Ek Main aur Ek Tu trailers (updated)

Images from the Avengers (updated)

Spielberg to remake the Ten Commandments!

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It is regarded as one of the greatest movies in Hollywood history. But it looks like even Charlton Heston’s The Ten Commandments is not beyond the current trend of Hollywood remakes, with Steven Spielberg close to agreeing with Warner Bros to direct. According to Deadline.com however, the ET film-maker is hoping to give his version of the story of Jewish prophet Moses a far different spin to the 1956 version.

The Agneepath Dossier

[I am collecting all my older thoughts on Agneepath here. These were often parts of longer notes or posts, sometimes on this blog, sometimes on Bachchan's. Hopefully the contexts are clear in each case though in a few instances I've let the comments run longer to make them more comprehensible. I've also collected these notes into 'sets' for greater thematic continuity.]

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1) Perhaps this is the best way to approach the film. In rewriting deewar it converts the latter into opera! But it is a problematic moment in the film. And again the Deewar reference is obvious. The hero who must go through such a test of fire to become properly ‘mythic’.

2) Deewar is re-imagined in Agneepath. In a crucial scene Vijay suggests that the ‘writing’ on one’s forehead defines ultimate victory in life. A destiny shaped by an invisible inscription.

3) Agneepath is one of the most iconic Bachchan moments at this point but I think this film too is somewhat dry and doesn’t really have the ‘passions’ of masala. Of course Bachchan here is such a force of nature that he goes beyond mere terms like ‘performance’ and ‘screen presence’. ‘Explosive’ seems to be a term of restraint for what he is here. Having said that there is a ‘risk’ to this performance and I am unsure whether the pay-off is always there. I always like to say though that in some ways this is Bachchan’s most searing character after Lawaaris or rather this is what Heera from the latter film would have become had he not been reconciled with his father at the end!

Talaash trailer

thanks to Ami..

Talaash digital poster

thanks to Bliss..

Images from Jodi Breakers (updated)

Agent Vinod trailer

thanks to Jay..

Images from Agent Vinod (updated)

Image from Bol Bachchan

thanks to Amit Pandey..

Oscar predix

This is rushed, but I just had to come out with a list, if not detailed, of the films and artists that I believe will make it to the Oscar shortlist when the nominees are announced later today. So here goes, the films and artists I think will get nominated based on the Oscar season noms & wins , the Critics’ awards and general traction.

 

Best Picture

• THE ARTIST
• THE DESCENDANTS
• DRIVE
• THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
• THE HELP
• HUGO
• MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
• MONEYBALL
• THE TREE OF LIFE
• WAR HORSE

Bridesmaids could very well make it to this list, in which case The Tree Of Life looks most likely to make way for it. If they choose to go with just five nominations this year, then the ones italicized should exit. I predict The Artist to take this home eventually.

Agneepath, the rest of the box office

last week’s thread

Agneepath and The Legend of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan

for Vijay ML..
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“Vruksh ho bade bhale,
ho ghane ho bhale,
Ek Patra chhah bhi mang mat, mang mat, mang mat,
Agneepath, Agneepath Agneepath.”

Long long time before Bhiku Mhatre said Mumbai ka Don kaun in Satya and Malik from Company played dirty games to ‘dhanda hai par ganda hai’, there was a man called Vijay Dinanath Chauhan(VDC), who ruled Bombay. But for him ruling Bombay was not important, his sights, vision & energies were occupied to one small village called Mandwa. I don’t know if it even exists but his energies were channelized to conquer that place for a promise that he had given to his mother and thereby starts a fascinating crime and relationship journey into the minds of characters in this movie.

Jodi Breakers trailers (updated)

Shala trailers

Film critic Nikhat Kazmi passes away…

SM provides this sad news…
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Times of India’s film critic Nikhat Kazmi lost a bitter battle with cancer on Friday morning. Narayani Ganesh, her longtime colleague and Editor of The Speaking Tree pays her a tribute.

When I went up to Nikhat in her cubby hole on the third floor with the proposal that she write for the new ‘happy’ Sunday newspaper that was to launch soon, she didn’t bat an eyelid. “Sure,” she said, smiling. “How many words do you want and what’s the deadline?” And so the very first issue of the Sunday Speaking Tree on February 28, 2010, was launched with Nikhat’s story as its lead.

Zhang Yimou’s the Road Home

satyam, alex, mp, jay, everyone on this blog – i want u all to see a chinese film (with eng. subtitles) “The Road Home” and i do expect a long piece from satyam and all of you on it….if one is a true cinema-lover – it would be a crime not having watched this movie at-least once in life. One of the purest and most beautiful movies I’ve ever seen in my life.

It is available on youtube in parts and any DVD store would have it ….starring zhang ziyi….. here is a song (rather trailer) of the movie (the song is not in the film)…

Avengers trailers (updated)

Salman Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan Most Trusted Bollywood Brands

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Salman Khan is the most trusted cinema personality in India, leaving behind Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan.

According to a research report titled ‘The Brand Trust Report, India Study, 2012’, Salman Khan, who delivered two box-office hits – Ready and Bodyguard – last year, has been voted as the Most Trusted Cinema Personality in India. The Bollywood actor has also ranked third in the overall personalities list, only after social activist Anna Hazare and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.

Agneepath trailers (updated)