Wall Street 2:Gekko is back.
It took 23 years for his second coming, but he has managed it. And as with most of us who ruminate over our actions in the cold confines of the penitentiary, Mr.Gordon Gekko is a changed man. And this time he is ‘playing’ to keep his family (or whatever is left of it) together, with a little help from his future-son-in-law.There is a murder, murkier deals and the impending meltdown that he hopes to avert, amidst his other pressing necessities.
Cochin Haneefa + Humor.
All the movies that he directed or scripted seem to resonate with a dark,(at times cliche'd) set of character sketches who mostly seem to work within the framework of the current commercial masala requirements, yet had you riveted to your seat till the credits rolled.But its his take on humor that seems to have made Cochin Haneefa his cherished place in Malayalam Film Industry and the average fan's heart, forever valued and treasured.
Cochin Haneefa: A Tribute.
For those who were lucky enough to have known him as an actor, he was incomparable, for those who had the privilege to known him as a friend and a part of the family, he was irreplaceable. But, like most of the creative aces of his generation that the Malayalam film industry seemed to be so overwhelmingly blessed with, he had that magic that blurred the divide. He was so powerful and endearing as an actor, that he was family to most.
The Real Khatta Meetha.
The original Malayalam film, Vellanakaludey Naadu (Land of White Elephants), scripted by Sreenivasan, was a poignant,blunt and no-holds-barred look at the unholy nexus between politicians and public works contractors who had more or less dragged the state back into sloth, thievery and pure inertia. It was a kick in the head for the average fan who had by then resigned and filed away Priyan in a neat pigeonhole called frothy comedy.
Veer, War, Very Weird.
Salman Khan’s movies are more or less like his perceived real life persona. Simple, upfront, in your face with no complications. The narrative follows (mostly shoots or slashes its way through) with all the finesse of a drunk elephant in a Swarovski outlet. With Veer, all you can do is desperately and frantically search for that bottle of aspirin, or close your eyes and hope this will go away, and its all a bad dream.
The brilliant, moving Natrang.
Natrang is a complexly interwoven, multi-layered, moving work of art that leaves you gasping with its range and evocative imagery.It is an experience, that has to be seen to be believed. Set in the 70’s, it is the tale of an amateur wrestler and a farm laborer Guna ( Atul Kulkarni), who beyond his mundane living, is deeply possessed by the art-form called Tamasha, dreams to play the King one day, and ends up playing the effeminate Nachiya.
Avatar Revenue,Rants,Porn.
AVATAR has made US $504,868,451 in domestic collections , and a cool $1,132,393,758 worldwide. Together, (advise you to take a deep breath here and have your crucifix handy), AVATAR has made around US $1,637,262,209 since its release on December 18th, 2009 worldwide. That’s US $ 1.6 Billion in one month, second only to (yawn) James Cameron’s Titanic’s US $ 1.8 Billion gross collections, steadily gaining on good ol’ Jack and Rose.
Carnal, Sensual Ishqiya
In Omkara, the desolation itself became a merciless ‘character’ of the movie. In Ishqiya, he has gone a sublime step further. He has created and fleshed out three characters right from the rugged, earthy and dusty western UP, and from the looks of it, is going to stay around in your imagination for a long time, some where close to where you have lovingly filed away “Langda” Tyagi.