Mr. Mohan Siroya, veteran journalist sent me his views and review on IFFI 2009.
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Fame and peace can never be bedfellows. You invite fame into your life and tranquility bids you a hasty farewell. Fame, the fugacious guest, surreptitiously hides behind it infamy, which monster like grows with each breath of adulation , waiting to expose its gargantuan self at the appropriate time. The latest victim is Om Puri [...]
Insiders from the industry were fully cognisant of the fact that piracy was the handiwork of popinjays involved directly with the film. ‘Camera prints’ an outdated version where films reached theatres before pirated prints began making the rounds into viewers homes, was anachronistic. Today is the time of Tuesday prints with a Friday release or [...]
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In response to the present circus underway named ‘Election’, sharing a few well deserved laughs!! No offense meant..purely in jest.
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Sometimes inadvertently one recalls moments from films that seem to have been deeply ingrained in ones subconscious. Not necessarily those that inspire , yet they have made a dent. On the other hand there may be songs that leave one numb with emotion or romantic to the core, as the situation may be, when one [...]
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The easiest and tragically perhaps, the most conformed trait of humans is to denounce even without personal gain. A trait most often ventured in ‘reviews’ so to say, of films without a ponderous thought on what actually goes into the making, the effort of the team sired by the Director and most of all an [...]
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Feel vindicated to quite an extent since some of us had been discussing in much the same vein at NG . Great analysis.
“Middle India is cock-a-hoop over its surrogate triumph at the Academy Awards. The eight Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire — three of these going to a couple of true blue Indians — for a [...]
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An article by Khalid Hassan, USA based Pakistani writer who seems to have successfully shorn off traditional prejudices born from religion and propoganda. Well articulated, heartfelt lament..must read. ‘Thinkers’ on the other side are not lost yet. If bi-lateral relations were to gain any sort of momentum it could only occur with such analytical minds, [...]
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Discussions on Ng included comments on a similar score. As mentioned therein, lack of political will for obvious reasons blazed the fire, when extinguishing it was not just the crying need of the hour but also attainable.
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It was shocking to hear the news of an attempt to suicide by Varsha Bhosle journalist daughter of Asha Bhosle (link). Initial reports flashed over the electronic media clearly spoke of her admittance to Jaslok hospital following an overdose of sleeping pills. Subsequently Doctors and the print media have tried to avoid terming it [...]
An image of The Amarnath Cave and the Lingam as it is ordinarily.
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Mr. Mohan Siroya writes directly for “SACHINITI” from the festival precincts in Goa and gives us his first hand account..Interesting!
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Spoilers ahead
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Guru Dutt..the mere mention of the name conjures up a memory of those eyes, which seemed piercing but simultaneously hypnotic, romantic, questioning therefore, melancholic.They were as if making an assertion of having seen it, lost it as well, realising en route. the futility of it all !
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A friend, who is also a film maker, enquired of me conspiratorially, prior to the release of the film ‘Guru’ as to what were my reactions to the promos or rather what were the expectations from the film. The pre- release buzz which surrounds a film based on rather nebulous criteria, word of mouth gossip, [...]
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Sure does leave you speechless..if not ‘wordless’…as the title suggests.
At the outset, expectations from the film pre-viewing, were not something to write home about. RGV’s reprising failures, a major contributory factor. However, one’s hopes were pinned on the decision making process of Amitabh Bachchan, which leads him to accept/reject a script and consequently his compliance [...]
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There are films that entertain you and then there is a film like ‘Water’ by Deepa Mehta which moves you and shames you at once, for belonging to an ethos which conforms to the barabarities portrayed via the story of widows, perhaps sequestering,therefore further criminalised , ages ranging from eight to eighty.
Dhoni is one of the best wicket keepers now. Dont complain about the few dropped catches. He has caught some ...
Lalit Modi tweets..
"" Uk figures for viewership on itv already 10 times that of setanta last year. Fantastic ...
1 more held in fake IPL ticket 
btw - from the FI numbers MNIK has done 68-68.5 cr in 4 weeks in India.
BOI is already 5 cr ...
Well, a universally accepted repeat-watch movie from Hrithik IMO would make way more than 60cr. 
Housefull has a 'Pirates of the Caribbean' connection
A lot is heard and said about monkey business. Mostly referred to ...
Fox bought MNIK for 98 crores for all rights exept music rights.
Its known all along since last six moths.
Anyway lets ...