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Note: The following post is taken from the archives of  PassionForCinema.com , a much-loved platform for cinema enthusiasts. This is being republished here in the spirit of archiving, historical significance, and sharing important conversations with the readers who may not have had access to the original site. The author of the post is  PROJEKT iVIEW , who published the post on June 3, 2007 at 3:30 am. Prologue “All Artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn how to Draw?” –  Banksy This essay is long. It’s highly opinioned. It even has opinions about itself. It’s arrogant, irreverent and generally sarcastic. It aims to be an academic essay, but can’t be, because of the cheek. So it aims to be cheeky. It also aims to reason, but sometimes just runs out of patience and infers. The sentences are much shorter and lesser complex than  Baudrillard ’s, so don’t complaint. This prologue falls a little short of being a disclaimer –...

Note: The following post is taken from the archives of  PassionForCinema.com , a much-loved platform for cinema enthusiasts. This is being republished here in the spirit of archiving, historical significance, and sharing important conversations with the readers who may not have had access to the original site. The author of the post is iVIEW AUTHOR: Kumar Gautam (Bombay, India), who published the post on June 19, 2007 at 9:38 pm. Anytime an issue of plagiarism is raised in industry, blames shift on to writer. It has become common for the publicity vying producers – directors to come up with quotes like, “There are no good writers in industry that has original script…there is complete dearth of originality when it comes to scripts…” Some of the so called experts who, think themselves as the custodians of film fraternity and have their vested interests (read business and marketing) come up with the idea, “How will our writers learn to write when there are no good film schools except ...

Note: The following post is taken from the archives of  PassionForCinema.com , a much-loved platform for cinema enthusiasts. This is being republished here in the spirit of archiving, historical significance, and sharing important conversations with the readers who may not have had access to the original site. The author of the post is Rk, who published the post on June 22, 2007 at 6:42 am Amrish Puri:   Birth  – 22nd June 1932,  Death  – 12 January 2005 What was contribution of  Amrish Puri  in Hindi films, can be understood by the fact that if someone who has been watching hindi films regularly and if he closes his eyes then he will be able to recall at least 20-25 films where he liked  Amrish Puri  very much. This is a fantastic achievement which very few actors can get. Remembering him and his films are chain reactions. Recall his  Hum Panch  and it will lead to  Ashanti  or  Saja-e-Kala Pani  or snake charme...

Note: The following post is taken from the archives of PassionForCinema.com , a much-loved platform for cinema enthusiasts. This is being republished here in the spirit of archiving, historical significance, and sharing important conversations with the readers who may not have had access to the original site. The author of the post is Shailesh Limbachiya, who published the post on June 28, 2007, at 11:45 pm. Yes, I know this site is for cinema only, but Doordarshan is the birthplace of some of the today's successful personalities of Indian cinema so Let myself be 10 years old and get back to late 80s and early 90s- the era of Doordarshan. The one and only daily entertainment dose of every Indian. Let's check out some goods and bads of Doordarshan and our memory power. Most of the serials were of 13 episodes and so people were associated with character for 2-3 months and it made more concentrated and sensible serials. - Ramayan and Mahabharat - how can we mention doordarshan w...

Note: The following post is taken from the archives of PassionForCinema.com, a much-loved platform for cinema enthusiasts.  Ap un Mithunda! koi shak??   This is being republished here in the spirit of archiving, historical significance, and sharing important conversations with the readers who may not have had access to the original site. The author of the post is Kartik Krishnan who published the post on September 7, 2006 at 6:36 am.  Mithun Charkaborty. A name that makes me lose my self control, makes my blood boil, and my anger go wild. And it's for all the wrong reasons. I have always adored and loved this guy. As a child, I watched more of his movies than Amitabh. He is a person who has taken me into a totally different world of dancing, spy games, and larger-than-life heroism. So the question is, why am I angry at him?It was because I always felt that he had more talent than all the actors of his time. He is one of the rare actors who never got ruffled by Big B and m...

Note: The following post is taken from the archives of PassionForCinema.com , a much-loved platform for cinema enthusiasts. This is being republished here in the spirit of archiving, historical significance, and sharing important conversations with the readers who may not have had access to the original site. The author of the post is Kartik Krishnan  who published the post on  January 6, 2007 at 4:57 am.  ok ok here is a post that was looooong due …. Here’s a question – Who is the best khan in Bollywood ???? (meaning which one do u love the most) Aamir-Lagaan and DCH being released in the same year might make you think that he is the best. Besides. He also is the ‘thinking Khan’ SRK - yeah …. sure …. Salman – might be without his shirts off and if you are a female(or gay) that is. Saif – post omkara, Saif has achieved a demi-god-ish status… All are good but here’s the khan whose films I look forward to most eagerly…who sadly is not a part of the khan triumva...

Note: The following post is taken from the archives of  PassionForCinema.com , a much-loved platform for cinema enthusiasts. This is being republished here in the spirit of archiving,  historical significance , and sharing important conversations with the readers who may not have had access to the original site. The author of the post is Arati Raval (Mumbai, India), who published the post on February 14, 2009, at 12:04 a.m.  My comment on the post on February 14th, 2009, 1:18 am.  “You know, this film is for the urban audience.. From, ummm..say 20 – 45 year olds.. Youngsters and family audience.. I am sure they will love it!” Have you heard something like this? Nothing sounds really amiss when you first hear it. But when you give it a thought, it’s a very complicated thing to understand. The questions that come to my mind, amongst others, are: Urban audience? What’s that? Don’t cities have all kinds of people? From age 20 – 40? How do they know teenagers won’t l...