Category Archives: Film

“I chose not to choose life and the reasons? Who needs reasons when you’ve got heroin?”

I recently watched Trainspotting! Needless to mention, I loved it! Danny Boyle received an Oscar for Slumdog, but he truly deserved one for Trainspotting. While Slumdog Millionaire was a film with excellent screenplay and cinematography, it didn’t have the heart in right place. It tried to merge fantasy with reality in the non-Frank-Capra way, and failed terribly. Continue reading →

Poster art is one of the best forms of art. Posters can speak more than photographs, as they can capture the painter’s vivid imagination and his master strokes. Unfortunately, the art of making good posters is slowly diminishing. We hardly see good posters these days. The poster artists, who played a significant part in making those wonderful posters of Sholay, Umrao Jaan, Mughal-e-Aazam, Deewar, are either unemployed or are involved in making posters for cheap B-grade films. Isn’t that a matter of shame for all of us? Continue reading →

I am sure most of my readers will be of the opinion that Farhan Akthar was better off as a director than an actor. There are many good actors in Bollywood, but there hardly is any director here who can relate to the youth of this nation as Farhan Akthar did in Dil Chahta Hai and Lakshya! Continue reading →

While watching films of Alfred Hitchcock, one would note that there are several recurring themes, out of which the noted ones include beautiful blond actresses, disturbed antagonists, display of staircases in distorted camera angles, stylish cameos… My favourite, however, is his portrayal of mothers! The mothers he created are far from ordinary. His antagonist (or protagonist) is always found struggling in their relationships with their mothers. Continue reading →

The seventies was a notorious decade in Indian cinema, both parallel and mainstream- as the permissiveness of American cinema had started showing its influence. And fortunately, it was also the period when cinema was taken most seriously and for the good. Atleast the young viewers must not let this era fade away from cellulose. Continue reading →