The musical is fluffy, predictable and borderline chick-flick. The cynical view would be to dismiss it a silly exercise in stringing together hits of ABBA around the barest of plots.
However, once you get past the initial 20-30 minutes dominated by cheesy teeny-bopper exuberance and awkward chemistry among the three leading men, the movie lifts itself [...]
A wave of nostalgia induced by this post, led to an youtube-hunting session with a desire to revisit what is possibly one of the most memorable - not to mention comic - scences ever created in the history of Indian cinema :the meeting of Jatayu with Feluda and Topse on a train while it stops [...]
Kyun ………….Khoye Khoye Chand Ki Firak Mein Talash Mein Udas Hai Dil
Kyun………..Anpne Aap Se Khafa Khafa, Zara Zara Sa Naraaz Hai Dil
(full lyrics)
….asks the Man [1] in a moment of nirvanic clarity that (to my drunken mind) could possibly be achievable only under the influence of (1) one dry sapphire [...]
….my current favorite song:
(link fixed, the I was trying to show the video of the song as sung at the Oscars, but I guess the Academy put an end to it )
The song, from the soundtrack of an Irish indie-film, Once, won the Oscars this year for Best Original Song (and featured in one [...]
Love it, hate it, disrespect it, but can’t ignore it. Its time again for the pomp and glamor of the most celebrated of cinematic awards, the Oscars. Last year I managed to live-blog the event, suggest cocktails, offer a roundup etc - all thoroughly entertaining.
Unfortunately this year, I am further removed from the action, at [...]
(In which I officially start a new WTF category)
On the occasion of his birthday, Rediff calls Kamalhasan the ‘Al Pacino’ of Indian cinema. Apart from the idiotic - but widespread in the Indian media - compulsion to seek validation from the West (Hollywood in this case), I wonder why particularly Al Pacino ? Why [...]
Last Saturday was Riverfire, a half-an-hour fireworks spectacular that marks the beginning of the Riverfestival - kind of welcoming spring out here. We had a wonderful vantage point to watch the display that also included RAAF’s Roulettes and F1-11 flybys.
Unfortunately, I was not able to set-up my tripod - hence not too many good pictures [...]
…..good folks at Cinematical, for bringing forth good news about the upcoming release of a spanking new Life of Brian DVD - The Immaculate Edition no less.
Bad news: you have to wait till November to lay your hand on these.
More details at Cinematical.
Previous Python-related posts: here (Bruce), here (Lumberjack in German) and [...]
Chak De India employs quite a few movie cliches - the underdog, woefully unmatched sports team winning in the end, individualism versus unity, (borderline) ethnic and gender stereotypes - but still manages to be exciting. The trick is pulled off because, as Jai Arjun notes, the filmmakers resist the urge to overdo the [...]
If there is anything more spiritually uplifting than listening to Gulzar’s poetry, it is listening to Gulzar recite it in his own rich baritone.
Recently, I have been playing this beautiful nazm recited by Gulzar on my iPod and iTunes endlessly. Do listen (click on the title below).
MAUSAM KA JHAUNKA….
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Evokes a [...]
Too many things going on to blog regularly. But meanwhile, if you want some humor in your life, engage in a chuckle or two at the expense of Indian mainstream media web-site’s mandatory idiocy and the bizarre depths of absurdity it can plunge itself.
It’s Abhishek v/s SRK in NY
So screams a Rediff headline. Eh [...]
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