அடுத்த அதிரடி என்ன? வடிவேலு அறிவிப்பு

சிரிக்க வைக்க மட்டுமல்ல. சீரியஸ் ஆன கேள்விகளை கூட சிக்கல் இல்லாம அவிழ்க்க தெரியுது வடிவேலுவுக்கு. “உங்க கூட இருந்தவங்க இப்போ வரிசையா காலி பண்ணிட்டாங்க போலிருக்கே?” என்றால், “ஆமாங்க. எல்லாரும் நமக்கே ஆப்பு வச்சிட்டாய்ங்க”ன்னு பதில் சொல்வார் என்றுதானே எதிர்பார்ப்போம். நம்மை அப்படி நினைக்க வைக்கிற மாதிரியேதான் அமைந்தது வடிவேலுவுடன் இருந்தவர்கள் செய்த சில வேண்டாத காரியங்கள். ஆனால், ரொம்ப பக்குவமாகவே பதில் சொல்கிறார் வடிவேலு.

அவங்களும் வெளிச்சத்துக்கு வரணுமில்லையா? தெரிஞ்ச முகமாயிட்டாங்க. வேற வேற படங்களில் நடிக்க வாய்ப்பு வருது. போய் பண்ணுறாங்க. அவங்கள்ளாம் எனக்கு அறிமுகம் ஆகும்போது புதுசாதான் அறிமுகம் ஆனாங்க. அதே போல் இப்போ நிறைய புதுமுகங்களை நான் கொண்டு வர்றேன். புதிய காமெடிகளும் வந்துகிட்டேயிருக்கு. வேற வேற மாதிரி வெரைட்டியா நடிச்சதானே ஜனங்களை தொடர்ந்து சிரிக்க வைக்க முடியும். அழகர் மலையிலே என்னோட புது கூட்டணி போட்டிருக்கிற ஆட்டத்தை பாருங்க. என்னோட அடுத்த அதிரடி இந்த படம்தான்.

எல்லாம் அவன் செயல் படத்திலே நானும் ஆர்.கே வும் போட்ட காமெடிய பார்த்திட்டு இன்னும் வயிறு வலிக்க சிரிச்சிட்டு இருக்காங்க. இப்போ அழகர் மலை படத்திலே மறுபடியும் ஒரு புயலை கிளப்பியிருக்கோம் பாருங்க என்ற வடிவேலு சொன்ன இன்னொரு தகவல், ரொம்ப நெகிழ்ச்சிக்குரியது.

சேலத்தை சேர்ந்த ஒரு குழந்தை விபத்தில் சிக்கி கோமா ஸ்டேஜில் இருந்ததாம். டிவியிலே என்னோட காமெடி சீன்களை போட்டு கோமாவில் இருந்து எழுப்பியிருக்காங்க. இதை கேட்கும் போதே மனசுக்கு அவ்வளவு சந்தோஷமா இருந்திச்சு என்றார்.

வாங்கய்யா, வைத்தியாரய்யா… !

-மனஸ்வினி

சிம்பு முன்ன மாதிரி இல்லே… கவுதம் மேனனின் கான்டாக்ட் சர்டிபிகேட்!

சிம்புவை வைத்து படம் எடுக்கிற எல்லாருமே தெர்மாமீட்டரே வெடிச்சு போற அளவுக்கு சூடா இருப்பாங்க. ஆனால், பிரிட்ஜில் வச்ச மாதிரி கூலாக இருக்கிறார் கவுதம் மேனன். ஆக்சுவலா என்கிட்டேயே சில தயாரிப்பாளர்கள் சொன்னாங்க. சிம்புவை வச்சு படம் பண்றீங்க. முதல் பத்து நாள் கரெக்டா வந்திருவாரு. அடுத்த ஆறு மாசம் நீங்க அவருக்காக வெயிட் பண்ணணும் என்று. ஆனால், இந்த படத்தை நான் 60 நாள்ல முடிச்சிட்டேன்.

மால்டாவுல ஷ§ட்டிங். காலையிலே ஆறு மணிக்கு ஷாட் வைப்பேன். அஞ்சே முக்காலுக்கு ரெடியா இருப்பாரு சிம்பு. அவரோட ஸ்டைலே இரவில் வொர்க் பண்ணுறது. பகலில் ரெஸ்ட் எடுக்கறதுன்னு சொன்னாங்க. ஆனால், இந்த படத்திற்காக தனது ஸ்டைலை மாற்றியிருக்கார். இப்படி சர்குலர் அனுப்பாத குறையாக சந்தோஷப்படுகிறார் கவுதம்.

மீண்டும் கமல் சார், சூர்யா இரண்டு பேரோடுடனும் வொர்க் பண்ணனும்னு ஆசைப்படுகிறேன். அதே மாதிரி சிம்புவுடனும் திரும்ப படம் பண்ணனும் என்கிறார் கவுதம். மொத்தத்தில் சிம்புவை பற்றி என்னதான் சொல்ல வர்றாரு? “நான் கேள்விப்பட்ட மன்மதன், வல்லவன் சிம்பு இல்லே அவரு. முற்றிலும் சேஞ்ச் ஆகிவிட்ட புது சிம்பு” என்றார் சந்தோஷமாக.

இதையெல்லாம் ரிலீசுக்கு பிறகும் சொன்னாருன்னாதான் கிரேட்!

-மல்லேஸ்வரி

விஜய்யின் வேட்டைக்காரன் படப்பிடிப்பு அரங்கில் தீ…

“நல்லவேளை… படப்பிடிப்பு முடிந்து அங்கிருந்து வெளியேறிய பின் நடந்தது. இல்லையென்றால்?” விஜய் ரசிகர்களை அதிர்ச்சியோடு இப்படி முணுமுணுக்க வைத்திருக்கிறது அந்த தீ விபத்து. ஏ.வி.எம் ஸ்டுடியோவின் 7-வது தளம் முற்றிலும் எரிந்து நாசமாகிவிட்டது. தீ விபத்து ஏற்படுவதற்கு சற்று நேரத்திற்கு முன்பு வரை அங்குதான் இருந்தார் விஜய்.

வேட்டைக்காரன் படப்பிடிப்பு ஏ.வி.எம். ஸ்டுடியோவில் நடந்து வருகிறது. ஏழாவது தளத்தில் பாடல் காட்சிக்காக பெரும் செலவில் செட்டும் போடப்பட்டிருந்ததாம். அதிகாலை மூன்று மணி வரை அங்கே இருந்து நடித்துக் கொடுத்துவிட்டு கிளம்பினாராம் விஜய். பின்பு படம் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட அனைவரும் சிறிது நேரத்தில் அங்கிருந்து கிளம்பியதாக கூறப்படுகிறது. இந்நிலையில் சிறிது நேரத்தில் அங்கே தீ பற்றிக் கொண்டதாம்.

பத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட தீயணைப்பு வாகனங்கள் விரைந்து வந்து தீயை போராடி அணைத்திருக்கிறது. சுமார் மூன்று கோடிக்கும் மேற்பட்ட பொருட்கள் நாசமாகியிருக்கலாம் என்று கூறப்படுகிறது. படப்பிடிப்பு மேலும் தொடர வேண்டியிருப்பதால், மீண்டும் அதே போன்ற செட்டை போடுகிற நிலைக்கு தள்ளப்பட்டிருக்கிறது வேட்டைக்காரன் படக்குழு.

-மல்லை

quick shots 7.30.09 | “Lebowski,” Twilight Brouhaha, AMPAS, IFP Chicago, Queer Cinema

Eddie Chung, a former philosophy student who is accustomed to pondering life’s deepest mysteries, is still stumped by something that shapes lives by the thousands: Why has “The Big Lebowski” become the most popular and all-consuming cult film since “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”? Scott Timberg reports in the LA Times.

The recasting of “Victoria” in the third installment of the “Twilight” franchise either demonstrates that Summit Entertainment is unreasonable or Rachelle Lefevere has “a lack of cooperative spirit.” Depending whom you ask, of course. Dana Harris takes a look at the ongoing he said, she said that’s been thrown around lately.

Edward Zwick has prevailed in the run-off for the open Directors Branch seat on the 2009-2010 Board of Governors, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday.

100 guests came out in support of IFP/Chicago at a party hosted by LeeAnn Trotter, entertainment reporter at Chicago’s NBC 5. The party at Billy Dec’s Rockit Ranch Bar & Grill on Wednesday, July 22nd was presented to “increase awareness of the upcoming IFP/Chicago’s Independent Film Gala for September 25th, 2009 at the Wit Hotel.” For more information about IFC Chicago, visit their site.

In the past four or five years, there’s been something of an explosion of queerness on film—for better or worse—from the undercover “bromances” of Judd Apatow to the drag-pastiche of Todd Haynes to the overt politicization of Milk, to the ever-expanding circuit of gay exploitation knockoffs, including, as always, spoofs of mainstream popular culture and coming-of-age/coming-out narratives. And we mustn’t forget Brokeback’s multiple wins at the Academy Awards. A gay film isn’t necessarily ghettoized any more, but gay cinema is not exactly out of its niche market, either. Reverse Shot examines gay cinema and its relationship with the mainstream.

Independent mobile and web content platform Babelgum and Funny or Die unveiled an exclusive, wireless licensing agreement to bring Funny or Die videos to mobile platforms. The agreement will bring new and library Funny or Die content to mobile users everywhere over the next two years. Plans include offering mobile users a stand-alone Funny or Die-branded iPhone application, as well as including Funny or Die content in all current and future Babelgum applications.

It Might Get Loud” director Davis Guggenheim alsong with a slew of notables will be in East Hampton for a screening of the Sundance ‘09 film, hosted by the Hamptons International Film Festival. For more information on the screening and others in the Summer series, visit the festival’s website.

Screen Savour’s “T.S.” Poses Intriguing Question About Cinema For High Schoolers

T.S. of ‘Screen Savour’ who teaches in a University, is one of the net’s most gifted film writers, having penned comprehensive examinations of the work of Hitchcock, Chaplin, Griffith and Lang.  His series on Buster Keaton will soon debut at his site.  T.S. conversed with me earlier today about the kind of films that every high school student should see, and a tentative listing of maybe 15 or 20 ‘essential’ titles.  Said T.S.:  “I’ve been asked by a friend who is a high school teacher for some film-related advice. He is developing a media studies course for high school students, and it will be akin to an intro to film/film history course. He has presented me with this question, which I thought I would present to you:: What 15-to-20 films should the average American high school student see before graduation?

He’s made clear he’s not exactly looking for a list of 15-to-20 favorite films, and not necessarily the films I would select as the 15-to-20 best or most important of all time (although maybe, depending on your perspective, those would overlap in the suggestions.) He wants his course to give students a fairly comprehensive overview of cinema, offerings they might not catch unless otherwise asked to watch for a class — films from different decades, countries, genres, directors, etc. R-rated films are okay, and hopefully the choices will be available on either VHS, DVD, or streaming on the Internet (he can project all three in his classroom).

He and I both have some in mind, but to help us think outside the box, I’d love to hear your suggestions.”

Both Allan Fish and I put together our own lists of films that for various reasons, would be recommended for the average high school students.  Some are superlative adaptations of literature, while the others for artistic, social, psychological or ethnic underpinnings, all have a place.

Zee Cinema Movie Synopsis – August 2009

SHANIVAAR KI RAAT SITARON KE SAATH

JUDAAI

Saturday, August 1st 2009, 8:00 PM

Directed by: Raj Kanwar

Starring: Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Urmila Matondkar

Genre: Drama

Raaj (Anil Kapoor) is an honest engineer by profession and lives a normal middle-class life. But his wife Kaajal (Sridevi) wants a rich, lavish lifestyle. So when Jahnavi (Urmila Matondkar), Raaj’s boss’ daughter falls in love with Raaj and offers Kaajal a large sum of money in exchange for her husband, Kaajal accepts it as a golden opportunity; not knowing that this will change her life forever.

ROK SAKO TO ROK LO

AMAR AKBAR ANTHONY

Sunday, August 2nd 2009, 8:00 PM

Directed by: Manmohan Desai

Starring: Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan

Genre: Drama

One of the biggest hits among films with lost and found theme, Amar Akbar Anthony features the trio of Superstar Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna and Rishi Kapoor. Three abandoned baby boys are adopted by three different persons. They all grow up and become a Hindu police officer, a Christian hooligan and a Muslim tailor. The boys meet again and their lives become entangled in an amazing plot full of unlikely coincidences and furious action sequences. The film features many famous scenes like two flames emanating from Sai baba’s eyes providing eyesight to the blind Nirupa Roy, a drunken Amitabh Bachchan talking to his image in the mirror and three sons donating blood to their mother.

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SANDWICH

Monday, August 3rd 2009, 8:00 PM

Directed by: Anees Bazmee

Starring: Govinda, Raveena Tandon, Mahima

Genre: Comedy

Circumstances so happen with Sher Singh that he ends up marrying Sweety at his hometown, and Nisha in Bombay. When Sweety relocates to Bombay, Sher has no choice, but to lead a double life. Then matters come to a head where he is confronted with a look-alike of his who claims to be Nisha’s husband. Who is he?

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ISHQ

Tuesday, August 4th 2009, 8:00 PM

Directed by: Indra Kumar

Starring: Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Ajay Devgan, Kajol

Genre: Comedy

In order to prevent their children from marrying poor spouses, wealthy Ranjit Rai (Sadashiv Amrapurkar), and his close, equally wealthy, friend, Harbanslal (Dalip Tahil) deceive them and get them to sign a marriage certificate, which states that Ranjit’s son, Ajay (Ajay Devgan) has married, Madhu (Juhi Chawla), the daughter of Harbanslal. But fate has other plans, as both Ajay and Madhu fall in love with Kajal (Kajol) and Raja (Aamir Khan), who are poor. Ranjit and Harbans concoct several schemes but are unable to separate the lovers, and then they actually give in to the lovers’ demands.

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AJNABEE

Wednesday, August 5th 2009, 4:00 PM

Directed by: Abbas-Mastan

Starring: Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Kareena, Bipasha

Genre: Thriller

On their honeymoon, newly married couple Raj (Bobby Deol) and Priya (Kareena Kapoor) are befriended by another couple Vicky (Akshay Kumar) and Sonia (Bipasha). One day, Raj and Vicky get drunk and end up in each others’ home. Raj wakes up with Vicky’s dead wife lying next to him. He is accused of her murder. To make matters worse, Vicky and even Priya suspect him of being the murderer. Now it’s upon himself to prove his innocence. Another thrilling film from the director duo of Abbas-Mastan.

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COOLIE

Thursday, August 6th 2009, 8:00 PM

Directed by: Manmohan Desai

Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman, Rishi Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri

Genre: Drama

A young coolie takes an oath to fight for the rights of his community. This film has one of the most famous stunt scenes in the history of Hindi cinema in which superstar Amitabh Bachchan got seriously injured.

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SAAJAN CHALE SASURAL

Friday, August 7th 2009, 4:00 PM

Directed by: David Dhawan

Starring: Govinda, Karisma Kapoor, Tabu, Satish Kaushik

Genre: Comedy

Shamu, a farmer from village who has a dream of making it big in the field of music is given a break by Khurana, owner of a big record company. When he returns to village to break this good news, he learns about the death of his wife in the recent storms. He returns to the city and gets married to Khurana’s daughter, Divya. Surprisingly after the marriage Shamu finds that his wife is alive. Now Shamu is totally confused what to do about his two wives. Govinda again succeeds to tickle our funny bone in this unusual comedy.

LAHOO KE DO RANG

Saturday, August 8th 2009, 4:00 PM

Directed by: Mehul Kumar

Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor

Genre: Action

Akshay and Naseeruddin must both take revenge on the Shikari brother clan. While the former resorts to crime to make a living, the latter earns a legitimate salary as a customs police officer. How they unite and eventually avenge the murders of their loved ones forms the crux of the story.

DOUBLE MAZAA

DHAMAAL

Sunday, August 9th 2009, 12:00 Noon

Directed by: Indra Kumar

Starring: Ritesh Deshmukh, Sanjay Dutt

Genre: Comedy

A hilarious film by Excellent Performances Ritesh Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Javed Jaffrey Sanjay Dutt, G. Asrani and Aashish Chaudhary.

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HENNA

Monday, August 10th 2009, 12:00 Noon

Directed by: Randhir Kapoor

Starring: Rishi Kapoor, Zeba Bakhtiyar

Genre: Romance

One day, Henna Khan (Zeba) finds a man (Rishi Kapoor) lying unconscious close to her house by the river Jhelum in Pakistan, nurses him back to health and learns that he has lost his memory. She gradually falls in love with him and is set to marry him. Then things so happen that the man regains his lost memory and reveals that he is from India. Everyone suspects him to be a spy from Indian Government except Henna. Watch as events unfold and how do they impact Henna and her people. The music has engrossing story and melodious music

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VAAH LIFE HO TO AISI

Tuesday, August 11th 2009, 8:00 PM

Directed by: Mahesh Manjrekar

Starring: Sanjay Dutt, Shahid Kapoor, Amrita Rao, Prem Chopra, Arshad Warsi

Genre: Comedy

The movie begins with household full of naughty kids. After the man of the house, Adi (Shahid) dies in an accident leaving behind his love Piya (Amrita Rao), he becomes a helpless ‘Ghost’ wanting to help his family, until a medium (Arshad Warsi) decides to help him out.

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MARD

Wednesday, August 12th 2009, 8:00 PM

Directed by: Manmohan Desai

Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Amrita Singh

Genre: Action

The story takes place in times of the British rule. Amitabh Bachchan in title role as Mard is son of a freedom fighter (Dara singh). He grows up with a horse named ‘Badal’ and wonder dog ‘Moti’. Mard is a tangawallah and lives in a slum. He teaches a lesson to a wealthy girl (Amrita singh) and makes her respect the poor. After this she falls in love with him but he refuses her at first and accepts her later. Now he needs to find his widow mother (Nirupa roy) who is lost and is in trouble.

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CHORI CHORI CHUPKE CHUPKE

Thursday, August 13th 2009, 8:00 PM

Directed by: Abbas-Mastan

Starring: Salman khan, Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta

Genre: Drama

Raj and Priya are newly married. Priya is expecting, but due to unexpected circumstances, she loses her child and is unable to conceive again. Then enters a prostitute, Madhoo in their lives who is willing to become a surrogate mother for the couple. But the relationship becomes entangled when Madhoo falls in love with Raj.

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KARMA

Friday, August 14th 2009, 8:00 PM

Directed by: Subhash Ghai

Starring: Dilip Kumar, Nutan, Anupam Kher

Genre: Action

After, the criminal minded Dr. Dang (Anupam Kher) kills almost the entire family of Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Dilip Kumar), he recruits three prisoners on death-row, Baiju Thakur (Jackie shroff), Johnny/ Gyaneshwar (Anil Kapoor), and a former terrorist Khairuddin Kisti (Naseeruddin shah) to assist him in his private war against Dang. However Dada Thakur does not realize that his army of three has only agreed to join him so that they could enjoy freedom, away from the prison and from death.

This film, directed by the Showman Subhash Ghai was a blockbuster.

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GADAR EK PREM KATHA

Saturday, August 15th 2009, 8:00 PM

Directed by: Anil Sharma

Starring: Sunny Deol, Amisha Patel, Amrish Puri

Genre: Action

The biggest blockbuster ever in the history of Hindi cinema, Gadar is a love story set during the turbulent times of the partition of India. Amisha plays a Muslim girl who is saved by a Sikh Jat (Sunny Deol). Circumstances lead them to marrying each other, which is when the tale takes an unexpected turn.

Gadar features strong performances by its entire starcast as well as superhit music with songs like Udd ja kaale kawa, Musaafir jaane wale and Main nikla gaddi leke.

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FASHION

Sunday, August 16th 2009, 4:00 PM

Directed by: Madhur Bhandarkar

Starring: Priyanka Chopra, Kangna Ranaut & Mugdha Godse

Set against the glittering backdrop of the glamorous but ruthless world of haute couture fashion, this is the story of a small town girl with big dreams. Meghna always knew she was meant to be famous, but she was about to find out the hard way that success came at a price. Fashion is the tale of what happens when the price of success becomes too much to pay

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TOOFAN

Monday, August 17th 2009, 8:00 AM

Directed by: Ketan Desai

Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Meenaxi Sheshadri

Genre: Action

Two brothers (Toofan and Shyam) are separated at birth by their father, a police inspector. One grows up to be a magician, and the other, the legendary Toofan, hero of the poor. His father was falsely accused of stealing millions in gold and Toofan is on a mission to clear his father’s name from the police records.

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HERA PHERI

Tuesday, August 18th 2009, 8:00 PM

One of the finest comedies by Priyadarshan with the hilarious trio – Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar and Suneil Shetty.

PHOOL BANE ANGAAREY

Wednesday, August 19th 2009, 12:00 Noon

Directed by: K.C.Bokadia

Starring: Rekha, Rajnikant

Genre: Action

Corrupt gangster Bishamber Prasad (Prem Chopra) gets Dutta Babu (Parikshit Sahni) killed. Inspector Ranjit Singh (Rajnikant), who has just got married to Namrata (Rekha), gets evidence against Bishamber. Bishamber gets Ranjit killed too. Namrata pledges to avenge her husband’s death. But when his inspector husband failed, can she succeed?

RAM LAKHAN

Thursday, August 20th 2009, 12:00 Noon

Directed by: Subhash Ghai

Starring: Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Dimple Kapadia

Genre: Action

Ram Lakhan is the story of two brothers with different views of life, Subhash Ghai style. Jackie plays an honest cop Ram while Anil Kapoor plays the conman Lakhan. Family bonds them together, but one day, the clash of ideologies throws them apart.

Some superb comedy and excellent music are the highlights of this film. Madhuri Dixit gives a flawless performance as Lakhan’s love interest. This film features the memorable song One two ka four, four two ka one.

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JO BOLE SOHINAAL

Friday, August 21st 2009, 8:00 PM

Directed by: Rahul Rawail

Starring: Sunny Deol

Nihaal Singh (Sunny Deol) is an honest and beloved constable from Punjab. A chance encounter with the criminal Romeo (Kamaal Khan) changes his life forever. Romeo is an unstoppable mercenary who moves from country to country in a wave of terror. When Nihaal Singh unwittingly aids the terrorist in his escape, Nihaal is labeled a traitor. He finds himself suspended from his job, ridiculed, and hated by his village. Meanwhile, Romeo has taken his merciless campaign to New York. Intelligence reports reveal that Romeo has entered the US in a plot to kill the President. Now, FBI are desperate to find Romeo, but the villain is a man without a face and therefore invisible. The only person who knows what the menace looks like is Nihaal Singh. The FBI recruits Nihaal Singh to come to New York and aid them in capturing Romeo. Guided by bilingual FBI Agents Bhatnagar (Thomas Tevana) and Kaur (Shilpi Mudgal), Nihaal hunts Romeo for the safety of America. He asks for one thing in return of Romeo’s capture: to bring the villain to his hometown in Punjab, thereby clearing his name and restoring his former glory

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TARZAN – THE WONDER CAR

Saturday, August 22nd 2009, 8:00 PM

Directed by: Abbas Mustan

Starring: Ayesha Takia, Vatsal Seth

Genre: Action

Raj (Vatsal Sheth) is a bright young man working in a garage owned by Kartar Singh (Amrish Puri in a great role). Priya (Ayesha Takia) is a young vivacious girl from London who is on a visit to India and falls in love with the likeable Raj. In the meantime, Raj picks up a dead and done car from the junkyard and transforms it into a great mean machine. The car can do anything, anywhere. Both, Raj and Priya, are in love with Tarzan, the car and love traveling in it. They have a few adventures on the way, which make the film quite interesting.

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ANARI

Sunday, August 23rd 2009, 4:00 PM

Directed by: K. Murali Mohan Rao

Starring: Venkatesh, Karisma Kapoor

Genre: Drama

Anari is the story of the relationship that blossoms between a naïve and innocent village youngster Raju (Venkatesh) and a rich girl (Karishma kapoor). Raju is a widow’s (Rakhee) son and a happy-go-lucky type. Karishma kapoor is the sister of three arrogant brothers led by Suresh Oberoi. How Raju gets matters sorted out forms the rest of the story.

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MAIN PREM KI DIWANI HOON

Monday, August 24th 2009, 4:00 PM

Directed by: Sooraj Barjatya

Starring: Hritik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor

Genre: Romance

A remake of the Rajshri classic Chitchor, Sooraj Barjatya directs this love triangle. Prem (Hritik Roshan) falls in love with Sanjana (Kareena Kapoor) when he comes to India on a business trip. Their love is shattered when they discover that Prem (Abhishek Bachchan) is the guy whom Sanjana’s parents have selected as Sanjana’s partner. The movie has music by Anu Mallik with melodies like Kasam ki kasam, Aaj main hoon, Bani bani.

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HUNGAMA

Tuesday, August 25th 2009, 8:00 PM

Directed by: Priyadarshan

Starring: Akshaye Khanna, Aftab, Rimi Sen, Paresh Rawal

Genre: Comedy

After Hera Pheri, Priyadarshan once again delivers a laugh-a-minute comedy. Paresh Rawal and his wife come to Mumbai from their village. However a series of misunderstanding brings the couple’s marriage on the verge of breaking. There is also a love triangle between Aftab, Akshaye Khanna and Rimi Sen. Paresh Rawal and Akshaye Khanna are brilliant in their roles and so is Rajpal Yadav. Easily the best comedy made in 2003.

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KHALNAYAK

Wednesday, August 26th 2009, 4:00 PM

Directed by: Subhash Ghai

Starring: Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit

Genre: Action

Police Inspector Ram (Jackie Shroff) manages to bring the notorious criminal Ballu (Sanjay Dutt) to justice. But he escapes while the Inspector is visiting his girlfriend, prison guard Ganga (Madhuri Dixit). To help her boyfriend regain his reputation, Ganga decides to go undercover to trap Ballu. She succeeds in doing this, but finds herself gradually being drawn to him. Watch out for an entertaining finale to see if the Nayak wins in the end or the Khalnayak. Croon with Madhuri to the most famous song of the decade, ‘Choli ke peechhe kya hai’

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CHANDAAL

Thursday, August 27th 2009, 8:00 Noon

Starring: Mithun C, Hemant Birje

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GURU

Friday, August 28th 2009, 4:00 PM

Directed by: Mani Ratnam

Starring: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Gurukant Desai (Abhishek) is the ambitious son of a small-time school teacher (Rajendra Gupta). After failing at school and earning his pessimistic father’s displeasure he travels to Turkey for work. There he does well, but opts to return home to work for himself. Home, and lacking enough capital to start his own business, he marries his best friend Jignesh’s (Arya Babbar) elder sister for her dowry money. The lady in question, Sujata (Aishwarya) has a tainted reputation, since she has attempted previously to run away with a lover. Now, “saved” by Guru, she becomes his loving and devoted wife. Guru embarks in his new business venture in the city with his wife and her brother (who is his partner), and thus starts his journey . . .

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TBA

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TAARE ZAMEEN PAR

Sunday, August 30th 2009, 8:00PM

Directed by: Aamir Khan

Starring: Aamir Khan, Darsheel Safary

Genre: Drama

An extremely touching story of a teacher and his dyslexic student, Taare Zameen Par has been the biggest blockbustewr of the year. . Watch out for excellent performances of Aamir Khan and Darsheel Safary, the child who won the Filmfare award as the Best Actor and several more accolades for his outstanding role in the movie.

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JAB WE MET

Monday, August 31st 2009, 8:00PM

Directed by: Imtiaz Ali

Starring: Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapur

Genre: Romance

This film that got Kareena Kapoor many awards is a heart-warming love story. The heartbroken industrialist Aditya (Shahid Kapur) meets the annoyingly talkative Geet (Kareena Kapoor) on a train. She irritates him no length but he ends up helping her reach home. On arrival, Geet’s family mistakes them for lovers, and their suspicion gets confirmed when they abscond together one night. Geet goes to her boyfriend in Manali from there, while Aditya returns home and becomes a successful businessman owing to his new found enthusiasm. How their separate journeys become one constitutes the crux of this film. One of the best love stories ever made in the history of Hindi Cinema.

The Return Of The Crazy Critic….

Believe it or not there was a time long, long ago when White really was a good critic, but those days are long gone. I’ve tried to figure out what the deal with him was and the only answer I could come up with, (and this may be a far fetched notion at best), is that White is racked with a self conscious fear about being a black film critic.

Granted there aren’t many of us around. Film criticism, is basically a white (yes, nerdy) thing. I go to film screenings all the time and there’s only me and, by the way, only one woman critic. And all the years I’ve been doing it there’s been only me. And usually the few black film critics that are around like that cheezing grinning “quote whore” Shawn Edwards who’s never seen a film he didn’t like (especially a black one no matter how awful)and whose knowledge of films doesn’t extend beyond The Empire Strike Back just to see his quote in the ads for the film.

White is desparate to show that just because he’s black no film, especilly a black film, gets a pass from him and that he’s worthy to be sitting in a screening room filled with white critics. He’s so deperate in fact that he goes towards the other extreme. If everyone loves a film he hates it, because, you see, he wants to show that even though he’s black he’s intellectually superior to everyone else. If all critics hate the film he’ll defend it, like he does with Tyler Perry movies, because everyone else is too stupid to see the brillance of his films that only someone of his superior intellect can see.

And of course it goes without saying that White ain’t getting any pussy and probably hasn’t in a very very very very long time. I mean ladies…would YOU want to deal with him?

But, despite being long winded, let’s go the the earlier point I made. Where are the female and black film critics? And I mean the serious, knowledgable ones not cooning “quote whores” like Edwards? In regards to women I agree with what Camille Pagula said when she was asked once why aren’t any great female classical music composers. She said for the same reason why there aren’t many female serial killers. The reason is because in order to be really good at something you have to be OBSESSED about it like how serial killers are obsessed about killing. It has to completely take over your life. We get obsessed over things. It’s our nature. We get obessesed about sports, guns, cars, porn (OOPS…sorry I was thinking about ME) Women don’t get obsessed about things like men do, unless as Pagula says, it about marriage and kids. To be a good serious film critic you need to be obsessed about movies. Every time I’m in the screening room and talking to the other critcs beofre the film begins we talk about movies. Not just what came out last week but MOVIES, from every period of every genre. We talk can about some of the most obscure movies you’re never heard of made 60 or 70 years ago. Why? Because were obsessed insane about movies and we’ve seen them ALL.

As for the lack of black film critics. it can’t be the lack of obssession. Men, black or white, gets obsessed about all kinds of things. But I really do believe it because seriously dealing with movies as an art form and not just as entertainment is seen as a “white nerdy” thing. And to go even father (HERE IT COMES…) any sort of intellectual persuit as seen as a exclusively “white nerdy” thing. I have always held the belief that deep down inside most black people believe that they’re not as smart as white people. The scret deep down self hating feeling of inferiority. That, for example, learning about movies, it’s history, it’s shifts in development etc., is too complicated for us to understand. So therefore no black film critics

WHEW! That’s it. I’m sure I’ve said enough for 500 angry responses ready to kick my ass for what I’ve just said.

Cinema of Fear Series 4 Now Available at Toys R Us!

I had heard a few weeks back that Toys R Us was gonna be stocking series 4 of Mezco’s Cinema of Fear series, but I was nonetheless still shocked when I walked into the local Toys R Us in my area and actually saw them sitting there on the shelf! In the past i’ve always had to wait for conventions or hit up specialty stores or the internet to pick up action figures like these, but it looks like they’re finally becoming more mainstream and I couldn’t be happier. Needless to say, being able to waltze into Toys R Us and see an action figure of ‘Roach Girl’ from Dream Master perched on the shelf just about made my year. I picked up afformentioned Roach Girl but before we get into her, lets take a quick look at the other two figures in the Cinema of Fear series 4 line.

We’ve got Jason Voorhees from Friday Part 3, complete with axe, machete, severed arm, and an alternate head :

Vishal Information Raises Money Via GDR, Eyes Acquisition

Vishal Information Technologies Ltd (VITL), a Chennai based BPO company in data archival and e-publishing space, will acquire a firm based in the Nordic region. Without disclosing the name of the target company,  VITL said that it will fund the acquisition via money raised through GDR (Global Depositary Receipt) issue. VTIL believes that the acquisition will help the company to boost its sale and increase the turnover by Rs 20 crore and profit by Rs 3.60 crore, it said in its communique to the stock exchange.    VITL added that the target company is one of the leading solution providers of flexible software system that processes invoices electronically. It provides solutions to over 75 companies in multiple locations of the region.   VTIL has been in the domain for the last eight years and offers services including data digitization & conversion, e-publishing, digital library solutions and print on demand (POD) conversion. Its clients are government and semi-government organizations, large and medium sized companies, NGO’s, Universities, publishing houses and legal entities.   VTIL, a $13 million company with offices in Mumbai and Chennai, has posted a revenue of over Rs65 crore in the financial year ended by March 31, 2009, up from Rs40 crore in the previous fiscal. The company also achieved net profit of over Rs15 crore, up from Rs12 crore in the previous fiscal.   The company plans to increse its authorised share capital of the company from Rs20 crore to Rs30 crore by creating 10 crore new equity shares of Rs1 each. The company has raised Rs1.60 crore through GDR issue in the month of March 2009.    VITL also runs three subsidiary companies that include fund accounting service KPO Basiz Fund Service Pvt Ltd, online publisher Coral Hub Online Services Pvt Ltd and Tutis Digital Publishing. Coral Hub Online Services is going to launch its online book store in september 2009 to cater to Rs 3500 crore Indian book market.  In August 2008 Basiz Fund Services Pvt Ltd has  recieved $2 million (Rs 8.5 crore) in funding from NEA-IndoUS Ventures.

யானை விவகாரம் -மணிரத்னத்திற்கு பிராணிகள் நல வாரியம் நோட்டீஸ்!

யானை தந்த அதிர்ச்சியை விட பேரதிர்ச்சியை கொடுத்திருக்கிறது பிராணிகள் நல வாரியம். ராவணா படப்பிடிப்பில் யானைக்கு மதம் பிடித்து பாகன் பலியானார். இதை நேரில் பார்த்த ஐஸ்வர்யாராய் உள்ளிட்ட ஒட்டுமொத்த யூனிட்டே இன்னும் மிரட்சியில் இருக்கிறது. இந்த மிரட்சியில் மேலும் கொஞ்சம் அதிர்ச்சியை அள்ளி போட்டிருக்கிறது நல வாரியம்.

சினிமாவில் மிருகங்களை பயன்படுத்த வேண்டும் என்றால் பிராணிகள் நல வாரியத்திடம் முன் அனுமதி பெற வேண்டும். இவர்கள் சார்பில் படப்பிடிப்பு நடைபெறும் இடத்திற்கு ஒரு மருத்துவர் அனுப்பி வைக்கப்படுவார். படப்பிடிப்பு முடிந்து சம்பந்தப்பட்ட பிராணியின் கால்ஷீட் முடிகிற நேரத்தில், அது நல்ல கண்டிஷனில் இருக்கிறது என்ற சான்றிதழை அளிப்பார் மருத்துவர். இந்த முறையை யார் பின்பற்ற தவறினாலும், சென்சாரின் போது சிக்கல்தான். தெரியாமல் தலையை கொடுத்துவிட்டு, மண்டை முழுக்க பிரச்சனையை பூசிக் கொண்ட ஏராளமான முன் அனுபவஸ்தர்கள் இங்கேயே இருக்கிறார்கள்.

பி.ந.வா கேட்கிற கேள்வி இதுதான். எங்கள் அனுமதியில்லாமல் காட்டுக்குள் ஒரு யானையை கூட்டிப் போய் நடிக்க வைத்தது எப்படி? இதற்கு விளக்கம் வேண்டும். ராவணா படத்தின் இயக்குனர் மணிரத்னத்திற்கு இப்படி நோட்டீஸ் அனுப்பியுள்ளதாம் பிராணிகள் நல வாரியம். இதை சட்டப்படி எப்படி எதிர்கொள்வது என்று தனது வழக்கறிஞர்களை கலந்தாலோசித்து வருகிறாராம் மணி.

‘மணி’ நினைச்சா முடியாதது என்ன இருக்கு?

-டெர்லின் மன்றோ