Archive for September, 2007

Johnny Gaddaar : Doob Ja Mere Homage Mein…

Saturday, September 29th, 2007
Kitne aadmi the? (Hinglish: How many men there?) oz: 9... Sardar... All watching Johnny's Gaddaar. JG ke paas wonderful premise hain, Neil Nitin Mukesh hain, Dharmendra hain, Zakir Husain hain, the ever dependable Vinay Pathak hain and above all master technician Sriram Raghavan hain... kya hain tumhare paas? (Hinglish: JG has blah blah blah, what do you have?) oz: Mere pass ek migrane headache (not because of JG) aur ek 8 dollar ka ticket aur intermittent boredom (because of JG) hain ab ye dhai kilo ka haath kisi par padta hai, to admi bored nahin, uppar board ho jata hai. (Hinglish: When this 2 and half kg hand falling down you going up) oz: Johnny Gaddaar ko, Sriram Sir ki taunt premise marne nahin ...
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PFC in Times of India, Mumbai Edition

Friday, September 28th, 2007
Just got a hold of an ecopy of the Times of India, Mumbai edition for Saturday, Sept 29/2007... THE MOVIE MONGERS’ CLUB Stading (LtoR): Manjeet, Dipankar, Srinivas, Kartik; Sitting(LtoR): Somen, Ophelia, Ashish, VasanIn this Saturday series, we cover unusual groups. This week, Ketan Tanna meets bloggers who are mad about movies On September 18, when Anurag Kashyap came across a YouTube video of his film Paanch, which has yet to be released in the market, the first thing he did was write a quick blog on passionforcinema.com. The words tumbled forth. “I woke up this morning and ...
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I’ve created a Monster : The Unseen Incidents in one year of PFC - 3

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Before recalling the night of November 2006 about my chit chat with Anurag over the phone, it's important for me to rewind back to about 10 years ago which would be around 1997/98. That's the time when it all started. Without anyone realizing it. Destiny has some cute little ways of making you smile, when one goes back in the past recollecting those small thoughts, instances, occassions that collected to form a big wave. And when the wave came, you are like "WHOA! Where did that come from?"... and then when you look back recollecting from memories all those tiny things, you give yourself "that" smile. Small, hidden, just for yourself... yes that smile... it's something only Dear Destiny can ...
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I’ve created a Monster : The Unseen Incidents in one year of PFC - 2

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
Black Friday was now out in the theaters for over a week. There was joy, euphoria all around... the emails were flooding in. Calls for congratulations (why me? I had nothing to do with Black Friday). Black Friday had recovered it's investment, thats the info I got. PFC's month long aggressive promotion for Black Friday had succeeded on many fronts. Indian community groups were emailing me if we from PFC could meet them for casual, informal dinners to discuss the future of Indian cinema. Indie cinema... And while all this was going around ... I sat there in my living room with a letter in my hand... I had just been slapped on the face. There was, I clearly remember, ...
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I’ve created a Monster : The Unseen Incidents in one year of PFC - 1

Friday, September 21st, 2007
It's about 5 am. I groggily wake up and sit for a few seconds on my bed. Barely stumbling over, I make it to my study chair two steps away from my bed. The Mac is switch on, a beep, a few seconds and Firefox is shot open, pointing to it's homepage http://passionforcinema.com... the comments are checked, the spam deleted, the stupidity or the fanaticism placed under a red flag, the comments swiped like Mom would sweep the living room hard tile floor each morning. The right bottom corner of my browser blinks 132 Gmail messages, I log on to my Gmail, and walk out... It's 545am, the sun is still struggling to get out of its dark blanket ...
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The Six Sixes in Six Balls

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
I tell ya' when the worst boys of the game play they play as if they are the Gods of Cricket... watched it live... the six sixes in an over by Yuvraj Singh and boy o boy... though the bowlers as usual took a beating when we had to field, it looks like the 36 off the six balls actually saved us from losing the match... here's the six sixes

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The Kingdom : One step forward

Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Jennifer Garner in the 30 minute gripping climax For those expecting a clear indepth understanding by Hollywood of the complexity of terrorism by making a movie that views it inside out and outside in... grab you popcorn and walk out. For those moderates who have resigned themselves that Hollywood should change it's name to Money&Wood cause of the pinheaded intelligence it shows us every Friday with marked precision, there may be something to rejoice. The Kingdom directed by Peter Berg and screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan (who's also written the soon to release Lions for Lambs), is first and foremost a thriller, that rides ...
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3:10 to Yuma & Dhamaal : Two Short Reviews

Friday, September 7th, 2007
Originally published on PassionForCinema.com 3:10 to Yuma The movie's been tagged as a "Western" to watch out for, since it first made its appearance on the internet. A remake of the 1957 flick, 3:10 to Yuma does have a lot going for it, including some good performances by its leading men Russell Crowe and Christian Bale... not to forget some strong support by actors Logan Lerman and Ben Foster. It's worth noting that in spite of its long absence, director James Mangold makes no attempt in this Western, to resort to gimmicks, the B grade gun fights et. all, instead focussing the camera on the tug and pull between Crowe and Bale all throughout the movie. Though some may ...
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Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag : Sirjee & Betelal Kidnapped

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
RGV KI AAGSirjee and Betelal walk out of the theater after watching RGKA. It's pitch dark. Two bright shining lights moves towards them. "Sirjee... I see two lights coming fast towards us!!! Sirjee I'm verrry afraid." Betelal... avoid peeing, stand still and let Sirjee handle the situation The lights stop next to them. It's the headlights of a big van. Door slides open. Masked men with with automatic guns bought at Dhakan Chap Bhandaar aur Junk Yard, Covina, California... leap out of van, catch Sirjee and Betelal, shove them in the van and speed away. Sirjee and Betelal find themselves infront Don Gobardeon... the undisputed mafia ...
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