Have you seen Adaminte Makan Abu – India’s official entry for the Oscar?

Most of us haven’t. If you don’t have any respect for Oscar, and surely there are many valid reasons for that, then you don’t need to worry about the film Adaminte Makan Abu. It also won four National Awards and it made us curious because Oscar or not, a good film is a good film. [...]

I Will Read Your Fucking Script!

Charlie Kaufman: There are no rules, Donald. And anyone who says there are is just, you know… Donald Kaufman: Not rules, principles. McKee writes that a rule says you *must* do it this way. A principle says, this *works* and has through all remembered time. The header is a homage to this brilliant post by [...]

SOTD : Rockstar’s Kun Faaya Kun

If I ever convert to Islam, put the blame on A R Rahman. Aha, that’s rhyme too. Piya Haji Ali, Maula maula and Khwaja mere khwaja – can play these three songs in non-stop loop.  And Rahman is going in similar territory again, with a new track in Imtiaz Ali’ Rockstar – Kun faaya kun. [...]

TIFF Video : Salman Rushdie on Midnight’s Children’s film adaptation

We are bit late on this news. But if you still haven’t read enough, here it is – Deepa Mehta has completed the shooting of Midnight’s Children, the film based on Salman Rushdie’s novel by the same name. Some clips from the film were shown at the recently concluded Toronto International Film Festival. The adaptation [...]

13th Mumbai Film Festival announces its jury

The 13th Mumbai Film Festival, a Reliance Entertainment initiative, will be held in Mumbai from the 13th to the 20th of October 2011. The festival has just announced its jury for this year’s edition. The jury members for the international competition section are… 1. Academy Award nominee director Hugh Hudson (Jury President, International competition), 2. Roger [...]

RIP Malegaon Ka Superman

Sheikh Shafique – the Superman of Malegaon – the fighter of local crime, social ills, unhealthy practices (including tobacco chewing) died today morning of mouth-cancer due to tobacco chewing, just a day after the Malegaon premiere of his film yesterday. A death most poetic, of a Superhero most odd. Rest in peace. via Varun Grover’s [...]

It takes the darkest hour of your life to find yourself, Neeraj Ghaywan on how he made his short SHOR

After graduating with an MBA degree and working for five years in Pune and Delhi, Neeraj Ghaywan moved to Mumbai. A new job for another 3 months and then he quit it all. To live, breathe and make Cinema. He started working with Anurag Kashyap. Life hasn’t been much easier since then but Ghaywan survived. [...]

Open letter to Mr. Nagaraj, Regional Head, CBFC (Karnataka)

Sir, I am Pawan Kumar, the director of the Kannada film Lifeu Ishtene. On the 30th of August, you watched my film and you passed your views about it, and gave us a U/A certificate with a forced ‘voluntary’ cut. I’d like to bring it to your notice that if I had the luxury to [...]

A Play On The Screen: That Girl In Yellow Boots, observes Salik Shah

With any Anurag Kashyap film, one thing is for sure – a debate. A divided house. We are also swinging from one side to another with every new post on the film. This is Salik Shah‘s first post here. Read on.. That Girl In Yellow Boots is Kalki Koechlin’s debut as a filmmaker. It’s written [...]

TGIYB : Heartless city, relentless life. Fatema Kagalwala wonders if there are any easy answers ever

Forget Salman Khan, even Fatema Kagalwala is on a roll. One day, two posts. Click here to read her hilarious dissection of Bodyguard, and scroll down to read her post on Anurag Kashyap’s latest release, That Girl In Yellow Boots. Seedy is not Mumbai’s underbelly, it is the defining aspect of its identity. In this [...]