A Teenager’s Missing Heartbeats and Hindi Films by Sharad Raj
Woody Allen in autobiography, “Apropos of Nothing” talks and celebrates innumerable influences and experiences of watching diverse films...
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Jun 174 min read
Cinema & Space, Woody Allen's New York by Sharad Raj
New York is a city of Broadway musicals and the Avanta Garde at the same time. From Bolero to Jazz and from Beethoven to bagels and...
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Jun 112 min read
Being Faye Dunaway: a short note by Sharad Raj
Faye Dunaway in Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974) The first time I saw Hollywood star and actor Faye Dunaway was with Jack Nicholson in...
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Jun 104 min read
Khalid Mohamed on the guts of the legendary Urdu writers Ismat Chughtai and Saadat Hassan Manto to tell it the way it was in the Bombay film industry.
Ismat Chughtai Bollywood star autobiographies and biographies are high in sales but low on telling the whole truth and nothing but the...
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Dec 31, 20233 min read
Two day Mumbai International Student Film festival organised by Film Critics Circle of India
The inaugural edition of the Mumbai International Student Film Festival (MISFF) was organised by Film Critics Circle of India (FCCI) and...
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Nov 24, 20234 min read
Movie Memories-9: Gaiety-Galaxy, Akele Hum Akele Tum & tickets in black! by Sharad Raj
Gaiety-Galaxy complex in Bandra, Mumbai The maternal side of my family was steeped in movie watching, entertainment news and gossip...
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Nov 13, 20236 min read
‘Film reviewing isn’t a Consumer Guidance Society’ writes Khalid Mohamed.
From a fistful of film reviewers in Mumbai’s prolific show town in the last millennium, today they have escalated into an incalculable...
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Oct 30, 20236 min read
Animal Instincts by Khalid Mohamed
Amitabh Bachchan with 'Allarakha' in Manmohan Desai's Coolie(1983) Right, there has been the widely admired and National Award-winning...
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Aug 23, 20233 min read
Movie Memories-8: Ranjan Das's cringeworthy experience of an Uttam Kumar film!
When AMANUSH was released in 1975, I was a kid and not taken to watch the film. Starring Uttam Kumar who was the reigning superstar of...
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Aug 16, 20232 min read
Movie Memories-7: when film buff and banker Ashman Misra hugged Tom Cruise !
Ashman Misra with Tom Cruise at the Rogue Nation London Premiere(2015). ...So, 2015, July the 19th I believe, this was a good week...
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May 7, 20233 min read
Titas Ekti Nadir Naam & the‘close-up’ kathā: Ritwik Ravivār – 9 by Amrit Gangar.
Image: In Ritwik Ghatak’s film ‘Titash Ekti Nadir Naam’ (1973), Basanti (Rosy Samad), screenshot by Amrit Gangar. ‘MOTHERHOOD’ AWAKENS...
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May 6, 20236 min read
That Discreet Charm of Bhaktism!Of Bunuel,Carrière's offer, FTII & Buunu by Ramchandra PN.
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie(1972). A hard-core criminal locked up in a high security jail meticulously plans his escape, by...
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May 6, 20232 min read
Movie memories-6: when Grushaa Kapoor broke down after watching Pather Panchali.
I was in class fifth or sixth, I do not exactly remember, when my father Shri Ranjit Kapoor took me to FICCI to see a package of seven...
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Apr 28, 20232 min read
Movie memories-5:Tumne kabhi kissi se pyar kiya?Mitu recalls watching Rishi Kapoor's Khel Khel Mein.
Rishi Kapoor & Nitu Singh in Khel Khel Mein(1975). As a kid born in a film loving family (read masala Hindi films), films was our form of...
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Apr 28, 20237 min read
About The Song of Scorpions & Irrfan, whose only real home was cinema, says Anup Singh.
Irrfan on the set of The Song of Scorpions. The story of The Song of Scorpions emerged from flares and flickers of images in disturbing...
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Apr 22, 20233 min read
Movie memories-4: Shyam Benegal’s Junoon & Sharad Raj's trip to the movies that took 4 hours!!!
Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi & Jennifer Kendal on the set of Junoon. The year was 1977 and my father, Dr. Raj Kumar’s closest friends,...
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Apr 15, 20233 min read
Movie memories-3, Shanku Sharma's mohabbat with "Mohabbatein" during his bicycle rides!
It all started with bicycle rides with my bosom Satyajit Roy Choudhury. We were in the Xth standard and he used to take me on his bicycle...
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Apr 8, 20232 min read
Movie memories-2: Sandeep Pahwa recalls bunking college to see Johnny Mera naam!
20th Nov 1970 was a memorable day for me, for Gulshan Rai's first production "Johny Mera Naam" was released in Bombay, Delhi UP & East...
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Apr 1, 20233 min read
Movie memories & growing up years:by Sharad Raj
Woody Allen, amongst other masters of cinema celebrates the cinema, the movies, the great stars of their times, ones they grew up...
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Mar 29, 20234 min read
Utpal Dutt: a maverick who seamlessly moved between the trite and the hallowed by Ranjan Das
Remembering Utpal Dutt on his 94th birth anniversary Most Indian viewers remember Utpal Dutt from the Hindi films that he acted in, from...
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Jan 28, 20236 min read
This is neither a review, nor is Pathaan a cinematic masterpiece, yet…by Sharad Raj
The economic parameters within which mainstream cinema works, world over is well known to everyone, as are the means of production,...
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Nov 3, 20223 min read
Of Salim-Javed, Alexander Korda, & the hyperlinked world By Ranjan Das
In Diptakirti Chaudhuri’s deeply engrossing account WRITTEN BY SALIM-JAVED, Salim Khan quotes Alexander Korda on the brevity that should...
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Aug 25, 20226 min read
A requiem for Mayfair cinema, Lucknow by Sharad Raj
English movies which essentially meant Hollywood films (Hollywood being the benchmark for “good cinema” catering to the English-speaking...
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Jul 28, 20221 min read
Letters That Matter:Dreyer, Ghatak, Gandhi and The Word by Amrit Gangar
Indian film scholar, historian, critic and curator, Amrit Gangar refers to two letters from Danish auteur, Carl Dreyer and Indian master,...
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Oct 25, 20217 min read
Who is my lover across the river, Kumar? An actor prepares by Mita Vashisht
The year is 1987, at the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. The month of August in Pune is a misty drizzle. The air...
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Sep 21, 202110 min read
The adventures of comrade Sergei in the land of the capitalists by Monish K. Das
‘Battleship Potemkin’ premiered at the historic Bolshoi Theatre auditorium in Moscow on December 21, 1925. The audience consisted of the...
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Sep 16, 20211 min read
Punit posts posters 11-celebrates Kamlabai & Shanta Hublikar
1. Poster for Ambrish - 1934 Deco applied to Indian motifs by J. Mistri. Stylized female figures of the kind seen here appear also in the...
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Sep 14, 20214 min read
Khalid Mohamed flashes back to the shocking 'Deep Throat', which is now considered a cult classic!
Today almost 50-plus years later, 'Deep Throat' (1972) has become a cult classic. And to think once upon a time, it was a forbidden crash...
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Sep 3, 20211 min read
Punit posts posters 10: Two fine examples of poster art
1. Poster for Bhedi Trishul - 1938 Art - S K Murthi. The tiaras return, with a touch of fantasy Deco. 2. Poster for Radhika - 1941...
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Aug 26, 20211 min read
Punit posts posters 09: from Prabhat and Ambika Movietone
Prabhat Picture's Mahja Mulga starring the hit pair of the 30s nd 40s: Shanta Hubliker and Sahu Modak(1938). Art by JB Dikshit. 2. ...
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Aug 19, 20212 min read
HAWK: Kauling humor by Shraddha Kaul
40 minutes before the film premier: Wife of producer/director: "You are going to have acid reflux with the amount of coffee you are...
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Aug 18, 20211 min read
Punit posts poster-08. The gorgeous journey continues
1. Gorgeous poster of director Hiren Bose and super star Surendra's, Mahageet / Eternal Music - 1937 Art: J Mistri 2. Gramophone Singer...
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Aug 12, 20211 min read
Punit posts posters-7: two lovely posters for the week.
1. Dr. Madhurika - 1935 Art: J Mistri. Art Deco represents progress and modernity in Indian movie art. 2. Bambai Ki Billi / Wild Cat -...
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Aug 11, 20212 min read
At the 2nd floor of an upscale mall: Kauling humor by Shraddha Kaul
Disappointed Actor/Actress: “And I knew I'd just have that 45 second scene in the film. I was counting on that 45 second footage. They...
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Aug 5, 20211 min read
Kauling cinema by Shraddha Kaul: " Who are you?"
On set, between takes, exterior shot wide scene, lot of extras and other actors Snooty character actor: "That's my chair, you are...
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Aug 4, 20211 min read
Punit Posts Posters: Take a look at these gorgeous works of poster art
1. SHER-E-BAGHDAD (1946) D. G. Pradhan did posters and matte designs for Homi Wadia's independent productions. 2. MAYA MAHAL (1949)...
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Jul 22, 20212 min read
Kauling cinema: cargo and the class system by Shraddha Kaul
Break time on set. Lot of hustle and bustle on the sets. 19-year-old Ingenue: "I don't understand. There were no names written on them....
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Jul 21, 20211 min read
Punit posts two gorgeous posters from the house of Wadias
1. Advertisement for PUBJAB MAIL (1939) Stunt studio Wadia Movietone's movies were inspired by American serials and railroad thrillers....
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Jul 10, 20211 min read
Punit posts posters: cinema down the years part 6
Booklet for Inquilab / After The Earthquake (1935) Art - Kidar. The director Kidar Sharma worked on New Theatres' posters. In his...
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Jul 10, 20212 min read
Kauling Cinema: Copy edit by Shraddha Kaul.
Large white walled well lit office space. Smell of an expensive organic incense wafting through this space giving the room a spiritual ...
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Jul 2, 20211 min read
Kauling Cinema: "Can you get me role?" by Shraddha Kaul
7th floor of an upscale apartment complex, near the lift. Affluent charismatic neighbour " I saw you in the film last night. You had two...
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Jun 29, 20213 min read
Of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie & The Hazards of Adaptation by Ranjan Das
For the unversed, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (b. 1977) is a Nigerian author who is counted amongst the most influential women writers in...
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Jun 29, 20211 min read
Punit posts posters: cinema down the years part 5
Khooni Taj / All for the crown - 1932 Collage by G V Wategaonkar 2. Booklet for Bhedi Rajkumar / Mysterious Prince - 1932 Art by G V...
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Jun 24, 20211 min read
Stephen Hawkins by Shraddha Kaul
Male assistant director handling 400 people crowd: "Fu#$ they never give me loudspeakers. I am sounding like Stephen Hawkings speech...
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Jun 23, 20211 min read
Punit posts posters: Part 4
1. Lanka / The Land of Lust - 1930 The poster merges ab art school pencil sketch into a collage of fantasy elements. 2.Burkhewala /...
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Jun 19, 20214 min read
Hindi film songs: Man, woman and jewellery by Juhi Saklani
“Search for my lost earring, my love” (‘Dhoondho dhoondho re sajna’, Ganga Jamuna, 1961), sings Vyjayanthimala as she dances in graceful...
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Jun 17, 20212 min read
Kauling Cinema: Sleeping Beauty by Shraddha Kaul
Parent of 5 year old child actor: "My son is sleepy. He needs to sleep now. " Director: "We just need two minutes to wrap him up. It's...
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Jun 11, 20211 min read
Kauling Cinema: "Herd mentality" by Shraddha Kaul
Producer's wife : - " Why are you so hell bent on having such great food for the unimportant members of the cast and crew? It's going...
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Jun 4, 20216 min read
Musings on Malayalam Cinema by Sharad Raj
It has been a school thing, my fascination for Malayalam cinema. It all started with the films of Seema and IV Sasi like, “ Avalude...
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Jun 4, 20211 min read
Kauling Cinema:"Michael Jackson"by Shraddha Kaul
Actor: ( eyes roll) "He's a kid wearing black sun glasses all the time. Who does he think he is? Michael Jackson!" Well Wisher: "He's...
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