Anil Dharker

http://www.dnaindia.com/opinion/column_colour-of-shame_1359492
Many accusations have been hurled at MF Husain, especially in the recent past. The latest one suggests that he has done something reprehensible by accepting Qatar citizenship. This would be laughable if it weren’t so outrageous. All you have to do is to look at what’s happened in the last 15 years.
Yes, it’s been [...]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/mar/08/oscars-2010-kathryn-bigelow-women-in-film
Oscars 2010: is Kathryn Bigelow’s victory a win for women?Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to win an Oscar for best director. But is Hollywood really changing?
After every Oscar ceremony, observers traditionally attempt to distil a zeitgeisty trend from the proceedings, and the one available here would appear to be obvious. Yesterday, on International Women’s [...]

Starring: Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone, Ram Kapoor, Shefali Shah
Director: Vijay Lalwani
The single-most important challenge while attempting a thriller is to keep it engaging till the end. On that count, Karthik Calling Karthik most definitely succeeds. It makes for edge-of-the-seat entertainment and the suspense is maintained throughout. This itself should be as a triumph of sorts [...]

Decent article that points at how the film may not have realised its goal of reaching out to an international audience. I also agree with him about Karan Johar’s direction being extremely ‘heavy-handed’ throughout
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/54/201002212010022102043622be51ce0/Why-MNIK-can%E2%80%99t-cross-over.html
Karan Johar’s My Name is Khan is uni-dimensional, as it loses the nuances of the fabric of America, especially in its simplistic [...]

http://sandhyai.blogspot.com/2010/02/review-my-name-is-khan.html
What happens when you try to take a leap higher than what one’s legs allow? You obviously fall. With My Name Is Khan, Karan Johar tries his hand at a subject that he is clearly not equipped to handle. But like an overzealous eater who orders too much without judging well his appetite and [...]

Shiv Sena attacks cinemas due to screen ‘My Name Is Khan’
Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) Shiv Sena activists Tuesday attacked several places that will screen Shah Rukh Khan’s “My Name Is Khan”, barely an hour after Mumbai Police assured full security at the 63 cinemas and multiplexes that will showcase the movie.
Sena mobs attacked [...]

Ok, the countdown begins. Twitter is buzzing with reactions for the film. So far one negative response from Sagarika Ghose (CNN-IBN) against several positive ones – though mostly from stars and others of the Kjo-Srk camp. So where is this highly anticipated film heading?
Likely Scenarios

Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Vidya Balan, Arshad Warsi
Director: Abhishek Chaubey
Rating: **1/2

There is a cliché about how some filmmakers get so consumed with getting the look of their film right, working towards that perfect camera angle and shot, that many a times the soul of their film is lost. Vishal Bharadwaj, for some time now, has been [...]

A bit late in the day, but still…:-)
Music Composers: Shankar-Ehsaan- Loy

If there’s one thing that has been a constant with Karan Johar, it has been his terrific music sense. His has a ready, keen ear for breezy, peppy chart-busters — It’s Time To Disco or Kaal Dhamaal, You are My Soniya, Rock N Rock [...]

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Siddharth, who made a splash with Rang De Basanti, returns with Striker again. He talks to Sandhya Iyer on why he stayed away from Hindi films all this while and how he has enormous hopes from Striker
Siddharth, as the brooding cynic in Rang De Basanti, became an immediate sensation when the film released in [...]