The stars of Chakravyuh: Abhay Deol, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Pajpai, Esha Gupta and its director, Prakash Jha, who is so hot, he should be starring in his own films! salt’n pepper hot… but hey! mighty sexy, don’t you think?! :-)
Yash Chopra. Image found at The Hindu.
Yash Chopra passes away at 80 years of age, a few weeks before Jab Tak Hain Jaan, the highly anticipated movie with SRK and Katrina Kaif, opens. Eerily, he had announced it would be his last. According to what I read it looks like he passed away from Dengue fever.
This is very sad news indeed, for the family and the film industry. He lived a creative and blessed life. His prolific career spans back to 1959 when he directed his first feature film Dhool Ka Phool.
Unforgettable Veer Zaara..
Thank you, Yash Chopra! You will live forever in the hearts of all Bollywood fans!
Director (22 titles)
2012 Jab Tak Hai Jaan
1959 Dhool Ka Phool
Director (22 titles)1959 Dhool Ka Phool
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What happened to good old fashioned somewhat realistic fight scenes? (ahhh if it wasn’t for the silly sound effects..)
crouching tiger hidden something whatever has ruined it for us. I knew it then. That was the end of an era. Since then we have learned to filmistically fly up walls and through the air like birthday balloons. Sorry but it’s getting old on me. Give me stuff people can actually do.
Aside from that I am happy to see Akki back in action mode.
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Film Info
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| Type of Film: | Drama |
| International Films | |
| Release Year: | 2012 |
| Running Time: | 152 min |
| Production Country: | India |
| Original Langauge: | Hindi |
| Subtitles: | English |
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Cast/Crew Info
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| Cast: | Abhay Deol |
| Arjun Rampal | |
| Manoj Bajpayee | |
| Director: | Prakash Jha |
Straight from the headlines about India’s outlawed Naxalites, comes this Bollywood action epic about Kabir who goes undercover for his friend, the head of the local police, and infiltrates the ranks of the left-wing revolutionaries. But Kabir falls in love with one of the ultra-violent leaders, a beautiful woman called Juhi. His allegiance begins to change as he gets new insight into the relations between the poor local villagers and the local land-grabbers. Prakash Jha’s characteristically balanced handling of controversial topics, the strong characters, and the robust script and sharply executed action sequences make for a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.
Dirctor Bio
Prakash Jha is a multiple award-winning independent filmmaker from India, has produced and directed sixteen feature films, over. Known for his films with a political themes about contemporary India, including Apaharan, Damul, Rajneeti. His latest film Chakravyuh premiered at the 2012 London International film Festival. He is based in Mumbai but is involved in development and health projects among the more disadvantaged in his native state of Bihar.
Check out Jha’s impressive filmography at Imdb.com: nm0422552
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I cannot pinpoint why the excitement hasn’t hit me yet. I hope the movie will exceed my lukewarm baseline feelings. But maybe it’s just me. Overambitious college kids, I find them boring. I hope that’s not the trajectory the movie rides on.
But why am I so negative? I guess the locations look uninviting and a bit sterile, can’t smell India. I like warm and fuzzy.
Hallelujah, the trailer is out. And the release date: November 2nd.
I have been feverishly awaiting the return of Kunal Kapoor to the silver screen. But now I am getting worried that BigCinemasUSA may not bring Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana to my shores in NY, since it coincides with Ishq in Paris which stars long lost Preity Zinta, who they will probably favor. Just guessing. I am happy to see her, too, don’t get me wrong, but I much rather indulge in a foodie movie produced by Kashy with heartthrob Kunalji. Much more interesting. Well, I am not giving up hope yet.
This past week has seen the release of several wonderfully entertaining Indian movies, OMG, Aiyyaa, English Vinglish.. and I pray they made good box office numbers. It will increase the likelihood that more cinemas will be willing to take the risk of showing some smaller budget Indian movies.
Cast: Kunal Kapoor, Huma Qureshi, Rajesh Sharma
Directed By: Sameer Sharma
Produced By: Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur & Anurag Kashyap
Music By: Amit Trivedi
This movie is truly pagal. But I loved EVERY MOMENT of it.
The cinematography by Amal Chaudhary is outstanding and makes me want to see his other movies.
The premise is simple enough: Meenakshi (Rani), a Marathi girl, needs to get married as her family insists, preferibly to a nice Brahmin bouy, an ad is put in the paper. While Meenakshi daydreams through her life, seeing herself as a famous Bollywood actress, her nutty parents are pushing harder to line up candidates. she wants to find a way to become independent financially and goes looking for work. She lands a job as a librarian at a college, where she and her nose fall head over heel for the withdrawn and taciturn Surya (Prithviraj), an aspiring artist, who seems oblivious to her infatuation.
The music in her head stops every time he stands in front of her without really seeing her (what a wonderful little cinematic touch!). Another great detail: the paintings Surya works on are actually WONDERFUL. Usually I am disappointed when film tries to portray a painter, the art is usually yucky, here its GREAT! you can smell the colors, you are almost drawn into the moment of creation. I LOVED that about this movie. The mania of the true artist, the artist who can’t be contained, shines through.
The colors used for the set, the costumes, the wardrobes, it’s all so beautifully choreographed. This whole movie is a visual feast. Rani Mukherji has never beguiled me more than as the daydreaming somnambulant Meenakshi, who follows the seemingly divine smell of her desired man, regardless of how many foul things are being said about him. She follows him whenever he turns up not finding the courage to talk to him, (one of the mysteries when we fall in love..) even on the verge of being married off.
Unfortunately way too many crazy characters are flooding the film, from her ga(r)ga-ntuan-ly annoying colleague (Anita Date), her mom to gold-toothed and bewheelchaired, hysterically laughing grandma, there is not one character in the movie that makes you take a deep breath of calm. and that’s the biggest downfall of the movie. The nutty characters are floating around without much connection and integration.
But other than that, the cinematography, the music, Rani’s acting and Prithviraj, the Tamilian eye-candy, the surrealism pervading the movie, the sets, choreographies, the locations are just magnificent.
It’s a film on the verge of a nervous breakdown, but it’s highly “intertaining”. Rollercoaster me anytime again soon, Satish Kundalkar-ji!
I think I am going to buy the DVD.
Cast:Rani Mukherjee, Prithviraj, Anita Date, Nirmiti Sawant, Satish Alekar, Subodh Bhave, Ameya Wagh
Director: Satish Kundalkar : nm2590202
Cinematograhpy: Amal Chaudhar: nm2226885
I was chopping up something in the kitchen while I had my favorite Saturday program on in the background, “Namaste America” – I had to quickly drop everything when I heard Atif’s beloved voice from afar singing Woh Lamhe, one of his most beautiful songs. I haven’t seen the movie Zeher, but I heard Atif sing this song in Atlantic City few years back and I think it was this song that made me fall in love with him..
Namaste America played some wonderful songs today dedicated to “rain”. Bollywood’s rain songs are lyrical and sexy. Don’t we all love our Bollywood stars soaking in the rain?
God only knows how many stars caught colds filming those.. but hey, we enjoy them.
And when rain mingles with Atif’s voice it turns into honey.. so here is to rain and to Atif.
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