Megha's diary:
A musician trapped in the body of a geek. Frequently suffers from delusions of self-grandeur. Blogs about movies, music and general inanities at her personal blog at meghalomania.com.
One hundred sixteen moonlit nights
By: Megha
The 80s is often associated with all the things that went wrong with Hindi films. Messy action and violence, aging superstars singing innuendo-heavy songs, has-beens trying to be wannabes, noisy music, poofy hair accessories, Jackie Shroff — you name an embarrassment and there it was staring back at you, in all its 70mm glory.
- ajay: emotionally charged article or comments always miss the facts.how one can appreciate the profit making ventures...
- Pankaj: Dear Suparnji, PFC as we all understand it is an alternative platform and not the mainstream media {MSM}....
- Wanna-not-be: Countries like Iran don't actually produce movies taht are "popular entertainment" - they're...
- Sourav: @jwalant.."apne aadhi earning James Foley ko dena”...=))=))
- shailee: and i enjoyed reading your post!!
- shailee: hey i totally agree with you when you say that cinema is also and audio - visual medium.. and that is...
- Pavan Jha: @Suparn, >This was supposed to be a place where a David >Dhawan fan has as much place as a Ray bhakt....
- Jwalant: Avinash, If only you had watched house of games and confidence, you would have said " suparn, saaf chori hai...
- Sourav: The term "BOLLYWOOD" stinks of servile tendencies.Sad but true.What can we expect..It saddens me.
- NoVaDJ: Anurag, you missed my point. I said I know Indian culture is not what they show in a Bollywood film, but by...
- tk: world cinema is divide in to two serious and culture cinema,whole world cinema is divided on their opinion and we...
- Evelyn Tu: Dabba, thanks for the explanation. Maybe I'm just asking why independent movies are considered so holy but...
- lee: the posters look fantastic! Hrithik and Ash are looking good ... thats what matters ... coz the term 'authentic...
- Sourav: Lets not get into economics of cinema...If YRF and others bring in the money then why is not that money...
- Avinash: Suparn, Well said.... On the last night of my fifth semester exams... I watched Ek khiladi Ek haseena and...
- Travis Bickel: Good article Suparn. But lets not get too precious about the KJs, salmans etc. As Pawan said there...
- Evelyn Tu: A friend who joined us for opening night of Darjeeling Limited at the NYFF has lent me Bottle Rocket. I...
- ravptor: Kavitaji... just asked striker a week back about you. Missed you here... Welcome back and back with a bang i...
- Avinash: hi, It seems that everybody is praising Hollywood and it has become a fashion to say bad things abt...
- Jwalant: "and the fact is the money that YRF makes doesnot flow back into the industry.. ".. Anurag,They have been...
- Navdeep Singh: Bottle Rocket! First DVD I ever bought..
- meetu: "Commercial cinema ... is the child that doesn’t go to school so that the younger one can." A brilliant...
- Anurag Kashyap: and novadz you make my fear come true.. bollywood is not indian culture, watchin bollywood films...
- Anurag Kashyap: shifas bin, suparn.. well the entire media, the press and the world is a forum for YRF and KJ and...
- NoVaDJ: I guess that since I'm not Indian that's why I love the Indian films so much. It's something completely new...
- turrtle: Just kidding guys .. :d Mithun and Rajni are a separate thingy. Theirs is not cinema, not acting .....
- wb: rahul (126) // try this link http://www.videohelp.com/ tools/Mobile_3GP_converte r
- turrtle: Hey hey hey .. Mithun and Rajni are the 'God's of cinema. If anybody can pass off ridiculous scenes and...
- dabba: With money comes a responisibility to the investors and a need to maximize returns. That can be done by making...
- anand: I totally agree with ur point that one cannot comment abt personal life of any filmmaker...i somewhat disagree...
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Buddha Marr Gaya 0.5/5
2007-10-09 13:51This is the kind of movie, its so fucking bad, it could actually be fun... if you thought cinema had hit rock bottom with Aag, think again! (-)5/5 -Vijay
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Dil Dosti Etc. 2.5/5
2007-10-09 13:48Heart's in the right place. The pieces though, didn't fall in the right places. -oz
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Chiruta (Telugu) 2.5/5
2007-10-01 19:34RCT is alright but chiruta he is not. If you have to watch it, watch it on DVD -WB
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High heels and Low Life 3.5/5
2007-10-01 19:33Quite funny! Minnie Driver pulls off one of the coolest performances of her career -V.P.Jaiganesh
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The Kingdom 4/5
2007-09-16 19:06Action, thriller, political commentary, forensic science, and the meaning of family and legacy, all wrapped up in a fast-paced two hour ride -t!
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D-War 0.5/5
2007-09-16 19:04Sorry, how can one rate a film when it was so bad one walked out of it? -t! if only a minus infinity rating was allowed... -oz
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The Invasion 2/5
2007-09-16 19:03Best described as a A grade take on a B grade Zombie flick - DPac
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Shoot 'Em Up 0.5/5
2007-09-16 19:03So much talent wasted in a film with no story, and action that becomes tiresome halfway through the movie -t! When A Grade actors start acting in Z grade films, it's Armageddon -oz
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TOKYO GA 4/5
2007-09-16 19:022 of my fav filmmakers with 2 opposite perspective on one of the biggest cities of the world -Mainak
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Little Children 3/5
2007-09-05 23:08Despite Todd Field's "best intentions", it all seems so cliched and seen over. Only Kate Winslet's dazzling performance makes it all worth in the end... -Pratim D. Gupta
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THE KING 3/5
2007-09-05 23:04A very dark film and disturbing film... maybe a little predictable. But that is compensated by yet another incredible performance by Gael Garcia . A film about faith and evil... has the feel of a Greek tragedy - ONIR
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