Barfi trailers (updated)
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SATYAMSHOT 
July 2, 2012 at 9:40 AM
This is a very good teaser. Loved the BGM here and both Ranbir and Ileana are in top form. Anurag Basu seems to be back in the zone
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July 2, 2012 at 9:46 AM
Ileana’s ‘top form’ is only about looking great! On which score she hasn’t failed so far!
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July 2, 2012 at 9:48 AM
LOL. But Satyam there are not many in South who are better than her currently, certainly not nayantara, Tamannah, Anushka etc
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July 2, 2012 at 9:57 AM
I’m not sure about that. I’d take Shreya saran over her for example. I like Ileana a lot but she still belongs to a nymphet category. Admittedly this has been a trend in the South where many others are also like her (Tamannah, Samantha) or perhaps in the ‘sex bomb’ category (Nayanthara) or occasionally one bleeds into the other over time (very bad choice of words I know..).
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July 2, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Jyothika, Priyamani and Amala Paul are all good actresses- but Shriya Saran is probably the only one who has both talent (acting/ dancing) and the glamorous sex appeal. I can’t stand Samantha- Tamannah is not a bad actress- but she looks quite odd IMO- if she didn’t have such pale skin she wouldn’t be considered that attractive.
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July 2, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Actually i liked Tamannah somewhat in Ayan. Hate Shriya Saran- she looks ‘hideous’. quite like Anushka Shetty- much preferred her to Sonakshi in RR original
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July 3, 2012 at 8:01 AM
I can understand not liking X or Y, but to say that Shriya Saran is “hideous” is quite an astounding judgment. Wow.
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July 2, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Also trailer of Rajat Kapoor and Ranvir Shorey’s new film- “I Am 24”-
directed by Saurabh Shukla-
A stellar cast- Rajat Kapoor, Ranvir Shorey, Manjari Phadnis, Neha Dhupia, Vijay Raaz and Lilette Dubey
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July 2, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Like the trailer a lot. There still seems to be some channeling of Raj Kapoor in terms of Ranbir’s characterization and certainly the score. Have never really found Ranbir’s attempts in this sense convincing.. he too seems to always run the perennial Bollywood risk of ‘earnestness’ coming off as ‘mental slowness’. It’s the sort of thing that will get him great reviews though. But really like the visuals here (could have done without the ‘be happy’ et al tag lines).
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July 2, 2012 at 9:54 AM
will say though that actual earnestness is rarely understood or liked by Bombay critics. Here the classic recent example is Abhishek in D6. Some reviewers like him here but they were of course in the minority. On the other hand the major US critics praised him in the film even when the didn’t much care for the film itself.
The problem is that ‘earnestness’ cannot be too showy otherwise it loses itself. there has to be something understated about it. Some of Bachchan’s stuff in the 70s had this quality. Not consistently because he often didn’t have that chance but moments from Do Anjaane come to mind.
There is of course the Raj Kapoor ‘simpleton’ school of earnestness but this was always so inflected by way of Chaplin that it is a hard mode to repeat. Ranbir in fairness does suggest some of his grandfather’s ‘goodness’ (for want of a better word) when he does this act but the difference is Raj Kapoor’s far greater spontaneity in this sense (at least before it got exaggerated a bit over time). He always came across a very ‘universal’ in just the way that Chaplin did. But more to the point here he never ran the risk of seeming ‘mentally challenged’ in the same sense. Ranbir did get the balance right in moments of Saawariya but not everywhere. Partly not his fault as unlike D6 these are ‘showier’ parts. But as I said earlier this is not a very easy pitch to find as a performer. And again his kind of deal will always get more praise with the Indian critics.
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July 2, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Agrred Satyam. BTW Do Anjaane remains my favourite Bachchan romantic film. Also that was the 1st time i saw Rekha ‘act’
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July 2, 2012 at 8:41 PM
On the whole earnestness debate I forgot an obvious example. Note how Ranbir’s own father did ‘earnest’ in Bobby. That was a superb performance. One of the most accomplished debuts of Hindi cinema. Sadly Rishi never quite got the parts commensurate with his talents. A victim of historical forces in many ways.
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July 2, 2012 at 8:54 PM
Yes, bobby is one of the few films where i have liked Rishi (my fav act of his is Khoj)- otherwise i could not stand him- but somehow even in bobby, dimple’s debut became more popular though rishi’s was easily the better performance-i never liked dimple too- she was the queen of hamming and made a terrible pair with bachchan in Ajooba. Always thought Shashi was much better than him.
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July 2, 2012 at 8:56 PM
“otherwise i could not stand him’
That is a SIN! How is it possible not to like him! Incidentally he has one of the most brilliant comic acts in AAA. If you want to see an offbeat film of his check out Ek Chadar Maili Si.
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July 2, 2012 at 9:12 PM
I actually think Shashi Kapoor is pretty underrated. Didn’t help that some of his most memorable films had him opposite Bachchan at the top of his form. Having said that, Rishi is the most natural Kapoor actor there was, to my mind. He always seemed very comfortable in front of the camera. Agree with Satyam that if he had gotten better parts he could have been “greater”, certainly could have pushed himself beyond a certain image he cultivated over time.
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July 2, 2012 at 9:00 PM
“sadly Rishi never quite got the parts commensurate with his talents. A victim of historical forces in many ways.”- Satyam if u remember even Shashi at a point of time was getting some run-of-the-mill roles so wisely decided to branch out and do those terrific Nihalani, Benegal and Merchant-Ivory films. Rishi could have also done the same but he foolishly chose not to and was stuck in the rut embarrasing himself in films like Deewana and Bol Radha Bol (where he looked rather obese).
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July 2, 2012 at 9:06 PM
Satyam, not being able to stand Nic Cage is also a sin…LOL. Liked him in AAA. Actually preferred him over Khanna whom i otherwise like a lot. Will try to see Ek Chadar- i have read the Rajindar Bedi novel of the same name on which the film is based. But sadly Rishi’s filmography even pales in comparison to Shashi’s- the performances of Shashi in New Delhi Times, Kalyug and Junoon (to name a few) are much better than anything Rishi has done imo
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July 2, 2012 at 9:12 PM
It’s sacrilege to compare Cage with Rishi Kapoor. What’s the world coming to?!
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July 2, 2012 at 9:10 PM
Those two films you mention were towards the end of his career as a lead. Admittedly he started developing a weight problem relatively early on like all the Kapoors but he was one of the very spontaneous actors around. On Shashi the thing is he was always connected to the whole Merchant-Ivory scene because of Geoffrey Kendal and his wife. That’s how he got his introduction with Shakespearwallah and so on. Later on he of course produced Junoon and Kalyug. I think his wife was a powerful influence on him. But that was never Shashi’s principal career. He did tons of commercial films for throughout the 60s and 70s. He never left anything for that alternative stuff. Rishi never had comparable chances. Now admittedly he somehow never became a part of the middle cinema of the 70s, this seems surprising. But his opportunities were overall very limited. After the early 80s especially he was just surviving doing what he could. Tawaif incidentally is a wonderful film of his from ’85. a few years later he was also part of Dutta’s Hathyar. And again he made a superb pair with Bachchan in all the Desai films.
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July 2, 2012 at 9:19 PM
But Satyam Hathyar is such a good example where Rishi played a ‘third’ lead to Dutt and Dharam. And i respect ur opinion but on Nic Cage i am with the Academy and Roger Ebert (who finds him one of the greatest actors alive)
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July 2, 2012 at 9:30 PM
And how can it be that u have never liked Cage. This means that u r overlooking performances like Wild At Heart, Raising Arisona, Adaptation, Leaving Las Vegas and even some very late ones like Matchstick Men, Weather Man, Lord of War and Bad Lieutenant : Port of New Orleans
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July 2, 2012 at 9:32 PM
I’m not saying he’s a bad actor but I don’t find his persona appealing at all. In fact I find him quite off-putting for the most part. Of course I don’t quite see the great actor in him that Ebert does but hey senility affects everyone!
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July 2, 2012 at 9:36 PM
I find him quite superb in Ghost Rider. Specially when his face is on fire.
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July 2, 2012 at 9:40 PM
LOL, Satyam, that’s harsh but hilarious.
Loved Cage in the Herzog film and more recently in Kick Ass. He’s most effective when he’s playing off-the-wall, batshit crazy.
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July 2, 2012 at 9:49 PM
Agreed GF. loved his ‘big daddy’ act in Kick Ass. Actually my fav bizarro turn of his was in that superb John Woo film Face Off- found him much more effective than Travolta
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July 2, 2012 at 9:52 PM
I thought Travolta did a number on him here!
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July 2, 2012 at 9:56 PM
Oh I completely disagree there, Saurabh. Travolta owned Face-Off, and put Cage completely in his shade. Particularly as the “bad guy” Travolta was a delight. He’s always been a great villain actually, even in a disposable (but fun) action film like Broken Arrow.
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July 2, 2012 at 10:14 PM
GF you may be right abt Travolta in Face Off but somehow i found him too OTT there. But yes loved him in Broken Arrow- he took Slater to school in every scene. Actually in recent times i really liked Travolta in “from paris with love”- he was the only good thing abt the film. But again he irritated me with his hammy act in Taking of Pelham 123 where i found Denzel so much better than him
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July 2, 2012 at 10:33 PM
Denzel’s too good to allow Travolta to take him over, but I liked Travolta in Pelham a lot, and that’s actually one of my favorite action films in recent years. Much as I liked the original with Walter Matthau, I felt like this film had much more to say about New York, and with this and Unstoppable you had two films from Tony Scott that had working-class men (both played by the same actor) facing off against a corporate villain. That subtext and its relevance to current American history is easy to appreciate.
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July 2, 2012 at 10:47 PM
GF, that’s a fine point u made regarding the depiction of working class in the 2 Scott films. though i am not a fan of the new Pelham, i loved Unstoppable- a thriller in the ‘old-world mould’ without any cheap plot-twists. Infact i really loved Scott’s visual style in Pelham- the swish and pans and so on (do not know what is the exact term for it- somehow reminded me of stylish camerawork in Mann’s Miami Vice)- Tony Scott IMO is one of the best director in action-thriller genre. his Topgun was an ace film
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July 2, 2012 at 10:07 AM
“Like the trailer a lot. There still seems to be some channeling of Raj Kapoor in terms of Ranbir’s characterization and certainly the score. Have never really found Ranbir’s attempts in this sense convincing.. he too seems to always run the perennial Bollywood risk of ‘earnestness’ coming off as ‘mental slowness’. It’s the sort of thing that will get him great reviews though. But really like the visuals here (could have done without the ‘be happy’ et al tag lines).”
Completely agree with everything you’ve said here- although the last time he channeled Raj Kapoor/ Chaplin was during his debut film- and he has imrpoved greatly as an actor since- so he might be able to pull it off this time.
I’m very unsure about the commercial prospects of this film though. And Illena’s simple, natural beauty here is a refreshing change from Bollywood’s plastic overload.
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July 2, 2012 at 10:11 AM
Actually he channeled that energy during APKGK too. BTW i adore Illeana- i love this ‘nymphet’. And again Priyanka has taken up a challenging role-
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July 2, 2012 at 10:11 AM
but this is the sort of thing the media will lionize. Doesn’t have to be a big success. If it’s just decent enough it will be celebrated. On Ranbir improving from his Saawariya days on the point I’m referring to I actually don’t think there’s much difference between him there and in Rockstar. of course the Rockstar ‘simpleton’ is less ‘nice’ as a character so it’s not the same thing but this was in any case a problem I had with the Rockstar performance (elsewhere Ranbir was fine).
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July 2, 2012 at 10:11 AM
Nice Trailer ….Ranbir seems to be doing the Saawaryia act once again…..will probably go Khamoshi way……..
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July 2, 2012 at 10:18 AM
A charming, old school trailer.
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July 2, 2012 at 1:02 PM
” BTW i adore Illeana- i love this ‘nymphet’.”
This anecdote might interest you then- my mother’s friend is a Tamil movie producer/ financer- she was involved in of one of the movies Illena acted in- and she was warned that Illena was terribly egoistic and difficult to work with.
But once she worked with Illena she realized that she was actually a very simple, naive girl without any pretensions or duplicity- and because she did not flatter/ flirt with/ pander to the ego of the powerful men in the industry the way most other Kollywood actresses do- she was percieved as headstrong and arrogant.
Apparently she was so sweet to everybody on set- one of the character actors was an elderly woman who was playing the role of the mother in the film- and she couldn’t eat the food on set because she had diabetes and other health problems- and apparently Illena (who herself ate a very low-fat, bland homecooked diet) would bring the lady a dabba of food from her house everyday! And she would always instruct the spotboy to hold the umbrella over that lady’s head, give her a chair to sit on when there was a lot of waiting between takes etc.
And this is a lady who has the most cruel/ scandalous stories to tell about most other Kollywood actresses- so Illena really must be an exceptionally nice person.
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July 2, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Looks very Good , loved the BGM here . My most awaited film this year along with Talaash . Unforunately both of them caters to multiplexes only so quite skeptical about their boxoffice run . Hope both of them does well.
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July 2, 2012 at 1:55 PM
Shailesh Kapoor @shaileshkapoor
I think we react more enthusiastically to promos these days than to the actual films to which those promos belong
This statement is so true. The promos get rave reviews in the media and social media. Then the movie still flops. This reminds me too much of that Sean Penn movie – “I am Sam” or whatever it was called where it was obvious he was trying for awards.
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July 2, 2012 at 3:02 PM
Is everything rip-offs?
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July 2, 2012 at 3:16 PM
Raiders and even the other Indiana Jones films (even the last, atrocious one) were precisely referencing these adventure serial films from the 30s and later on. Lucas and Spielberg were always very clear that this was the idea. So don’t think there’s really a question of ripping things off here. There are uncannily similar moments (and just as many that are a stretch) in this “comparative montage” but I don’t think this amounts to plagiarism.
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July 2, 2012 at 3:18 PM
But nevertheless a fun watch. Makes me want to see Raiders again!
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July 2, 2012 at 3:03 PM
That was Shot-by-shot comparison of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” vs. scenes from 30 different adventure films made between 1919-1973
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July 2, 2012 at 3:11 PM
Pulp Fiction — Sam Jackson’s “Bible Quote” Is from a Sonny Chiba Film
Tarantino movie plots are usually like his soundtracks: an eclectic selection of scenes from older movies (usually from the ’70s) and put in a different order. However, if there’s one thing that’s 100 percent original about his films, that’s his dialogue — that combination of profanity, Seinfeldesque observations and intricately worded threats of violence sort of makes all the cinematic thievery OK, because no one but Tarantino could write that shit. As Tarantino’s biggest fanonce put it, “There’s a poetic quality to my dialogue.”
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“‘Shit’ rhymes with ‘tits.’ See? I’m a poemer.”
And easily one of the most famous lines of dialogue in a Tarantino movie ever is the scene at the beginning of Pulp Fiction where Sam Jackson delivers a menacing recitation of a made-up Bible passage (a combination of the real Ezekiel 25:17 and Psalm 23) right before killing a guy who in all likelihood would have died anyway a few seconds later out of sheer terror.
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Yes, I am going to recite all this.”
Who Did It First:
As Tarantino himself admits in the very same interview where he says his dialogue is like poetry, the whole monologue is lifted almost word-for-word from the intro for a 1976 Sonny Chiba movie, The Bodyguard.
Holy shit, it’s the exact same speech Sam Jackson said, except they replaced “the Lord” with Sonny Chiba’s name in the movie (fair enough). Although it’s conveyed through a Star Wars-like text crawl instead of a Jacksonian shout, the menacing inflection of the guy reading the text is pretty much the same.
This intro is only present in the English version of the film, which is the one Tarantino saw. Presumably he also saw the ’80s TV series Shadow Warriors, where Sonny Chiba’s character has a habit of lecturing his enemies about good and evil before killing them, just like Sam Jackson’s hit man character in Pulp Fiction.
So the question is: Why didn’t Tarantino just cast Sonny Chiba? He actually did … in Kill Bill, as sword-maker Hattori Hanzo.
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July 2, 2012 at 10:32 PM
Well if anyone remembers in Tarantino written “True Romance”, Christian Slater’s character is a fan of Sonny Chiba’s films and is actually shown watching one in the theatre when Patricia Arquette meets him for the 2nd time
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July 2, 2012 at 10:21 PM
wah kya music hai. agreed on GF’s comment above that it is an old school charming trailer. love it. very much looking forward to this movie.
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July 2, 2012 at 10:38 PM
Liked the trailer. interesting!
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July 2, 2012 at 11:37 PM
Good moring Satyam ji, Nice to watch Barfi promo, Super Like. Thanks a lot.
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July 3, 2012 at 1:10 AM
Is this a silent film?
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July 3, 2012 at 1:38 AM
LOL Tony, Ranbir plays a ‘mook-badhir’ (deaf and dumb) guy here and Priyanka is playing a mentally-challenged girl. BTW u have been missing. Alex keh raha tha ki gharwaalo ne aapki shaadi karadi
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July 3, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Lol.. no.. not so soon…
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July 3, 2012 at 7:04 AM
not too keen on this one
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July 3, 2012 at 8:00 AM
Nice trailer, although it has a lot of Italian cinema baggage. But I like the visuals, and it has Ileana in a sari. Ohhhhhh, heart be still.
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July 3, 2012 at 1:37 PM
from the trailer launch:
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July 4, 2012 at 1:47 PM
LS:
Some pics of Barfi cast here–and I agree–Ileana is good-looking. Priyanka doesn’t look hot compared to Ileana. Ranvir looks good.
http://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/photos/ranbir-kapoor-priyanka-chopra-ileana-barfii-trailer-launch
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July 3, 2012 at 1:40 PM
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July 3, 2012 at 6:04 PM
What were they thinking?
At an event, Ranbir Kapoor showed just how cheeky he could get, when he grabbed director Anurag Basu for a ‘lip-lock’ in full view of the media
Mehul S Thakkar
Posted On Wednesday, July 04, 2012 at 03:29:59 AM
That Ranbir Kapoor is a spontaneous actor is known. What became obvious on Monday is that the actor can be equally spontaneous while playing the media. At an event to promote Barfi!, Ranbir was quizzed about his comfort levels while engaging in a lip- lock with Ileana D’Cruz.
Rather than answer the question, the actor simply turned around and grabbed Anurag Basu, and engaged him in a make-believe lip-lock! While the actor took everyone by surprise, including Basu, what followed, not surprisingly, was a roar of applause from the media.
Promptly, Ranbir took the microphone and said that as an actor, one has to do one’s job … if you believe in the scene, you have to do it. PeeCee and Siddharth Roy Kapur too could not help but burst out laughing at the act.
Basu confessed to Mirror that he was caught completely unawares. “Ranbir is spontaneous at everything, and the point he was trying to make was that kissing acting nahi hoti, natural hoti hai,” he said, adding, “While shooting, the entire team was like a big boys’ hostel. But that day I didn’t know he was going to play such a prank on me in full view of the media.”
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July 3, 2012 at 6:05 PM
you can see this in the video above..
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July 4, 2012 at 2:43 PM
sooo i can’t seem to make a comment anymore…
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July 4, 2012 at 2:43 PM
and nevermind…i guess its working for me again. thought i got banned or something. lol.
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July 6, 2012 at 2:49 PM
The dress, music gives me the feeling of ‘1942 A love story’ though 🙂
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July 9, 2012 at 9:31 AM
For all the ‘Ileana’ fans, here is her new film with Allu Arjun and Sonu Sood titled ‘Julayi”
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August 4, 2012 at 11:42 AM
Alex:
Seems ranbir (and even Mohit chauhan) are continuing their promise (from rockstar)
Ps: was initially doubtful but this girl seems to be doing alright -forgot her name ..
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August 4, 2012 at 12:25 PM
This may not have worked with a lesser actor or a less charismatic presence but Ranbir seems to have nailed it.
One thing to note is even if he is handicapped, he doesnt come across as mentally challenged which often is the case when Bolly stars try to play a handicapped person.
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August 4, 2012 at 12:30 PM
based on the trailers this looks to be an easy success (for this sort of genre). if the director lives up to the promise of the trailers and depending on release date (competition et al) this could be a very significant grosser.
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August 4, 2012 at 1:03 PM
What’s especially helpful with having Ranbir here is his physical gifts. This really looks like it needed someone who is a bit of a “dancer” and not in the Hrithik sort of way but more in the Govinda vein, if that makes sense. He just seems like a very “active” and comical presence in the classical (even silent) sense. And it’s true – with another actor I probably wouldn’t be looking forward to this at all.
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August 4, 2012 at 2:07 PM
Agree but is not so much dancing as much as physicality and body language and it helps that Ranbir is rather nimble on his feer. He brings out the impishness of the character rather well.
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August 4, 2012 at 10:39 PM
“What’s especially helpful with having Ranbir here is his physical gifts. This really looks like it needed someone who is a bit of a “dancer” and not in the Hrithik sort of way but more in the Govinda vein, if that makes sense. He just seems like a very “active” and comical presence in the classical (even silent) sense. And it’s true – with another actor I probably wouldn’t be looking forward to this at all.”
Great comment GF- I agree completely.
I’m really looking forward to this film now- I only hope that this light, charming, whimsical tone will be maintained throughout the film and that it will not turn into a saccharine melodrama about a love triangle between 3 handicapped people in the second half.
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August 5, 2012 at 5:22 AM
“that it will not turn into a saccharine melodrama about a love triangle between 3 handicapped people in the second half.”
Typical Amy 🙂
How about a ‘cocktail’-disabled /’special needs’version…haha
Ps: no offence/derogatory intent to handicapped !
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August 4, 2012 at 1:14 PM
Btw sometime back Satyam or someone introduced me to this heroine and furnished some south Indian songs as an introduction/taster
Can’t find em-Satyams : do u have some ‘illustrative’ songs of her from south Indian films as a ready reckoner
She seems to be standing her ground opposite two competent performers -ranbir and the gifted Priyanka
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August 4, 2012 at 1:24 PM
Standing one’s ground opposite Priyanka is about as difficult as standing up.
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August 5, 2012 at 12:39 AM
This one’s for you Alex: One; Two.
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August 5, 2012 at 5:20 AM
Thanx qalander –ya its ileana!
Could never see the ‘charm’ in Shriya saran and many others, but can see why ileana is popular -though she doesn’t seem the typical ‘buxom’ south Indian heroine
A welcum addition to Bollywood, though my concern is : has she joined Bollywood a little late in her career-not sure her age etc..
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August 5, 2012 at 5:39 AM
The curious case of a-sin
This mention of ileana reminds me of a-sin ( though there are lot of differences in her ‘appeal’ from Ileanas supposedly.
Now imo a sin (more than) proved her acting credentials in her first outing itself ie ghajini!
As far as I can count: a sin has given about 3 big hits (100 crore plus hits) atleast in Bollywood
It’s amusing how she still hasn’t really made it to worthwhile stardom effectively…
Maybe her roles have been inconsequential but still…
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August 4, 2012 at 1:35 PM
Yes: I ‘stand by’ that statement!
Priyanka chopra IS a very talented female actress…
Though her ‘inconsistent’ looks/ lack of luck and her off-screen ‘activities’ (wih SRK) have affected her professionally..
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August 10, 2012 at 8:14 AM
Have liked both music videos so far. The visuals haven’t been as impressive as on the first longer trailer but the music is quite appropriate for the quirky feel of the movie.
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August 10, 2012 at 8:26 AM
I feel like Ranbir is overdoing the quirkiness in this trailer- feels like a rehash of SRK’s ‘austism’ act in MNIK. Illena’s cuteness feels too forced as well- but she looks so gorgeous here.
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August 10, 2012 at 8:56 AM
Ami I completely agree with u and great to know that u like her too.I am a huge Ileana fan and have had a big crush on her since I first saw her on a flight 3 years back- i wanted to ask her for her autograph but was too shy. And if i had my way I would have asked her out there and then on the flight itself (not kidding). In any case i am planning to become a full time Ileana stalker
Basically Ash+Madhuri+Katrina+Hema+Shobhana+Shriya= Ileana
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August 10, 2012 at 9:08 AM
This film adds one thing missing from Ileana’s repertoire: a bengali sari. I heart that look.
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August 10, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Saurabh- I am not a huge Illena fan or anything-but I do think that she has a very unique, appealing beauty.
And the graceful styling and sweet, whimisical tone of this video really bring out her delicate good looks in a way that her raunchy sex bomb avatar down South does not.
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August 10, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Though I quite adore Ileana I would love to see the Ileana that fits your description sometime!
Then again you add Katrina to that list and I suppose her insipidity is enough to reduce the beauty quotient elsewhere. So she does offer course correction for Ash and Madhuri and Shobhana and so on!
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August 10, 2012 at 11:41 AM
any idea how I can convince Illena to meet my mom 🙂
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August 10, 2012 at 1:18 PM
Ya …. Get Idea 😛
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August 10, 2012 at 1:42 PM
LOL,Bliss.
Tony,
You want her to meet just your mom or you too???
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August 10, 2012 at 1:47 PM
Rajen, Tony is looking for his ‘Soni’
soni ( Ilena) meri soni soni…. aur nahin koi honi.. honi 🙂
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August 10, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Haha liked this new song, but felt-
>Ranbir is really flowering as a performer
>But here he is trying to do ‘too much’ in every shot- he needs to take it easy now and let it all come together…
>ileana is good, better than expected, but somehow did not find her as good as some of the over the top praise
But well, tony go 4 it 🙂
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August 12, 2012 at 6:54 PM
lol. Find her alluring.. A unique beauty.
Tempted to check out the film just for her, and probably some of her other films
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August 12, 2012 at 6:59 PM
Tony: u r a v nice guy
U can get ileana or any such gal —go 4 her … All the best
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August 24, 2012 at 1:39 PM
Like the Aashiyan video. Not as much the other one. The best thing here continues to be the shots (the first long trailer was superb). Haven’t cared as much for the music barring a couple of songs. Ileana looks great. Can’t say Ranbir has made much of an impression on me overall but he should get fantastic reviews!
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August 24, 2012 at 1:54 PM
I can’t think of a single film where Ranbir has worked for me consistently other than Rocket Singh. Otherwise I’d pick portions in Saawariya and Rockstar. He’s fine otherwise but (and I am willing to concede this might be early for him still) but I think he inhabits a spectrum of ‘obviousness’ at this point where the performances even when effective are not ‘interesting’ or ‘intriguing’. What you see is what you get. In general I can never quite warm up to actors who are made this way. By the way this wasn’t true for his father even in Bobby. Of course Rishi got few chances to really work on his skills but when he did the results were quite remarkable. And again Ranbir might become such an actor (though when you’re praised that highly that early on you often have less chance to grow.. on the other hand Ranbir seems to be rather grounded in this sense and might well not take all the positive stuff all that seriously).
If I could point out one specific thing it’s in an odd sense the Raj Kapoor ‘genealogy’ in his performances. The balance between playing the simpleton with a heart of gold and a ‘slow’ person (if not a somewhat challenged one) is not very clearly in place. Most Bombay stars have historically found it hard to represent ‘earnestness’ in any case. They make something showy out of it when a much more understated set of choices is called for. Again can’t blame them because people in India very rarely respond positively to the latter. And I invoked Raj Kapoor because some of his filmmakers from Bhansali to now Anurag Basu explicitly play on this. The thing with Raj Kapoor was that even when he went over almost completely to the Chaplinesque side where his body language became permanently ‘marked’ to this degree he was nonetheless never ever in danger of seeming slow or challenged.
The ‘interesting’ actor in my book is someone who doesn’t show ‘everything’ but only points to some of the stuff. Something is held in reserve.
Getting back to Ranbir he did handle Rockstar well overall. Didn’t like him much at points but given the sort of venture this was I can’t argue that he did carry the film. To cast this differently sometimes there are actors who are not ‘interesting’ in this sense but they are extremely or at least very good at the obvious. I’d put Gosling in the former category and DiCaprio in the latter. Ranbir at the present stage doesn’t inhabit either bracket for me.
All of this though isn’t a criticism as much as it’s a corrective (from my perspective) to some of the excessive over-valuing of his abilities.
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August 25, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Agree on the larger point on Ranbir. Something has been amiss since Saawariya to Rockstar. I find him inconsistent even in the most ‘critically’ acclaimed ones – his act is never uniformly good and he has a tendency to obviously overdoing the expressions – in short he does not have a grip on where to draw the line to prevent acting from overacting. This is not a case of mannerisms coming in way of acting (ala SRK) but just plain bad judgement by the actor.
Found his Raajneeti act most uniform till date, though he didnt have much to do but to underplay the part.
Due to the mediocrity of star acting in general, Ranbir’s acts get more praise than they deserve. Doubt if he will care to improve. Anyways, Ranbir hasnt been able to hold a candle to the acting caliber of Rishi. His only triumph has been to showoff some degraded gestural similarity to Raj Kapoor – which has made been a favorite with Bollywood critics. Sad state of affairs.
From the Barfi trailers, it looks like it belongs to the silent age.
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August 26, 2012 at 12:51 PM
agree with pretty much everything on Ranbir. My sentiments exactly. He is decent, with a certain ‘naturalness’ and charm, but that’s about it. Rocket Singh’ is my favorite Ranbir performance too. This is symptomatic of how industry is so eager to anoint people (esp star kids) these days. Kareena is just about decent too, with a tendency to be screechy and go overboard. She can deliver but needs an excellent director to keep her restrained. Ranbir hasn’t wowed yet, although I haven’t seen Rockstar but I don’t think it will change my opinion. Rishi Kapoor was a much better actor, he is one of my favorites. He didn’t have to try so hard to be earnest, or charming, or self-serving on screen, all notes that Ranbir has tried to play, with much less elan. But in those days, he didn’t get his due, or even good enough material to work with most times. Although he did make the best use of the limited stuff available. To me, that’s the best measure of an actor in this constraint-filled entertainment industry. A very average film like Hum Kisise Kam Nahin was tolerable just due to him (and some peppy music). These days, every film is a blockbuster, every Tom, Dick and Harry is a superstar and every performance is mind-blowing.
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August 26, 2012 at 12:57 PM
Well said Anya
Agree-“This is symptomatic of how industry is so eager to anoint people (esp star kids) these days. Kareena is just about decent too, with a tendency to be screechy and go overboard. ”
Agree thy he was good in rocket Singh -though the film was better
As for rockstar -do check it and lemme know your views –I liked it a lot
Ps-are u surviving your ‘gruelling’ schedules 🙂
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August 26, 2012 at 1:04 PM
Rocket Singh is one of my favorite films in recent years. Don’t know if I’ll watch Rockstar, there are better uses of time. Don’t have much patience for Imtiaz Ali’s false angst.
Survival is the key, mine and my patients’. As long as I finish the rotation without killing myself and anyone else, it’s a success. So far so good.
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August 26, 2012 at 1:09 PM
Antya: I’m impressed by folks like u who put so much hard work-I’m not being a cynic -know a few such friends who LIVE in the hospital..
Yes I also loved rocket Singh -brilliant film and above the usual fare -incidentally one of the lowest grossing yrf films ironically !
As for rockstar –I can voice your time won’t be wasted-a guy who watches less than two movies in a month in totality (that too only on big screen!) is saying that !
If u hate it , u can make me do anything lol
But u have to leave beyond your uber-analytical mind @ home first and give the music by rehman a chance 😉
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August 26, 2012 at 1:47 PM
@ antya
u a doctor? aap kis cheez ki doctor ho?
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August 26, 2012 at 2:04 PM
this is to anjali, for some reason i can’t reply to her comment – i am training to be a psychiatrist
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August 26, 2012 at 2:08 PM
Anya: plz take some free psychotherapy sessions for me pleez-I need em lol
Also for anjali I think …
And satyam wont mind one to cure him of abhishrek mania
🙂
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August 26, 2012 at 3:04 PM
@ anya
nice….. so u r a shrink. its really sad…but i have a very low opinion of shrinks. i have been forced by my parents to meet a few of them….but i always ensured that my father was not made to pay for them(they were kind of frends of my father). watching a movie and meeting a shrink to me are the same thing….. for entertainment.
and i hate paying for watching a film…the net connection i have is paid by my roommates…wifi connection…though i do most of the downloading.that is one of the reason y i hate going to watch a movie in a hall..except for kashyap….for whom i have a weak corner…as i feel he is equally sick like me too.why shud i pay for something as useless as art or a pyschotherapy session?
all the books i read came from college/school libraries…
i really hate patronizing art out of my pocket.
its okay to watch or read someone’s depression as it translates on screen or paper….i can feel less depressed by knowing there was a bergman or hitchcock or kashyap…worse than me….but why the hell shud i pay for it?…dont see the logic.
by the way…yu think there is a connection between madness and creativity?…..whatever shit madness and creativity is in the first place.
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August 26, 2012 at 3:27 PM
ROFLOL anjali–that was fun 🙂
Btw which films are your roommates fond of ..Do they blog as well …
@ Anya
Hope u don’t mind -me and anjali are
just joking
Poor Anya may think that she has escapes patients only to meet more here (like me)
Ps: is good to bring some lithium around 🙂
Cheers
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August 26, 2012 at 3:36 PM
i am not exactly a ‘shrink’, not yet anyway, that’s a more accurate description of a psychologist or psychoanalyst. my training is more clinically inclined though i feel most psychiatrists should have some therapy training too.
i understand to an extent what you are saying. i am practical and cynical enough to understand it. but i feel our feelings about this are too wrapped up in our own overestimation of our mind and spirit. at the most biological level, brain is also an organ, made up of tissue and filled with chemicals. it is just as vulnerable to something going wrong as our stomach, or pancreas, or liver. and when that happens, it needs to be treated too. since the function of brain is not just related to physiological functioning but also to feelings and perception, those can get messed up too. roughly 1% of the world’s population is schizophrenic, that’s a huge number. we can’t just ignore them.
there is some connection between madness and genius, from van gogh to john nash. whether their madness made them more brilliant or they were just brilliant people who happened to get sick, we will never know. being practical, i lean towards the latter. since these conditions are fairly
evenly distributed, it’s sensible to assume that 1% of all brilliant people are schizophrenic too, and those are the ones they make movies about.
my feelings about art are also less passionate than most, so i understand your point about that too. it all depends on how important it is to you. since you like kashyap, it is only reasonable that you pay to watch his movies, so he can keep making them. simple supply and demand. i do the same, watch very few films in theater since i don’t like most of them, i’ll pay for only the ones i care about. but since human ‘progress’ is directed towards moving from just ‘surviving’ by obtaining food and shelter to higher level of existence where we strive for art, culture, science and spirituality, it is understandable that people have respect, awe or passion for these things. it’s human nature.
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August 26, 2012 at 3:41 PM
@ Anya
Hope u don’t mind -me and anjali are
just joking
i apologize for assuming she was asking a serious question. and i don’t mind at all. i already assume most people on blogospheres, including myself, need help. thank goodness for internet, without it, we’ll have a lot more mass murders than we already do 🙂
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August 26, 2012 at 4:43 PM
@antya
agree with most of ur observation….except i dont think 1 percent of geniuses were mad….i feel 100 percent were loony.
and if its neurological disorder its ok…but for a person who suffers from schizophrenia,depression,borderline,etc….there is no need for a shrink…..let them have fun!
if they recover…they will do so on their own through natural process or they never will…medicine never helps.
i know of so many geniuses of old times …when there were no proper psychiatrists …who were quite mad.
the greatest urdu poet meer…was locked himself up in a room for one whole year doing nothing.
my grandfather(who lived all his life in a village)…often said:
agar koi neend mein hai toh usse jhatka de kar uthaya ja sakta hai….par koi jaaga hai magar sone ka naatak kar raha hai…toh usse kitna bhi jhatka do woh nahi uthega ……unless and until he decides to get up himself….medicines dont help.
these r behavorial…attitudinal matters…..there r ppl who r born lazy and escapists(like me)…..no medicine can help them.
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August 26, 2012 at 2:13 PM
Ranbir is restrained though which is not something one can ever accuse Kareena of! I think she showed promise in Refugee but also displayed a problem which has only reached greater levels since — the disease of smugness or thinking one is a diva and so on. She hasn’t grown at all. In fact she can often be grotesque as a performer. Even when she isn’t she’s become quite mechanical. She still has screen presence but there’s hardly anything else. But you should check out Rockstar. Despite some important flaws this is a film worth seeing.
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August 26, 2012 at 2:44 PM
i agree on kareena, i liked her in refugee and have since seen glimpses of that in dev, omkara etc. but yes, overall, she hasn’t grown or is stuck in ‘poo’ mode. blame it on kjo, another one bites the dust 🙂
lets see if i ever get around to rockstar, my netflix queue is too crowded as it is
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August 26, 2012 at 3:05 PM
“Ranbir is restrained though which is not something one can ever accuse Kareena of! I think she showed promise in Refugee but also displayed a problem which has only reached greater levels since — the disease of smugness or thinking one is a diva and so on. She hasn’t grown at all. In fact she can often be grotesque as a performer. ”
Finally satyam we agree on something. Well said all round there ..
Even kareena has some ‘roles’ !! 🙂
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August 26, 2012 at 3:38 PM
Satyam,
Is he referring you here 🙂 ??
Amitabh Bachchan @SrBachchan
T 848 – a beautiful piece from my Blog of my Ef Satyam .. A remarkable ‘tale’ in today’s post both by way of (cont) http://tl.gd/j1qdqu
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August 26, 2012 at 4:25 PM
Yes anya: fassbender is quite good looking!
But won’t compare Daniel Craig to him
I find Craig quite unappealing as bond
I’m perhaps the only one who liked pierce brosnans bond!
anyhow -for anjali and anya
Fassbender in shame-enjoy
Ps-anya-would be good to have your writeup on shame and Vicky Christina Barcelona –given the background on ‘mental disorders’ atleast in the former 🙂
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August 26, 2012 at 3:44 PM
Wow Anya- that was brilliant !
So now I have another anjali part2 to also learn from…
🙂
Am sure u don’t mind my and anjalis jokes -just fun.
I now rememwber that u had promised to write a review on some film u had seen recently–where’s the writeup ?
How about ‘a dangerous method’!
Or let’s say any woody Allen film u have seen -Vicky Christina Barcelona or any film of your
Choice ..
U write v well…
Ps: do u watch ‘house’
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August 26, 2012 at 3:56 PM
don’t have time mostly. don’t remember much from VCB, although i liked it enough. another one of allen’s recent films that left more of an impression was match point. haven’t see a dangerous method, can’t stand keira knightley, especially since she butchered a favorite female character in english literature in that horrible version of pride and prejudice. i remember you asking about shame though. have seen it and liked it a lot. fassbender is amazing. mulligan is overrated though. maybe i’ll write something when i have a weekend off.
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August 26, 2012 at 4:03 PM
I knew u would have liked ‘shame’
A film I liked as well
“have seen it and liked it a lot. fassbender is amazing. mulligan is overrated though”
Agreed– really like fassbender–also find him v good looking –like his styling here -scarves et al
And yes-find mulligan more than over rated–she nearly spoilt the movie for me
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August 26, 2012 at 4:19 PM
yes, fassbender is in the same category as daniel craig, the men who should not be but are hot even when playing creeps, pervs or jerks.
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August 26, 2012 at 5:03 PM
@anjali
“let them have fun” ha! actually i have no problem with that. problem is, most of them are having anything but fun. there are devastated families, including children, to think of. i currently work on an acute inpatient unit, we know we are not going to ‘cure’ these people, we just try to get them better enough to be able to function on their own. sometimes, that’s hard enough. the role of medications is as questionable as any area in healthcare. they have benefits and side-effects like all medicines on earth, it comes down to a risk/benefit analysis. sometimes, they just keep them from hurting self or others, suicide is very common in mental illness. incidentally, depression seems to be the hardest to treat. as for personality issues, they are a whole different beast. a lot of work being done on this but we still don’t know how much it can help, results are limited, that’s why they are called personality disorders i guess. people can unlearn and relearn behaviors but how effectively is anybody’s guess.
ps: what do you do?
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August 26, 2012 at 5:51 PM
Brilliant Anya
U are a welcome addition here
Guess those like me can hope to slowly get iur symptoms controlled if not ‘cured’ completely 🙂
Ps: aren’t the ADD -shy n introverted contrasting to ADHD …
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August 24, 2012 at 10:45 PM
everything is working for me in this film except priyanka. i see her over doing it in a lot of segments. hope im wrong though.
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September 1, 2012 at 5:30 AM
The Phir le aaya dil song is an absolute winner. So charmingly filmed. And Ranbir and Ileana are perfect.
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September 2, 2012 at 11:54 PM
Satyam Ji, Thank you so much 🙂
Waiting for watch the film.
Have a nice week.
Best Regards
Rupam { Xhobdo }
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September 4, 2012 at 6:40 PM
there’s no mistaking the frank capra influence in the official trailer. its obvious anurag basu is a big fan. awesome stuff!
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September 4, 2012 at 6:55 PM
not to mention hrishikesh mukherjee as well…
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September 10, 2012 at 10:19 AM
Nice RK doing rap song
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September 12, 2012 at 12:12 PM
Taran’s Barfi review
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/547829
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September 12, 2012 at 12:25 PM
Taran can make anything look like a million bucks. I should use him to get a pay rise.
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September 12, 2012 at 1:29 PM
Am looking forward to this.
Iat wont flop but doubt if it will be a big money spinner.
Dont think tho that BO is really important here as long as it doesnt lose a packet.
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September 12, 2012 at 1:36 PM
think this should do rather well, given the terrain it’s on.. planning to check it out myself.
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September 12, 2012 at 2:12 PM
Bhawana Somaaya @BhawanaSomaaya
Barfi is delicious. Can’t get the film and the actors out of my mind. Outstanding performances. Director Anutrag Basu you are a genius.
😀
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September 12, 2012 at 1:51 PM
Surprisingly barfi is showing near me…
Hope 2 check it this weekend.
Promos/songs look promising and all three principle actors seem to know their ‘job’ well–though will have to check ileana out..
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September 13, 2012 at 7:07 AM
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/CRITICS-VERDICT-Ranbir-Kapoor-s-Barfi-is-a-must-watch/Article1-929208.aspx
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September 13, 2012 at 2:23 PM
Basu seems to possess a masterly gift for visual composition – we saw a bit of his artistry in the horrid Kites and Life in a Metro and in Barfi Ravi Varman’s camera seems to have a life of its own. The imagery in the film is not just pretty, it’s achingly beautiful. The other technical marvel is Priyanka Chopra who manages to not ham through her scenes – Basu focuses so frequently on Priyanka’s face in close-up that she sticks like a lens to your eye. Pritam, known for being the Ulhasnagar of music directors silences all his critics with some truly great music that can offer deep rewards to those who surrender to the film’s bittersweet tone. Ileana makes a welcome entry to Bollywood – she’s lovely and talented enough to not seem ridiculous in a white wig and makeup. Perhaps she could be the anti-Asin.
Too Long, Didn’t Read: Barfi is a brilliant, entertaining movie – lovingly old fashioned, always fun and often very funny. And heartbreaking. Go watch.
http://mihirfadnavis.blogspot.in/
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September 13, 2012 at 3:33 PM
The title lead of the movie is deaf and mute but not for a moment in the movie do you bemoan that Barfi can’t speak. Ranbir Kapoor skillfully makes up for the deficiency with his animated expressions and endless energy. And while director Anurag Basu subtracts some significant senses from his protagonist, he adds much more than he takes away. Barfi is ‘visually’ stunning, ‘smells’ of freshness in every frame, ‘touches’ your heart every second and is so ‘tastefully’ treated that its excellence ‘speaks’ for itself.
Barfi has the potential to make the stonehearted go soggy-eyed with its sheer sensitivity and the capability to make even cynics open up to its warmth. Without a single line to mouth, Ranbir Kapoor expresses much more than any average actor could even dream of. The actor oozes of such continual charm that you can’t help but fall in love with him.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Barfi-will-leave-you-speechless/articleshow/16380531.cms?
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