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Lights, Camera, Conversation… “Our men… from Venus?”
Has there ever been a pure “guy’s night out” movie made in our country, or do we like our action only if mixed with lots and lots of sentiment? I heard an interesting phrase a few weeks ago, in connection with the film Shootout at Wadala. While I’d looked at the film as a stylish action […]
Lights, Camera, Conversation… “The lost action heroes”
May 17, 2013
Why are stunt professionals so invisible in Hollywood? Is it because it’s the writers who dream up those action scenarios in the first place? The new Iron Man movie is, thankfully, less about Iron Man than Tony Stark, the man inside the metal. Choosing to showcase a human being over a superhero is always a […]
‘What else can I do?’
May 2, 2013
AR Rahman isn’t in the mood to talk about his music for ‘Maryan,’ but about everything else he’s happy to hold forth. AR Rahman seems to like having his picture taken. He’s seated at the edge of a couch in one of the many small office rooms at his Kodambakkam studio, and the harsh lights […]
Lights, Camera, Conversation… “Pictures for posterity”
April 26, 2013
A fascinating new documentary throws the spotlight on an indefatigable preserver of Indian cinema. Who is PK Nair? The release of Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s Celluloid Man should answer this question for a general audience – at least, the audience that gets around to watching two-and-a-half hour documentaries. A word about the form, first. Thanks to […]
Lights, Camera, Conversation… “The home and the world”
February 15, 2013
Making the case that a certain kind of “good cinema” can be made without adhering to the aesthetic traditions of what’s traditionally accepted as “good cinema.” A few days ago, at a dinner conversation, I was asked: “How come there’s been no ‘world cinema’ from the Tamil film industry?” The person asking this question – […]
Lights, Camera, Conversation… “Innocent until proved guilty?”
February 1, 2013
It’s easy to blame cinema as the reason we behave this way and that, but doesn’t some of the responsibility lie with us? A few days ago, in panel discussion about the objectification of women, I found myself in the somewhat unenviable position of having to defend our cinema against charges like… well, you all […]
Lights, Camera, Conversation… “A fanciful notion of what’s real”
January 25, 2013
The question around the underwhelming ‘Les Misérables’ isn’t how realistic a musical should be but whether musicals need be realistic at all. Mere days after Tom Hooper’s adaptation of Les Misérables was festooned with Academy Award nominations, it has sailed onto our shores – but this isn’t the first time Victor Hugo’s novel was set […]
What a shame!
January 24, 2013
In an email titled “What a shame!”, a filmmaker says: I think we, as filmmakers, should all hang our heads in shame watching this unconstitutional activity of banning a certified film. What right does the state government have to ban a film simply based on some unsupported sentiments voiced by some vested interests. To presume […]
Lights, Camera, Conversation… “Argo amuse yourself!”
January 18, 2013
The Golden Globes ceremony, as always, was a lot of fun. But now we also seem closer than ever to predicting whom the Oscars will go to. The narrative around the Golden Globes, acknowledged thus far as little more than a pre-Oscar party, has changed. Earlier, Anne Hathaway’s win (for Les Misérables) over sentimental favourite […]
Lights, Camera, Conversation… “The slow death of a romance”
January 11, 2013
From watching David Lean movies on your laptop to watching a brand-new film on your TV set is, I suppose, just another step in the evolutionary ladder of cinema. Before the announcement of the postponement of Viswaroopam, a message on my mobile phone said, with blithe disregard about the rules of language, “Watch Kamal Haasan […]
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