Selasa, 06 Januari 2015

Small-town boy, shape-shifter, comedian: meeting Adil Hussain

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[ Did this profile of the actor Adil Hussain for Man’s World magazine. I’m undecided about Hussain as a screen actor – have seen him in a ...
Senin, 29 Desember 2014

PK as a reworked Bawarchi, Aamir as oracle, other thoughts

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For anyone who has been left fatigued by Aamir Khan’s messiah persona in films like 3 Idiots and Taare Zameen Par as well as in television...
Sabtu, 27 Desember 2014

On Anurag Kashyap’s Ugly - power struggles, mindgames and innocence sidelined

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One of my favourite Anurag Kashyap-directed scenes (and one that is a lot of fun to watch and discuss with students) is the chase through th...
Sabtu, 20 Desember 2014

Film-magazine archives: more Deven, Jayalalithaa and Sharmila, Jaya and Amitabh

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A few things I recently found in early-1970s issues of Filmfare and Stardust . First, as a continued tribute to the great Deven Varma , here...
Rabu, 17 Desember 2014

The joker and his disguises - Raj Kapoor as innocent and masochist

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Raj Kapoor , whose 90th birth anniversary was earlier this week, is a polarising figure for many movie buffs. Even those who don’t much care...
Sabtu, 13 Desember 2014

Talking of Muskaan (and those who talk about her)

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[ Did this review for The Sunday Guardian ] “I’ve always liked the idea of breaking rules, doing stuff that raises eyebrows, but suddenly I ...
Senin, 08 Desember 2014

Hindi cinema and the Anglophone viewer: MK Raghavendra on the new Bollywood

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[ Did this review for Biblio ] Conversations involving movie buffs who grew up in the 1980s often touch on the divergence between the mainst...