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Hindi poet and translator based in Bangalore, India.
Category: Film
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Cinema has always been a close follower of technology. From implementation of newer color or sound technologies to computer generated graphics and 3D montages – cinema since its inception, has amazed audiences. Under such a setup, when filmmakers are continuously searching for newer techniques, we have recently witnessed a series of films which have instead,…
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No matter how cognitively we evolve, revenge remains one of humans’ most primal instincts. The need to inflict suffering and punishment on those who have wronged us goes back to our days in the dark old caves. While revenge may be subtle or loud, cinema has always glorified it. Interestingly some of the best Bollywood films of…
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Every culture, consciously or unconsciously, tries to dictate the classic embodiments of the Apollonian-Dionysian divide, among its dominant cultural figures. Soumitra Chatterjee was always compared with Uttam Kumar, no matter how hard it was for them, critics and cinephiles always hailed Chatterjee as the perfect counterfoil to the matinee darling Uttam Kumar. For years now,…
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He was one person who made the world laugh, cry, resent, pity and most importantly- think. He was the greatest showman ever to dawn on earth, and will be, for generations to come. He was more than an entertainer. He was also the first Auteur activist. His films, starring him as The Tramp, were subtle commentaries on…
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Recent film stars who joined politics have been a disgrace to the parliamentary system. Govinda was renowned for not attending any parliamentary session and being inaccessible by his people. Dharmendra and Vinod Khanna hardly attended parliamentary sessions. If they are so mighty and busy, why did they contest elections in the first place? We are…
सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 