Scarborough Fair is a beautiful poem and song whose authorship is often debated. Although the song is generally credited to Paul Simon. This poem has a strange meditative feeling associated with it. This certainly a poem which flirts with the absurd but has just the perfect amount of abstraction. Continue reading
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Patriotic cinema
If 1757 marked the battle of Plassey and 1857 witnessed the first revolution for Indian independence, 1957 too was a milestone in the history of Indian nationalism. It was the year when Mehboob Khan made Mother India. Read my latest article on the NRI.
The Kubrick stares
The Kubrick Stare, sometimes referred to as the Kubrick Glare is a common camera shot of an actor in most of his films. The Kubrick Stare has been called the “heavy-browed look of insanity”. The actor is filmed by Kubrick at a specific angle with their head tilted slightly down, looking up, sometimes with the teeth exposed but always with a detached, angry, diabolical, evil, menacing, or mad look in his eye. Continue reading
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Rajini and Kamal- the two gems of Indian cinema
Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth- stars in the age of bell bottoms, made a mark in the seventies and eighties, dominated the field in the nineties and still continue to rock! They are not just about charm or luck. These actors have been evolving their styles according to fans’ tastes. Rajini and Kamal symbolise two very interesting identities of the south Indian culture. They are all-rounders who are constantly reinventing himself. Continue reading
Profile: Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
A tale about a man who painted beautiful pictures on celluloid. With films like Appu Raja, Pushpak, Mayuri and Michael Madana Kama Rajan, director Rao is undoubtedly the greatest director South India has produced! Read my latest article on the-NRI
सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 