Commented on matwalaboy's review
Oct 17, 2005 08:31 PM
reading only after few paragraphs bcoz as usual it is so verbose and lucid..but then, how can you wirte so much on an ad??...beats me..but then, excellent job as usual..urs was the first revu i read after abt six months and it feels so refreshing..few points though..well noticed fact that car makers... are suddenly looking upto up market DINK (Double income no kids) couples away from the usual family segment..plus alto is something maruti is heavily betting on to take on santro and indica now that good old days of 800 are over..btw, which new cokme ad r u talking abt..the toyota innova ad with four aamirs is superb..Read More
Reviewed Arth - Hindi
Feb 15, 2005 06:11 PM
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(Updated Feb 15, 2005 06:23 PM)
Watched Arth the other day. This movie brought a certain Mahesh Bhatt to the limelight and as Mr. Bhatt himself has accepted, Arth is an odd adaptation of his personal relationships. The adaptation becomes all the more ironical because his amour, Parveen Babi died few days back and what with the...Read more
Commented on mbfarookh's review
Feb 15, 2005 05:18 PM
on one of the modern greats..i did play a lot of TT in school and college ..had a decent backhand and an awful forehand return :((
And abt the state run sports hostels of China, I can assure that entire scandinivia is not very different..although these nations are highly sufficient, the policies ...are highly socialist which sponsors every child's education and state-adoptation of talented ones..this all i have derived from first hand experiences of living there..
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Commented on mbfarookh's review
Feb 15, 2005 05:18 PM
on one of the modern greats..i did play a lot of TT in school and college ..had a decent backhand and an awful forehand return :((
And abt the state run sports hostels of China, I can assure that entire scandinivia is not very different..although these nations are highly sufficient, the policies ...are highly socialist which sponsors every child's education and state-adoptation of talented ones..this all i have derived from first hand experiences of living there..
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Commented on Cousin2's review
Feb 15, 2005 05:08 PM
Tolstoy is a master when it comes to waving complex tales around complex characters..i have read Anna Karenina in parts and liked it a lot..btw, one small querry if Anna means 'wife of' why do even unmarried girls keep the name..i have met few unwed russians whose first name is Anna
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Commented on ady348's review
Feb 15, 2005 04:59 PM
Raj Kapoor could make grand socialist statements using the kaleidoscope ..no wonder he was an icon across the communist East Europe and China, people in those parts of the world still identify India with Raju ..as Mrs Medha has said, he gave lifes ideals to many and gave them reasons for survival..
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keep penning
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Commented on Sushama's review
Feb 15, 2005 04:51 PM
As Dr saab already pointed out Pran's real name is not Sikandar Bhakt (Sikandar Bhakt was infact a senior BJP leader who died recently)..another interesting trivia, Pran refused to accept the filmfare for best supporting actor in 1971 when the jury refused to give Ghulam Mohammed the best music awar...d for Pakeejah, since he was a pakistani citizen..he was the epitome of old-school goodwill, the generation that mixed well and appreciated finer nuances of each others culture.
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Commented on own review
Feb 15, 2005 04:40 PM
bharat5: thx for the inspiring words..even I would like to see him go behind camera again..
munir: Yeah, he is a complete artist. Actually there can be only one Gulzar, forever; whoever follows will have sky high standards to matchup to. Thx for RRCing.
King: Absolutely agree on the depth part.....most of his songs innocuosly simple on first look, but the depth catches on progressively . And ooopss..for the mistake..i am correcting it soon..thx for rerevuing..
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Reviewed Gulzar
Feb 15, 2005 12:38 AM
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Kabhi toot gaya, kabhi toda gaya
Sau baar phir mujhe joda gaya
Yunhi tut tut kar, yunhi lut lut kar
Bajta hi raha hoo main
[Chor Machaye Shor, 1974]
Words are funny things, under mediocre writers they are ephemeral and colloquial, under strong pen wielders they surcharge the emoti...Read more
Commented on Somelogic's review
Feb 15, 2005 12:05 AM
to Harsha Bhogle, ESPN-Star for infusing sparks in the dead engine called indian hockey..and to you as well, for spreading the good word..well the tangibles are already showing up..we finally discovered a penalty corner specialist, Len Ayappa and offcourse it was a treat watching Sohail Abbas, the ...maestro playing with our seniors
Good revu..kepp penning
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Commented on diver's review
Feb 14, 2005 11:57 PM
With all due respect to your choices (and sad that it doesn't match mine) , i think that there's a degree of inconsitency in your ranking..i think Veer-Zaara is as good as (or ad bad as) MHN and Khakee
or that Swades or Lakshya has more entertainment value than Phir Milenge..btw, agree fully ...on Dhoom, the only original movie making concept of the year... nice revu overall
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Commented on criminal's review
Feb 14, 2005 11:46 PM
'Khushboo' could've been a masterpiece but for the acting (or the lack of it) of the main protagnists..i honestly felt Hema Malini was too wooden at times and Jitendra, as you said when he isn't jumping around, is hardly alive..but hats off to Gulzar for putting faith on them..
Nice elaborate rev...u..keep penning
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Commented on evil_ot_to_live's review
Feb 14, 2005 11:29 PM
But hope you haven't confused the sexuality of Madame Sharma..'coz there's an altogether different category for worst actresses..
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Manash
Commented on manoj101's review
Feb 14, 2005 11:19 PM
Sorta confused as to what to rate..anyway that's a tertiary and mundane exercise given the fluidity of your content..
Btw, what did the old partially deaf uncle hear?..i m really curious, some real bad hard-on for the poor fella huh
HVD ka parv mubarak ho..
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Manash
Commented on indian1969's review
Feb 03, 2005 11:36 PM
You are absolutely right when you quote abt Jews,Cambodia, Rwanda etc..the US and USSR are second class powers and history is testimony of that..
Ironically, Germans don't have Hitler anymore on their textbooks..they are very reluctant to acknowledge that something as deplorable as holocaust happ...ened bcoz of their forefathers..wish we could wipe-out Babri Masjid and Godhra from our memories
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Commented on swarajmishra's review
Feb 03, 2005 11:21 PM
Pretty comprehensive and neat..one minor correction: Sujata was composed by S D and not Salil Chaudhary..Bimal Roy is undoubtedly the best storyteller of Indian cinema
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Manash
Commented on mariner2's review
Feb 03, 2005 10:55 PM
and welcome back..
corrections: it's Kongkona (not Konica) Sen..
and secondly, they probably do it million times more in Monte carlo..Bombay probably is nothing..Money still buys everything and India still has a pitiable exchange rate :))
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Manash
Commented on gia25's review
Feb 03, 2005 07:48 PM
Very valid points there..however, one aspect that bothers is that there is no real organic growth in the sector..also, very marginal value-add to other sectors of the economy..unlike say FDI in telecom which has just boomed up underground cables and routers business..the only people profiting are th...e sumowalahs who have contract with the agencies..
additionally, at micro level, there's not much value addition to the individual..one doesn't get exposed to various organizational aspects as in a normal job..IMHO, it's a a big facade where you are happy till the mulah keeps coming..
my 2 paise
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Commented on Faerie's review
Jan 28, 2005 11:40 PM
then they would've said thank you for enlightening us..:)), just trying to be lyrical..
The movie was much ahead of its times..Honey Irani wrote a master script and every character was so unforgettable..however, one contention, it would be really bemusing if we had reverted the scenario that is l...et the younger man marry the older woman..indians are patriarchal to the root, we just can;t visualise an older woman going around with a younger man..perhaps that's what stimulated Yash Chopra to let Anil Kapoor marry the younger Sridevi..
Another thing, in Yash Chopra movies, it's this whimsical punju sidekick who always delivers the punch..be it Vijay Khanna (Shahsi Kapoor) in Kabhi Kabhi, Anupam Kher here..this character will have such a on-your-face demeneaour that one's forced to self-introspect..maybe always an extension of the filmamaker hinself..
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