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“Holi kab hain, kab hain Holi!” Gabbar Singh screams in Sholay . The next frame, instilling fear in the audience, is a color palette in “out of focus.” There was a sprinkle of Holi colors on the ground, and ornament-clad hands quickly picked up powder from dishes left on...
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Kolkata Cocktail Director: Subhayu Bhattacharya Production: Widescreen Films and Music Duration: 23 mins Wide shot of a Kolkata main street. The camera moves from there to the footpath and offers us a feel of a wistful college girl searching for a particular joint. The camera captures a signboard,...
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Mannat | short film, presently streaming on MXPlayer. Writer-director: Arpita Pattanayak Stars: Mandakini Goswami, Ashwath Bhatt, & Anamika Shukla A feel of loneliness and emptiness is created in the opening image of Arpita Pattanaik’s Mannat. Color threads are wrapped on a sacred wishing tree. The next image is that of...
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The new generation of Naga enthusiasts is picking up their lessons of filmmaking in this environment and have leapt into this new venture in quite a big way....
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Imposing, ancient, heavyweight pillars, and busy preparation for a shoot in the midst of them—this is the opening sequence of Benegal’s New Cinema, a film by Iram Ghufran, who had us mesmerized with her earlier film, ‘There is something in the air’. The pillars create a sense of traditional...
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The mind and body of Hindi cinema may have changed drastically over time, but its soul remains the very same. “Screen mothers still make gaajar ka halwa ‘apne haathon se’ for their sons” trade analyst Komal Nahata once tweeted. For, (in the words of ‘The Newsweek’) “In spite of...
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Book: Guns & Thighs—the story of my life Author: Ram Gopal Varma Publisher: Rupa Publication Price: Rs. 500/- This is how the notorious Ram Gopal Varma illustrates his concept of film in his autobiographical book, Guns & Thighs—the story of my life. It’s not tough to comprehend why the...
“Holi kab hain, kab hain Holi!” Gabbar Singh screams in Sholay . The next frame, instilling fear in the audience, is a color palette in “out of focus.” There was a sprinkle of Holi colors on the ground, and ornament-clad hands quickly picked up powder from dishes left on...
Kolkata Cocktail Director: Subhayu Bhattacharya Production: Widescreen Films and Music Duration: 23 mins Wide shot of a Kolkata main street. The camera moves from there to the footpath and offers us a feel of a wistful college girl searching for a particular joint. The camera captures a signboard,...
Mannat | short film, presently streaming on MXPlayer. Writer-director: Arpita Pattanayak Stars: Mandakini Goswami, Ashwath Bhatt, & Anamika Shukla A feel of loneliness and emptiness is created in the opening image of Arpita Pattanaik’s Mannat. Color threads are wrapped on a sacred wishing tree. The next image is that of...
The new generation of Naga enthusiasts is picking up their lessons of filmmaking in this environment and have leapt into this new venture in quite a big way....
Imposing, ancient, heavyweight pillars, and busy preparation for a shoot in the midst of them—this is the opening sequence of Benegal’s New Cinema, a film by Iram Ghufran, who had us mesmerized with her earlier film, ‘There is something in the air’. The pillars create a sense of traditional...
The mind and body of Hindi cinema may have changed drastically over time, but its soul remains the very same. “Screen mothers still make gaajar ka halwa ‘apne haathon se’ for their sons” trade analyst Komal Nahata once tweeted. For, (in the words of ‘The Newsweek’) “In spite of...
Book: Guns & Thighs—the story of my life Author: Ram Gopal Varma Publisher: Rupa Publication Price: Rs. 500/- This is how the notorious Ram Gopal Varma illustrates his concept of film in his autobiographical book, Guns & Thighs—the story of my life. It’s not tough to comprehend why the...