman (screenplay), Matthew Vaughn (screenplay), Sheldon Turner (story) and Bryan Singer (story) Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence With 3D technology making huge waves in the world of cinema, it is a huge risk for any Hollywood director to make a film from the X-Men [...]
Letters from Iwo Jima [Lōjima Kara no Tegami ] (2006)
Posted by Rini Barman in Issue 12, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
Directed by- Clint Eastwood Produced by- Clint Eastwood Steven Spielberg Robert Lorenz Starring- Ken Watanabe Kazunari Ninomiya Tsuyoshi Ihara Ryō Kase Nakamura Shidō Screenplay – Iris Yamashita Cinematography- Tom Stern Written by- Paul Haggis (story) Tadamichi Kuribayashi(letters) Tsuyuko Yoshido (book) Music- Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens Rating: “ Hanako ! We soldiers dig. We dig all day. This is the [...]
The Road Home [Wo de fu qin mu qin]
Posted by Rini Barman in Issue 11, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Jun, 2011 | 4 Comments
Directed by- Zhang Yimou Genre: Drama / Romance Produced by- Zhang Weiping,Zhao Yu Cast- Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei, Zheng Hao, Zhao Yulian Cinematography- Hou Yong Writers: Shi Bao (novel), Shi Bao (screenplay) Rating : “..the Road is a part of every love story” From the outstanding Chinese filmmaker, Zhang Yimou, the Road home (1999) presents a legendary tale of homecoming. Based [...]
Jaanmoni : A Review
Posted by Manjil P. Saikia in Issue 09, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. May, 2011 | 2 Comments
Language: Assamese Title: Jaanmoni Genre: Drama Director: Rajesh Bhuyan Cast: Jatin Bora, Shyamontika,Utpal Das Rating: With Bihu, there comes a multitude of Bihu song albums each bringing out a distinctive video feature film of their own. This has been the trend for almost the last half decade. But this time, the norm has been broken [...]
