RDB – thoughts
February 2, 2006I wondered about Rang De Basanti. If the film had been on Gandhi instead of Bhagat Singh – would the conclusion of the movie have been different?
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A Brief Review : Rang De Basanti
January 28, 2006Last evening SR,SK and I played hookey from work to go and see Rang De Basanti. One of the few films in recent times that completely struck a chord with me. And by the sounds of it – the audience as well….
High Noon
September 7, 2004Saw High Noon again after almost 15 years. Boy, what a film. The story is simple. On the day of his marriage and his retirement from being Marshall of a dusty old town – Will Kane (Gary Cooper) realises that 4 men…
Tum humara ek maroge, to hum tumhare char marenge….
June 20, 2004…. (if you kill one of ours, we will kill four of yours) – or something very close to that – were the immortal lines spoken in the film Sholay. The scene is stark – Ahmed (Sachin) on his way to town…
Yuva – the Film
June 11, 2004The first time since we started Cogito TV, the three of us bunked work to go and see a film. ’twas Mani Ratnam’s Yuva. It is, say the publicity material, a film of three men whose lives intersect on Hoogly Bridge. And…