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Monday, December 15, 2008

John Abraham voted Asia's sexiest man alive...really?

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by Hilath Rasheed I have nothing against Bollywood star John Abraham being voted as Asia's sexiest man alive. I guess beauty lies in the...
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Saturday, December 13, 2008

Karan Johar "rab"-ing Shah Rukh Khan the wrong way again?

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The best reaction to "Rab Ne Banayi Jodi"'s opening came from film's director Aditya Chopra and leading man Shah Rukh Khan...
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Monday, December 1, 2008

"See what your friends have done"

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Just because "Firaaq", my film, deals with how Muslims 'also' get affected by violence, the terrorists are supposed to be ...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Taare Zameen Par Review - Sensitive yet powerful!

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REVIEW by Island Chic Originally posted on Island Chic's blog Just like the Hindi movie Chak De Indi a I posted about recently, Amir Kha...
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Friday, September 19, 2008

"Phoenix": does it really fly?

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Forgot to mention that along with "Pirates 3", I had started watching a 2-disc version of "Harry Potter and the Order of the ...
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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Pirates 3: Adventure-ful but...

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Finally watched an original 2-Disc version of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. But I have to admit it took me more than 10 days...
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

A disturbing thing about Brad Pitt

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I was watching "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" yesterday and there was this scene where the husband and wife engages in a violent confronta...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Nueve reinas

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Think Hollywood is the place where caper movies come alive? Far from it – especially if you're looking for a smart caper movie... Okay, ...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

‘Cherry’ gives a taste of what simple, beautiful cinema is like

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Al just reviewed "Gabbeh" from notable Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf. I’m following up the Iranian cinema discussion by look...
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Wednesday, September 5, 2007

The colours of cinema

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A gabbeh is a Persian carpet woven in exquisite colours and designs that tell a story. In the film of the same name by Iran’s premiere aute...
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Monday, September 3, 2007

“Lost” season 2 – an allegory to current human conditions

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Have you read about the story where someone spent the whole of his/her life in a cave but did not even have a clue that the outside was more...
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“Surf’s up” stays true to surf culture and spirit

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Another animated film involving penguins? Yes, at first, I also thought of skipping this film. And the fact that Surf's Up was about su...
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"Disturbia": engaging premise but…

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Like Jeepers Creepers , Disturbia has an engaging beginning, with skillful direction, to create a most suspenseful atmosphere. However, wha...
Sunday, September 2, 2007

If you make it, will they come?

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I had a heated discussion with a close friend of mine (Ya) a few nights ago... the point of contention was "If you make a genre breakin...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Bed wetting music: are we afraid of our soft side?

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A friend once told me that he came across a review which said that Coldplay’s music was “music for bed wetters.” I told this to another fr...
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Lauding "The Old Man and the Sea"

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The old man and the marlin Courtesy of my associate I.Y. (who some refer to as ‘the devil’, which I believe he doesn’t really mind) I fina...
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Thursday, August 23, 2007

Music vs. Film: How Bollywood can never match the poetry of Indian music

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Some months back, at Juwey’s CafĂ© in Male’, Narco and I were having a conversation. We were reminiscing the days when Hindi music was origin...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Why?

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On the 30th of July 2007 , we lost two legends of cinema; Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni . In a mere 24 hours the world of cinem...
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