Submitted by rajiv on April 18, 2008 - 18:12.
Of all the flattering headlines that greeted the release this month of the first Pakistani film to be shown in India in four decades, one stuck in the mind of its director, Shoaib Mansoor. "We didn't know that Pakistan had such good houses," the headline said, Mr. Mansoor recalled in an interview here.
It was a striking reminder of how little people in India know about
Submitted by vkartoos on April 14, 2008 - 16:59.
A while ago I had published this write up on Return on Investment determining a "hit" or a "flop" as opposed to gross collections (the key word I have an issue with is "gross" as opposed to "net"). For
anyone who has ever balanced their own checkbook for starters, it is KEY that unless you are making NET numbers, it really does not add up to anything.
Submitted by rajiv on April 13, 2008 - 14:35.
It is a big jungle out there when it comes to figuring out the best of the best revealing attire of item chhamiya in Bollywood but, let's leave that out to 440 different award ceremonies being sponsored by business conglomerates who would love to rub theirs with just any celeb, but I digress...
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Submitted by priyanka on March 11, 2008 - 20:15.
First of all, I think this movie is a masterpiece. However, there is one doubt in my mind. Did Amole Gupte got inspired to write this script from the book "Thank you Mr. Falker". The storyline of the book and TZP are very similar except that the kid is a boy in TZP while the dyslexic child in the book is a girl.
Submitted by jitendra on March 11, 2008 - 15:19.
Aamir at the helm of his career is full of choices. He could just say "YES" and loads of masala flick producers and directors will be camping in his yard.
Aamir is in a class above! He proves it every year with only one meaningful film. A film that is commercial motivated yet does not succumb to the pressures of commercial cinema.
