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Peepli Live

REMEMBERING BADE BHAI

I met Ravi Baswani within a few weeks of arriving in Mumbai way back in 1982...

Raavan
This is a link to Raja Sen'sreview of the film atrediff.com. It is more or
less the khullamkhulla view of
the film as well.

NFDC to organize Co-Production Market
at Film Bazaar during IFFI 2010, Goa


Raajneeti

Kites - The road to global shame

Avatar Review

3 Idiots & A Chatur

Industry veterans Shammi Kapoor, Gulzar and Shekhar Kapur
grace Whistling Woods International’s3rd Annual Convocation Day


Boney Kapoor’s BSK Network and Entertainment proves unproven
commodity Tere Bin Laden atbox office after Ishqiya


MFF PRESSCON ON 20/10/2009

Mumbai Film Festival Announces Line-Up

Film India Worldwide
MFF’s Select Seven: India and the World


MAMI's new avatar Mumbai Film Festival (MFF) to start on 29th October, 2009

Dimensions Mumbai:Deadline Extended

Bhay Ho

An excellent election video brought out by the VHP. Have a look. 
Gulaal & 13 B
Dev D
Slumdog Millionaire
Nazneen's comments on khullamkhulla's Slumdog Millionaire review
 Ghajini
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

39th IFFI at Goa
Dostana & Dasvidaniya
Fashion & Roadside Romeo
7th Asian Film Fest, Mumbai, opens with Chinese film Tuya’s Marriage’
List of films to be shown at 7th Third Eye Asian Film Festival, Mumbai
List of Short Films at 7th AFF, Mumbai.
A Wednesday
ROCK ON

Caramel

Jaane Tu…and Charlie Bartlett
The Incredible Hulk & Dasavathaaram
Persepolis
RGV claims Sarkar Raj is a hit
Link to an article published at ibosnetwork sent to us by RGV's publicity dept.
Sarkar Raj
AAMIR
The Orphanage
NDTV Lumiere-backed Alliance Media picks up Cannes winners at bargain prices
Jannat & Woodstock Villa

Reliance’s Free Gift to Hollywood Stars

Bhootnath

IRON MAN - 800 CRORES IN FOUR DAYS

Tashan

West Bengal Government bans the screening of Indian Panorama films
Shaurya
Bhootnath: First Look
Phantasmagoria
A report on Mumbai's MAMI Film Festival
2008
Jodhaa Akbar

Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary,
Short, & Animation Films (MIFF) to start from 3rd February, 2008


Good sense prevails - free passes remain free
A French Film for thirty bucks

 
Taare Zameen Par


Dus Kahaniyan

Khoya Khoya Chaand

38th IFFI at Goa

DIrectorate of Film Festivals must expand its role    
NFDC is alive & kicking 

Saawaria & Om Shanti Om
No Smoking
Third Eye 6th Asian Film Festival Concludes

The Third Eye 6th Asian Film Festival Film List
November 02 - 08, 2007, at Chavan Centre, Plaza, and Fame Nakshatra
The Third Eye Asian Film Festival Programme
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
Manorama Six Feet Under & Johnny Gaddaar

Ramu ki factory mein Aag
Blue Umbrella
Chak De Redeems Yashraj Films

Gandhi – My Father

Naya Daur

Cheeni Kum Chatter Patter Zyada

Shootout at Lokhandwala
Ek Chalis ki Last Local
METRO
Ta Ra Rum Pum

Film and TV Censorship

A Report on MAMI’s 9th IFFM
Let It BE!  - A Festival of Independent Films
presented by Vikalp Films for Freedom in association with Cinema Nova, Brussels.
From Tuesday, March 20 to Sunday, March 25, every evening, 6pm onwards,
at National College, Bandra (W), Mumbai.
9th IFFM to open with Zhang Yimou’s 'Curse of the Golden Flower'
Black Friday
Eklavya
'Salaam-e- Ishq' & 'Traffic Signal'
Guru - Dhirubhai salvages Gurubhai
MAMI’s 9th International Film Festival, Mumbai, will be held in March 2007 (8-15)

All anti-Gujarat forces and Modi haters unite on Fanaa issue
Majidi gets Asian Film Culture Awardat 5th Asian Film Festival, Mumbai
5th Asian Film Festival  (Third Eye) to have a retrospective ofMajid Majidi films

FFI prefers Rang De Basanti to Lage Raho Munnabhai  for Oscars. It is like Lagaan being passed over for Gadar.
Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) must
redefine and recalibrate its role and objectives...
Films at 37th IFFI, Goa.
Effervescent Dev Saab at 37th IFFI
A Film Festival under the shadow of guns and goons
Kabul Express
Vivah andDeadline
The most noticeable feature of Umrao Jaan is
Aishwarya Rai’s dancing fingers.
'Don' and 'Jaaneman'
Fanaa
Dor
Omkara
Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota
Attention! All documentary, short, and animation filmmakers
Mixed Doubles
Mumbai's MAMI Film Festival is happening finally
Rang De Basanti-A film made for idiots, by an idiot
All about 'Zinda' &  Sanjay Gupta, the master film-faker
15 Park Avenue
Banishing filmmakers from the small screen
When bad caricaturists get exalted as serious filmmakers-Apaharan Review
Third Eye Asian Film Festival starts on 20th October
Paheli* is the right choice for Oscars
Iqbal is all about fake sensibilities and equally fake performances
Mangal Pandey-The Rising
A third class film hyped as a world class film
Khullamkhulla bows to the genius of David Dhavan
‘Maine Pyar Kyon Kiya’ is one of his better films
Sarkar is the worst Bollywood adaptation of the Godfather
Hollywood Movie Studios see the Chinese Film Market as their next rising star
An important  link to a New York Times article- provided by Anil Shergil, the renegade
Paheli-A visual extravaganza that has missed the real point of the original story
Welcome to ‘the Calcutta of the sixties theme party’
(Come and watch the Calcutta of the sixties, eat Phuchka and watch Parinita)
Bunty Aur Babli
Bose, the forgotten hero
Plastic coated Prima Donnas.  Where have all the actresses gone?
This is a link to an article written by Sanjay Suri and published in Outlook magazine.
The article makes a very relevant point that certainly is one of the causes of audience ennui and busting of the box-office.
Main Aisa Hi Hoon is a bad film. However, it marks the birth of
an actress called Esha Deol...
Kaal re Kaal
Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi
Have you ever watched a designer film?
If you have not, go and watch 'Black'.
Maqbool shows how a comprehensive film script, smart photography,
and good casting can turn a low budget film into reasonably good cinema.
Khakee is all about a stupid plot, a few interesting characterizations, contrived scenes,  and a demented and bogus filmmaker.
Chameli is what happens when brain dead junkies pretend to be serious filmmakers and screenplay writers.
LOC Kargil is an insult to our martyrs
Munnabhai MBBS is a genuine comedy
Tehzeeb is a bad film
Vijay Anand's short speech was a fitting start to the 6th International Film Festival Mumbai (IFFM)
Pinjer - yet another great film remains unmade - The saga of lost opportunities continues
Ramsay Brothers are miles ahead of Ramu Verma
The Hero that drew a zero
When the hottest stars of Indifilms are roped in to do
the same old shit, you get a film called YUVA
Yuva's Review by Vikram Kapadia

Kahan ho tum Faraha Khan?

Kyon dekhoon main Raghu Romeo?

Lakshya, what a KLPD!

'Dev' is ultimate demonstration of the limitations of a mediocre director
A Bhojpuri film, that is more sensible and sensitive than a whole lot of
star studded mainstream Hindi films

What are the real issues before the Indian film industry?
India International Film Convention 2004 organized by
Foundation for Promotion of Film Arts & Crafts was a kind of reality check.
India International Film Convention 2004
This is really an important initiative
by the Foundation for Promotion of Film Arts & Crafts

Children films win the hearts of viewers at the Third Eye Asian Film Festival
'Laxmi' included in the Third Eye Asian Film Festival, Mumbai
The King of Indifilm Comedy stays true to his style and genre
Spider man 2, a classic theme, polluted by corporatised film making
and shallow Americanism
Bride & Prejudice


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