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I promise somewhat irregular posts on (in no particular order) Indian politics, cinema, and anything else that catches my fancy... Why "Qalandar"? So-called "liminal" religious traditions are a particular interest of mine, and "qalandar" is the sort of untranslatable, ambiguous, yet enormously evocative word that for me touches upon and articulates the experience of the sub-continent's "little" traditions in a particularly memorable way...not to mention the fact that in popular lingo the word has more than a merely religious/spiritual connotation, and can mean a bunch of other things, including a smart alec, wannabe, what-have-you...

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Qalandar | 4 | September 14, 2009 at 11:48 am | 300 views | Videos| Share


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  1. pardesi 14 September 2009
    12:07:43 pm

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    Thanks Qalandar, does not say much, but somehow it reminds me of the road portions of Darjeeling Limited.

  2. Qalandar 14 September 2009
    03:17:01 pm

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    Perhaps that’s it — I too felt that this was VISUALLY reminiscent of something I’d recently seen, but couldn’t put my finger on it…

    speaking of “little” movies, has someone seen “Baabarr”? Please review!

  3. rks 14 September 2009
    03:52:06 pm

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    “speaking of “little” movies, has someone seen “Baabarr”? Please review!”

    If you consider this as micro mini review :)

    I believe you will like the movie for what it is and good supporting casts. I believe it is based on true events because the places and backdrop are very real. Only thing I didn’t like was some outlandish action scenes.

    ps: It has contemporary political references in Mayawati, Mulayam and of course Amitabh’s line “UP Mein Hai Dum!” .

    ps1: Check “Yeh Mera India”

  4. rks 14 September 2009
    04:01:19 pm

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    Baabarr: A violent tale of a don of Kanpur

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