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 18:39 | 19/Nov/2007
Surreal lunacy with a fun filmmaker
When you write a negative review, there is almost always backlash. Most of you who have read me before do thus realise I'm not the most popular man in Bollywoodland -- to say nothing of Rediff's messageboards -- and there are filmmakers who loathe me, having taken a review too personally.Anyway, last week I wrote a column about Anurag Kashyap and h... more...
 14:42 | 20/Aug/2007
How Rahman, Amitabh made me hurl
We've all worn white, flown dashboard tirangas and wished India -- and Saleem Sinai -- a Happy 60th.It's just that the Bharatbala ads, those well-produced and seemingly endless black-and-white celebrity-stuffed variations of a slowed down Jana Gana Mana, are getting on my nerves. For all their noble intent and neat execution, I don't want to have t... more...
 22:07 | 19/Jun/2007
Refresh your Die Hard memories
Die Hard 4.0 is coming up in about a fortnight. And this brilliant song recaptures all the yipee-ki-yay glory of Bruce Willis' John McClane. The song is by these guys called Guyznite, and you can hit their site and buy an mp3. Great job, dudes. "And we know what the basic gist is: There ain't no Allen, and it's not Christmas." Wow. more...
 15:00 | 9/May/2007
My most awaited film this year
Well, suuure it was Spider-Man 3 . And while we leaped aboard the bandwagon to create a super-exhaustive Spidey site , the film tragically turned out to be a dud . Still, do explore the Spider-site, it's fun and the wiki should keep you going. As of now, onto absurdly funnier things. I can't wait for July: more...
 17:56 | 30/Mar/2007
My first short.
So after massacring Bollywood week after week, some folks at NDTV thought it clever to make me actually do something.  So they handed me a fancy Nokia phone (never buy anything from that firm) and asked me to shoot a short film. The 2 minute film, and an interview with yours truly looking uber-nervous was on NDTV's Cell Guru.  Here's a youtube link... more...
 12:54 | 29/Mar/2007
An evening of cinematic contradictions
Or just another Tuesday night in Bombay.An upmarket Bandra drinkery the other night saw some filmmakers launch the Indian Independent Filmmakers Worldwide, a coalition dedicated to furthering the cause of independent filmamking.Ketan Mehta and Sudhir Mishra, apparently be hosting the event, had called on Oscar-winning costumier Bhanu Athaiya and Na... more...
 15:41 | 6/Feb/2007
What's the big Bloody deal?
Okay, Leo's been robbed.The Oscars always do this. A star's risen to superlative levels, so they must cut him down. Especially a good-looking star. It happened to Clooney last year, as all his Good Night, And Good Luck efforts merely resulted in an ill-deserved Supporting Actor win for Syriana.This year, Leo's up for Best Actor. Not for The Departe... more...
 13:31 | 1/Dec/2006
Is Hrithik Bollywood's future?
You do realise they could have made Dhoom:2 for much less money, right? They coulda left out Abhishek, Uday and (while the Baywatch scene is priceless) Bipasha, skimped on hiring a director or a scriptwriter, and even used the same music as last time. All that all-gloss film really needed were the clothes, and a good cinematographer focussing onlye... more...
 16:14 | 12/Sep/2006
The real Million Dollar Movie, baby!
C all me a nostalgic nutter, but this is something I'm kicked about. Well, enough to want it to come much sooner than promised anyway. Sly Stallone should be around forever. That theme music is enough to justify the franchise still existing. But I'm probably too biased -- what's your take on Rocky Balboa   ? more...
 16:31 | 8/Aug/2006
Tarantino & Rodriguez unleash posters
Okay, so Grind House has been delayed. Again. And there might be casting issues, which is something I don't get: if Quentin Tarantino and Robert Sin City Rodriguez are going hog wild with a slasher-zombie film together, you cut your arm off to be in the film, even as a barely-visible corpse. Period. Entertainment Weekly ran a brilliant interview wi... more...
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 hemanta480@r... | 12:00 | 15/Aug/2007
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Poem from Hemanta
                                                Arunachal There you are.At the end of a coaly loco journey,An upturned trident of an obscene century.Hem of luminous morning sun-Arunachal.Like a sweet young thing spilled onA dome of tortuous phallus.Whose after rape rags are thereStrewn among grasses that once wereLittered with night-blooms ofThe Go...  more...
 Yogesh Parmar | 17:31 | 21/Sep/2007
Friends: (1)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Writing, Singing,...
The Rhapsody of Twenty20
To be sure, I have been sporting a lotterywinner’s smile this past week. Occasionally, despite being myself. Andno, it’s got nothing to with the fed rate cut. The closest it gets tothat eye wash is that it is in both cases reforms at its incrediblebest. While the former is a false placebo that can last only so long,my smile is thanks to cricket aga...  more...
 sameer sinha | 14:43 | 8/Nov/2007
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Who is best Tcs , Wipro OR Infosys
Who is the BEST - Infosys, Wipro or TCS? One day, three consultants, one from Wipro, one from Infosys and onefrom TCS, went out for a walk. "Why don't we prove who is the best among ourselves?"Why not, said the other two. The Infosian said "Let's have a test. Whoever makes this monkey laugh, works for the best firm". Being a pure logical strategist...  more...
 ashok Iam | 16:14 | 7/Feb/2007
Friends: (2)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: sports, movies, n...
Rocky Balboa - Watched it finally
More than a month late but finally it was released in India. I was there the first day, of course. The movie does work. For fans like me who refuse to acknowledge that there ever was a Rocky V, this was not that bad. In my opinion the first hour was a little too slow. I know he was trying to establish that Rocky was alone and trying to find a purpo...  more...
 Tushar A | 15:49 | 7/Dec/2006
Friends: (23)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Music, Movies, Co...
Jokes Galore
Here are some jokes. WARNING: Some of them are explicit so please dont proceed if you can not take them ******************************************************* *One day a man calls his wife from his IDEA mobile his call gets cross connected to some other lady.They still keep on talking..they start liking each other..and finally they get married. wha...  more...
 Joseph Antony | 02:53 | 13/Dec/2007
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" TOOTHACHE"
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 Barmy Sagacity | 21:19 | 19/Jun/2007
Friends: (32)  | City: Boston  | Interests: Books, Music, Mov...
Thou shalt not ramble on
Okay, I agree I don’t have real content here to talk about. But then, I don’t make sense most of the times anyways and that has never stopped me from blabbering. So I ramble on….. I work in the IT industry and needless to say I have to deal with a lot of desis. Now, that has lots of perks. You get to hang out with buddies and fellow Indians. You ge...  more...
 Divs Rags | 12:39 | 8/Feb/2007
Friends: (54)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Music,Romance,'n'...
We're not going down! (Without a fight)
At least I'm moving forward... I stand before, a road that will lead, Into the unknown. At least unknown to me. I want to go, but I'm paralysed with fear. Fear of a choise, where the outcome isn't clear. Nooo, but still I gooo. And I take, the first step of a million more. And I'll make mistakes I've never made before. But at least I'm moving forwa...  more...
 Monica Lal | 23:07 | 4/Oct/2006
Friends: (137)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: Internet, money
Another good guide on earn money online
You want to be rich? You have an internet connection? You have a home computer?What are you waiting for?Here I am to share my experience with you. How I made money. Imagine earning over USD 4000 per month sitting at home. Only thing you need is a personal computer and a stable internet connection!Now a gift - a site containing the most comprehens...  more...
 Anil Goel | 12:28 | 13/Dec/2007
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Can Maruti make car bombs?
Brainstorming exercise for fiction writers.Can someone stop Maruti Udyog if they decide to manufacture car bombs? Here's the thought... We go through security checks at airport or at important places where too technology and people are able to scan us for 'known' threats...in most cases electronic items are usual suspects as are metallic devices an...  more...
 Aniruddha Ray | 09:19 | 11/Jul/2006
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5 Must Reads...Before You Die
They say there is a Novel inside all of us waiting to take birth someday... Everybody dreams about it through a protagonist (like a mirror to themselves) and look at the world through their eyes...Everyone writes a story ...a hundred times in their minds..(and only some of them see the light of the publishers day..but then thats a separate story)As...  more...
 Udayan Roy | 09:45 | 24/Aug/2007
Friends: (192)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: Astronomy, Astrop...
Loose to gain
It's better to loose your EGO to the one you LOVE, than to loose the one you LOVE because of EGO .                                                               -------- John Keats.  more...
 India Sixty | 11:41 | 23/Aug/2006
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India, a million mutinies, still
Nine years ago, when India celebrated 50 years of independence, I joined hundreds of other girls from Sophia College, where I was studying then, and dressed in the tricolour, we marched from Breach Candy to Azad Maidan, carrying flags, singing patriotic songs and revelling in the spirit of freedom. When I look back, it's possibly the best morning I...  more...
 seeniraj siv... | 20:59 | 3/Dec/2007
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மூச்சĬ...
குசேலĪ 5;ாக இருந்Ī 0;ாலும் குபேரĪ 5;ாக இருந்Ī 0;ாலும் சந்தோī 9;மாக வா&#...  more...
 Shilpa Patil | 19:17 | 28/Aug/2007
Friends: (21)  | City: Udgir  | Interests: Movies, Music, Bo...
Chak De!! India
On 14th Aug '07 I watched Chak de! India...And Wow!! What a wonderful movie to watch on the eve of Independence Day...Celebrating freedom of Indian women....Bravos to Shah Rukh Khan for agreeing to act in such a movie which had no Box Office appeal and Yash Raj films for making such an unromantic movie...I don’t remember when I last loved a Yash Ra...  more...
 deepika asudani | 16:36 | 6/Jan/2007
Friends: (24)  | City: Bhopal  | Interests: dancing,singing,s...
LIFE
MOST PEOPLE DON'T DISCOVER WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT UNTIL JUST BEFORE       THEY DIE.WHILE WE R YOUNG WE SPEND OUR DAYS STRIVING AND KEEPING UP WITH SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS.WE R SO BUSY CHASING LIFE'S BIG PLEASURES THAT WE MISS OUT ON THE LITTLE ONES ,LIKE DANCING BAREFOOT IN A PARK ON A RAINY DAYWE HAVE TALLER BUILDINGS BUT SHORTER SHORTER TEMPERS MORE ...  more...
 steve thomas | 19:17 | 10/Aug/2006
Friends: (81)  | City: Kottayam  | Interests: music,reading,bro...
Volcanic Eruptions
Eruptions Mayon Volcano overlooking Legazpi AirportMayon is one of the 22 active volcanoes in the Philippines: Babuyan Claro, Banahaw, Bulusan, Mount Biliran, Bud Dajo, Cagua, Camiguin de Babuyanes, Didicas, Hibok-Hibok, Iraya, Mount Iriga, Mount Kanlaon, Leonard Kniaseff, Makaturing, Matutum, Musuan, Mount Parker, Pinatubo, Ragang, Smith Volcano, ...  more...
 Reshma Thakkar | 20:33 | 1/Dec/2007
Friends: (1863)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: drawing,reading,s...
HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS
Happiness and success are two concepts intertwined with one another. These are two of the most important ingredients that would eventually define a person’s life. If one would think about it, happiness and success are two things that are relative to a person’s point of view since these are dependent on one’s ideologies. Happiness and success relate...  more...
 sunil nair | 20:06 | 15/Jul/2006
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astroteller
hi,   ny body view this i invite their comments on wat they think abt astrology n their doubts,experiences ,information etc  more...
 Krishna Reddy | 23:42 | 2/Sep/2007
Friends: (295)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Art of Living, Sw...
Art of Living friends from Pune
Clips from Pune trip Nov 2006 Pictures of myself ( Krishna Reddy ), Sunita and Art of Living Pune gang including Harshal Jadhav, Omkar Nissal and Archana. The trip included a visit to Okayama garden (Asia"s largest Japanese garden), Kadakwasla dam, Khanapur orphanage and Omkar"s birthday party.  more...
 amit khanna | 14:03 | 2/Sep/2007
Friends: (166)  | City: Lucknow  | Interests: Baying at the moo...
The journey back home
The more I travel the more I get to know myself. If given an opportunity I would readily exchange my unearthly work hours with a life of a nomad.Of course that is not possible, taking into consideration my financial status which is nothing to crow about. Maybe later, when I have some money in the bank I will take a year off and go train spotting. A...  more...
 Rajneesh Anand | 17:27 | 20/Sep/2006
Friends: (7)  | City: jammu  | Interests: Trekking, Music, ...
Religion
I am Hindu by birth. But I can also say that I follow no religion in particular. I do not pray and am a sort of non-beleiver. If there is an all powerful God, I don't think he requires our prayers to fulfill our wishes. He is supposed to be all knowing and guiding us all the time. So why pray? We treat him the way we treat other fellow humans. But ...  more...
 Sumana Mannem | 10:51 | 23/Jul/2006
Friends: (1)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Reading, Dancing,...
I've grown up.....atleast sort of
This is my first blog ever please bear with me :-)I'm a self confessed movie buff and watch movies in english, hindi, telugu and sometimes even tamil.I must confess at some point I would watch movies because it had my fav star in it. Though I would confess the movie was bad, my expectations about the movies were always high. But with the more movie...  more...
 Mahe R | 02:22 | 25/Oct/2007
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Jai Jai Communists of India
Its been a long while since my last appearance on the Iland space, though unintentional.I could not resist, when I came across this piece of news that said : " five out of 17 nuclear power plants have been shut down for want of fuel", but say Jai Communism. Long live Communist party of India ( M), Communist party of India(a), Communist party of Ind...  more...
 Sukanya Verma | 00:20 | 29/Jan/2007
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Enough on Abhishek-Ash!
The New Year kick started with news – breaking news, but of course. The world and its living room is occupied betting Shilpa Shetty’s chances of winning Big Brother, even though most of us haven’t even seen the program. Not to mention how, now, even the most ignorant fellow-around-the-corner has an opinion about the Abhishek-Ash match. Indeed, we h...  more...
 Arindam Chat... | 11:19 | 1/Feb/2007
Friends: (64)  | City: Serampore  | Interests: Life in itself.
Confessions - II
Raju … is an old friend. If I can recall it right - I remember him from my days in a Nursery School called Sishu Aakash somewhere in South Calcutta. Hence, he was the person there whom I had known for the maximum numbers of years now. Not that we were the best of friends but somewhere we both were proud to know each other for such a long time now. ...  more...
 Licensed Pirate | 07:16 | 13/Dec/2007
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E-Mail Error
It's wise to remember how easily e-mail can be misused, sometimes unintentionally, with serious consequences. Consider the case of the Illinois man who left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his ...  more...
 Utpal Datta | 23:05 | 21/Oct/2007
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May Latest Poem LONG DRIVE
Sometimesit’s wonderful to go out on a long driveYou, I anda few complex moments that can mould us into dreamsWe’llrelease a few words that we’d held captiveAnd letourselves be in their bondageOn thedriving-seat your forehead is beaded with sweatI hold yourhand; it’s not touch by courage We traversethe city-glamour replete with coloured sences of a...  more...
 janus janus | 18:03 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (259)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: Music, cooking, t...
Bees saal baad
I think it’s the time for re-runs in my life! Last year I embarked on a road trip down south and visited places that I had not been to for 20-odd years. And in a week’s time, I will be visiting another country which I last saw 20years ago. A lot has changed in India in the meantime, and in life. I wonder what kind of changes have happened in a coun...  more...
  | 14:40 | 27/Apr/2006
Friends: (28)  | Interests: Movies , Stocks
Guess Who ?
One Hint .. If you can relate the pic with this song .. you have got the answer .."What would you do,If I sang out of tune,would you stand up and walk out on melend me your earand I'll sing you a songI will try not to sing out of key(oh baby now) have a little help form my freinds(all I need) have a little help from my friendshave a little help fro...  more...
 Dheeraj Khanna | 21:15 | 19/Aug/2007
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The Bourne Series...... download now!!
The Bourne Ultimatum has turn out to be huge this summer in Hollywood. So I thought, why not give a tribute to that great spy-master Robert Ludlum who created Bourne and made him a delicious character, an anti-thesis of James Bond.So I give you the The Bourne Trilogy. Now available for download.Go ahead, get ready for a thrilling ride.Downloand the...  more...
 Siddarth-The... | 19:59 | 22/Oct/2007
Friends: (135)  | City: Madurai  | Interests: Anything under th...
At 10.40 pm
At 10.40 pm are you thinking of me?Or are you thinking of the other person who betrayed you At 10.40 pm are you level headed?has the spirit left you enchantedto leave the bitter taste behind to a sweeter paletteto kill the person who did all the stuff to you with a machette At 10.40 pm are you sane ?Are you attempting to jump out of the window to f...  more...
 Saurab Basu | 23:29 | 2/Apr/2006
Friends: (9)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Interested in spo...
Australian GP - FIA post-race press conf...
1. Fernando Alonso (Renault), 1h 34m 27.870s2. Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren), 1h 34m 29.699s3. Ralf Schumacher (Toyota), 1h 34m 52.694s. Q: Fernando, I guess Giancarlo’s problem before the start opened up the first corner for you… Fernando Alonso: In a way, yes... It was a little bit difficult with Jenson because he did a good start, so I guess if Gianc...  more...
 Prithviraj H... | 22:27 | 10/May/2006
Friends: (173)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: Cricket and news
Gag, gag, gag!
What's with the BCCI?Virender Sehwag says he misses Ganguly, says the Indian team plays too much cricket, he is gagged. The BCCI warns him not to speak on such issues.Sachin Tendulkar has his first net in months. The media is not invited. When they land up they are asked to shoot for afar.So TV has a sideways angle of Sachin playing a few shots. So...  more...
 jasmeet singh | 11:29 | 5/Oct/2006
Friends: (37)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: swimming, wrting
The Hand behind...
I must have been three when I first sat on the handle bar of my dad's Hero cycle. He had installed a small seat so that my derriere would be cushioned against the unavoidable bumps on the road. I would sit wide eyed holding the front bar feeling the breeze hit my face as we would ride to Juhu beach every Sunday. This was our weekly ritual; a treat ...  more...
 Nikhil Mahajan | 12:19 | 2/Mar/2006
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Taxi No 9211
Full on time pass! Well, well, well... Bollywood is growing up. With Lagaan it grew 3 yrs old... with Swades it grew 4 yrs old... 5 with RDB and... Happy birthday Bollywood... It just turned 6.Taxi No 9 2 11 rocks and how! Treading into a totally unconventional and new territory, 9 2 11 transports us into Bombay... the way it is. It starts straight...  more...
 Amit Agrawal | 23:11 | 6/Dec/2007
Friends: (255)  | City: New Delhi  | Interests: hayaa aur hayaat
kahin koyi
kahin koyi manzil chhupi to hogikahin koyi aas dabi bhi hogikaise chudaoon apne haathon se lahoomere jurm ki panaah kahin to hogibaar baar hai beshumaar hai kehta hai dilhar baar dil ki sada tum tak pahunchi to hogidin guzar chuka hai raat bhi rawaan hogiis shabe gham ki bhi to koyi subah zaroor hogichalta jaaoonga jab talak na milegi mujhesaahil k...  more...
 Priyanka Jain | 21:00 | 15/Sep/2007
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Buddha has come
Buddha has come home. I am at peace.  more...
 Jahan Bakshi | 12:24 | 13/Oct/2007
Friends: (174)  | City: Sibsagar  | Interests: Cinema, reading, ...
Laaga Yashraj Ka Daag
[Originally published on PASSIONFORCINEMA.COM]Even the little droplets of hope that one had left after watching the decidedly bizarre promos of Laaga Chunari Main Daag are mercilessly dashed to the ground. The Yashraj stamp (or rather, stain) is so ostentatious and evident in Pradeep Sarkar"s second film that no amount of Surf Excel- or even Lux, w...  more...
 gullu gupshup | 15:30 | 4/Jan/2007
Friends: (7)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: movies, gossip, p...
SAAWARIYA
Oh! Not Again.Gullu has just heard that Saawariya film is based on some Hindu-Muslim love story. The film marks the debut of Rishi Kapoor's son Ranbir Kapoor and Anil Kapoor's daughter, Sonam. I only hope it does not turn out to be a boring film like Dahek of Akshaye Khanna and Sonali Bendre. (Someone please correct me if I am wrong in mentioning t...  more...
 Vijayendra M... | 13:46 | 24/Jan/2007
Friends: (42)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: comics, reading, ...
Am watching Power Rangers. First SPD and now Mystic Force. Kind of addictive.  more...
 Oscar Blog | 18:56 | 5/Mar/2006
Friends: (6)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: oscar awards, blo...
Last-minute Oscar predictions
The Oscars are a few hours away, and I'm giddy about the fact that I've seen all five nominated films, and a lot of the others. It's been a really interesting crop of relatively smaller films this year, and here's what I think: The Films: In descending order, my rating for the films this year are: Brokeback Mountain, Good Night, And Good Luck, Cras...  m