Creative Movies of all Times

[priti]

Hello Folks

Just got an idea for starting this thread from 'reviews on books', and a discussion on Kubrick's movies. Lets have a discussion on good creative movies which we the jatlanders have liked...my definition of creative is something that has challenges commonplace knowledge or notions...

to start with some of my favourite movies:

kpax
2001 space odyssey
Dr. Strangelove
Constant Gardener
O brother where art thou
Naach (where did this come from....i thought it was prettty creative:D )...

[shailendra]

Hello Folks

Just got an idea for starting this thread from 'reviews on books', and a discussion on Kubrick's movies. Lets have a discussion on good creative movies which we the jatlanders have liked...my definition of creative is something that has challenges commonplace knowledge or notions...

to start with some of my favourite movies:

kpax
2001 space odyssey
Dr. Strangelove
Constant Gardener
O brother where art thou
Naach (where did this come from....i thought it was prettty creative:D )...

The 'Godfather' series..... It would not be over exaggerating to say it changed the scape of movie making and stylized the art of cinema the world over, forever! even our own Filmakers are still reeling under it's influence! (that early:'Vidhata', 'Don',and now 'Sarkaar', 'D' etc. and the whole RGV camp, a point in making!)...
This movie(s) from the very early 70's about the scilian mafia family is iconic and huge! (A hearty outbreak of Goosebums is what is fondly assiciated with it by everyone...) the sepia images, flashbacks, slow moving frames with packed and sudden moments of action....camera lingering on actors faces to catch every emotion (Al Pacino was never the same ever...) and the haunting music following each and every real and powerful images....man, I could go on and on................

My next huge favorite (and not in that particular order) on historic filmaking has to be 'Sholay'...but then that would be my next post....gotta run somewhere now........... :)

[rkumar]

1. Sahab Biwi Ghulam
2. Chaudvin Ka Chand
3. Mother India
4. Devdas

and many more Hindi movies...

RK^2

[priti]

and i was wondering at what point 'sholay' would enter the discussion...made it pretty soon....its a great movie....guess the best movies are the ones in which every character is well defined and sholay is one such movie...



My next huge favorite (and not in that particular order) on historic filmaking has to be 'Sholay'...but then that would be my next post....gotta run somewhere now........... :)

[priti]

RKji, thanks for bringing the old hindi classics into the fold......mother india was superb but too idealistic...dont know about the rest...guess you're talking about the old devdas....the new one was full of overacting....


1. Sahab Biwi Ghulam
2. Chaudvin Ka Chand
3. Mother India
4. Devdas

and many more Hindi movies...

RK^2

[rahulkharb]

My fav. ones r
Shawshank redemption
Schindler's list
Jaane bhi do yaaro

cheers n muuday ;)

[keshavdahiya]

and i was wondering at what point 'sholay' would enter the discussion...made it pretty soon....its a great movie....guess the best movies are the ones in which every character is well defined and sholay is one such movie...

just before i wud say any thing just go and watch (1960s);) THE MAGNIFICANT SEVEN...........where 7 cowboys fight dakoits & like later our veeru and jai of sholay(1975):eek: ........
any way it(sholay) was a gr8 all time movie.......but i wont say that it was much creative when you see the western flick first......lol

now my kinda movies.......huge list but for the time being i cud only remember.......
Schindler's list,
the silence of the lambs,
Taxi driver,
Apocalypse now(1979),
Se7en
.........many more.....

[sansanwalamit]

There are so many great movies in this world and I love all of them. Some worth mentioning are all the movies made by Martin Scorsese (he is my favourite director of all time), and rest are like:

Cidade De Deus (City of Gods, same director later made The Constant Gardener)
American Beauty
Stalag 17 (Best prison escape movie ever)
Amadeus (a true masterpeice about the life of Mozart)
Dog Day Afternoon (Pacino's best performance ever)
Hair (my favourite muscial along with Cabaret)
Le Femme Nikita (cool as hell)
Annie Hall, Manhattan and Bullets over Broadway (all are Woody Allen's best movies)
Leon (my fav. French movie)
Unforgiven
Chinatown
Brazil
Shining (Another scary as hell classic by Kubrick)
Requiem For a Dream (scary but in a different way)

And I can go on and on if I dont pause, I highly recommend these movies to anyone who loves movies with a class and the art of making them.

[rana1979]

Yeah Rahul !!! Shawshank redemption is really a great movie.

[jagmohan]

Dear All,

The movies in which Dharmender stars are THE GREATEST. Just watched 'DHARAMVEER' the other day. Kai Oscar milne Chhahiyein thay... what a movie and what story

Raja ki Chhori ka Swayambar, Chhori gai shikar pe, sher mar diya, daku aage, pher Jwala ne bachai, pher Gandharv vivah, rat ne jo sher marya tha us aali sherni aa gi, Jawala ar sherni ki fight, Chhori behosh ar jab utthe se te uska byah ho se ek Raja gelyan, she tells Raja that she is pregnent, Raja accepts her, enter Chhori's brother (Jeevan), Chhori gives birth to two sons, ek ne thaa legyaa Jwala ka Falcon, ek bangya Raj kumar, Chhoryan ka Mama tries to exchange the Rajkumar with his own child but Mami changes it again, jo balak Falcon uthaa ke le gya tha vo ja pahunchya ek Luhar ke ar vo ban gya DHARMENDER....

Ar ya te sirf starting se... What creativity and what fun. No, there can be no greater creativity. Give whatever arguements you want, I will NEVER be convinced...

Regards,

JS Malik

[rkumar]

RKji, thanks for bringing the old hindi classics into the fold......mother india was superb but too idealistic...dont know about the rest...guess you're talking about the old devdas....the new one was full of overacting....

Yes I was talking about old Devdas. Dalip Kumar's acting was superb in the film. Role of Kanhaya Lal in Mother India as Moneylender was par excellence. And look at the picture of Raj Kumar and Nargis how magnificent they look...Can any present day heroine beat her?

RK^2

[downtoearth]

priti,,,, thnx for such a good thread........... list ghani baddi sey,,:) , lakin chootii kar key likhu su,,,,,, lem me start frm ALAM ARA,,,,,,,,

1...>.... ALAM ARA was india`s first talkie film by mr , irani,,,,, in 1931, tickets were sold @ 5o in black :eek: :eek:
2 ... mughal - ey - aajam
3..>....boot polish
4...>>... aah
5 ... mother india
6>>..... 2 beegha zammen
7...>..1084 ki maa
8..>>....calcatta 71
9...>>... aagantuk
10..>> garam hawa
11....> ankur
12..>>...manthan
13...>>....mandi
14 ..>>...aard satya
15....>> ... thoda sa roomani ho jayein
16..>>.....36 chowringhee lane
17...>>> .. sholay
18..>>>...aarth
19...>> bazar
20...>>....kaalpuruash {bengali}
21...>>...waaris
22..>>>...zubeida
23...>>>.....saaraansh
24...>>....shiva
25....>>>> ... dev
26...>>.,...parhaar
27...>>> .. praitaghaat
28...>>....saher
29..>>..dev...
30...khaamosh paani
31...>>> hazaaroon khaaweishein aisi
32.. pather paanchaali
33,,>>..... rain coat.................

:p baaki ghanii ho li sey....... aur ghaniien reh bhi gayi sein:p

[deepakchoudhry]

Hello Folks

Just got an idea for starting this thread from 'reviews on books', and a discussion on Kubrick's movies. Lets have a discussion on good creative movies which we the jatlanders have liked...my definition of creative is something that has challenges commonplace knowledge or notions...

to start with some of my favourite movies:

kpax
2001 space odyssey
Dr. Strangelove
Constant Gardener
O brother where art thou
Naach (where did this come from....i thought it was prettty creative:D )...

The Guide is my all time fav...Way ahead of his time...Had everything...Songs, Story and great performances.

And it wasn't a spin off from a Hollywood film......as most Indian movies generally are.

[sunitahooda]

Chhorey iss list ka matlab sai ak ibbey tanne ghani CD deni sain mere tai????


:p baaki ghanii ho li sey....... aur ghaniien reh bhi gayi sein:p[/quote]

[itsnavin]

Mother India,
Naya Daur,
Sholay,
Damini,
Hera Pheri(Comedy)

All the new movies released every friday are just wastage of time. But haven't seen Rang de...

[devdahiya]

My all time favourites:


Lawaris
Bobby
Krantiveer
Poorav-paschim
Prem kahani

[hamendra]

Some More Additions into the List

1...>.... ALAM ARA was india`s first talkie film by mr , irani,,,,, in 1931, tickets were sold @ 5o in black :eek: :eek:
2 ... mughal - ey - aajam
3..>....boot polish
4...>>... aah
5 ... mother india
6>>..... 2 beegha zammen
7...>..1084 ki maa
8..>>....calcatta 71
9...>>... aagantuk
10..>> garam hawa
11....> ankur
12..>>...manthan
13...>>....mandi
14 ..>>...aard satya
15....>> ... thoda sa roomani ho jayein
16..>>.....36 chowringhee lane
17...>>> .. sholay
18..>>>...aarth
19...>> bazar
20...>>....kaalpuruash {bengali}
21...>>...waaris
22..>>>...zubeida
23...>>>.....saaraansh
24...>>....shiva
25....>>>> ... dev
26...>>.,...parhaar
27...>>> .. praitaghaat
28...>>....saher
29..>>..dev...
30...khaamosh paani
31...>>> hazaaroon khaaweishein aisi
32.. pather paanchaali
33,,>>..... rain coat.................
34,....Aashtitva
35...> Maine Gandhee Ko Nahee Mara
36....> YugPrush
37....> Shahr
38....> Krantiveer
39....> Subah Walee Gaddee
40....> Zakham

[priti]

yeah, how can one forget Scorsese... it was pretty dissappointing when he didn't get the oscar for aviator...that reminds me of another good movie with leonardo in it...catch me if u can...

requim for a dream was a wonderfully sad movie...i thought the theme music in bluffmaster (whenever priyanka chopra came into the scene) was the same as requim for dream theme music...

A friend of mine had Le femme nkita...i thought it was some shady guy movie...maybe i should watch it...

Anyone saw Sin City and liked it??


There are so many great movies in this world and I love all of them. Some worth mentioning are all the movies made by Martin Scorsese (he is my favourite director of all time), and rest are like:

Cidade De Deus (City of Gods, same director later made The Constant Gardener)
American Beauty
Stalag 17 (Best prison escape movie ever)
Amadeus (a true masterpeice about the life of Mozart)
Dog Day Afternoon (Pacino's best performance ever)
Hair (my favourite muscial along with Cabaret)
Le Femme Nikita (cool as hell)
Annie Hall, Manhattan and Bullets over Broadway (all are Woody Allen's best movies)
Leon (my fav. French movie)
Unforgiven
Chinatown
Brazil
Shining (Another scary as hell classic by Kubrick)
Requiem For a Dream (scary but in a different way)

And I can go on and on if I dont pause, I highly recommend these movies to anyone who loves movies with a class and the art of making them.

[priti]

anyone who's seen any classic western flick can tell that sholay is atleast 'inspired' by them, actually creative is quite a tricky word so i later i thought better not to be fixed upon it and let the thread flow...

schindler's list is a superb movie...

For the romantics...'life is beautiful' is beautiful....




just before i wud say any thing just go and watch (1960s);) THE MAGNIFICANT SEVEN...........where 7 cowboys fight dakoits & like later our veeru and jai of sholay(1975):eek: ........
any way it(sholay) was a gr8 all time movie.......but i wont say that it was much creative when you see the western flick first......lol

now my kinda movies.......huge list but for the time being i cud only remember.......
Schindler's list,
the silence of the lambs,
Taxi driver,
Apocalypse now(1979),
Se7en
.........many more.....

[priti]

and the award for longest list goes to Rupender....bhai lage se tanne bengali film ghadi aachchi laage sein...

great list though....will print it out for my next trip to my pakistani video shop :D



priti,,,, thnx for such a good thread........... list ghani baddi sey,,:) , lakin chootii kar key likhu su,,,,,, lem me start frm ALAM ARA,,,,,,,,

1...>.... ALAM ARA was india`s first talkie film by mr , irani,,,,, in 1931, tickets were sold @ 5o in black :eek: :eek:
2 ... mughal - ey - aajam
3..>....boot polish
4...>>... aah
5 ... mother india
6>>..... 2 beegha zammen
7...>..1084 ki maa
8..>>....calcatta 71
9...>>... aagantuk
10..>> garam hawa
11....> ankur
12..>>...manthan
13...>>....mandi
14 ..>>...aard satya
15....>> ... thoda sa roomani ho jayein
16..>>.....36 chowringhee lane
17...>>> .. sholay
18..>>>...aarth
19...>> bazar
20...>>....kaalpuruash {bengali}
21...>>...waaris
22..>>>...zubeida
23...>>>.....saaraansh
24...>>....shiva
25....>>>> ... dev
26...>>.,...parhaar
27...>>> .. praitaghaat
28...>>....saher
29..>>..dev...
30...khaamosh paani
31...>>> hazaaroon khaaweishein aisi
32.. pather paanchaali
33,,>>..... rain coat.................

:p baaki ghanii ho li sey....... aur ghaniien reh bhi gayi sein:p

[vinodks]

This thread shd be moved to time-pass section. its nothing more than chit-chat... there is no useful discussion possible on favorite movies...

-vinod

[priti]

dont u think most useful discussion often come out of chit chats :)...anyway, since i agree- do u know how to do that?? or is it just the moderator who can move it?


This thread shd be moved to time-pass section. its nothing more than chit-chat... there is no useful discussion possible on favorite movies...

-vinod

[devdahiya]

Bhai koe inn saari posttan ka GERRA bhar ke Time pass mei bagga dyo.......Binod dukhi nahi karya jaga katti.

[vinodks]

Wo baat na sae kakaji... kuchh thread sachmuch mein timepass hoti hain... baki sab theek... aur bataiye kya chal raha hai jingadi mein.

-vinod


Bhai koe inn saari posttan ka GERRA bhar ke Time pass mei bagga dyo.......Binod dukhi nahi karya jaga katti.

[devdahiya]

Wo baat na sae kakaji... kuchh thread sachmuch mein timepass hoti hain... baki sab theek... aur bataiye kya chal raha hai jingadi mein.

-vinod


I was just pulling your leg bhai....just to cheer up things.Life couldn't have been better dear...loving every thing about it.Tu appni sunna...how are the studies going on? Keep doing well in life...my best wishes are always there with you.God bless!

[downtoearth]

sangwaan bhai saab,,,,,hum too aarey
fernando ,,, steven,,,, ,,, shyam benegal,,,, ramu ,,,ki filmaan ki baat karan laag rahey sein,,,, ismein choo mein kyu aao so ???:rolleyes: is there any diff between the thread " reviews of books" ? we r just discussing sm quality movies,,, which we`ve seen,,,,;) ,,, aur yu ,,,films ,,, cinema,, theatre,,documentary,,, drama,,, play,,,,,, nirra time pass ka sauda na hoya karta..:rolleyes:
Bollywood , India’s film industry, is the largest in the world. It produces over 900 films a year in more than 8 languages.

[/URL]
I have been watching Indian films for so long, I know that if I attempted to make a film, I would succeed in showing real life drama :p :p {kidding}

There are so many examples of movies not really showing reality and it does bother me at times– I mean, its obvious when you watch a David Dhawan film, you’ll shut off your brain.........:D
baaki ek bey yu khatka bhi dabba key dekh lo ,,,,,
[url]http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11925 (http://a.tribalfusion.com/l.click?clickID=DUJUIULJGJPGNDDMMLMNUJMHJWIUPOUDYT NGHKTEJOTIPPIIILDMUEMGLCKBYNQBPROQEMNJE&clickURL=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2epuremail%2ecom),,,,,,, issmein nirra thook billowan ke 51 reply aa rahey sey:eek: ,,,,,,, bina baat ke:cool:

[keshavdahiya]

there are a few documentaries which i found really facsinating......
march of the penguins
fahreneit 911
..
..
..
.. more cuming soonn....

[rana1979]

There is one documentary which is also quite interesting...

"Grizzly Man" which explores the life and death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell. Treadwell lived unarmed among the bears for thirteen summers, and filmed his adventures in the wild during his final five seasons.

[poonam]

More or less all the movies mentioned above are simply excellent, not seen all though.!

Heavy names coming though..:) ….and my favorites: Schindler's list, The Godfather, Life is beautiful. Adding onto the list are my favorites: Philadelphia, Shakespeare in Love, A Beautiful Mind and many more actually!!

Lekin Bollywood movies ka koi muqabla nahi…hai kya?..:cool:

How can anyone forget those sweet simple comedies full of warmth and ‘feel good’ long lasting impression created by none other than our own beloved Hrishikesh Mukherjee. That era of his infinite ‘supercool’ movies like Chupke-Chupke, Guddi, Bawarchi(to name a few) had a different flavor and even today if I get a chance I think I would like to watch his movies and relish that simplicity and warmth and the way he understood and portrayed common man/ human nature be it through satire or comedy. These movies take you to a different world: simple and realistic to identify with and the contentment is hard to describe in words!

I personally adore such ‘light’ movies and they captivate and motivate me somehow! You know that ‘feel good’ feeling..:) !

Then some of his masterpieces though…Anand, Abhimaan types- truly remarkable- again with a realistic foundation but wonderfully presented!

[rana1979]

There is a movie inspired by a true story "DHOOP".This story is inspired by a true life story of parents of Captain Anuj Nayyar of 17 Jat, who was killed in the southwest sector of Tiger Hill on July 5, 1999. For more authenticity, the story is set against backdrop of Delhi, where Nayyars live. This story encapsulates strong emotions.

[poonam]

There is a movie inspired by a true story "DHOOP".This story is inspired by a true life story of parents of Captain Anuj Nayyar of 17 Jat, who was killed in the southwest sector of Tiger Hill on July 5, 1999. For more authenticity, the story is set against backdrop of Delhi, where Nayyars live. This story encapsulates strong emotions.

and directed by our own Ashvini Chaudhary....:)

[priti]

i think we are getting a nice collection of names of meaningful cinema here....

have been meaning to watch 'march of the penguins'...isn't it the one which got an oscar or something??

Fahrenneit is good too...there's another one by Michael Moore called 'bowling for columbine' which is about gun culture in the US....but Moore has been criticised for his somewhat intuitive interpretations and self- constructed scenes in his movies..



there are a few documentaries which i found really facsinating......
march of the penguins
fahreneit 911
..
..
..
.. more cuming soonn....

[priti]

poonam, thanks for remembering chupke chupke....i was trying to remember the name but it didn't come through when i was thinking of old hindi movies...it was a hilarious movie and as you mentioned with the earthiness and simple acting ....sometimes its the simplicity which is hard to attain in movies....

the songs in Abhimaan...aha aha...kya gaane hain...




More or less all the movies mentioned above are simply excellent, not seen all though.!

Heavy names coming though..:) ….and my favorites: Schindler's list, The Godfather, Life is beautiful. Adding onto the list are my favorites: Philadelphia, Shakespeare in Love, A Beautiful Mind and many more actually!!

Lekin Bollywood movies ka koi muqabla nahi…hai kya?..:cool:

How can anyone forget those sweet simple comedies full of warmth and ‘feel good’ long lasting impression created by none other than our own beloved Hrishikesh Mukherjee. That era of his infinite ‘supercool’ movies like Chupke-Chupke, Guddi, Bawarchi(to name a few) had a different flavor and even today if I get a chance I think I would like to watch his movies and relish that simplicity and warmth and the way he understood and portrayed common man/ human nature be it through satire or comedy. These movies take you to a different world: simple and realistic to identify with and the contentment is hard to describe in words!

I personally adore such ‘light’ movies and they captivate and motivate me somehow! You know that ‘feel good’ feeling..:) !

Then some of his masterpieces though…Anand, Abhimaan types- truly remarkable- again with a realistic foundation but wonderfully presented!

[priti]

sounds interesting....

has anyone seen 'The Gods must be Crazy' as a kid....


There is one documentary which is also quite interesting...

"Grizzly Man" which explores the life and death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell. Treadwell lived unarmed among the bears for thirteen summers, and filmed his adventures in the wild during his final five seasons.

[keshavdahiya]

sounds interesting....

has anyone seen 'The Gods must be Crazy' as a kid....

still cant stop rolling on floor.......and so now I have both the parts....though 3rd is not so gud.....but all time fav.
a few more gud flicks which i can go on and on........
Criminal........old version with spanish guy...
Rocky 4.......alwayz a motivating movis some how:rolleyes: music is disaster
the God the Bad and the Ugly.......some how find it funny
reservoir dogs.....
Dil chata hai......
Dirty dancing...

cant remeber all of them........:D...chicky

[rana1979]

Yeah Priti !!!! I love watching this movie 'The Gods must be Crazy' !!!

There is a movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" , this is also a very good one!!!!





sounds interesting....

has anyone seen 'The Gods must be Crazy' as a kid....

[spdeshwal]

Some of the movies touched me and i feel like watching again and again are:


Gods Must Be Crazy(1&2)
God Father
Ten Commandments
McNnnna's Gold
Changej KHAN

Shree 420
Mera Naam Joker
Mother India
Sholay
Muna Bhai MBBS
Dhoop

[sunitahooda]

Manne tera yo khatka daab diya tha nu soch kai ak kimme badhiya sauda pavega....sahi bilo rakhya sai kati....anyways....i like Horror n Sci-fi movies and Art movies....the list is already given so no need to copy-n-paste but other my fav are....
The Gladiator
The Rock
Night of the living Dead
Rome
Too fast Too Furious
The Ring
these are apart from most of the given in the list....


baaki ek bey yu khatka bhi dabba key dekh lo ,,,,,
http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11925,,,,,,, issmein nirra thook billowan ke 51 reply aa rahey sey:eek: ,,,,,,, bina baat ke:cool:[/quote]

[shailendra]

just before i wud say any thing just go and watch (1960s);) THE MAGNIFICANT SEVEN...........where 7 cowboys fight dakoits & like later our veeru and jai of sholay(1975):eek: ........
any way it(sholay) was a gr8 all time movie.......but i wont say that it was much creative when you see the western flick first......lol

.........many more.....

Naw!Naw Keshav... Sholay was and remains a classic even when and after you watch those spaghetti westerns first! I am sorry to start the discussion on 'Sholay' again, Priti (you the starter of the thread, and the rest spoke a bit of it and seem to have moved on...Heh! Heh! But remember I had said I was gonna come back to this!?!).... so here goes:

While it is interesting that you brought up 'The Magnificent Seven' Keshav, as Sholay did seem to have borrowed the concept of the whole 'hiring-mercenaries-to-get-a-job-done' from that movie...but at the same time it never really copied any scenes; whereas the real truth on copying anything from anywhere is; and if any of you have watched those famous Clint Eastwood flicks, (you just gotta! remember 'The good, the bad and the Ugly'???)...and have watched his two movies: 'Fistful of Dollars' and a 'For a few Dollars more' you wouldn't miss recognizing the couple of scenes that were borrowed/lifted off directly from there in Sholay; Namely- the piece where the whole family is cut down (each one getting shot and the image going still at that point, and then with them falling in slow mo. Down to the last part of that scene where the villain approaches the final survivor; the lil' boy, and raises his rifle...only to have the final ring of the shot being drowned into the next scene- that of the whistle of an arriving train!)...and also the part where the main villain strikes down a running ant/spider on his wrist...

HAVING SAID THAT: while these scenes and flavor, ambience were borrowed, but man did our movie Sholay do justice to each and every of it's scene, and then some! (I mean, look how aaj ki movies lift scenes directly, no creativity; just simple copying word to word)....but that's why Sholay is so much more special; it recreated a drama that could only be called of an Indian flavor at best. It used a theme and then got under the skin of it! Made it it's own and even much more better than any original idea!!!.............................

[shailendra]

Anyone saw Sin City and liked it??

...Hmmm, yeah... it was ok! I was getting a lil' put off with the whole black and white, comic book style of filming. Wanted to switch the DVD off and pick up a good DC comic book instead! LOL...:rolleyes:

Now Priti, I remember you ealier mentioned 'The Constant Gardener', right? Well, I have watched it and wanted to ask what is that you liked in there that it fell under your fav list?... Don't get me wrong; not questioning your call and I liked the movie too, sorta (it kept me intrigued and glued all along at least) but just as a discussion...
(people who haven't seen the movie and are planning to watch can stop reading right here! :D )
I will tell you my thoughts: While the whole concept (Medical companies making a killing in the poor third world countries)...was worth a subject, and they show the main leads bring the culprits to justice and thus raise a warning sign to the world over, but the way the whole story was put together seemed somehow far-fetched to me (or at least the way the director showed it, did!)...
Consider this; here is a guy who works with a big organization, takes in a mutinous woman as a wife... ignores all his other colleauges warnings on her; loses her eventually, realizes what was happening and then proceeds to take up the world all by himself!!! A guy who is shown as mild mannered and non-dominant is suddenly shown calling the shots everywhere!...he loves her enough to go on a warpath, but apparently had no time to listen when she was talking in the first place!...and then the ending of the movie (and that was the limit for me!) he just sits down and waits for death to walk up to him... what an anticlimax! I was shocked by it! (I guess the male ego in me failed to see eye to eye on that!)... I dunno, the movie was interesting, or should I say 'good' at best!

The movie was hyped a lil' bit at the Oscar's too, and got the lead actress one of the gold baldies for the supporting role, right? (she looks stunning, BTW)

[drjatin]

Ram Ram Jat Bhaio,

The best movies according to me ever made are

1. Gladiator
2. Godfather
3. The Good Bad and Ugly
4. The sixth sense
5. Gadar

[shailendra]

Dear All,

The movies in which Dharmender stars are THE GREATEST. Just watched 'DHARAMVEER' the other day. Kai Oscar milne Chhahiyein thay... what a movie and what story

Raja ki Chhori ka Swayambar, Chhori gai shikar pe, sher mar diya, daku aage, pher Jwala ne bachai, pher Gandharv vivah, rat ne jo sher marya tha us aali sherni aa gi, Jawala ar sherni ki fight, Chhori behosh ar jab utthe se te uska byah ho se ek Raja gelyan, she tells Raja that she is pregnent, Raja accepts her, enter Chhori's brother (Jeevan), Chhori gives birth to two sons, ek ne thaa legyaa Jwala ka Falcon, ek bangya Raj kumar, Chhoryan ka Mama tries to exchange the Rajkumar with his own child but Mami changes it again, jo balak Falcon uthaa ke le gya tha vo ja pahunchya ek Luhar ke ar vo ban gya DHARMENDER....

Ar ya te sirf starting se... What creativity and what fun. No, there can be no greater creativity. Give whatever arguements you want, I will NEVER be convinced...

Regards,

JS Malik

Ha! Ha! Well said Malik saab, but don't you think that you kinda already setting yourself up a lil' skeptical by adding ("Give whatever arguements you want, I will NEVER be convinced...") Heh! Heh!:D

The guys was so good in some of his earlier more meaningful role movies that it is incredible he is never considered in the ranks of the great actors (in the acting department, I mean)...
I am a fan of his very early movies: His role of a professor in; 'Chupke-chupke' was it? (I think he even gave Amitabh a run for his money in that movie)!!! And then in 'Staykam'...and all those other ones with Meena Kumari (I am really doing a blank on his movies names right now), but basically those BW movies where he was in his element and not really the garam Dharam of later...more punch with his acting then actually punching the villians! ;) ...
But then man, could his persona in 'Shalimar' and 'Yaadon Ki Baarat' be forgotten!?!...Geezomighty, what an all macho Dude!

[shailendra]

This thread shd be moved to time-pass section. its nothing more than chit-chat... there is no useful discussion possible on favorite movies...

-vinod

LOL!:D Interesting piece of post....really, this brings me to the question I have often asked myself: How to we all access these posts in the first place? I mean, do we first go by where the thread is posted?...(like go directly in to General talk, Time pass...etc. folders, based on what we are in the mood of?) or [like me] go directly to the New-Posts section/folder first and then read thru anything that seems interesting and catches the eye with their title/heading!??!...

So well; basically what I am saying is that unless the title is misleading (and this one was not) and/or one couldn't figure out what it means in the first place and had to come in, read it and find out, (only to strike the forehead with disgust at it's 'time-pass' nature, for example, let's say)....I don't see why it should be such a big deal otherwise!?! :confused:

[shailendra]

Some of the movies touched me and i feel like watching again and again are:

McNnnna's Gold
Changej KHAN


Mackenna's Gold is one western I still gotta see (have been told by so many people about the greatness of this movie, that it is now frustrating to not be able to get my hands on a copy in the video stores! I dunno why is that...always thought the famous ones should be a given at the stores!)...Gergory peck (our Dev Anand!) supposedly stars in it, right?

And then Chengeiz Khan (I am not sure either how to spell the big guy from Mongol!) apparently has had some versions done in the past, but I do vaguely remember one version that I had watched in my childhood...and that it was quite an exciting movie. Would love to catch it again, even if to relive the childhood nostalgia!

[lambavivek]

maja aa gaya saare piche chore diye.
i really appreciate ur ideas 16*2=8


Chhorey iss list ka matlab sai ak ibbey tanne ghani CD deni sain mere tai????


:p baaki ghanii ho li sey....... aur ghaniien reh bhi gayi sein:p[/quote]

[vikaskundu]

i am more of humorous movie fan sum gud hilarious movies are
1.ace ventura (wen nature calls) watched it nearly 25 times
2.goldmember(austin power)
3.mask
4.forrest gump(sort of comic)
5.andaz apna apna(gud hindi flick)
6. not another teen movie
7.dumb & dumber
8.dude wheres my car
9. bade miyan chote miyan(another gud hinsi one)
sum serious wud b
1.cast away
2.bad boys
3.broken arrow(how gud is john travolta?)
4, troy(boy i dont watch these priod films but this one is grrrr8)
5.gladiator
6.laggan
7 t2(how can we forget that bike chase in canal scene)
8.rambo(one in afghanistan)
9.i just wish there wasa movie made with arnie vs sylvester

[vikaskundu]

i like to watch friends (got all the seasons), seinfield, des house wives, fresh prince of bel air, nd what about u guys!!!!!!!

[rana1979]

"Baby's Day out"
"Baby Geniuses"
"Home alone"
"Father's Day"
"Ghostbuster's part(1&2)
"Lake Placid"
"My baby's daddy"
"The nutty professor"
"Jaws"

[priti]

....usually i either i like or dislike films for their overall appeal to me....the liking for this one, i should staightaway say is coming out of my bias for the subject :)....all my working and researching life, I've spent on Business and society, the concepts of corporate social responsibility, corporate ethics and stuff....the boring stuff which has no ultimate answers and you just go round and round and round...a lot of heartache and introspection.... i've got to spent time with people who work in these big organisations (i have myself worked in one and left after i realise what its actually like from inside) and i have found subtle and strong shades of passion for this subject and i have seen people say....ok these organisations are not doing everything right but we are here precisely because of that...we are here because we know we are right...these often leads one to existentialist questions...i saw the same theme in this movie apart from the love story...

so now that i have cleared my bias :) , i'll come back to the movie itself, lets talk about the love story....there is a very old saying...'opposites attract'...this is quite resounding in the movie...in the heroine i saw a humane person who could share her love and protect people....and this 'protection' bit is the one which got her husband to share her convictions (only after her death)....she did not talk to him (about her work) much because she wanted to protect him, because he was unlike her, was different from her and was happy in his gardening (no disrespect, everyone has their own way of finding meaning in life).

He had his doubts about her faithfulness and still he loved her so much he never confronted her...and all his doubts were proved wrong! After her death, to him, she proved to be the constant gardener...tending to people she loved, people who are being betrayed by the big multinationals to make profits....i think i like this movie because it shows that corporate bottomlines (which were created by human and can easily be done away with) have become more important than human lives....we are seeing it everywhere...thank god somebody made a movie on it.....ok...now you've got me started....i think i'll keep my further views to myself...:D

you've got to watch it twice to make proper sense of it....and if you like it more the second time...maybe you should watch syriana and lord of war too...different takes on the same subject...




...Hmmm, yeah... it was ok! I was getting a lil' put off with the whole black and white, comic book style of filming. Wanted to switch the DVD off and pick up a good DC comic book instead! LOL...:rolleyes:

Now Priti, I remember you ealier mentioned 'The Constant Gardener', right? Well, I have watched it and wanted to ask what is that you liked in there that it fell under your fav list?... Don't get me wrong; not questioning your call and I liked the movie too, sorta (it kept me intrigued and glued all along at least) but just as a discussion...
(people who haven't seen the movie and are planning to watch can stop reading right here! :D )
I will tell you my thoughts: While the whole concept (Medical companies making a killing in the poor third world countries)...was worth a subject, and they show the main leads bring the culprits to justice and thus raise a warning sign to the world over, but the way the whole story was put together seemed somehow far-fetched to me (or at least the way the director showed it, did!)...
Consider this; here is a guy who works with a big organization, takes in a mutinous woman as a wife... ignores all his other colleauges warnings on her; loses her eventually, realizes what was happening and then proceeds to take up the world all by himself!!! A guy who is shown as mild mannered and non-dominant is suddenly shown calling the shots everywhere!...he loves her enough to go on a warpath, but apparently had no time to listen when she was talking in the first place!...and then the ending of the movie (and that was the limit for me!) he just sits down and waits for death to walk up to him... what an anticlimax! I was shocked by it! (I guess the male ego in me failed to see eye to eye on that!)... I dunno, the movie was interesting, or should I say 'good' at best!

The movie was hyped a lil' bit at the Oscar's too, and got the lead actress one of the gold baldies for the supporting role, right? (she looks stunning, BTW)

[shailendra]

Another big larger than life Movie that shook the cinema and thus created a history of sorts! Movie making was never the same experience again!!...I am talking about: The three 'Lord of the Ring' sequels/movies!...
It has always been my standing that good movies are not about computer graphics and spectacular imagery, but tell you what these movies have changed my perception....apparently if done right, they can take the whole movie watching experience to a whole new level, as was proof after watching this triology!....

You don't have to be a sci-fi or period drama fan to love these movies for the spectacular panorama of New Zealand landscapes and pure adrenalin fun of Computer generated images that the middle earth ever experienced!;)

...and if you do go there and talk about it, then one needs to give a honorable mention to all the Harry Potter movies too, with the same exhilarated catch of breath!

[priti]

hehehe...what a passionate write-up on sholay....wonderrrful in toto...




HAVING SAID THAT: while these scenes and flavor, ambience were borrowed, but man did our movie Sholay do justice to each and every of it's scene, and then some! (I mean, look how aaj ki movies lift scenes directly, no creativity; just simple copying word to word)....but that's why Sholay is so much more special; it recreated a drama that could only be called of an Indian flavor at best. It used a theme and then got under the skin of it! Made it it's own and even much more better than any original idea!!!.............................

[priti]

think i liked it for its 'les miserable' sort of appeal of bad guy is actually a good guy...

also the cinematography was different from usual...it is so annoying that you actually sit up and give it more attention to follow the movie...

also, liked the separate stories in parallel narration...

[shailendra]

....usually i either i like or dislike films for their overall appeal to me....the liking for this one, i should staightaway say is coming out of my bias for the subject :)....all my working and researching life, I've spent on Business and society, the concepts of corporate social responsibility, corporate ethics and stuff....the boring stuff which has no ultimate answers and you just go round and round and round...a lot of heartache and introspection....luckily, i've spent time with people who work in these big organisations (i have myself worked in one and left after i realise what its actually like from inside) and i have found subtle and strong shades of passion for this subject and i have seen people say....ok these organisations are not doing everything right but we are here precisely because of that...we are here because we know we are right...these often leads one to existentialist questions...i saw the same theme in this movie apart from the love story...
i think i like this movie because it shows that corporate bottomlines (which were created by human and can easily be done away with) have become more important than human lives....we are seeing it everywhere...thank god somebody made a movie on it.....ok...now you've got me started....i think i'll keep my further views to myself...:D

you've got to watch it twice to make proper sense of it....and if you like it more the second time...maybe you should watch syriana and lord of war too...

...Whoa! Attagirl, you are one quiet one, aren't ya! :) Good for you, my compliments to you for being in a field that apparently raises so much passion in ya! At least now, if not in the beginning like you mentioned... (isn't that what it's all about?; working when it is not 'work' but more a passion! believe me I would know...)...

Now that I know where your bias is coming from (Just Kidding!!! :D )...believe me when I say I didn't watch the movie just from the bystander perspective and in all fairness understood why the director had to make the ending like the way he did; it was not some Rambo going against the whole Russian empire (reminds me all the Rambo series were iconic too! Heh!) but simply cause he is just a normal working guy, in the same field finally hoping that his huge sacrifice (and that of his wife before him) would maybe make the world sit up and notice... but I guess just the whole idea of someone in the same field apparently for so long, but still being completely clueless about the underhand workings and happenings (big or small) seemed a lil' far fetched and weird! But then the movie would not be such a end-of-the-seat thriller now, would it!?!...
BUT...having said that, I totally feel that I have gone into the deep end on this one against someone like ya, Ha!...so I guess I shall just politely beg to differ on some of the projected incidental things in the movie (for me always the devil has been in the detail....looking at all the silly small things, I guess!:rolleyes: )...
The movie's punch still continues to remain a commendable one in my mind, just like I had said in my initial post, and everything said and done I can't think of a better cast than Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz taking us thru the motions (BTW, have you seen Ralph Fiennes in 'The English Patient'?...)

But I must confess I was also ready to pat myself on the back for being the catalyst that starting you off on a tangent on this one!....cause it made very interesting reading indeed! I am sure those who have read this post of yours must be equally intrigued (and yes, the Movie producers should be paying us for the PR and advertisment, no doubt!;) )...so maybe you wanna keep going on your thoughts there!?!
[Hell, even Vinod must not have imagined the thread could turn from 'time pass' to something more serious and delightfully engaging discussion! (Pun intended! :D Heh! Heh!)]
I will still try and catch those other movies you mentioned and who knows maybe wouldn't even need a second go at them to comprehend fully...LOL! Just Kidding!!!

[shailendra]

think i liked it for its 'les miserable' sort of appeal of bad guy is actually a good guy...

also the cinematography was different from usual...it is so annoying that you actually sit up and give it more attention to follow the movie...

also, liked the separate stories in parallel narration...

Yes, that was interesting; you might wanna watch 'Crash' too, that is if you have not already done so... for the same reasons!...(Plus now it boasts of an Oscar too!)...

[downtoearth]

hi ,,, as we r discussing films here but there is question in my mind:confused: .......
amol palekar`s 'Paheli' got India's official entry to the Oscars.

I think,,,the other films contending for the nomination were

1...>>>...Black
2...>>>...Parineeta
3..>>>..Page 3
4...>>..Iqbal
5 ...>>>Swades
6...>>...'Veer-Zaara
7..>>...Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi
8..>>..Graham' (Telugu)
9...>>>..Sachein' (Tamil)
10...>>>...Anniyan (Tamil)
11...>>>..Uttarayan' (Marathi), and mangal paandey

Do you think Paheli was deserving ???:)

[poonam]

hi ,,,

Do you think Paheli was deserving ???:)


The reason they have given was that Paheli showcases more of an Indian tradition and culture as compared to the other films and was based on Indian literature, which was the idea behind selecting the movie for Ocsars to represent the Indian cinema. Makes sense I guess!!

[sansanwalamit]

After ages I got to see such an honest and beautiful Hindi movie that even smelled Indian. In today's time when bollywood just cooks up bad tasting "chicken tikka pizzas", it was great to enjoy khalis "dal-baatti". Paheli did deserve it, I was infact saddened to see it not becoming a finalist in the oscars. Good movie, I have even got the DVD :)

[cooljat]

Jat log,
Im not that movie-buff but still I really admire some of these movies-

Bollywood-

> Gulami
> Sholay
> Ghayal
> Prahar
> Kaala Pathar
> Kaun
> Savere wali gaadi
> Vaastav
> Do Kaidi
> Jaane bhi do yaaron
> Herapheri (nayi wali)
> Munna bhai MBBS
> Mirch-masala
> god mother
> Swadesh
> Ruksat
> Don
> Agneepath
> Shiva
> Ghatak
> Company
> Yaadon ki barat
> Mukkadar ka Sikander
> Hero (yamaha 350 wali)
> Jo jeeta woh hi sikander
> Black Friday

etc....aur kuch mein abhi bhool reha hoon....btw I always enjoy watching Ram Gopal Verma's movies....one more thing I'm despreatly looking for a movie named HOLI directed by Ketan Mehta & its arguably the first movie of Aamir khan in which he acted as young guy, kissi ke paas ho to bhej do mere paas yaar!!!


HollyWood --

> Hard Target
> The gud the bad n the ugly
> Cliffhanger
> A shoot to kill
> the Edge
> Breaking Away
> Rockstar
> Terminator 2
> Rocky series
> Rembo 3
> the Specialist
> Pay beck
> Ronin
> the Professionals
> Enter the Dragon
> Transporter
> Matrix series
> MI Series
> Ace Ventura series
> Mask
> Dumb n Dumber
> Me, myself & Irene
> Letheal Weapon series
> Challenger
> Lion Heart
> Taxi Driver
> GodFather
> Deer Hunter
> Gladiator
> the french connection

Abhi mery memory mein itni hi capacity hai
aur yaad aayi to aur add kardoonga!!

Rock on
Jit

[raj_rathee]

Gladiator !!!!!!!

A flawless piece of art !! Movies don't get better than this. Plenty
of good movies out there...but this is one for which I can still visualise the
scenes.

If you haven't seen it, WATCH it. If you've seen it, WATCH it again.
I haven't been able to find one flaw in this one....and believe me...I know
how to find flaws.

[raj2rif]

Yeah Rahul !!! Shawshank redemption is really a great movie.

To Add to this are
Patch Adams.
A few Good Men
Platoon
A bridge on River Kwoi,
A bridge too Far
Operation Day Break
Operation Thunderbolt/Raid on Entebee
Saving Private Rhine
All Quite on Western Front
Color Purple
Sixth Sense
Dirty Dozon

Among the Hindi Movies, besides others mentioned, I guess, Chupke Chupke, Anand, Namak Haram, Ardh Satya, Arth, Deewar, Swadesh, Dil Chahta Hai, Baagban, Black,I feel are good movies. We already have had a discussion on Rang De Basanti, I feel it is a good movie too.

[downtoearth]

The reason they have given was that Paheli showcases more of an Indian tradition and culture as compared to the other films and was based on Indian literature, which was the idea behind selecting the movie for Ocsars to represent the Indian cinema. Makes sense I guess!!poonam ji,,,, aap aali baat ghankhaari film mein fit bethey sey,,,,,,,,:) ,,, to me ,,,,,,jury comprising members of national film awards selection committee and other reputed cineastars found "paheli" special.....to many "black" was deserving,,,, but i think palekar outlobbied Lilla bhansali......and there was alreadya gr8 hollywood classy with the theme of black based on Helen Keller experiences...........aur shaayd paheli kissey ki remake na sey.........

[vinodks]

Fotu bahut badiya sae chhore! Konsi film ka scene sae? ek dam Jat-gladiator lage sae.

-vinod


Gladiator !!!!!!!

A flawless piece of art !! Movies don't get better than this. Plenty
of good movies out there...but this is one for which I can still visualise the
scenes.

If you haven't seen it, WATCH it. If you've seen it, WATCH it again.
I haven't been able to find one flaw in this one....and believe me...I know
how to find flaws.

[vinodks]

Agree with you... looks like u are passionate about movies.

-vinod


Another big larger than life Movie that shook the cinema and thus created a history of sorts! Movie making was never the same experience again!!...I am talking about: The three 'Lord of the Ring' sequels/movies!...
It has always been my standing that good movies are not about computer graphics and spectacular imagery, but tell you what these movies have changed my perception....apparently if done right, they can take the whole movie watching experience to a whole new level, as was proof after watching this triology!....

You don't have to be a sci-fi or period drama fan to love these movies for the spectacular panorama of New Zealand landscapes and pure adrenalin fun of Computer generated images that the middle earth ever experienced!;)

...and if you do go there and talk about it, then one needs to give a honorable mention to all the Harry Potter movies too, with the same exhilarated catch of breath!

[shailendra]

Gladiator !!!!!!!

A flawless piece of art !! Movies don't get better than this. Plenty
of good movies out there...but this is one for which I can still visualise the
scenes.

If you haven't seen it, WATCH it. If you've seen it, WATCH it again.
I haven't been able to find one flaw in this one....and believe me...I know
how to find flaws.

....Aaao Thaakur aao! (:D Just quoting from Sholay, Rathee!...and of course an ode to your pose!)...
Absolutely! 'Gladiator' is another biggie....(again goes back to my contention that computer graphics nowadays can do wonders to a movie) for example those perfect architectural details of the Coliseum and of other Rome buildings in the movie was done in the 3-D max studio etc. kinda computer modelling....and to what a spectacular effect!
But besides that there is something about period drama's that catches the imagination, for example the authentic costume designing is one of the unspoken arts but such an important form of the cinema!!!...

Reminds me:My own pet peeve for example in these times of modern day cinema, and on top of that a big banner film like 'Mangal Pande' still had british soldiers shown in painted cardboard hats and ...well, just plain bad costume designing! Mangal Pande (himself a Brahmin) is shown sporting a rock star like hairdo, and Rajput like mustaches! He's also shown walking around in a Dhoti but with full ankle high boots, more appropriate on the feet of a modern soldier then an 18th century sepoy! Whatever happened to authentic presentation!??!... and then they say we cannot keep up with Hollywood becuase they have better equipments and computer graphic artists etc... well, how about hiring an 'authentic' costume designer for starters next time, rather than have the producers local tailor do the get-ups!?!

Well, anyways...coming back: Russel Crowe did a fine job in 'Gladiator', and by the way as I understand the tigers in the Coliseum fight scene are supposedly from India and were the same one's used later in our very own Ghost thriller movie 'Kaal' (yeah, call those tigers either Bollywood or Hollywood stars from now on!;) No pun intended!)...

[shailendra]

Agree with you... looks like u are passionate about movies.

-vinod

You got it buddy!!!...;)

On the same genre one should plan to watch the new 'King-Kong' too.....OH-WHAT-A-MOVIE!!! These guys are getting so good that now it is quite difficult to remove fact from fiction....(by the way, these kinda movies are a must to be watched on the big screen with huge dolby stereo systems! The small DVD/TV screen just does not do them justice!)

[shailendra]

To Add to this are


Platoon
A bridge on River Kwoi
Operation Day Break
Operation Thunderbolt/Raid on Entebee
Saving Private Rhine
All Quite on Western Front



Quite the armed forces person choice of movies there! ;)

I must say that 'Saving Private Ryan' was a first of sorts too, with it's very very graphic and realistic battle scenes...including blood, gore and severed, blown up limbs!!!...
Speaking of graphic battle movies...have you watched 'Full Metal Jacket'? This one is from the Vietnam war, and is famous for it's graphic war scenes!

Must say 'Platoon' was such a huge influence on me as a young kid, specially being an Army brat...it had the whole rough, battle weary, adventerous and tough look about it, that one took an immediate liking to this great war movie! No wonder the jury is still out on who was the bigger villian in this Vietnam war.....

Now 'The Bridge on River Kwai' was first read by me as the novel, and although the novel had a sad ending the movie decided to have a much more victorious ending to the drama....but all in all a great movie that did full justice to the Novel. A must see for battle and war movie fans!

[shailendra]

More or less all the movies mentioned above are simply excellent, not seen all though.!

Heavy names coming though..:) ….and my favorites: Schindler's list, The Godfather, Life is beautiful. Adding onto the list are my favorites: Philadelphia, Shakespeare in Love, A Beautiful Mind and many more actually!!


...Hmmm, Oh yeah thanks for mentioning;'Life is Beautiful'...because it was really a beautiful movie....I think anyone who watches it can walk away with a heart touched....doean't matter if it is matters on the Jew genocide, Nazism, romance or the simply attitude that drives your everyday thinking....everyone has something to relate to this movie and in their own whichever way!
The message of the movie was simple (but delievered with such a punch) life is so precious, make the most of it...in everyway and everyday, even when the going is tough!!!
LOVED that movie, (and sobbed like a teenager girl towards the end! :D )

You liked 'Philadelphia',Poonam? Hmmmm, it is sorta difficult to relate to a plight like that....at least for me....but hey, the movie was a critics delight, so I guess....

I think it was easy to draw parallels with 'A beautiful mind' and the recent 'The Aviator'....(Hollywood bosses just love a true life story packed and rehashed in a dramatic flavor!:rolleyes: )...but they can be compared for the ways both showed how a true genius could never chase away the inner demons! Good movies both... but hah, who cares for the visual (mis)interpretation of autobiographies, anyways! (But that's just me!)

[poonam]

[COLOR="DarkRed"]...
You liked 'Philadelphia',Poonam? Hmmmm, it is sorta difficult to relate to a plight like that....at least for me....but hey, the movie was a critics delight, so I guess....
[COLOR]

The movies though primarily a means of entertainment but can do wonders to quiver the consciousness of the audience, at least for a while if not long lasting! And I guess Philadelphia had this extraordinary ability as much as the Schindler's List had! Even with its few slipups I think it still stands as an honest and thought provoking movie with a powerful story, sort of inducing a different perspective to the victims of the disease. And pointless to mention the groundbreaking performance of Hanks and Washington!

Life is Beautiful...agree with you in toto..very touching and sweet movie...'Life WAS Beautiful'...!..:)

[chhillar]

Jack Nicholson....
Helen Hunt....
This movie allows life to present itself...Be offensive at a coffee shop, go to Baltimore for no real reason whatsoever, understand why someone really loves their dog, and the perception that sketching someone is a way of complimenting them should sink in!!...Act crazy, compulsive, and be so so so politically incorrect!!...At the same time, vitiate all of it by paying the woman you love the greatest compliment you can think of...It works because you mean it...This is the summon substance of who Mr Udall(Jack Nicholson) truly is!! He will always be this way too!!.....................................IMDB

[chhillar]

Its about a dedicated, but tyrannical, Joe Clark(Morgan Freeman) is appointed as principal of a decaying inner city school in NJ and he is determined to improve it.

[neelambaliyan]

My favorite movies are:

Tum bin
Pyar to hona hi tha
all movies of sunny deol (Action to Sunny ko hi aave)
saher
all movies of Ramu (Something different)

[downtoearth]

and the award for longest list goes to Rupender....bhai lage se tanne bengali film ghadi aachchi laage sein...

great list though....will print it out for my next trip to my pakistani video shop :D ya heheehe,, priti ,,, thanx 4 da award,,,,,,,,,,:p it seems 2 b a never end'n thread............:p ,,,u hv a gd eye 4 medas:D ,m a gr8t admirere of Sir Satyajeet ray n Shayam Benegal, wl its n't a story of 1 day...........I hv devoted my precious tm in da lst cpl of film festival, Indian n international both..........wl its a lng story, smdy I wl brief it.
so whn da nxt list is cm'n out ????????
9 need 2 wait.......here is da shrt list........:p
Hollywood:-
1...>>>...lost in translation
2...>>>...pulp in fiction
3...>>>...roman holiday
4...>>>...rear window
5...>>>...american beauty
6...>>>...forest gump
7...>>>...God father
8...>>>...Benher
9...>>>...metilda
10...>>>...10 commandments

French:-
1...>>>...la denterele
2..>>>...beurmachau
3..>>....my fav, seasom
4..>>...God creared woman

German.....
1...>>..paris texas
2 ....>>.. wings of fire

Italian::....
1...>>.. la luna
2...>>>.. last emperror
3...>>... the sleepin beauty
4 ..>>.. my sone room
5..>.......life is beautiful....................................

dats all 4 dis time.
tk cr.

[vijaybhagashra]

Dear Friends,
Priti also suggested that we should have review on books too. With all the replies I saw , I think I need to go out and see lot many movies, as I am feeling not being updated.:D

There is one book which I would like to suggest all my Jat friends to buy is ‘Unlimited Power’ by Anthony Robins. It’s a great book as it tell you that all your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.

Regards,
VJ

[vijaybhagashra]

Dear Friends,
Priti also suggested that we should have review on books too. With all the replies I saw , I think I need to go out and see lot many movies, as I am feeling not being updated.:D

There is one book which I would like to suggest all my Jat friends to buy is ‘Unlimited Power’ by Anthony Robins. It’s a great book as it tell you that all your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.

Regards,
VJ


Hello Folks

Just got an idea for starting this thread from 'reviews on books', and a discussion on Kubrick's movies. Lets have a discussion on good creative movies which we the jatlanders have liked...my definition of creative is something that has challenges commonplace knowledge or notions...

to start with some of my favourite movies:

kpax
2001 space odyssey
Dr. Strangelove
Constant Gardener
O brother where art thou
Naach (where did this come from....i thought it was prettty creative:D )...

[amitdabas]

I dont think anyone mentioned 12 angry men. It's a 50s film about 12 jury members who are deciding a murder case. 11 of them believe the accused is guily..1 does not. the movie is shot in real time and follows the discussion of the 12 jurors. it was also made into a pankaj kapur movie called ek ruka hua faisla..haven't seen that yet

others on my fav list include

once upon a time in the west
the good the bad and the ugly
mackena's gold
north by nothwest

i love movies about distorted reality..like the game and the truman show. m also a big fan of tarantino (have seen and reseen pulp fiction and kill bill2 lots of times!!) and ram gopal varma

for real life adventure nothing beats 'touching the void'. i normally hate documentaries but this one had me thinking for days.

[shailendra]

I dont think anyone mentioned 12 angry men. It's a 50s film about 12 jury members who are deciding a murder case. 11 of them believe the accused is guily..1 does not. the movie is shot in real time and follows the discussion of the 12 jurors. it was also made into a pankaj kapur movie called ek ruka hua faisla..haven't seen that yet.

...Yup, I did it the other way round...(saw 'Ek Ruka Hua Faisla'), haven't seen the original yet!
And if the courtroom drama (and all that happens behind the scenes; things like how the jury is chosen, how it has to remain neutral/impartial, can also be quite devious in dealings...etc. etc.) kinda stuff moves you, then that has been wonderfully shown in a chillin' thriller called 'Runaway Jury'...a must see!

[priti]

You are right Rupender, Paheli is not a remake of some borrowed western idea or flick...its a visual version of a folk tale (and thats why poonam's point of it being more indian than its competitors is valid). Also, Amol Palekar is no lobbyist i guess....he appears to be just a good old actor interested in making harmless cinema....and Black was a remake and very anglicised to be representing hindi cinema....oscars have many entries like that....there is nothing regional about it...isn't it?


poonam ji,,,, aap aali baat ghankhaari film mein fit bethey sey,,,,,,,,:) ,,, to me ,,,,,,jury comprising members of national film awards selection committee and other reputed cineastars found "paheli" special.....to many "black" was deserving,,,, but i think palekar outlobbied Lilla bhansali......and there was alreadya gr8 hollywood classy with the theme of black based on Helen Keller experiences...........aur shaayd paheli kissey ki remake na sey.........

[priti]

actually I did watch Syriana and Constant Gardiner twice to make my sense of them :D , but there aren't many on which i would spend quite so much time.

Would love to continue with my thoughts on the world :D but think that might hijack this thread...to be honest its not many times that i get all flared up about the subject in question...it all gets a bit blurred in the reality that greed is the most basic amongst all other aspects of human nature....or maybe the whole system is setup to project that...and if sumit dahiya is reading this post...dont get me wrong....greed can lead to good things too like the developmental aspects of capitalism...




..
But I must confess I was also ready to pat myself on the back for being the catalyst that starting you off on a tangent on this one!....cause it made very interesting reading indeed! I am sure those who have read this post of yours must be equally intrigued (and yes, the Movie producers should be paying us for the PR and advertisment, no doubt!;) )...so maybe you wanna keep going on your thoughts there!?!

I will still try and catch those other movies you mentioned and who knows maybe wouldn't even need a second go at them to comprehend fully...LOL! Just Kidding!!!

[shailendra]

...and I just have to mention that old classic 'Pakeezah' here too! What a wonderful movie,....you know, it was my father's fav movie...and watching it even now, a generation apart, I can just see why!... and can't help but marvel at this beautifully made and created movie of all times! Some films attain a classic status with their massive budgets and wonderful pageantry....'Mughaleazam' was one,...and this to me was the other...............

This movie 'Pakeezah' is so lavish in its treatment of a courtesan's (played by Meena Kumari) turbulent story, that its splendour fills the eye, stirs the senses and showcases the wonderful core at the center of the film. Kamal Amrohi is the movie maker here and he narrates the story (quite dipped I must say) with the despair and the euphoria of human desires, and you are caught up in the swirl of the visual cinemtography, and it's well....almost surreal setting! beautiful...is all that comes to mind!...
Well, who can forget Raj Kumar's,"Aapke yeh paaon bahaut sundar hain...' dialouge, left as a romantic note at the heroine (sleeping blissfully) feet!?!...Classic....wonder how many of you have tried that with a woman??? LOL...nothing comes close to that original style, jaani!:rolleyes: ....

See it people, if you already haven't.......you will thank me for it!!!
If Meena Kumari was not haunting in this movie, then nothing ever is or was............

[priti]

Looks like Jit bhaisaab is fond of robert de niro. Would love to know your views on deer hunter...my initial impression was of it being a verrryyyyy long and slow movie (which it is) but its absolutely brilliant in terms of acting. its one of those movies in which how one changes due to experiences is shown immaculately. His raging bull was good too...

In fact, Col. Tevathia would like Deer Hunter too given his list of fav.movies...




Jat log,
Im not that movie-buff but still I really admire some of these movies-

> Breaking Away
> Rockstar
> Terminator 2
> Rocky series
> Rembo 3
> the Specialist
> Pay beck
> Ronin
> the Professionals
> Enter the Dragon
> Transporter
> Matrix series
> MI Series
> Ace Ventura series
> Mask
> Dumb n Dumber
> Me, myself & Irene
> Letheal Weapon series
> Challenger
> Lion Heart
> Taxi Driver
> GodFather
> Deer Hunter
> Gladiator
> the french connection

Abhi mery memory mein itni hi capacity hai
aur yaad aayi to aur add kardoonga!!

Rock on
Jit

[priti]

Loved this one....there's one of Jack Nicholson called 'one flew over the cuckoo's nest'...recently copied by Salman Khan in his 'kyun ki' (or maybe i should say used as a background for the same bollywood song and drama sequence)....its one of the initial movies by nicholson...again very slow but nice work of acting...



Jack Nicholson....
Helen Hunt....
This movie allows life to present itself...Be offensive at a coffee shop, go to Baltimore for no real reason whatsoever, understand why someone really loves their dog, and the perception that sketching someone is a way of complimenting them should sink in!!...Act crazy, compulsive, and be so so so politically incorrect!!...At the same time, vitiate all of it by paying the woman you love the greatest compliment you can think of...It works because you mean it...This is the summon substance of who Mr Udall(Jack Nicholson) truly is!! He will always be this way too!!.....................................IMDB

[priti]

any views??

[shailendra]

Would love to continue with my thoughts on the world :D but think that might hijack this thread...to be honest its not many times that i get all flared up about the subject in question...it all gets a bit blurred in the reality that greed is the most basic amongst all other aspects of human nature....or maybe the whole system is setup to project that...and if sumit dahiya is reading this post...dont get me wrong....greed can lead to good things too like the developmental aspects of capitalism...

You know, we all have a passionate side to us (related to our background, ethinicity...and training/feild of work etc),...and while I personally don't get too worked up with the whole 'what's up with this world' issue most of the times,...but I do totally understand that all our passion's are somewhat tied back to how this big bad world really works at it's most vicious core...and so really be it any field, subject, desires or beliefs; we all have our pet peeves!!!...
You are right, the subject could easily escalate and become bigger than what we are discussing here (time-pass! yes..yes, Vinod, got it covered dude! ;)) ...so we shall leave that discussion for another day and time and take a rain check here!

ps. Watched the recent Nicholas Cage's 'Lord of War' yet? it kicks you too somewhere, in the same way, albeit presented in a different way and on a different subject...and the satire is unmistakeable!...watch it!

[shailendra]

any views??

[I thought it was really funny when you added (English) in there after the title!...Ah man, when will we learn in Bollywood, that we could actually strive to have a better act going!...]

Personally I thought the whole idea of the 'Fight Club' was very-very interesting...the whole dual identity going....we all are prey to it at times, are we not!?! (ok, maybe that is a pandora box, and I will leave it alone! LOL...;) )... and really on a more serious note: If one has been to an all boys schooling the subject of the movie is actually much more real than surreal...brawls, bullys and bashing (getting and giving); all 'b's are associated closely to you! Heh! Heh!...There is something so primaly cleansing to loosen that tie, roll up the sleeves and jump right into some pure fist-fighting and no-holds-barred action (the fact that you get hauled to the Principal's office afterwards, and mom never really appreciates that true complexity and badge of honor value of a torn shirt is besides the point)...it can be both exhilarating and degrading (the latter specially when all you ever saw of the action was a black eye and dirt! ;) )...so I think the guy's here probably loved the subject...(and I too would be interested to know the women's take!)

I think this dude Edward Norton is just brilliant in this movie and have loved his; 'Italian Job', 'American History X', 'The score' (another Heist subject), 'Primal fear' etc. movies!...Don't get me wrong; Brad Pitt was simply awesome with his whole toned muscles look and the unrestrained crazy act but I think this guy Norton stole the show with his almost pyscho kinda acting in the movie.....

[shailendra]

Just bumping up a good thread...

Also, how about to make it even more interesting (and thoughtful; rather than rattling off all the movies one can think of) if we talk about the greatest/creative movies UNDER various categories: for example; The categories could be anything like- The best Sports, War, Western, Chick-Flick etc. etc. kinda Movie....???
(I mean, one can even come up with their own category; like for example: the best Super Nerdy or Based on a Book Movie...:rolleyes: )

[priti]

Lord of war was a great watch, i had seen it before syriana...in fact in some ways better than syriana...i wonder why nobody talked about it in the oscar line up this year....its definitely a different take and i liked it for its ending more than anything else....i expected the ending to be another sob story where the evil brings all bad things to the guy and family but it turned out to be more realistic than that....



ps. Watched the recent Nicholas Cage's 'Lord of War' yet? it kicks you too somewhere, in the same way, albeit presented in a different way and on a different subject...and the satire is unmistakeable!...watch it!

[priti]

hehehe...had to do the tagging otherwise might have got reviews of the desi bad copy.....

dont you think crash had some echoes of fight club....i'm making a very far fetched comparison but the whole thing in fightclub about leading a zombie life and wanting to hit somebody resonated in crash too...


[I thought it was really funny when you added (English) in there after the title!...Ah man, when will we learn in Bollywood, that we could actually strive to have a better act going!...]

Personally I thought the whole idea of the 'Fight Club' was very-very interesting...the whole dual identity going....we all are prey to it at times, are we not!?! (ok, maybe that is a pandora box, and I will leave it alone! LOL...;) )... and really on a more serious note: If one has been to an all boys schooling the subject of the movie is actually much more real than surreal...brawls, bullys and bashing (getting and giving); all 'b's are associated closely to you! Heh! Heh!...There is something so primaly cleansing to loosen that tie, roll up the sleeves and jump right into some pure fist-fighting and no-holds-barred action (the fact that you get hauled to the Principal's office afterwards, and mom never really appreciates that true complexity and badge of honor value of a torn shirt is besides the point)...it can be both exhilarating and degrading (the latter specially when all you ever saw of the action was a black eye and dirt! ;) )...so I think the guy's here probably loved the subject...(and I too would be interested to know the women's take!)

I think this dude Edward Norton is just brilliant in this movie and have loved his; 'Italian Job', 'American History X', 'The score' (another Heist subject), 'Primal fear' etc. movies!...Don't get me wrong; Brad Pitt was simply awesome with his whole toned muscles look and the unrestrained crazy act but I think this guy Norton stole the show with his almost pyscho kinda acting in the movie.....

[priti]

good idea.....lets start with haryanvi movies:D ....my favorite is laddo (it talks about female rights:D )

chick flick....ummmmmmmmm....charlie's angels???


Just bumping up a good thread...

Also, how about to make it even more interesting (and thoughtful; rather than rattling off all the movies one can think of) if we talk about the greatest/creative movies UNDER various categories: for example; The categories could be anything like- The best Sports, War, Western, Chick-Flick etc. etc. kinda Movie....???
(I mean, one can even come up with their own category; like for example: the best Super Nerdy or Based on a Book Movie...:rolleyes: )

[cooljat]

Hello! Preety Bebe :)
ram ram,


Ya I like Robert De Nario very much so do I Al Pacino & Mel Gibson :)
Well, as for Deer hunter, I had seen long back on TV....probably on star movies....it was really a gud movie.....very touchin,

Well, I'm remindin some more gud movies I've seen so far, will add to my list soon.

Take care

Rock on
Jit



Looks like Jit bhaisaab is fond of robert de niro. Would love to know your views on deer hunter...my initial impression was of it being a verrryyyyy long and slow movie (which it is) but its absolutely brilliant in terms of acting. its one of those movies in which how one changes due to experiences is shown immaculately. His raging bull was good too...

In fact, Col. Tevathia would like Deer Hunter too given his list of fav.movies...

[shailendra]

good idea.....lets start with haryanvi movies:D ....my favorite is laddo (it talks about female rights:D )

chick flick....ummmmmmmmm....charlie's angels???

'Chandrawal'...[it was supposed to have boken all records at the Box office (Haryana and UP) as set by movies like 'Sholay' and 'Bobby' when it came out in those territories!]....

Chick flick: 'Nottinghill' and 'Serendipity' (yeah, you bet! :D I watched and loved each of these! ...even sobbed at some...Heh! Heh!)

How about best cartoon movie??? (Oh gosh man, I have so many I can write on...but that's why it's important I list only the best one by me)
'Lion King'???

[vinodks]

Chalo yaar, hamne socha ki hum kuchh likh dalte hein, so spent 10 min in remembering what I liked most...

-------------------
The Lord of the Rings (I loved the book and movie is as good adaptation as it could be)
Citizen Kane
High Noon
Lawrence of Arabia
It’s a Wonderful Life
Godfather II
Chinatown
Midnight Cowboy
North by Northwest
Schindler’s List
Shawshank Redemption
Ben-hur
Raging Bull
All about Eve
The Matrix (series)
Blade-runner
Star Wars series (A big fan I am, (Zedi style))
2002 A Space Odyssey
Singing in the Rain
Gandhi (may be just because of Ben Kingsley's acting)
One Flew over Cuckoo’s Nest
The Sunset Boulevard
Annie Hall
Scent of Woman
Saving Private Ryan
The Searchers
Dr. Strangelove
Easy Rider
Unforgiven
The Deer Hunter
Dances with Wolves
Apocalypse Now (based on Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” –a great book)
Titanic (I still don’t now why I love this one)
Some Like it Hot
The Wild Bunch
Taxi Driver
As Good as it Gets
The Graduate
The Sound of Music
Westside Story
The Bridge over River Kwai
Dog Day Afternoon
The English Patient
Platoon
Jaws
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Fargo
Bonnie and Clyde
From Here to Eternity
Gladiator
Doctor Zhivago

---------------------
-vinod

[shailendra]

...Till my teens it would have been 'Ben-Hur' for a lack of a better one!!!...But man, now the field of choices is wide open!

I know we talked about 'Gladiator',....how about 'The Last Samurai' people? I had really enjoyed the intense portrayal by Tom Cruise in there....the whole samurai way of life was interesting and intriguing......
Now 'Alexander' and 'Troy' were almost good too in a way, but they kind of fell to the edge of the roadside along the way!....

[shailendra]

Yes, this being a topic near to the heart, I had to come back even after quoting: 'The Lion King' first...

I proffered that one as the best and most creative of the litter, because I strongly believe that the true art of animation/cartoon movies comes from the hand drawn, 2-D type of frame by frame animation!...(‘Lion King’, ‘Tarzan’, ‘Beauty and The beast’, ‘Cinderella’, ‘Snow white’, ‘Bambi’ etc etc.)....and when you start getting into the realm of 3-d computer animation....even the sky is not the limit...it just becomes unfair comparison!...

Also, it is sad to see Disney, after having been the leader for so many years and having created all those classics for children of all ages....to finally succumb to the pressures and now getting into the rat race of Computer Graphics themselves to somehow equal the gains made by the other studio’s (Pixar, Dreamworks and the others with their famous hits: ‘The Incredibles’, ‘Shark Tales’, ‘Finding Nemo’ etc.)…finally to come out with Disney's very own ‘Chicken Little’ now…

Anyways: that being my own personal pet peeve, I guess I understand one needs to change with the times and accept the inevitable (I mean Disney was losing money on their recent ‘Treasure Planet’, El-Dorado and ‘Atlantis’, hand-drawn 2-D animation movies…and can’t be expected to keep doing the same forever and go bankrupt finally!)…

Any thoughts???


ps. By the way: For the readers benifit: I am attaching my own short hand-drawn doodling with the animation field here....Very sketchily/rough done, it's on a Horse in motion, my favourite topic done a while back (yes, I dream of becoming a part of some animation movie when I grow up! LOL:D ) Click on it and enjoy...

[rana1979]

1. SAHARA
2. Cinderella Man
3. Catch me if you can
4. Munich
5. Schindler’s List
6. Cast Away
7. The Lord of the Rings

[vinodks]

Awesome man. How did you do that?... did you make sketch of all frames and then run... hamme bhi batao yaar kasse kiya jata hai ye sab... kaunsa software?

-vinod




ps. By the way: For the readers benifit: I am attaching my own short hand-drawn doodling with the animation field here....Very sketchily/rough done, it's on a Horse in motion, my favourite topic done a while back (yes, I dream of becoming a part of some animation movie when I grow up! LOL:D ) Click on it and enjoy...

[priti]

:D good to see the sceptics here...something different i see in your post is Fargo and Bonnie and Clyde....do u know our desi bunty aur bubbly is a copy of bonnie and clyde...just with a happy ending......

Fargo ke baare mein kuchch bata dijiye ab.........i have almost forgotten what the story was except that there was this pregnant detective who did a brilliant job in tracking the murder(s).....

Dr.Strangelove was such a gimickry of the cold war...



Chalo yaar, hamne socha ki hum kuchh likh dalte hein, so spent 10 min in remembering what I liked most...

-------------------
The Lord of the Rings (I loved the book and movie is as good adaptation as it could be)
Citizen Kane
High Noon
Lawrence of Arabia
It’s a Wonderful Life
Godfather II
Chinatown
Midnight Cowboy
North by Northwest
Schindler’s List
Shawshank Redemption
Ben-hur
Raging Bull
All about Eve
The Matrix (series)
Blade-runner
Star Wars series (A big fan I am, (Zedi style))
2002 A Space Odyssey
Singing in the Rain
Gandhi (may be just because of Ben Kingsley's acting)
One Flew over Cuckoo’s Nest
The Sunset Boulevard
Annie Hall
Scent of Woman
Saving Private Ryan
The Searchers
Dr. Strangelove
Easy Rider
Unforgiven
The Deer Hunter
Dances with Wolves
Apocalypse Now (based on Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” –a great book)
Titanic (I still don’t now why I love this one)
Some Like it Hot
The Wild Bunch
Taxi Driver
As Good as it Gets
The Graduate
The Sound of Music
Westside Story
The Bridge over River Kwai
Dog Day Afternoon
The English Patient
Platoon
Jaws
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Fargo
Bonnie and Clyde
From Here to Eternity
Gladiator
Doctor Zhivago

---------------------
-vinod

[priti]

Wow!! this is so natural...U DID THIS? how did u do it?

Amazing..........


I loved Lion King...saw it twice at one go.......and cried both times when simba's dad dies protecting him:( .......and loved the soundtrack too....

hey, by the way thanks for sharing your knowledge here....atleast i know the differentiation between real frame by frame animation and the computer graphics one.......am always for human talent than computer concoctions....


Yes, this being a topic near to the heart, I had to come back even after quoting: 'The Lion King' first...

I proffered that one as the best and most creative of the litter, because I strongly believe that the true art of animation/cartoon movies comes from the hand drawn, 2-D type of frame by frame animation!...(‘Lion King’, ‘Tarzan’, ‘Beauty and The beast’, ‘Cinderella’, ‘Snow white’, ‘Bambi’ etc etc.)....and when you start getting into the realm of 3-d computer animation....even the sky is not the limit...it just becomes unfair comparison!...

Also, it is sad to see Disney, after having been the leader for so many years and having created all those classics for children of all ages....to finally succumb to the pressures and now getting into the rat race of Computer Graphics themselves to somehow equal the gains made by the other studio’s (Pixar, Dreamworks and the others with their famous hits: ‘The Incredibles’, ‘Shark Tales’, ‘Finding Nemo’ etc.)…finally to come out with Disney's very own ‘Chicken Little’ now…

Anyways: that being my own personal pet peeve, I guess I understand one needs to change with the times and accept the inevitable (I mean Disney was losing money on their recent ‘Treasure Planet’, El-Dorado and ‘Atlantis’, hand-drawn 2-D animation movies…and can’t be expected to keep doing the same forever and go bankrupt finally!)…

Any thoughts???


ps. By the way: For the readers benifit: I am attaching my own short hand-drawn doodling with the animation field here....Very sketchily/rough done, it's on a Horse in motion, my favourite topic done a while back (yes, I dream of becoming a part of some animation movie when I grow up! LOL:D ) Click on it and enjoy...

[priti]

who made finding nemo...was it 2-D or 3-D? its probably my second best animation film after lion king....

Dora was hilarious dumb :D in it.....

[mittu]

who made finding nemo...was it 2-D or 3-D? its probably my second best animation film after lion king....

Dora was hilarious dumb :D in it.....
i liked finding nemo, the colors n graphic details were very gud, n hey she was not dumb, she jst had dat short term memory loss(Anterograde amnesia.), i guess she was da best character of the movie.:) :)

[shailendra]

Awesome man. How did you do that?... did you make sketch of all frames and then run... hamme bhi batao yaar kasse kiya jata hai ye sab... kaunsa software?

-vinod


Wow!! this is so natural...U DID THIS? how did u do it?

Amazing.......


Thanks guys! Glad you liked it....(seems like now I have a hope of making it there in animation when I do grow up!)...;)

Yes Vinod, it is a frame by frame sketch of each movement of the Horse, finally tweened (animation term for running it in a sequence) together...I think it was about 6-8 frames in all.... [and NO, I did not pickup the frames and ran with it to get the movement, Vinod!:D ] You can even see if you watch closely how some of the frames are unfinished on the rendering, and definitely all of them are very quick pen sketches by me (Also a huge thanks for the 'so natural' compliment, Priti. Well yes, I love drawing horses, can draw one in my sleep, and having studied their running movements etc...definitely helped) and so it was all just basically me trying to play with a new software that I had found and trying to take my sketching skills to the next level of actually adding movement to them....and really after that, didn't know what to do with it and haven't even bothered with it for some time now (it was done a while ago, and I only remembered it when talking about the animation movies here)

I first simply sketched them one sketch at a time on paper (trick is to also lay a tracing paper on top of the last one and draw the next with a slightly different movement, and then the next and so on...)...and then scanned all these sketches into my computer.

Now as to the software I had used: If you have ever used the software Adobe (Photoshop is also Adobe) then there is a program called Adobe ImageReady, when you click on it. That is the program I had used...
It is a very-very basic dumbed down (for dummies:D ) animation program...and then if you ever wanna take the next leap up of a more serious stuff; then maybe you can think of the most popular Computer animation Program 'Flash'.

Anyways, long story short; that program helps you do all that tweening, assigning time to each frame, looping the frames together etc. BUT of course only once AFTER you have all the frames you want scanned in there and assigned them the sequence you want....

That Helps?

ps. BTW, here is something interesting I think: I did end up using this new found skill to create another more useful lil' animation, I am using at work now to educate folks about planning issues from time to time,....and seeing how you guys liked this one of the Horse, maybe in the next post will attach this other animation too with some discription about what it was all about,....So stay tuned and watch out for this space.....

[shailendra]

hey, by the way thanks for sharing your knowledge here....atleast i know the differentiation between real frame by frame animation and the computer graphics one.......am always for human talent than computer concoctions....

Oh of course Priti, no problem....I finally got to brush off my knowledge somewhere! :D Heh!
But on a more serious note, it does always help anyways when you can bump off these ideas etc. with people....

Like I had said, the romantic in me is sad to see that style of animation dying a slow death (a style that gave us so many childhood classics)...but at the same time I recognize the fact that it is a Dinasour getting extinct, cause just like those creatures there is no more space for that old style of frame by frame animation here anymore! The world has moved on; computers are here and taken everyone by the imagination-scruff-of-the-neck and killed this traditional style (which by the way, supported so many small line of animators....You see, the main guy/animator always did the first and last frame and then there would be these bunch of subordinate animators that would do all the 100's of frames in between; now the computer has all of them dead in the water!:( Ah well!)...

Now unfortunately that style is relegated to small time documentaries only (short animation movies)...so if you watch closely in the next Oscars that category has some very fine short animation films....all mostly done the traditional way.

[shailendra]

who made finding nemo...was it 2-D or 3-D? its probably my second best animation film after lion king....

Dora was hilarious dumb :D in it.....

LOL! Priti, sure hope didn't make anyone feel guilty for liking a good movie cause it just might be a CG(computer Graphics) animation Movie!!!
Yes, 'Finding Nemo', is CG animation alright (by Pixar)...but you are so right, what a movie!!!, everything else notwithstanding!!!..... Don't get me wrong, computer's might make life easier and overtake the creativity of the hand, but computers definitely don't do stuff all by themselves afterall and in fact one needs to be an awesomely trained animator to able to capture those expressions, ambiance (underwater scenes in this case), realistic movements etc. all by working with complex softwares with complex commands and sometimes even having to create, morph a single scene from more than one software (Multimedia Flash, 3-D studiomax, Mira, CAD etc etc)....

Dora's character was indeed the best punch of the 'Finding Nemo movie...[and My personal favorite scene continues to remain the one with the sea-gulls (stuck in the canvas sail),going,"Mine...Mine, Mine!"....(I remember when the movie first came out; me and some friends who would always horse around the office, and when someone picked up a stapler or something from a desk, immediately start harping in the same squeaky falsetto voice,"Mine...Mine, Mine...!" It sounds corny here, but would make everyone burst out into loud laughs right away)...]

[shailendra]

I loved Lion King...saw it twice at one go.......and cried both times when simba's dad dies protecting him:( .......and loved the soundtrack too....

Sorry, but this all is such a personal fav topic, I could be but a lil' kid right now... and I definitely don't mean to hijack this thread of yours Priti (and to think it was you who was worried about hijacking/sidetracking it! LOL...:D ) But JUST gotta add my two cents about all these great movies:

'Lion king's' best character portrayal continues to be the one that shares the least amount of screen space and goes easily missed by most: Rafiki! (the Holyman/Fakir Baboon).....Do you remember the awesome eccentric style and his classic retort [when asked by the now grown up Simba as to who is he?] saying,"Nou, question is; WhoO R Uuu???...wow! very-very smooth for a monkey, dude! :D
Also, I couldn't help but notice that hilarious bruce lee styled crack (aiyeeeyaa!) of his towards the end in the fight with the Hyenas!

[shailendra]

...Since now I am strutting completely like a peacock, then what the hell...Heh! Heh!!! :rolleyes: ... Here is another little animation for you guys...

This (color sketch this time) animation that keeps looping together was created by me to reflect subtly but in a powerful way what bad planning does and how some of those very mistakes can be corrected by future good design. A trend that somewhat slow but seems to be happening all over US now...

Description about the Animation: The idea was to show that big box retail and sprawling strip-shopping complexes (these Wal-marts, Targets, Shopping Malls etc) eat up so much valuable land with their windowless box like sprawling appearance and add absolutely nothing to the character of the place with their huge sea of parking in front (very car oriented and not at all pedestrian friendly) look and blank facades....
and then thru the animation try and show how these big box of ugly buildings can be slowly and incrementally replaced by better designed and Architectural buildings that add character ambiance to a place and make for better Walkable pedestrian friendly Main streets....the Block as you can see gets redesigned with parking now in structured spaces (garages) and now there are green Plazas fronting taller and well designed Mixed-Use Buildings. (Retail on ground floor with residential and offices above)...

Anyways I for one can go on and on about this,... but Check it out yourself....

[shailendra]

...In India as a kid I used to watch some very captivating TV mini Series (usually a movie adapted into a TV series) that some of the current TV mini-series would not be able to even show a flame to!...

'Jewel in the Crown' and 'Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' were the two most noteable ones worthy of rememberance!!!....

Anyone else remember those (or similar famous ones)?

[sansanwalamit]

...In India as a kid I used to watch some very captivating TV mini Series (usually a movie adapted into a TV series) that some of the current TV mini-series would not be able to even show a flame to!...

'Jewel in the Crown' and 'Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' were the two most noteable ones worthy of rememberance!!!....

Anyone else remember those (or similar famous ones)?

Funny thing, I am watching Jewel in The Crown right now, its really a masterpiece, and every Indian must watch it :)

[shailendra]

Funny thing, I am watching Jewel in The Crown right now as I am writing, its really a masterpiece, and every Indian must watch it :)

Oh yeah, it's a very good piece of filmaking on the period during the British Raj (or when it was on the wane, to be correct)...I have very faint memories of it now, but remember that it was very-very captivating...
The guy who plays the main Indian lead in this mini-series is the same guy that went on to play the Arab villian in Arnold's 'True Lies'...a very good actor.

Is that 'Jewel in...' series being brodcast on some channel or something?....

[sansanwalamit]

My favourite animation movies of all time are:
Lion King
Wallace and Gromit (the whole series)
Chicken Run
Triplettes of Belleville (A must see, one of the most creative movies ever)
A Bug's Life
Babe both of them (well not truly animation but couldnt resist mentioning these ones again)
Spirited Away (Japanese Anime at its best)

[sansanwalamit]

Oh yeah, it's a very good piece of filmaking on the period during the British Raj (or when it was on the wane, to be correct)...I have very faint memories of it now, but remember that it was very-very captivating...
The guy who plays the main Indian lead in this mini-series is the same guy that went on to play the Arab villian in Arnold's 'True Lies'...a very good actor.

Is that 'Jewel in...' series being brodcast on some channel or something?....

No I got it from the local library, its actually a 14 part series similar to Brideshead Revisited format (check that one out too)
The story is based on Paul Scott's book series "The Raj Quartet" and begins in 1942, I have only seen 8 of the episodes so far. Will be finishing it by next week if time be.
It is very captivating indeed and very human. It also throws a very neutral light on everything during that time and all the observations sound very logical. I am anxiously looking forward to finish it, surprisingly there are many similarities between JITK and David Lean's A Passage to India. JITK's first two episodes are very similar to the main plot of A Passage to India.
And that actor is British-Pakistani actor Art Malik, I havent seen True Lies though.

[vinodks]

Hmmm, would be interesting to watch it... will check in local store... I am hoping each of 14 part is not more than 1 hr... interesting to know that it resembles Passage to India(one of my favorite books on India written by westerner, E M Foster, though movie didn't impress me much:)...

-vinod


No I got it from the local library, its actually a 14 part series similar to Brideshead Revisited format (check that one out too)
The story is based on Paul Scott's book series "The Raj Quartet" and begins in 1942, I have only seen 8 of the episodes so far. Will be finishing it by next week if time be.
It is very captivating indeed and very human. It also throws a very neutral light on everything during that time and all the observations sound very logical. I am anxiously looking forward to finish it, surprisingly there are many similarities between JITK and David Lean's A Passage to India. JITK's first two episodes are very similar to the main plot of A Passage to India.
And that actor is British-Pakistani actor Art Malik, I havent seen True Lies though.

[vinodks]

Hmmm... hey are you architect by profession?.. yeah I am familiar with FLASH and tweening... cool dude... sunn, would you like to get paid for painting?:-)) seriously, lemme know... I cud do marketing...

-vinod


...Since now I am strutting completely like a peacock, then what the hell...Heh! Heh!!! :rolleyes: ... Here is another little animation for you guys...

This (color sketch this time) animation that keeps looping together was created by me to reflect subtly but in a powerful way what bad planning does and how some of those very mistakes can be corrected by future good design. A trend that somewhat slow but seems to be happening all over US now...

Description about the Animation: The idea was to show that big box retail and sprawling strip-shopping complexes (these Wal-marts, Targets, Shopping Malls etc) eat up so much valuable land with their windowless box like sprawling appearance and add absolutely nothing to the character of the place with their huge sea of parking in front (very car oriented and not at all pedestrian friendly) look and blank facades....
and then thru the animation try and show how these big box of ugly buildings can be slowly and incrementally replaced by better designed and Architectural buildings that add character ambiance to a place and make for better Walkable pedestrian friendly Main streets....the Block as you can see gets redesigned with parking now in structured spaces (garages) and now there are green Plazas fronting taller and well designed Mixed-Use Buildings. (Retail on ground floor with residential and offices above)...

Anyways I for one can go on and on about this,... but Check it out yourself....

[dndeswal]

.
Some of the hollywood movies which I liked most are:

Hunchman of Notre Dame (1940 - B&W)
The Birds (by Alfred Hitchcock)
The Godfather
Dancing with the Wolves
Predator
Les Miserables
The Black Stallion
When the North Wind Blows.
.

[sansanwalamit]

Hmmm, would be interesting to watch it... will check in local store... I am hoping each of 14 part is not more than 1 hr... interesting to know that it resembles Passage to India(one of my favorite books on India written by westerner, E M Foster, though movie didn't impress me much:)...

-vinod

You might wanna try Confessions of a Thug by Paul Taylor Meadows or something like that, the name of the book is accurate. Read it long time back, its very good slow in the beginning but it took my fascination with Thuggery and the whole cult to a great height.
I didnt enjoy the Passage movie that much as well I found it way weaker than Lean's other masterpieces (Strangely Dr. Zhivago is my fav. well I guess coz of Julie Christie). JITK is much better although Alec Guinness as a Brahmin was brilliant and Peggy Ashcroft was sweet as ever, but not as sweet and motherly as Zohra Sehgal in JITK:)

[sansanwalamit]

.
Some of the hollywood movies which I liked most are:

Hunchman of Notre Dame (1940 - B&W)
The Birds (by Alfred Hitchcock)
The Godfather
Dancing with the Wolves
Predator
Les Miserables
The Black Stallion
When the North Wind Blows.
.

The Black Stallion is simply beautiful, they made a sequel (IMAX) for it and it was great too.

[shailendra]

Hmmm... hey are you architect by profession?.. yeah I am familiar with FLASH and tweening... cool dude... sunn, would you like to get paid for painting?:-)) seriously, lemme know... I cud do marketing...

-vinod

Well, yeah I am an Architect whose specialized into Urban Design (Urban Planning) now to be more specific. (Invoved in Master plans of new Towns and Community Designs)...

So, how are you familiar with 'Flash', are you doing animation or something related? You mentioned about 'Painting',...do you mean work of arts on canvas and bigger formats to be done with selling in mind? Well, frankly, this field of work of mine doesn't allow me too much time to patiently start something big like working on a canvas etc. but of course have done/created stuff for people in the past if commissioned on something they wanted specifically...

[nirajsihag]

As far movies are concerned in my
opinion, in case of
Hindi movies
Amitabh
Bachan's

MAI AZAD HU

an
Amir Khan's

Rang De
Basanti

However, In case of
English ones

The Patriot


BraveHeart

Saturday Night

[shailendra]

...Saw 'Memoirs of a Geisha' over the weekend, and what a fanatastically done movie....

One should watch it just to understand what this world of Geisha's are, if for nothing else. It has almost a documentary quality to it and there are even some striking qualities about this movie that can be paralleled to our own Art movies on the lives of women in the red light district...BUT THE COMPARISON STOPS THERE!...

Think again if you have always considered 'Geisha's' as the Japanese version of a common 'Prostitute',....because it is anything but that.
'Geisha', literally translated means 'Artist'...These women each were apparently walking works of art. They are painted and sculpted and taught to perfection the art of dance, walk, serving and conversation.....a piece of the culture that was always considered mysterious.......

Anyways, watch the movie and make your own assumptions...just consider a world filled with incredible beauty, grace, discipline, prestige, honor and success,...and then imagine that same world filled with abuse, neglect, opression, longing and suffering all at the same time!

Quiet sums up the movie for me....

It is a beautifully done movie, with incredible capturing of Japanese landscape and costumes of the Country during the World War era. The performances are just exemplary!!!....

This is again a movie based on a book of the same name (by Arthur Golden)

Watch it!

[priti]

I have been meaning to see this but just didn't happen...the book sold pretty well too.....reading this fascinating account...i guess i'll have to make time to see this one......

It funny how whenever one starts writing or thinking about one movie, it triggers thoughts about some other movie which links vaguely to the previous one......funny....

so at this instance, i'm reminded of Lost in Translation (maybe the mind stores everything oriental together)...and then i think how good Bill Murray is as an actor...very different....has anyone seen Life Aquatic...and that again reminds me of this guy with twisted nose..Owen Wilson...he was funny in wedding crasher...they appear together quite frequently.......


...Saw 'Memoirs of a Geisha' over the weekend, and what a fanatastically done movie....

One should watch it just to understand what this world of Geisha's are, if for nothing else. It has almost a documentary quality to it and there are even some striking qualities about this movie that can be paralleled to our own Art movies on the lives of women in the red light district...BUT THE COMPARISON STOPS THERE!...

Think again if you have always considered 'Geisha's' as the Japanese version of a common 'Prostitute',....because it is anything but that.
'Geisha', literally translated means 'Artist'...These women each were apparently walking works of art. They are painted and sculpted and taught to perfection the art of dance, walk, serving and conversation.....a piece of the culture that was always considered mysterious.......

Anyways, watch the movie and make your own assumptions...just consider a world filled with incredible beauty, grace, discipline, prestige, honor and success,...and then imagine that same world filled with abuse, neglect, opression, longing and suffering all at the same time!

Quiet sums up the movie for me....

It is a beautifully done movie, with incredible capturing of Japanese landscape and costumes of the Country during the World War era. The performances are just exemplary!!!....

This is again a movie based on a book of the same name (by Arthur Golden)

Watch it!

[shailendra]

I have been meaning to see this but just didn't happen...the book sold pretty well too.....reading this fascinating account...i guess i'll have to make time to see this one......

It funny how whenever one starts writing or thinking about one movie, it triggers thoughts about some other movie which links vaguely to the previous one......funny....

so at this instance, i'm reminded of Lost in Translation (maybe the mind stores everything oriental together)...and then i think how good Bill Murray is as an actor...very different....has anyone seen Life Aquatic...and that again reminds me of this guy with twisted nose..Owen Wilson...he was funny in wedding crasher...they appear together quite frequently.......

Yes, the 'Geisha...' movie is fascinating....try and watch it; one can grab it on DVD now....
I guess I also tend to be seduced very much by the whole architectural ambiance and the period, history and culture reflected in these beautifully done movies too! (I mean, the good theme aside...)....

Unfortunately haven't seen either of those Bill Murray movies mentioned... The best movie of his I can remember for me was 'GroundHog Day', the one in which the scene keeps getting repeated for him with different endings.....it was a wonerful movie!

Oh I think this dude Owen Wilson is a super cool, hilarious kinda guy; his comic timing is impeccable! (He always seems to deliver the best when working in tandem with someone! For example: Jackie Chan, Eddie Murphy and Vincent Vaughn!)....;)

Ok people, two another great movies: 'Derailed', and 'History of Violence'....super thrillers! Came out on DVD recently and for all those people who like an edge of the seat non-stop thrill,.....watch these!

[priti]

Hello Deswal ji

Good to see you here, Among the movies you mentioned, i have seen only three- godfather, predator and les miserable....why dont you share with us what made you like these?


.
Some of the hollywood movies which I liked most are:

Hunchman of Notre Dame (1940 - B&W)
The Birds (by Alfred Hitchcock)
The Godfather
Dancing with the Wolves
Predator
Les Miserables
The Black Stallion
When the North Wind Blows.
.

[cooljat]

Deswal Uncleji,
Predator -1 is the most scariest movie I've ever seen ;)
one of my all time fav too.

Rock on
Jit
.
Some of the hollywood movies which I liked most are:

Hunchman of Notre Dame (1940 - B&W)
The Birds (by Alfred Hitchcock)
The Godfather
Dancing with the Wolves
Predator
Les Miserables
The Black Stallion
When the North Wind Blows.
.

[poonam]

...Saw 'Memoirs of a Geisha' over the weekend, and what a fanatastically done movie....

It is a beautifully done movie, with incredible capturing of Japanese landscape and costumes of the Country during the World War era. The performances are just exemplary!!!....

This is again a movie based on a book of the same name (by Arthur Golden)

Watch it!

Yeah , watch it! One of the most serene movies I’ve ever seen. I did discuss it a while back…check out the link..

http://jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11167&highlight=memoirs+of+geisha

[rameshlakra]

Hi all,

loved going through this whole thread and liked all the all times hit. Seen some and will try to see the remaining.A few which were left out are:

Ghost
The Ghost and the darkness( Val kilmer and Om Puri)
James bond series( I love all )
The door
back to the future(series)
The last emperror

hindi

Golmaal
kranti
Sangam
Chori Chori
Akhari raata

[sansanwalamit]

I saw the Geisha movie as a part of Oscar 2005 movies list. I found it visually appealing and painfully slow, and I didnt quiet understand the need of heavy Japanese accented english, couldnt they make the movie in Japanese itself.
I would rather recommend Brokeback Mountain which I think is the best movie of 2005 alongwith Matchpoint. Crash was good too but not best picture oscar good.

[poonam]

Hi all,

hindi

Golmaal
kranti
Sangam
Chori Chori
Akhari raata



Kept wondering for sometime what is this movie.....:confused: ..Inspite of being a movie buff couldn't figure out..then realised perhaps its 'Akhari Raasta'...hmmm that was some brainstorming ..telling ya...:D

[priti]

Yes Amit, Crash was not so good as to win the Oscar for best movie...it was a great movie with the shades of grey in all characters...very realistic but then it was not awesome...

Brokeback mountain was a funny one for me (sorry i use the term funny to describe many different feelings...like strange, humourous, weird etc..) because I honestly went in to see a weirdo movie but then what I found was really beautiful, natural love story...thats what stuck me about it that being a gay lovestory, it didn't come across as something strange! It actually had a universal emotional appeal to it!!

And obviously the visuals and music was good too...

Can anyone tell me the name of the famous song from hustle and flow...


I saw the Geisha movie as a part of Oscar 2005 movies list. I found it visually appealing and painfully slow, and I didnt quiet understand the need of heavy Japanese accented english, couldnt they make the movie in Japanese itself.
I would rather recommend Brokeback Mountain which I think is the best movie of 2005 alongwith Matchpoint. Crash was good too but not best picture oscar good.

[shailendra]

Yeah , watch it! One of the most serene movies I’ve ever seen. I did discuss it a while back…check out the link..

http://jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11167&highlight=memoirs+of+geisha

Oh ok, seems you got me beat on that earlier! Heh! :D ...
I was able to only catch it now on DVD, and I am sure if it was so visually stunning on the idiot box, it must have really been very appealing and spectacualr on the big screen!...Ah well!

Somebody also just mentioned 'The last Emperor'...that is another one movie of the same genre that evokes good feelings and piques interest for a different culture and times!...
I have always wondered why the recent takes on our own heritage have produced only so many duds like for example the recent 'Taj Mahal' !?!... (and then those 'Razia Sultan', 'Tipu' etc. etc. from a while ago!)

'Mughaleazam' was very good, but imagine done so long ago!...Can no one take the mantel and carry out a big budget, spectacualr, epriod drama anymore?....

[shailendra]

I saw the Geisha movie as a part of Oscar 2005 movies list. I found it visually appealing and painfully slow, and I didnt quiet understand the need of heavy Japanese accented english, couldnt they make the movie in Japanese itself.
I would rather recommend Brokeback Mountain which I think is the best movie of 2005 alongwith Matchpoint. Crash was good too but not best picture oscar good.

Well, maybe that has something to do with the fact that most folks hate reading subtitles and it actually does draw one away from the visual artistry and expressions of the actors on screen that can be gone while you were still reading that stupid text below!...
For example; I for one was really screwed up trying to follow the dialogues, action, visuals in 'Crouching tiger...' and the subtitles below, all at the same time, Then finally gave it up and just concentrated on the action! ;)

As for 'Brokeback Mountain', I dunno, still have a huge mental block and sorta homophobic on that topic, and so stayed away!... heard it was done quite beautifully again with the landscape etc, and I for one am a huge fan of Westerns, anways...but that is where I draw the line! Call me orthodox on that, but then that maybe is a discussion for some other time and place! (Anyways; like I remember the quote from somewhere: ‘Ah, those good old days, when men were men and pansies were flowers!!!’)
Every man for himself here, I guess...........(No pun intended!:rolleyes: )

‘Crash’ getting the big movie nod at the Oscars proves again that the Academy still has to come around and embrace gay themes, even here in America! (Thank god for small mercies!…I know, I know! Don’t say it: a good movie is a good movie and probably the filmmaker was really disappointed, I am sure…but that’s just me!)…

Haven't seen 'Matchpoint' yet, but one of these days.......

[shailendra]

Hi all,

loved going through this whole thread and liked all the all times hit. Seen some and will try to see the remaining.A few which were left out are:

Ghost
The Ghost and the darkness( Val kilmer and Om Puri)
James bond series( I love all )
The door
back to the future(series)
The last emperror

hindi

Golmaal
kranti
Sangam
Chori Chori
Akhari raata

Ramesh, the movie,'The Ghost and Darkness' was awesome! I had loved it...(yes, it even had Om Puri playing a cameo in there of the Indian railroad builder/mazdoors!)...but man those scenes with the man eating Lions, the legend of the African Jungles and the whole ambiance, taste and speed of the movie was super!
Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas were perfectly casted as the Lion-Hunters!...
I think I saw the movie twice!!!...

'The Last Emperor' was great too... it is incredible how the lives of kings/queens everywhere had to go thru so much turmoil and then finally have to come to terms with the present when they just have the 'designation' of being the royals, and nothing else!...(see how the Rajput Royals in India are now progressing from first opening their Forts to Heritage Hotel business to now actually becoming 'Chefs' themselves, commercializing secret recipes of the old times, for a hefty sum to Foreigners who want to taste a piece of Indian culture and it's colorful spices and dishes!

Talk about Hindi movies, your list reminded me of another great: 'Angoor' that Shakespear comedy adopted in Hindi, and what a marvellous job! Sanjeev Kumar was Hillarious!!!:D

[shailendra]

Deswal Uncleji,
Predator -1 is the most scariest movie I've ever seen ;)
one of my all time fav too.

Rock on
Jit

Nahee yaar Jit! Desi Arnold hoke bhi darr gaya tha!?!:D ....I wouldn't say it was scary but then what a thrilling movie....The concept was solely unique! (BTW, They just recently came out with 'Predator vs Aliens'! What a crap!)...

[vijay]

Nahee yaar Jit! Desi Arnold hoke bhi darr gaya tha!?!:D ....I wouldn't say it was scary but then what a thrilling movie....The concept was solely unique! (BTW, They just recently came out with 'Predator vs Aliens'! What a crap!)...


The most innovative movie about science fiction is the "Fantastic Voyage"


have you heard about that ??????

[dndeswal]

Hello Deswal ji

Good to see you here, Among the movies you mentioned, i have seen only three- godfather, predator and les miserable....why dont you share with us what made you like these?

1. Hunchman of Notre Dame : This 1940 movie may not be available in common video outlets - I had watched this in New York, loaning the video cssette from a public library. Filmed in famous Notre Dame Cathedral in Central Paris (I saw this Cathedral recently). Amazingly, such an old movie in B&W, but the sound and picture quality still excellent.

2. The Birds : The 1960 classic by Alfred Hitchcock - how a swarm of birds attack a hamlet. No special effects like today's movies - but still generates natural horror.

3. The Godfather : Again a 70s classic - it was the topic of discussion in January 1977 International Film Festival in New Delhi, though I saw it later - both at theatre and on video too. No special effects, though story of a New York based mafia - but simplicity in filming. In the beginning only it says: "Behind every good fortune, there is a crime".

4. Dancing with the Wolves: Again a simple film - portraying the war between Englishmen and the natives of America. Shows how the native races were eliminated by the White people in North American continent.

5. Predator: As we all know, it is not a simple shooting and does have special effects. Still looks real horror and Arnold Schwarzenegger's style simply appreciable.

6. Les Miserables: Based on the Novel by Victor Hugo : triumph of good over evil. Story of a person who was imprisoned for 20 years just for stealing a piece of bread. He escaped the jail but never took the revenge.

7. The Black Stallion : A castaway (a boy on an unhibited island) - how the boy developed a friendship with a black horse. Both of them escaped from a ship which drowned in the ocean.

8. When the North Wind Blows : How a man lives with 3-4 tigers in a remote village of Siberia.

Today, I have video cassettes/ DVD of all above, except (1) and (4).
.

[ratheetheraist]

Today, I have video cassettes/ DVD of all above, except (1) and (4).
.

woww....................deswal sir.....plz can i borow thm..........i really admire ur choice of movies;).......and i have gt no 1 and no 4...........;)

plzzzzzzzzz
plzzzzzzzzz
plzzzzzzzzz
plzzzzzzzz

paar aapne mere taain ek ke badlee 3 deni padengiiiiiiiiii.............khii khii:D:D

[vijay]

2. The Birds : The 1960 classic by Alfred Hitchcock - how a swarm of birds attack a hamlet. No special effects like today's movies - but still generates natural horror.



Yes really a gripping movie without any doubts. The birds seems so friendly in everday life may be so dangerous. You can't imagine ????



3. The Godfather : Again a 70s classic - it was the topic of discussion in January 1977 International Film Festival in New Delhi, though I saw it later - both at theatre and on video too. No special effects, though story of a New York based mafia - but simplicity in filming. In the beginning only it says: "Behind every good fortune, there is a crime".


Yes. Veto Carleon family have their own values inspite of being the king of New York Mafia and Michael Carleon can still find love in that scenario. Great movie and Novel !!!



5. Predator: As we all know, it is not a simple shooting and does have special effects. Still looks real horror and Arnold Schwarzenegger's style simply appreciable.


Arnold Schwarzenegger in one of his best apearence. Mind blowing movie.

[keshavdahiya]

The "Worlds fastest INDIAN" is one of the latest flicks which is one time must watch.....anthony hopkins like alwayz has performed like never before...
basically playing Burt Munro who still has the fastest land record of a motorbike in 1000cc category.....and how actually he manages to land up in America from Newzeland with his firm determination and then eventually is not allowed to enter the competition in denver.....he has outperformed it.........:).....INDIAN is the name of his bike which is modified by BURT himself with house hold stuff like cork and kitchen panel etc.....
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Then one of the other latest Movie which was really max funny like the first part was ICE AGE-2 the melt down.......hahahhahahhah amazing
just go and watch the team again in a better way....:D:D:p:p;);)

[shailendra]

The most innovative movie about science fiction is the "Fantastic Voyage"


have you heard about that ??????

Hmmm, 'Fantastic Voyage'...yes, this is one very very old movie, right? (another theme based on a book, if I am not wrong)...but I remember that it was just too Fantastic in the literal meaning of the word (I mean, too fantastic to swallow the concept)....a science fiction genre for sure but the whole set up was a lil' far fetched I remember- miniaturizing a submarine type capsule and sending both it (and its human crew) through an artery into the brain! (the idea being to save the free world against communist assassins!?!).... Ah well!

Anyways, I am not a huge science fiction buff in any case...
But having said that; I must confess having been a religious follower of one Science fiction series 'Star Wars' though,....As a kid was brought up on a heavy dose of the first three amazing sequels and was hugely disappointed with these latest three additions to the classics! But hey, when you have been in love with something you stay loyal to it all the way....so had gone and watched these duds too anyways! (that and for Natalie Portman as Princess Padme' too, of course!) LOL!!!.....

[shailendra]

Then one of the other latest Movie which was really max funny like the first part was ICE AGE-2 the melt down.......hahahhahahhah amazing
just go and watch the team again in a better way....:D:D:p:p;);)

...Yeah, just can't wait to make time to see 'Ice-Age 2 The melt Down'!!!....

[shailendra]

...We have always been lagging in that direction; but if reports are to be believed the animation film industry shall be rising real powerfully and soon! (Banglore and Hyderabad being the cities taking the lead on that!)...Well, will keep fingers crossed for that!

BTW, 'Hanuman' was a good effort; still not there completely in terms of the finesse and slickness like the other animation movies of the world that we are competeing against! But still a long and positive progress from the 'Ramayana' days, which by the way, was done completely with the collaboration of the Japanese (Nippon Company or something)...

Also, have you people watched the 'PantaMedia' churned out movies like; 'Pandavas' and 'Alibaba & Forty Thieves'....? Pretty good animation (Computer graphics)

You know our mythology is so colorful and full of amazing stories that it could be quite a pandora box of themes that can be created into full feature length animation movies.........

Anyways; also seems like they are coming out with 'Hanuman-II' soon!

[vijay]

Hmmm, 'Fantastic Voyage'...yes, this is one very very old movie, right? (another theme based on a book, if I am not wrong)...but I remember that it was just too Fantastic in the literal meaning of the word (I mean, too fantastic to swallow the concept)....a science fiction genre for sure but the whole set up was a lil' far fetched I remember- miniaturizing a submarine type capsule and sending both it (and its human crew) through an artery into the brain! (the idea being to save the free world against communist assassins!?!).... Ah well!

Anyways, I am not a huge science fiction buff in any case...
But having said that; I must confess having been a religious follower of one Science fiction series 'Star Wars' though,....As a kid was brought up on a heavy dose of the first three amazing sequels and was hugely disappointed with these latest three additions to the classics! But hey, when you have been in love with something you stay loyal to it all the way....so had gone and watched these duds too anyways! (that and for Natalie Portman as Princess Padme' too, of course!) LOL!!!.....



Well yes the subject was lil far fetched but i just wondered about the imaginaion. Creativity.


I have seen "Star Wars". i agree that three parts were really good.

When i was a kid i used to watch famous serial "Star Trek". That was an amazing science fiction flick.

[shailendra]

'Star trek' was ok, and they kept at it till recently on TV here (with all new characters and casts)...but I was somehow never into it, before and even with these new series...

I did like the older cast (Mr. Spock and the Captain played by Shatner) somehow maybe because they were familiar faces to see on TV from childhood.....but those guys/actors are now reduced to doing buffonery on TV and the movies recently....Sad!

[shailendra]

...Meaning all the superpower dudes (and Women) caped wonder movies!

The best I have enjoyed is the most recent 'Batman' (begins)...
The 'Superman' series were my fav long ago, but I think I like how slick these super power movies have become now as compared to those older ones!

No more of that clumsy blue screen technology anymore! (it has progressed apparently into the more reliable and slick 'Green' screen technology....remember Ben Stiller in the Oscars?)...

Also, everyone of you 'super power' movies buffs; watch out for the upcoming new 'Superman' movie....that has the main lead in a completely natural (no plastic inserts to make the guy look buff) costume in the blue and red colors of the 'man'!....

[vijay]

Yes Captain Kirk and Dr. Spock were familiar faces. I didn't saw "Star Trek" after that.

I admire "Terminator II - The judgement Day" of all the three Termonator sequels. I had seen it so many times and still enjoy it. Terminator III is not upto that mark. Terminator I was OK. Arnold really looks like a perfect Robo.

[sansanwalamit]

One of my favourite special effects, intergallactic, fantasy war movie is "The Fifth Element"......best depiction of future that doesnt scare anyone and yes Mila Jovovich is hot and perfect enough to be the fifth element. :)

[cooljat]

bhaisaab Arni to aap ho mein kahan ....mera scary ka matbal Thrillin hi tha :p :p hahahha....btw so called horror movies manne katti funny laga kare hai....in Bollywood the best scary i mean thrillin movie as par me was BHOOT

well, predator-2 was also crap :(

Rock on
Jit


Nahee yaar Jit! Desi Arnold hoke bhi darr gaya tha!?!:D ....I wouldn't say it was scary but then what a thrilling movie....The concept was solely unique! (BTW, They just recently came out with 'Predator vs Aliens'! What a crap!)...

[priti]

Recently saw this one.....very bollywoodish ending....haven't yet formed my views on whether i liked it or not but it certainly kept me glued to the screen and my attention to the dialogues...definitely liked the voice of the mask man...natalie portman was a bit of a drag in the second half...

[shailendra]

Recently saw this one.....very bollywoodish ending....haven't yet formed my views on whether i liked it or not but it certainly kept me glued to the screen and my attention to the dialogues...definitely liked the voice of the mask man...natalie portman was a bit of a drag in the second half...

Though I haven't seen 'V for...'; (and have heard from some that it is quite good)...and now you make it sound even more intriguing to watch....
But just have been a lil' squirmy everytime I think of that possible spectacle of having to sit and watch Natalie Portman (Ooooh....'Star Wars', all over again...!;) ) in the BALD!!!!!!!!!...............:(

[keshavdahiya]

Recently saw this one.....very bollywoodish ending....haven't yet formed my views on whether i liked it or not but it certainly kept me glued to the screen and my attention to the dialogues...definitely liked the voice of the mask man...natalie portman was a bit of a drag in the second half...

I cant digest that>>V for VENDETTA......movie more than twice....any way.....it was a mistake...hihihi

ANY body seen the mexican FLICK...AMORES PERROS...;) its a mix of 3 characters which are linked but basically a DOG fight MOVIE with a interesting assortement of characters which converge in the end.....wonderful.I wish if there was an ENGLISH dubbed version....:) iwont discuss the preview here becoz its a MUST watch.......

okkkkk here is it about AMORES PERROS..an extraordinary thriller combining masterfully three different stories where fighting dogs are included, and also using the camera in tricky ways several times probably to increase the excitement. In Mexico there are many ways to earn money for survival in some cases or for lucrative purposes in others. There fights among animals are arranged regularly. In Mexico the so-called Palenques are famous where the people go to see fights between cocks, but also fights of dogs are organized in places less formal than Palenques. In both fights the people bet, some small money but others high sums. The film goes around this issue of fights between dogs, where obviously you have always a persistent dog champion, highly susceptible to be killed by other means in order to take it away. But the film is in fact about the misery of the humans, no matter if they are poor or rich. Amores Perros is an exceptional film, and a sample of the quality of several new-era films in Latin America, which may compete easily in their plots and depth with other films made in Europe and USA.

[priti]

Can u imagine somebody who sees quite a lot of movies and haven't seen star wars:eek: ........well, before you say anything about me being like a complete loser in not having seen STAR WARS, let me tell that i do solemnly swear that i intend to watch asap i can lay my hands on all of them...no use watching a single one right??


Though I haven't seen 'V for...'; (and have heard from some that it is quite good)...and now you make it sound even more intriguing to watch....
But just have been a lil' squirmy everytime I think of that possible spectacle of having to sit and watch Natalie Portman (Ooooh....'Star Wars', all over again...!;) ) in the BALD!!!!!!!!!...............:(

[priti]

ah! reminds me that i forgot to include 'The Mexican' here. Its my favorite romantic movie.......they keep fighting all the time....and all the background of the gun legend and stuff....loved it:o

will watch Amores Perros if its on some off track cinema here...usually these ones dont make it to the main stream screens...from the title it seems to be on love or something 'amores'..not sure though..


I cant digest that>>V for VENDETTA......movie more than twice....any way.....it was a mistake...hihihi

ANY body seen the mexican FLICK...AMORES PERROS...;) its a mix of 4 characters which are linked but basically a DOG fight MOVIE with a interesting assortement of characters which converge in the end.....wonderful.I wish if there was an ENGLISH dubbed version....:) iwont discuss the preview here becoz its a MUST watch.

[shailendra]

Can u imagine somebody who sees quite a lot of movies and haven't seen star wars:eek: ........well, before you say anything about me being like a complete loser in not having seen STAR WARS, let me tell that i do solemnly swear that i intend to watch asap i can lay my hands on all of them...no use watching a single one right??


Oh, Absolutely not...
But here I have to make something very very clear.... (Omygod, you did not ask me this....ready for another 2 hours of lecture on Star Wars then!?! :D Just kidding...)

I will make this short:

The first three are the best (they will not be there on the modern technical flick aspect side of course, as compared to these last three ones)...but they had more body, dialouge and sense to a full blooded real movie! (plus most of us identify more with them as we watched them as kids when they first came out and hence the nostalgia and magic!)...
But of course I watched the last three anyways (because I kept thinking the next one is gonna live up to the hype of the first three....and plus the nostalgia!)....I think the very last/latest one (about the main villian Darth Vader) came the nearest to some semblance of the old glory of the movie, but other than that......nothin'!...
[That, and of course like I mentioned; I went to see Natalie Portman....Heh!;) ....]

[vinodks]

Yeah, first 3 parts are better than last ones except the latest one... Even better than Return of Zedi I found it....
Priti, watch them you must as soon as possible... and watch lastest 3 first becuz thats how the story flows chronologically..

-vinod


Oh, Absolutely not...
But here I have to make something very very clear.... (Omygod, you did not ask me this....ready for another 2 hours of lecture on Star Wars then!?! :D Just kidding...)

I will make this short:

The first three are the best (they will not be there on the modern technical flick aspect side of course, as compared to these last three ones)...but they had more body, dialouge and sense to a full blooded real movie! (plus most of us identify more with them as we watched them as kids when they first came out and hence the nostalgia and magic!)...
But of course I watched the last three anyways (because I kept thinking the next one is gonna live up to the hype of the first three....and plus the nostalgia!)....I think the very last/latest one (about the main villian Darth Vader) came the nearest to some semblance of the old glory of the movie, but other than that......nothin'!...
[That, and of course like I mentioned; I went to see Natalie Portman....Heh!;) ....]

[sansanwalamit]

Just an advice to anyone who is above 15 please avoid any movie made by George Lucas or Steven Speilberg if you wanna appreciate good cinema.
Speilberg still at times tries to do something worth watching (e.g. Munich) but has never succeeded since "Duel" (which is a great movie made by him). All his movies seem to get outdated very soon and look old, and I cannot stand the use of religion especially Old Testament in his movies at the most unappropriate times. I was very disappointed to see what he did with Kubrick's "AI" as well.
And as far as George Lucas is concerned well he is an enterprise in himself, creative genius but not even a mediocre movie director. I cannot stand Star Wars movie anymore, and the reason why the older movies are considered superior is simply because our generation watched them when we were young. I just wonder how can someone watch these movies still, I havent seen any except the old ones, and neither I intend too.

Talking about creative movies, well recently I watched Stanley Kubrick's "Spartacus" and found it worth watching once. I would recommend it to every Indian movie lover because I felt that hundreds of bollywood movies are nothing but remake of Spartacus again and again. So that is what bollywood to me now, half of the movies are remake of "Romeo and Juliet" plus "Love Story" combined and half are of "Spartacus". Seriously arent bollywood lovers sick of watching same story again and again and again and again:)

[sansanwalamit]

I cant digest that>>V for VENDETTA......movie more than twice....any way.....it was a mistake...hihihi

ANY body seen the mexican FLICK...AMORES PERROS...;) its a mix of 3 characters which are linked but basically a DOG fight MOVIE with a interesting assortement of characters which converge in the end.....wonderful.I wish if there was an ENGLISH dubbed version....:) iwont discuss the preview here becoz its a MUST watch.......

okkkkk here is it about AMORES PERROS..an extraordinary thriller combining masterfully three different stories where fighting dogs are included, and also using the camera in tricky ways several times probably to increase the excitement. In Mexico there are many ways to earn money for survival in some cases or for lucrative purposes in others. There fights among animals are arranged regularly. In Mexico the so-called Palenques are famous where the people go to see fights between cocks, but also fights of dogs are organized in places less formal than Palenques. In both fights the people bet, some small money but others high sums. The film goes around this issue of fights between dogs, where obviously you have always a persistent dog champion, highly susceptible to be killed by other means in order to take it away. But the film is in fact about the misery of the humans, no matter if they are poor or rich. Amores Perros is an exceptional film, and a sample of the quality of several new-era films in Latin America, which may compete easily in their plots and depth with other films made in Europe and USA.

I love Amores Perros (own the DVD), if you liked this one then do watch Y Tu Mama Tambien (one of my top 10 fav movies of all time) and Cidade de Deus (this one is Brazilian but simply great and another one in my top 10 list).

P.S. No animals were hurt while making Amores Perros:)

[sansanwalamit]

As for 'Brokeback Mountain', I dunno, still have a huge mental block and sorta homophobic on that topic, and so stayed away!... heard it was done quite beautifully again with the landscape etc, and I for one am a huge fan of Westerns, anways...but that is where I draw the line! Call me orthodox on that, but then that maybe is a discussion for some other time and place! (Anyways; like I remember the quote from somewhere: ‘Ah, those good old days, when men were men and pansies were flowers!!!’)
Every man for himself here, I guess...........(No pun intended!:rolleyes: )

‘Crash’ getting the big movie nod at the Oscars proves again that the Academy still has to come around and embrace gay themes, even here in America! (Thank god for small mercies!…I know, I know! Don’t say it: a good movie is a good movie and probably the filmmaker was really disappointed, I am sure…but that’s just me!)…

Haven't seen 'Matchpoint' yet, but one of these days.......

I thought education could cure people out of these stupid phobias and other mental illnesses that result in humans discriminating against one another.....but I guess education doesnt seem to have the same effects on everyone to say the least.
By the way aaj te tera naam "Homophobic Superman" :) just kidding.

Anyways I would still recommend you watching it, and would suggest that one should decide watching a movie primarily based on its creative aspect, such as director, actors, editors, and all that......subject matter should be secondary coz after all its a movie (Just a personal view and opinion). What I am tryin to say here is that recently I watched "V for Vendetta" irrespective of the fact that I do not agree with Libertarianism, or similarly I watched "Passion of Christ" and "Dar Untergang" even though I am a staunch critic of anti-sematism. Well anyways to each to his own......its all good:)

P.S. One can avoid "V for Vendetta" and "Passion of Christ" but "Dar Untergang" is simply a great movie....it will definitley please you, drop you jaw and answer many of your questions if you know of an evil man who once lived in Germany called Adolf Hitler. (Excuse the puns please)

[shailendra]

I thought education could cure people out of these stupid phobias and other mental illnesses that result in humans discriminating against one another.....but I guess education doesnt seem to have the same effects on everyone to say the least.
By the way aaj te tera naam "Homophobic Superman" :) just kidding.

Oh man, this is a thread on movies!...I was hoping no one would draw me into this discussion here (and I kept repeating it); but man you gone and done it now! ("Just when I thought I was out of it....they pull me right in!" Heh! Heh! quote-unquote: Al Pacino in Godfather!)...

...and to think I mistook your praise about 'Etu Mama Tambien' for it's shocking 'coming of age' story; but guess you probably enjoyed and were referring more towards the 'grand' finale of the two lead actors (read 'guys') making out in the end, right? Ah haan, now I got our number, dude!!! Heh! Heh!...
Sorry no pun intended, but you gotta think twice before you mention that gay acceptance has anything to do with education...[and on that note: look, while I have no problem somebody saying they have a certain belief; but I do take a HUGE exception to being personally called having an educated 'mental illness'...! Mental illness?...Ha! That's right, maybe I really need to start hanging out at the gay clubs with their mentally sane patrons to cure me of my 'illness', right!?! :D What a concept, now I wonder why did I not think of that before!?!:confused: ]

What was it that you trying to do anyways?...be the unofficial spokesperson/Public relations guy for the Archbishop and the gayChurch now? (Come here son,"lemme take you nearer to God!") Heh, they sure impart some 'education' you would like there, you know!;) ...[unless wait, you don't have a darn clue at all as to what I am talking about... did that news pass you by while you were 'studying' toooooo hard??? ;) ]

Anyways, don't take this personally, Dude...I am just trying to expand on my 'ignorance' here you see...Why, where I come from they KNOW that even animals will not do the un-natural act, but then hey, who am I to tell you who you can be with next time you start getting the feel/urge of being 'educated' Amit! :rolleyes: ......
[But O Holy Educated father...just leave me in my ignorance bliss pleeeease???...:o ]

...and BTW as to the 'Superman' thingy; Heh! Heh! :rolleyes: , Darlin' you can call me whatever your wildest 'educated' dreams tells you to....(Just kidding, buddy!... seriously now, just try and read everything and all above as 'Juuuuust Kiddinggggg!' :D each to his own, It's all Cool...really!)

[sansanwalamit]

Oh man,...I was hoping no one would draw me into this discussion; but man you gone and done it now! ("Just when I thought I was out of it....they pull me right in!" Heh! Heh! quote-unquote: Al Pacino in Godfather!)...

...and to think I mistook your praise about 'Etu Mama Tambien' for it's shocking 'coming of age' story; but guess you probably enjoyed and were referring more towards the 'grand' finale of the two lead actors (read 'guys') making out in the end, right?...
Sorry bro no pun intended, but you gotta second thing coming if you think you can start dropping mentions to people that gay acceptance has anything to do with education...[and on that note: while I have no problem somebody saying they have a certain belief; I take HUGE exception to being called having an educated 'mental illness'...! Mental illness?...Heh! Heh! That's right, maybe I really need to start hanging out at the gay clubs with their mentally sane patrons to cure me of my 'illness', right!?! :D What a concept, now I wonder why did I not think of that before!?!:confused: ]

What was it that you trying to do anyways?...be the official spokesperson/Public relations guy for the Archbishop and the gayChurch now? (Come here son,"le m take you nearer to God!");) ...[unless wait, you don't have a clue at all as to what is it I am talking about... did that news pass you by while you were 'studying' toooooo hard??? ;) ]

Anyways, don't take this personally, Dude...I am just trying to expand on my 'ignorance' here you see...Why, where I come from they KNOW that even animals will not do the un-natural act, but then hey, who am I to tell you who you can be with next time you start getting the feel/urge of being 'educated' Amit! :rolleyes: ......
[But O Holy Educated father...just leave me in my ignorance bliss please???...:o ]

...and BTW as to the 'Superman' thingy; Heh! Heh! :rolleyes: , Darlin' you can call me whatever your wildest 'educated' dreams tells you to....(Just kidding, buddy!... Read everything above as 'Juuuuust Kiddinggggg!' :D each to his own, It's all Cool...really!)

Are you talking to me, are you talking to me, well there is noone else you must be talking to me (Robert Deniro Taxi Driver)

Didnt know you will take it to the heart, didnt expect a homophobic superman to be so sensitive, kilki@darling and rolling eyes action.

You did get me quite wrong and took it to extreme, I personally think that more educated a person is more open and less discriminatory or phobic of other people a person will be. Homophobia is not the issue here, openness is, and for me openness doesnt stop anywhere, be it race, gender, colour, caste, sexual orientation, financial background, ideology, or anything. I feel sick of being judgemental on the basis of that, at times like you and everyone else I make such mistakes to in maintaining my openness and might say or do something that might be considered discriminatory but I never shy away from admitting it and then correcting it.

Going to gay bars and hanging out with gays to cure homophobia will be as stupid action as to marry a person of other colour just to prove that one is not racist. Just being open and giving equal respect to everyone will certainly cure any of such mental illness.

What I found awkward was that you could not watch a movie just because of its content and you seemed to have simply ignored it and started to judge me on the basis of this simple suggestion. Thankfully, the movie in question related to homophobia, had it been Lolita then damn man you would have blasted me off and thought of me as a peodophile on loose.

I could not help myself writing this because I do believe in spreading awareness against discrimination. And yes you can call me a PR person or Archbishop of Gay church, but please do not stop there I also do PR and priesthood for all kinds of minorities be it coloured ones, poor ones, females, Hindus of lower castes, religious minorities. And most importantly I cannot stand close-mindedness and conservatism, I have put another example of how dangerous close-mindedness can be in a separtae thread "Lest we forget" you might wanna read it.

And did the guys in Y Tu Mama Tambien really make out at the end? I thought they had just kissed as the woman wanted them to patch up, may be either I missed it or you saw more between the lines than I could. And the thing that impressed me the most in that movie wasnt so trivial (I am past the age when I used to get thrills from seeing nudity or people kissin in movies), rather this movie has a very strong political and Mexican history plot going on, the movie is actually about coming of age of Mexico and the kids are just a metaphor. Try watching it again and notice their names and the places they go to, and especially where the girl comes from (especially after a little read of mexican history) to make it easy for you well guys represent the natives and immigrants and the girl represents Spain ( think of the reason why she was unhappy and older than them). I guess I am sounding like the PR person for the movie now:) But I am sure this will make others see this movie.

And dude please do take it personaly as you got me and my intention wrong I was just suggesting a bit of openness and in this post I aint kidding at all, and its all really cool. Just think of this thing our Jat society is anyways so conservative and narrow minded, so what will happen if educated ones also start displaying narrow mindedness or conservatism about things that really should not matter.

P.S. Watch "To Kill a Mockingbird" reading the book will be even better and you will know where I am coming from :)

[vinodks]

Hey whats going on... ye kya chal raha hai bhai logo... cool down, lets get back to movies... let me distract...
I liked "To kill a mockingbird", it was harper lee's only book because, according to her, she didn't have anything else that is not in the book already... I heard Gregory Peck did awesome job in the movie, haven't watched it... but these racism theme were in fashion at one time but they may not have appeal now a days...

-vinod

[sansanwalamit]

Hey whats going on... ye kya chal raha hai bhai logo... cool down, lets get back to movies... let me distract...
I liked "To kill a mockingbird", it was harper lee's only book because, according to her, she didn't have anything else that is not in the book already... I heard Gregory Peck did awesome job in the movie, haven't watched it... but these racism theme were in fashion at one time but they may not have appeal now a days...

-vinod

yeah things are cool, well look what smart movies can lead us too :)
And I suppose "To Kill a Mocking Bird" was not all and only about racism. It talked about looking at people beyond these stupid trivialities like race, caste and all.

Infact, she starts by showing Gregory Peck I mean Atticus Finch as a maverick in his own right. The relationship he had with his kids was totally unheard of in those times, and he had his share of criticism too. Infact his daughter used to call him Atticus which was not accepetable in those times and even now. So many people could have called him a bad parent but then she proves that his kids were most well groomed with highest morals after all, who were colour blind in times when a black person was considred worst that anything.
Damn I sound preachy yet again, but what to do its such a great story and should be a must read for everyone. I alwasy try to find Hindi versions for such books for my mom and others who cannot read English, but no success yet. Can anyone help please?

Back to movies, well Harper Lee reminded me of her best friend Truman Capote (wonder how those two got along, she so noble and he so gross and honestly evil) Well apart from "In Cold Blood" which was made into a mediocre movie he also wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's" which was turned into a great movie and I think one of the few romantic movie made for men. So "Breakfast at Tiffany's" it is :)

P.S. The movie "Capote" about Truman's life is simply avoidable, only reason to see that movie would be how Harper Lee was really like and rest is all mediocre.

[shailendra]

...Oh man, what a pandora box of issues! Look, I don't really care which side you swing... don't read between my lines like a fool like you did earlier, when there is nothing there!... I know you are stung by my earlier retort, but then you yourself had asked for it dude! ["Mera to dil hi kuch aisa hai Mausi!," read- Amitabh to Basanti's Aunt in Sholay]...so now don't cry like a freaking pansy...

Plus, now you are begining to annoy me, (like a persistent 'sic' fly on my car's front glass) Didn't ask for your advise and really don't want it... I personally don't care what you think about what I believe in...just remove your 'Gay-dar' from me, please? (didn't get it? 'radar'?...'scanning device' looking for something? Got it!?!) and find another guy; I am not interested! Savvy?...

This a thread on movies, so go find another thread for yourself, and maybe someone wouold be interested in your tirade there... please don't high-jack this favorite thread of mine and get it blocked for no reasons, ok!?!

Let's be like gentlemen here on this thread (or gentle'boys', whatever works for you! :D )

Just chill out, take a trip to the nearest 'Get-Smart' store and then to the movie video library!

If something didn't get thru....read this post again, specially the bolded part (and then maybe again...till it sinks in, ok?)

[shailendra]

...back to the movies...(whew, I sure hope that is the end of the selective personal preaching for me...)

Anyways, coming bacl like I said: Another huge movie (from the early 70's I think?)...was 'Yaadon Ki Baraat'! This gem of a movie had superb songs (remember the title song?...and 'Meri Soni, meri tamanna', 'Aap kae Kamre mein koi...'?) and then an even superb frontline cast!

I think Ajit really created the ("Saara Sheher mughe loin kae naam se jaanta hai...!") style from there. And then Dharmuji himself! Wow...that all black ensemble was terrific and what a macho projected image with the anger simmering under the skin look!...Controlled and intense!
Classic movie indeed!
The movie was fast paced for those times and an edge of the seat thriller...I also think the whole coming of age vengeance story took off on Indian Cinema from here (never to be created with the same magic again!)
Another gem from the Hindi movies archives!

[shailendra]

....Best of the action adventure Movies!
There was a recent 'Hidalgo' (not the same theme, but a similar genre!) that was also superb for the adventure buffs!
ps. All these Movies are also very good in terms of capturing the desolate regions of the far flung Egyptian lands.......treasures, exotic villians and costumes!

[rana1979]

I have seen this movie "ICE AGE 2"...it's interesting and served as basis for very good jokes.
"The Meltdown" continues with the style of its predecessor both in humor and animation, so those who fell in love with the original will love the sequel too.

[priti]

hey Vinod, how many in total are there? so the latest three will have beginning of the story....this is quite different, people usually make sequels not prequels!


Yeah, first 3 parts are better than last ones except the latest one... Even better than Return of Zedi I found it....
Priti, watch them you must as soon as possible... and watch lastest 3 first becuz thats how the story flows chronologically..

-vinod

[priti]

yeah, nice jokes, especially the possum mammoth ones!


I have seen this movie "ICE AGE 2"...it's interesting and served as basis for very good jokes.
"The Meltdown" continues with the style of its predecessor both in humor and animation, so those who fell in love with the original will love the sequel too.

[priti]

sounds like indian company 'Hindalco'! i know, i know sorry for the one liners...just want to make my presence felt in my thread:D ......


....Best of the action adventure Movies!
There was a recent 'Hidalgo' (not the same theme, but a similar genre!) that was also superb for the adventure buffs!
ps. All these Movies are also very good in terms of capturing the desolate regions of the far flung Egyptian lands.......treasures, exotic villians and costumes!

[priti]

hahaha....i can actually hear ajit saying this in his khaari voice!


...
I think Ajit really created the ("Saara Sheher mughe loin kae naam se jaanta hai...!") style from there. And then Dharmuji himself! Wow...that all black ensemble was terrific and what a macho projected image with the anger simmering under the skin look!...Controlled and intense!
Classic movie indeed!
The movie was fast paced for those times and an edge of the seat thriller...I also think the whole coming of age vengeance story took off on Indian Cinema from here (never to be created with the same magic again!)
Another gem from the Hindi movies archives!

[sansanwalamit]

...Oh man, what a pandora box of issues! Look, I don't really care which side you swing... don't read between my lines like a fool like you did earlier, when there is nothing there!... I know you are stung by my earlier retort, but then you yourself had asked for it dude! ["Mera to dil hi kuch aisa hai Mausi!," read- Amitabh to Basanti's Aunt in Sholay]...so now don't cry like a freaking pansy...

Plus, now you are begining to annoy me, (like a persistent 'sic' fly on my car's front glass) Didn't ask for your advise and really don't want it... I personally don't care what you think about what I believe in...just remove your 'Gay-dar' from me, please? (didn't get it? 'radar'?...'scanning device' looking for something? Got it!?!) and find another guy; I am not interested! Savvy?...

This a thread on movies, so go find another thread for yourself, and maybe someone wouold be interested in your tirade there... please don't high-jack this favorite thread of mine and get it blocked for no reasons, ok!?!

Let's be like gentlemen here on this thread (or gentle'boys', whatever works for you! :D )

Just chill out, take a trip to the nearest 'Get-Smart' store and then to the movie video library!

If something didn't get thru....read this post again, specially the bolded part (and then maybe again...till it sinks in, ok?)

Re manne bhi ki ke aage been bajaai, kati gobar main pathar de maarya par ib okhal main sir diya hai to mosslan te ke darr.....

Pehli baat main teri kiye baat te "stung" nahin hoya, yo saaf kar le, mane dikkat tere te naa hai, ignorance and closed minded ness te hai, teri jagah koi aur hota te bhi nyon hi bolta samjhya.

Doosri baat, yeah Pansy-Shansy, gay dar phay dar, high school main hi badhiya lagya karte, thoda original to ho le pehr aage baat kariye.

Teesri baat, tane nyon kyon laagya ki main tere pe hit karoon hoon, pehlyan apne photo ne aur mere photo to dekh lyeta, tu badhiya jib jatland pe yo baat kehen ki taain koi chori na mili to chorya pe hi shuru ho gyaa....mere yaar yo to woh baat hui tu kaun main khaamakha

Chauthi baat mane koi tirade nahin kari, aur mane baat bhi movies ki hi kari hai.....mera matlab sirf itna tha ki movies aadmi ne arts ki tarah dekhni chahiye apne mental blocks ne ignore kar ke......aur meri galti itni hai ki mane galat aadmi ke sahi mental blocks pe respond karya........

Aur ib kuch ghani baat and bakwaas
hogi, mane bera bhi na ki tane jaatu samajha bhi aave hai ak naa, to angreji main summary padh le ......

Dude, you have crossed your limits and now pushing me to do so as well, I agree with you that we should be gentlemen like everyone else and keep this thread as a movie thread.....and if you want others to be gentlemen here then be one yourself first, I dont think a gentleman would have ever written what you wrote to me.......

Anyways this crap is redundant now, because if you read your last reply you yourself said "you dont care what way I swing" well thats it, I hope you feel that way for everyone and anyone......and thats what I mean by open-mindedness, when noone cares what way anyone swings, or what colour, caste, age, sex, financial background anyone comes from or is depicted in a movie......

And since it is a movie thread, I would recommend a movie to you and everyone else as well.........the movie is "Hair" made by Milos Forman based on the musical of same name......and again if you watch that movie you will know where I am coming from......

Cheers,

P.S. In case you are wondering the language gear change well mane Jattu main is maare likhya kyonki main nahin chahta koi non-Jat or Jattu speaker yo sab padh ke is site ne ya Jats ne underestimate kare kyonki mane khud sharam aan lag rhi hai ki mane yo sab bhi likhna pad rhyaa hai......aur agar tane bhi ibe aage bhi crap or derogatory comments likhne hai to kirpa kar ke Jattu main likhye.....

[shailendra]

...what part of my last post did you not understand??? Did I stutter, fool!?!...

[stokas]

...Another huge movie (from the early 70's I think?)...was 'Yaadon Ki Baraat'! This gem of a movie had superb songs (remember the title song?...and 'Meri Soni, meri tamanna', 'Aap kae Kamre mein koi...'?) and then an even superb frontline cast!

I think Ajit really created the ("Saara Sheher mughe loin kae naam se jaanta hai...!") style from there.

Another gem from the Hindi movies archives!

'Yaadon Ki Barat' was indeed one of the best movies of the 70's.

But, Shailendra bhai, Ajit's famous dialogue "Saara sheher mujhe lion ke naam se jaanta hai" was from the movie 'Kalicharan'! Remember "NO17"?

Kimae dhyan aya ak nahin?

[sansanwalamit]

...what part of my last post did you not understand??? Did I stutter, fool!?!...

Firstly, thanks for not being mean and putting any derogatory thing in the post, I really appreciate it and now feel much more comfortable in communicating. Honestly I understood everything in your post, especially after researching about what gay-dar actually meant, and then dont you think I was bound to get a bit bitter.
Secondaly, I wanna thank someone else in here who has saved us from a lot of trouble and you know who I am talking about :)
And since we have been using movie dialouges I wanna use one that has been used in bollywood since forever ......"Koi Bhool chook hui ho to maaf kar dena...please" please is my own addition to it :)

Good Night and Good Luck

P.S. I am sure everyone is sick of my PSs now, well Good Night and Good Luck is another great movie and shows how bad and lethal narrow mindedness can be. And if you or anyone else doesnt agree with me then please watch this movie.

[keshavdahiya]

Firstly, thanks for not being mean and putting any derogatory thing in the post, I really appreciate it and now feel much more comfortable in communicating.


...what part of my last post did you not understand??? Did I stutter, fool!?!...

hey hey GUYS rathere big guys.....;) why this mess....what is the point landing a browl.....move on ........simply dont reply if u dont feel like.....saari thread ka naas kar diya......are u discussing movies or personal isues......:D:D
JINN dyo ne

[sansanwalamit]

'Yaadon Ki Barat' was indeed one of the best movies of the 70's.

But, Shailendra bhai, Ajit's famous dialogue "Saara sheher mujhe lion ke naam se jaanta hai" was from the movie 'Kalicharan'! Remember "NO17"?

Kimae dhyan aya ak nahin?

But Mona was from "Yaadon Ki Barat" and I am sure you know the infamous dialouge......."Mujhe do hi cheese pasand hain, Mona aur Mona ke saath Sona" brilliant isnt this sexual inneuendos at their best:)

And "Yaadon Ki Baraat" also reminds me of "Chura Liya hai Tumne" and off course Zeenat Aman, the only woman who my dad would have fantacised about, and me too.......well honestly I cant be sure about my dad, but Zeenat Aman, Parveen Babi, Neetu Singh, Rekha and Helen would defintitly do it for me :)

[shailendra]

'Yaadon Ki Barat' was indeed one of the best movies of the 70's.

But, Shailendra bhai, Ajit's famous dialogue "Saara sheher mujhe lion ke naam se jaanta hai" was from the movie 'Kalicharan'! Remember "NO17"?

Kimae dhyan aya ak nahin?

Humbe Tokas Bhai, katee yaad sai....'LION = NO17'.....that was a nice movie!
Bihari Babu Shatru at his best in that double whammy role.....(and that constant theme music in the background....'KaaaaliiiiCharaaaaannn..."Nice!;) )

Reminds me of another very peculiar actor Prem Nath in there (playing the Police commissoner mastermind behind the double deception....)
Anyways; he had had some very interesting movies in his lifetime! See if any of the members can remember/list some.....)

[vijay]

Humbe Tokas Bhai, katee yaad sai....'LION = NO17'.....that was a nice movie!
Bihari Babu Shatru at his best in that double whammy role.....(and that constant theme music in the background....'KaaaaliiiiCharaaaaannn..."Nice!;) )

Reminds me of another very peculiar actor Prem Nath in there (playing the Police commissoner mastermind behind the double deception....)
Anyways; he had had some very interesting movies in his lifetime! See if any of the members can remember/list some.....)



Prem Nath did a wonderful job as a Don in "Dharmatma" By Feroz Khan. That movie was a copy of Godfather. But songs were too melodious.

[jagmohan]

Rrreeeee, JOHNY MERA NAAM bhool ge!!!!!

Premnath at his best. Vo Padma Khanna ka dialouge aaj tak yaad se bhai: "Kuchh to hoga mujhmein jo tumhare wafadar Babu ka dil dol gaya" or words to that effect, just before that song 'Husn ke lakhon rang'.

Dharmendar is and would remain the greatest actor who has ever walked this earth. No arguments please!!!!

[shailendra]

hey hey GUYS rathere big guys.....;).....move on .......saari thread ka naas kar diya.......:D:D
JINN dyo ne

Humbe Dahiyaji, manne bera sai... tham poore swaad se leen laag re the!;) ...mere yaar jad to 'Beer' aer 'popcorn' liye ude campooter screen dhore katee jamm liye, eeb jad situason thandee padan laag ree thee, (khalee bottal aer packet nae tha), bolo ho 'move on'! ('move on' ka to bera konya, ude 'movie' zaroor 'on' kar raakhee thi tharee khatir!) ...aer theek bhi sai, movie ka yo thread rhya, eeb ude Plot to katte konya :D .....

Khaer baat to tannae bilkul theek kahee; es thread ka naas karan khatir kasar choddee konya :rolleyes: eeb koi kae kare?.... chalo esnae phaer sae patri per wapas laan ki tray karo!

[Aer bhagwaan kasam next taim kisee nae galat baat suru kare od jootae maarnae ho nae to phaer phelaan aakar 'thread' nae sambhaala kariyo, aer na ya Indian-police movie-style mein late-paache to 'phaalt' sai......:cool: ]

[atul.jhajhria]

I like

Casablanca(I like Rick's)
The_Birds(Tipi and Hitchcock)
Psycho(Janet + Norman bates)
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly(I liked ugly the most)
The_Pianist(Pianist offcourse)
Amarican History X(both edward gave fine performance)

[poonam]

hey hey GUYS rathere big guys.....;) why this mess....what is the point landing a browl.....move on ........simply dont reply if u dont feel like.....saari thread ka naas kar diya......are u discussing movies or personal isues......:D:D
JINN dyo ne

Kyun tu ke haade master laag rya sae jo teri-ae baat maane...apna tae ban hatwa le pehlya..::D


[COLOR="DarkRed"]Humbe Dahiyaji, manne bera sai... tham poore swaad se leen laag re the!;) ...mere yaar jad to 'Beer' aer 'popcorn' liye ude campooter screen dhore katee jamm liye, eeb jad situason thandee padan laag ree thee, (khalee bottal aer packet nae tha), COLOR]

Aur na te sare swad ka naas kar diya..eeb khali bottle baatle tha ke chaalein sae..eeb konya swad rahya..:D ;)


Rrreeeee, JOHNY MERA NAAM bhool ge!!!!!
Dharmendar is and would remain the greatest actor who has ever walked this earth. No arguments please!!!!

Yes..ofcourse, another great movie..Dharmender was awesome...agree with you Col. Kaka..in toto...:)

[sansanwalamit]

[QUOTE=poonam]Kyun tu ke haade master laag rya sae jo teri-ae baat maane...apna tae ban hatwa le pehlya..::D

Kilki@head master

And back to movies, well I like Dharmendra more in his comdey roles, "Tumhara naam kya hai Basanti", and "Chupke-Chupke" .....and I also like his James Bondesque movies like "Charas" and "Aaankhein". Kiye ne "Satyakaam" dekhi hai ? I saw it ages back and really want to see it again,it looked good then but I am sure I will appreciate it even more.

In India people say Dharmendra is bollywood's Marlon Brando. Well I dont know how true is that but Marlon Brando is my all time favourite hero. I like all of his movies a lot especially, "On the Waterfront", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Last Tango in Paris" and offcourse "The Godfather".

"Fight Club" is another of my favourite movies, if you like twisted movies then do see "12 Monkeys" and "Mullholland Drive", agar kiye ne "Mullholland Drive" samajh main aa jaa te mere te zaroor nata dena :)

I like Hitchcock's movies, but the ones I really like are "Psycho", "Strangers on a Train", "Rope", "Rear Window", "Vertigo", "39 Steps" and "Notorious". "Notorious" is my favourite one of all these, the best combination of a comedy and a thriller and visually "Strangers on a Train" is most remarkable.

Who else here likes B/W movies more than coloured ones, just talking about visual appeal.

[sansanwalamit]

Humbe Dahiyaji, manne bera sai... tham poore swaad se leen laag re the!;) ...mere yaar jad to 'Beer' aer 'popcorn' liye ude campooter screen dhore katee jamm liye, eeb jad situason thandee padan laag ree thee, (khalee bottal aer packet nae tha), bolo ho 'move on'! ('move on' ka to bera konya, ude 'movie' zaroor 'on' kar raakhee thi tharee khatir!) ...aer theek bhi sai, movie ka yo thread rhya, eeb ude Plot to katte konya :D .....

Khaer baat to tannae bilkul theek kahee; es thread ka naas karan khatir kasar choddee konya :rolleyes: eeb koi kae kare?.... chalo esnae phaer sae patri per wapas laan ki tray karo!

[Aer bhagwaan kasam next taim kisee nae galat baat suru kare od jootae maarnae ho nae to phaer phelaan aakar 'thread' nae sambhaala kariyo, aer na ya Indian-police movie-style mein late-paache to 'phaalt' sai......:cool: ]

Badhiya rog kaatya iss Kshoe a.k.a Shakti Kapoor ka, aaaya tha hade panch ban ke :)

[shailendra]

Rrreeeee, JOHNY MERA NAAM bhool ge!!!!!

Premnath at his best. Vo Padma Khanna ka dialouge aaj tak yaad se bhai: "Kuchh to hoga mujhmein jo tumhare wafadar Babu ka dil dol gaya" or words to that effect, just before that song 'Husn ke lakhon rang'.

Dharmendar is and would remain the greatest actor who has ever walked this earth. No arguments please!!!!

Aji Sir, ...."naam hai, Jhonniieeee" (read in Devanand style, complete with the shake of the head and crinkling of the eyes!') wali es movie ko kaise bhool sakte hain....
['Pal bhar ke liye koi hume pyaaaaar kar le, jhoota hi saheee!', the most romatic and stylished song ever....wasn't it in there!?!]....and well, you mention Dharmendra....reminds me Dream girl Hema Malini was also at her devastating best with Devanand in this!!!.......

I always thought Prem Nath was good when he was 'bad', but really bad when he was 'good'....makes sense? (well pretty much like what they say for another character actor, super anti hero Pran! Now that guy is another discussion of his own! All are invited....;) )

[puneetsheoran]

Prem Nath was doing what he did best, and not to forget the music and the songs. This is one of Shammi Kapoor's finest performances.

Another murder mystery that comes to mind - Gumnaam. An impressive cast and performances to match. Unlike other hindi movies where you can guess the killer, the suspense in this movie is maintained till the end.

Oh and another one would be Jewel Thief.

[puneetsheoran]

I always thought Prem Nath was good when he was 'bad', but really bad when he was 'good'....makes sense? (well pretty much like what they say for another character actor, super anti hero Pran! Now that guy is another discussion of his own! All are invited....;) )

Speaking of Pran, it reminds me of an article I read a while ago. Some journalist was interviewed him on his 80th birthday. Upon being asked about not winning too many awards, he jokingly said that had he been born in England he would be knighted and people would refer to him as "Sir Prawn".

[rohitkhuddan]

movies with lot of Social values and social isssues.
>Guide
>Prem Pujari
>Purab aur Paschim
>Anand
>Jis desh mein ganga behti hai
>Shree 420
>Shaheed (Manoj Kumar)
>Hum Hidustaani
>Dhanna Jatt
>Khaandaan
>1084 ki maa
>Hazaron Khwahishen Aisi
>Aman
>Pukar(Dharmendra)
>Roja

" unambiguously the legendry " DHARMENDER " is the smartest ever jat on screen,his persona, his comic timing , his energy and zeal is unmacthed.
To me "Dharamender" is GOD.

[rameshlakra]

[hi all,

Read an article about "Munich" by stevan spillberg(i am sure i have not spelt him correctly) few months back in TIME which was full of praises for the real life drama based on a Israeli hit squad which went on killing terrorist involved in hijack drama during munich olympic.

The movie is finally out and i cant wait to watch, any views from people who have seen it.[/COLOR]

[shailendra]

[hi all,

Read an article about "Munich" by stevan spillberg(i am sure i have not spelt him correctly) few months back in TIME which was full of praises for the real life drama based on a Israeli hit squad which went on killing terrorist involved in hijack drama during munich olympic.

The movie is finally out and i cant wait to watch, any views from people who have seen it.[/COLOR]

Yes, unfortunately missed it on the screen and now it should be out on the DVD's (soon... it not already)...
It is supposed to have been woven around that Black Munich day when Israeli athletes were first taken hostages in their Sports Village rooms by Arab terrorists, and then a very botched German police commando action ensured that the athletes were all excecuted by their kidnappers enroute to the getaway aircraft or something!... That is the true fact, but have no idea how much of that has been shown/inter-woven in the movie!

Supposedly the movie is about the mossad agents trying to track down those very terrorists in the hope of executing them after those killers had been captured but released by the Germans, as lack of evidence!

Can't wait to see it either!

[shailendra]

Another murder mystery that comes to mind - Gumnaam. An impressive cast and performances to match. Unlike other hindi movies where you can guess the killer, the suspense in this movie is maintained till the end.

Was this movie 'Gumnaam' the one with Bharat kumar (Manoj Kumar)?... If yes, the movie was indeed such a cool murder thriller with an amazing guessing twist intertwined!
Imagine this: People abandoned on an island (Helen at her best with,"Aare maan bhi lo kya kehti hai Kelly!") ....anyways each one of these shipwrecked (or should I say Plane wrecked) passengers then dying one by one with a horrible death, and none the wiser as to the real culprit till the last frame!!!....Ramsey brothers, eat your heart out...you can never do better than that! :D

(loved Mahmood in this movie with the song,"Hum kaale hain to kya hua dilwaale hain!"... a comic par excellence!)

[vinodks]

Gumnaam is copy of Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" with usual bollywood masala added to it... Agatha is at her best in the book but the movies is lame adaptation with twisted ending... still its better than other Hindi suspense movies which suck even more...

-vinod


Was this movie 'Gumnaam' the one with Bharat kumar (Manoj Kumar)?... If yes, the movie was indeed such a cool murder thriller with an amazing guessing twist intertwined!
Imagine this: People abandoned on an island (Helen at her best with,"Aare maan bhi lo kya kehti hai Kelly!") ....anyways each one of these shipwrecked (or should I say Plane wrecked) passengers then dying one by one with a horrible death, and none the wiser as to the real culprit till the last frame!!!....Ramsey brothers, eat your heart out...you can never do better than that! :D

(loved Mahmood in this movie with the song,"Hum kaale hain to kya hua dilwaale hain!"... a comic par excellence!)

[sansanwalamit]

Gumnaam is copy of Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" with usual bollywood masala added to it... Agatha is at her best in the book but the movies is lame adaptation with twisted ending... still its better than other Hindi suspense movies which suck even more...

-vinod

Talking about Agatha Christie I must mention,

Witness for Prosecution- greatest courtroom drama (better than 12 Angry Men), Marlene Dietrich is more than even 120 angry men watch this movie for sure.

Murder on the Orient Express- Never liked Hercule Poirot until saw Alberta Finny do it, the movie is sheer class and involves a murder plot which has the higest star quality than any other murder plot has ever seen.

Cheers,

P.S. Thanks for that update on "Gumnaam" whatever it was Mehmood made that movie, although I forgot who the name of the guy who was in the main lead, must have been someone forgettable.

[sansanwalamit]

This thread was going into oblivion, so I thought of bringing it back.

Well I wanted to ask about movies based on partition, my favourite ones are
Garam Hawa
Magha Dhake Tara and
Earth

Tamas doesnt qualify as a movie but it was great.

[shailendra]

Alright, latest updates:

Watched two movies over the weekend on DVD and what dramatic and opposite impacts of both!

'Munich' is everything that and more! What a move....Eric Bana plays the perfect hollywood version of Sunny Deol, a repressed anger style role!...Too intense and what moving scenes and screenplay! Loved every moment of it!
The best part is that movie is not hitting on any particular race or region as to their role in this mass confusion based directly on the events of the black day in the Munich Olympics (even the terrorists in the movie are shown with their eyes popping out of their heads with fear....) anyways, wouldn't spoil the fun for any of you people here....it is just a very cool movie, and a must watch! Go grab the copy and watch it as soon as you can!

'The New World'.....with Collen Farrell and based on those times of the Sea travellers reaching the virgin lands of the Americas, and their interaction with the locals....the tribal American Indians there (well, more famously identified as the story of 'Pocohontas'!!!) was a complete dud and such a super waste of time.....I must have dozed off a dozen times at least while it was still falshing on the screen.................. It is being called as the next big romance after 'Titanic', but guys, don't fall for that!....

Anyways Ciaos for now, hopefully will be back with more stuff...........and more movies! :D

[sansanwalamit]

Rangeela is definitely my favourite bollywood masala movie. Never seen so much of entertainment presented in such realistic setting with such strong characters. The movie came in 1995 and is still timeless, who knew Urmila could be so hot and Amir so funny. Rangeeellllaaaaa Re:)

[downtoearth]

Rangeela is definitely my favourite bollywood masala movie. Never seen so much of entertainment presented in such realistic setting with such strong characters. The movie came in 1995 and is still timeless, who knew Urmila could be so hot and Amir so funny. Rangeeellllaaaaa Re:)haan yaar ,,, rangeela is all time fav......:)

[sunitahooda]

"Arth" for me and the song....Jhuki-jhuki si nazar bekrar hai ke nahi....tu apney dil ki jawan dhaddkano ko gin ke bata....tujhey bhi apney pe ye aitbaar hai ke nahi....the movie and this song is amazing....:)

[panward]

Hey I am rather a late enry to this thread and had not time to go through all the posts. Have we discusses the middle of the road movies? By Hrishikesh Mukerjee's, Basu Bhattacharya's and others, these flicks which were never out and out art movies and did not have a saleble starcast. Those immortalised by the likes of Utpal Dutt (EEEESH! Hamari Munchhey Lao), inimitable Amol Palekar, Faarukh Sheikh and, in some movies, Nasiruddin Shah and Ashok Kumar.

Dont ask how many times I've seen Golmaal, I've lost the count, nevertheless I still burst into laughters when I see the flick. Same goes for Jaane bhi do yaaron.

My personal favorite among them, however, is Chhoti Si baat, a cult movie in which Col.(Retd) Julious Nagendranath Wilfred Singh (Ashok Kumar) teaches a simple, down to earth and suffering form inferiority complex Arun Pradip tricks to woo a girl among other things. Oh gosh! For the first time I am short of words.

Then there is Baaton Baaton Mein, one of the most authentic romantic movies ever made in Bollywood. Chashmebaddur, Hamari Bahu Alka, Angur and Khatta Meetha also are part of the same genre.

I would recommend Katha as well where Farrukh Sheikh is a flamboyant and unscruplous man while his roommate Nasir plays a simple and honest man character to near perfection. Nice guys finish second. Lest I forget a great number sing by the one and only Kishore 'Maine Tumse Kuch Nahi Maanga...'

Awesome.

[shailendra]

....and now Indian government has supposedly put a hold on the screening of the movie: 'Da Vinci Code'in India!

Supposedly the Catholics of the country are up in arms against the portrayal and suggestions in the movie that Christ was actually married and that he had a lineage!...and that since India is such a big secular state the government wants to make sure they are not offending anyone!!!..... Even though the Movie makes it clear that everything shown is fiction and it is based on the book of a same name under the fiction section, I guess that is not enough for some sects of people!!!....

Read the book, from which the movie is directly adapted from... it makes an interesting read and you gotta give the author kudos for having done his homework on the research part at least! The Architectural and even some historical facts and events etc. are so detailed and accurate that it is no wonder that the Catholic Church is uncomfortable in it's seat....who knows where the fact becomes fiction!?!...

[poonam]

....and now Indian government has supposedly put a hold on the screening of the movie: 'Da Vinci Code'in India!...

Yeah, keep hearing lot of noise about the movie/book. Didn’t get a chance to read though. Thanks for the update ..more curious now..:)

[chhillar]

Goa mein taal ho bhee ja gi to ke ho gya...apna apna tarika he bhai..koi movie dekh ke maje le ga, koi ban kraa ke arr koi tod phod kar ke...bakki producer ki investment safe he katti

[monikadahiya]

yes i read it too that the screening has been postponed for a day or too. who cares? The book is worth a read and i feel novels are always better than novel based movies. But for Da vini code, i'll have to see the architectural details brown has mentioned in the novel. Tom Hanks is anyhow a must watch ;) so will definitely go.


....and now Indian government has supposedly put a hold on the screening of the movie: 'Da Vinci Code'in India!

Read the book, from which the movie is directly adapted from... it makes an interesting read and you gotta give the author kudos for having done his homework on the research part at least! The Architectural and even some historical facts and events etc. are so detailed and accurate that it is no wonder that the Catholic Church is uncomfortable in it's seat....who knows where the fact becomes fiction!?!...

[sansanwalamit]

I got to see "Parineeta" and found the movie simply perfect. It was heartening to see such an original and fresh effort from bollywood, the movie had everything bollywood in the most perfect blend, was certainly a celebration of Indian culture and a great story.

And about "Da Vinci Code", I have not read the book and not interested in seeing the movie either. That is because, I do not like Ron Howard's movies, I found his "A Beautiful Mind" a very dishonest movie which showed the main hero Noble Laureatte in a very false light I suppose he was better off in "Happy Days" and "Parenthood" was the best he could do. Still I do not see a point in people being against this movie, I am sure all these contoversies are free publicity for a movie which I expect to be nothing more than a mere mediocrity.

Cheers,

P.S. Here is a link for the most informative and well complied web site for a better view of Indian Cinema :)
http://www.upperstall.com/home.html

[shailendra]

Yeah well, I still don't see how a day or two of postponment is gonna appease that select few! Let's hope that this does not drag out further!... [The Govt is now supposedly doing a special screening to decide the fate....which means it might push back, delay the opening of the movie all over India. They are even trying to figure out if it should be given an adult rating(!?!)]
Ah well, I plan to catch it here as soon as possible!
I too am looking forward to the depiction of all the cool locations and historic sites!

Here is a picture from the movie..............

[puneetsheoran]

The movie is out in Oz today and I can't wait to go and watch it. I read the book and could not put it down until I finished it. I usually don't finish a book in one sitting but this book is an exception and hence I have great expectations from the moive. The trailers that I have seen on the internet seems true to the book which is a good sign even if the critics in Cannes have given the movie a thumbs down (apparently too long - 148 mins running time).

Oh and then there is Xmen 3 coming out next week.:)

[shailendra]

This is Hilarious............:D :D :D
Watch out when buying the ticket for this movie guys!!! ;)

[poonam]

This is Hilarious............:D :D :D
Watch out when buying the ticket for this movie guys!!! ;)
---------LOL---------------:D :D :D :D :D

[priti]

Hey guys, good to see the thread still winding, saw 'fun with dick and jane' on the plane and found it hilarious. Its about a couple who have 'perfectly settled' american lives complete with hispanic maid and stuff and then the guy loses his padded job. The couples turns to small thefts to go by....and the ending is great (dont miss the special thanks at the end).....its also a take on corporate scandals......loved it...

[priti]

you know what, i'm finding this thread really useful....going to see da vinci code in the evening, thanks for the info. and details guys...have read the book halfway through, so would be good to watch the movie and not go through the trouble of reading the second half.......will write my review soon...

[priti]

:D can always count on the superman for a laugh on any topic :D hope i dont find the same situation while buying the tickets tonight!!


This is Hilarious............:D :D :D
Watch out when buying the ticket for this movie guys!!! ;)

[sunnysangwan]

Went to see Da Vinci Code last night and lemme tell you, I found it was interesting and gripping. I haven't read the book but my friends who have tell me that the details are exactly to the very minute (for instance the watch tom hanks wears is like the one described in the book). Another striking thing about the movie is its length, its almot 2.15 hrs approx. which s kinda long for an english movie. I read somewhere that the original screenplay was 12 hrs long(phew!).
Coming back to its content, the only thing I like about this movie was that every theory and everything in it is plausible/believable/possible, atleast for a layman, unlike MI/James Bond stuff. It also makes us think about some rudimentary things which we take for granted and which have gone down generations as being true.
All in all a nice movie and nice value for you money.

Sangwan

[vinodks]

Ghani film na dekhae kimi padayi likhayi bhi kar liya kar... choice of pictures at jatland and orkut perfectly match the situation:-)...
Mein bhi da Vinci code dekhoonga lekin I have made up my mind not to read the book... film aa gayi topadne ki kya jaroorat, u know the story and u don't feel alienated when people talk about vinci code... if book is classic then its another story...
BTW welcome back...

-vinod


Hey guys, good to see the thread still winding, saw 'fun with dick and jane' on the plane and found it hilarious. Its about a couple who have 'perfectly settled' american lives complete with hispanic maid and stuff and then the guy loses his padded job. The couples turns to small thefts to go by....and the ending is great (dont miss the special thanks at the end).....its also a take on corporate scandals......loved it...

[priti]

Thank god somebody reminded me of that! its been quite been quite a while and finding it hard to get back to threads of my chapters in between the events and jatland too is to be blamed :D . Knew I could always count on you for getting me back on track :o .

watched the movie...was great adaptation of the book...definitely worth the time.....


Ghani film na dekhae kimi padayi likhayi bhi kar liya kar... choice of pictures at jatland and orkut perfectly match the situation:-)...
Mein bhi da Vinci code dekhoonga lekin I have made up my mind not to read the book... film aa gayi topadne ki kya jaroorat, u know the story and u don't feel alienated when people talk about vinci code... if book is classic then its another story...
BTW welcome back...

-vinod

[chhillar]

A nice movie after a long time about relationship, god, his creations, mystic men, evolution, forgiveness, love, orthodox caste system etc....nice

[shailendra]

Saw two really good war movies this weekend!
Both have been around for some time: 'The Battle of Britain' and 'Full Metal Jacket'....

While the first one is a classic and really portrays well the war planes battling it out in dog fights over the skyies of Britain (Germany supposedly had their back broken after being beaten by the Englanders in the air, even after 4 to 1 odds of more planes and pilots! Hitler was over confident with his over touted Luftwaffe....and kinda learnt the lesson that the dogmatic Britishers would never give up, the hard way!)....

Now the second one (Full metal...) is more graphic and well....crude language and all! This one is mostly about what kind of intense training goes in to make killier/battle machines like the marines and eventually about the horrors of the Vietnam war.........Really something too!

Both are awesome movies if you are a battle/war movie buff!

[poonam]

A nice movie after a long time about relationship, god, his creations, mystic men, evolution, forgiveness, love, orthodox caste system etc....nice

Not seen the movie yet, heard its music though. Overall OK. Found this slow romantic number “Ishq main dil ko pagal..” by Sonu and Sunidhi pretty melodious.

[msingh]

even
ek duje ke liye
sadama
mirch masala
i think nobody could be as good as smitia patil and nasir
they r amazing in this movie,,,,,
movies with lot of Social values and social isssues.
>Guide
>Prem Pujari
>Purab aur Paschim
>Anand
>Jis desh mein ganga behti hai
>Shree 420
>Shaheed (Manoj Kumar)
>Hum Hidustaani
>Dhanna Jatt
>Khaandaan
>1084 ki maa
>Hazaron Khwahishen Aisi
>Aman
>Pukar(Dharmendra)
>Roja

" unambiguously the legendry " DHARMENDER " is the smartest ever jat on screen,his persona, his comic timing , his energy and zeal is unmacthed.
To me "Dharamender" is GOD.

[chhillar]

mirch masala
i think nobody could be as good as smitia patil and nasir
they r amazing in this movie,,,,,

Then you got to see Bazaar!!!

[chhillar]

Not seen the movie yet, heard its music though. Overall OK. Found this slow romantic number “Ishq main dil ko pagal..” by Sonu and Sunidhi pretty melodious.

there is some thing called >>|, I use it for hindi songs while boss!! is not around

[monikadahiya]

sisterhood of the travelling pants... a nice one!! really well directed movie and does justice to the novel as well!

I am not afraid.... It is an Italian movie.. I read the subtitles and loved the movie. It was about a kidnapped kid..a nice one!

[monikadahiya]

even
ek duje ke liye
sadama
mirch masala
i think nobody could be as good as smitia patil and nasir
they r amazing in this movie,,,,,


Manisha bebe,

manne woh mirchi aala last scene itna badhiya laage sai ..... :D :D :D

[deepshi]

watched NEAL N NIKKI ,uff.....:o :o :o
wot was d PURPOSE f makin such a sick movie- exposure? creativity? teen movie? bein bold??
hell!! dat nasty lookin kajols sis is givin equally nasty expressions thruout d movie:eek: shabbily clad, mostly in bikini(even where its nt desired):rolleyes:
n givin PAM ANDERSON a run 4 her money too:eek:
BAYWATCH is better:D
talkin on top f her shrilling voice frm d beginning till d end- uffuff wot an awful movie:(

[sansanwalamit]

I forgot to mention these ones before, but the tilogy made by Satyajit Ray (Pather Panchali, Aparajito and Apur Sansar) are very good movies and an education about Indian life. All three movies are the life story of one man "Apu" from his birth to his adulthood and a lot happens during this while.

Coming to Smita Patil, it is sad that she died so soon. I have always enjoyed her movies especially the ones made by Shyam Benegal. "Mirch Masala" isnt one of them but it is also a very nice movie. I also remember watching one movie called "Mandi" which was a very good movie that ventures into the evolution of prostitution, as in what major role prostitution plays in Indian or any society and how it gets evolved.

[downtoearth]

watched NEAL N NIKKI ,uff.....
wot was d PURPOSE f makin such a sick movie- exposure? creativity? teen movie? bein bold??
hell!! dat nasty lookin kajols sis is givin equally nasty expressions thruout d movie shabbily clad, mostly in bikini(even where its nt desired)
n givin PAM ANDERSON a run 4 her money too
BAYWATCH is better
talkin on top f her shrilling voice frm d beginning till d end- uffuff wot an awful movie:( hehehe tanney naam tey na beara patya ,, akk ,, kissii film pawegi,,,,,,:p :rolleyes: :cool: :D ;) ,,,,,,,,,,,

i found FANAH very boring:cool: :rolleyes: ......... lakin i have gr8 expectations from KABUL EXPRESS :) ...

[sunitahooda]

oho....Sheoran Sahab....ibb paddi kimme thandak si ....:D ;) :) manne sochi akk mere 150 rappiye FANAA hoye....ibb manne apney na dukhein....tere FANAA HOYE PISSEY DUKHEINGEY...:D ;) :cool: ARR mere aalley show mai tai Bihari bi badd rey the....arr taali pittein the we aaye sher pai....arr mera khoon fookey tha akk....Richshaw-chaalak BI 150 KI TIKAT LE KAI BADD REY SAIN...:p :) :D
hehehe tanney naam tey na beara patya ,, akk ,, kissii film pawegi,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

i found FANAH very boring ......... lakin i have gr8 expectations from KABUL EXPRESS :) ...

[sunitahooda]

NEAL N NIKKI....GOOD GOD....Gulaboo tu mere dhorey fon mattna kar liye aaj pache...kissi-kissi filam dekhan digar ja sai tu....:) :D tanne sharam nahi aayi....iss tai aachi tai tu MADAGASCAR dekh leti....balkaan tai ghaney tai unkey Parents hansey the....:p ;)
watched NEAL N NIKKI ,uff.....:o
wot was d PURPOSE f makin such a sick movie- exposure? creativity? teen movie? bein bold??
hell!! dat nasty lookin kajols sis is givin equally nasty expressions thruout d movie:eek: shabbily clad, mostly in bikini(even where its nt desired):rolleyes:
n givin PAM ANDERSON a run 4 her money too
BAYWATCH is better:D
talkin on top f her shrilling voice frm d beginning till d end- uffuff wot an awful movie:(

[tewatiapraveen]

Hi Amit
this is Praveen Tewatia in Mumbai/Delhi . I must say u've got real good taste yaar. though I haven't seen all of these, but I am sure that those I haven't must be as good as those I have seen in your list. keep me updated on any other good ones which don't become huge for whatever reason. bye.

[tewatiapraveen]

watched NEAL N NIKKI ,uff.....:o :o :o
wot was d PURPOSE f makin such a sick movie- exposure? creativity? teen movie? bein bold??
hell!! dat nasty lookin kajols sis is givin equally nasty expressions thruout d movie:eek: shabbily clad, mostly in bikini(even where its nt desired):rolleyes:
n givin PAM ANDERSON a run 4 her money too:eek:
BAYWATCH is better:D
talkin on top f her shrilling voice frm d beginning till d end- uffuff wot an awful movie:(

Hi Deep
Dear ye movies, creativity n all that crap to chalta rahta hai, par tu ye bata ke itna sara jehar(as in poison) kahan se laayi. u were born with it or u worked hard to get it. I mean even I am called poisnous by my friends, but u, well u r The Master man. this again proves that there is always someone better than u, and u r never perfect n can keep on improving, so what even if it is about becoming more Jehari. Yash Chopra n sons ne ye tera post read kar liya to jehar se instant death ho jayegi unki. Keep on the good work.

[deepshi]

ahsaas hote he- ki aap meri itni taarif karne k liye yahaan exclusively baddey the:D ;)


n yeah yeah yupp...m venomous, n i backlash!! ( i presume u hvnt got a taste f it yet! n u r cravin 4 it badly;) )
i also pity those who call me 'sweet':p jus 4 d heck of sounding sweet,,hehe:D



Hi Deep
Dear ye movies, creativity n all that crap to chalta rahta hai, par tu ye bata ke itna sara jehar(as in poison) kahan se laayi. u were born with it or u worked hard to get it. I mean even I am called poisnous by my friends, but u, well u r The Master man. this again proves that there is always someone better than u, and u r never perfect n can keep on improving, so what even if it is about becoming more Jehari. Yash Chopra n sons ne ye tera post read kar liya to jehar se instant death ho jayegi unki. Keep on the good work.

[naresh.mehta]

I guess .. we guys can be better scriptwriters .. i mean 'creative' !! Proper dialogues with punch lines n all .. :rolleyes:

hmmm.. I saw PYAASA once .. very old movie of Gurudutta.. wat a tragedy n such a clear picturisation of true face of this opportunist world! And that was bak in 50s !!

'Godfather' though based on novel was choreographed in awesome way!

And the best ever is "the good, the bad and the ugly' .. aiyaaaa wat Music , the theme ... and ofcourse the actors!

[rockingguy]

Hats off for DEVDAS. I have seen DEVDAS for 74 times till now.dats really great movie.....
Hello Folks

Just got an idea for starting this thread from 'reviews on books', and a discussion on Kubrick's movies. Lets have a discussion on good creative movies which we the jatlanders have liked...my definition of creative is something that has challenges commonplace knowledge or notions...

to start with some of my favourite movies:

kpax
2001 space odyssey
Dr. Strangelove
Constant Gardener
O brother where art thou
Naach (where did this come from....i thought it was prettty creative:D )...

[tewatiapraveen]

ahsaas hote he- ki aap meri itni taarif karne k liye yahaan exclusively baddey the:D ;)


n yeah yeah yupp...m venomous, n i backlash!! ( i presume u hvnt got a taste f it yet! n u r cravin 4 it badly;) )
i also pity those who call me 'sweet':p jus 4 d heck of sounding sweet,,hehe:D

:rolleyes: oye oye, hold it.
it was just a backhanded compliment.
1. i never called u sweet
2. i've enough poison of my own so no cravings for any more of it
3. u don't need to baclash at everyone just for the heck of it

[deepshi]

Well, nt a superhit, bt cud hv fared better
DILLAGI- starring sunny, bobby n urmila
BADSHAH-i was rolling wid laughter
EK HASINA THI- urmila again- verryyyyyy good movie

n yeah, d first part of DARNA ZARURI HE- opens well, wid dat MOTU- n his dialogues- it was hilarious, cudnt stop laughin:D :p :D
(wen he goes 2 a cemetry n says- O PETER O PAREREY, sunn rahe ho k marr gaye saaley sab k sab!!! ) :D :D :eek: :p :p

[rekharathee]

some favorites of mine r:-

>Rain coat

>Haasil

>dil se

>namkeen

>guide

[desijat]

BLACK

let thr b light

[amitenggmalik]

AGNIPATH....ITS BACKGROUND MUSIC
PUKAR.........ANIL KAPOOR'S
GULAMI.......DHARMENDER'S.EMOTIONAL MOVIE
GHATAK........JABARDAST....JOSH HAI ISME
JAANE BHI DO YAARO.......COMEDY KING
DAMINI.......CHADHA SAHAB....COURTS DATES
HERA PHERI.......JABARDAST TIME PASS
HAASIL ......REAL MOVIE...PRACTICAL
SARFROSH........
MANY MORE

[amitenggmalik]

aaaand

omkara ...will Be Classical Movie

[amitenggmalik]

NAAM.... SANJAY DUTT'S
ARJUN......SUNNY DEOL'S

[msingh]

i wont call JAne Bhi Do Yaroo ar a comedy movie,,,it is the true picture of india society and the poltical senorio
among the other gr8 movies,,,a must see iss---bazar
i think nobody could be as good as smita patil--no body would have done justice to that role
AGNIPATH....ITS BACKGROUND MUSIC
PUKAR.........ANIL KAPOOR'S
GULAMI.......DHARMENDER'S.EMOTIONAL MOVIE
GHATAK........JABARDAST....JOSH HAI ISME
JAANE BHI DO YAARO.......COMEDY KING
DAMINI.......CHADHA SAHAB....COURTS DATES
HERA PHERI.......JABARDAST TIME PASS
HAASIL ......REAL MOVIE...PRACTICAL
SARFROSH........
MANY MORE

[downtoearth]

i wont call JAne Bhi Do Yaroo ar a comedy movie,,,it is the true picture of india society and the poltical senorio
among the other gr8 movies,,,a must see iss---bazar
i think nobody could be as good as smita patil--no body would have done justice to that role ya,, im a big fan of smita,,,,,, aardh satya,,,,,, manthan,,,, mandi ,,,,aarth,,,, waaris,,,,,r my all time fav movies:)

[msingh]

ya WARIS is one movie which i feel ki Hariyanvi maine banani chahiye thi ,,,it is one movie which is like really close to my herat
ya,, im a big fan of smita,,,,,, aardh satya,,,,,, manthan,,,, mandi ,,,,aarth,,,, waaris,,,,,r my all time fav movies:)

[speedcrazy]

What kind of fan?...Hand Fan=Beejna/padestal Fan/Ceiling Fan or Extractor fan?
ya,, im a big fan of smita,,,,,, aardh satya,,,,,, manthan,,,, mandi ,,,,aarth,,,, waaris,,,,,r my all time fav movies:)

[shailendra]

...Definitely gotta go down into my most fav cartoon movie list as the best one yet!
'Cars'....this is an awesome movie! Mazaa aa gya!!! It was just perfect and so many good things to go with it!
Just gotta go watch it to understand what I am talking about..................

[keshavdahiya]

...Definitely gotta go down into my most fav cartoon movie list as the best one yet!
'Cars'....this is an awesome movie! Mazaa aa gya!!! It was just perfect and so many good things to go with it!
Just gotta go watch it to understand what I am talking about..................


yeah so true........one of the animatted flicks now in my collection.......i loved the way (Rust-eze)Lightening McQueen 95and the Doc. interacted.......:p......and well the start was typically a action thriller with CAR RACE and suspence.......hahahhahhaha......amazingly done.......and then.......the story........its awsum......"i m telling u mann every third blinker is slower.......:D:D........
the best part I liked was when doc races just before the story ends....

[reema]

No movie could be as gud as MOTHER INDIA -what a supurb acctress nargis is i dont think any body would have justice to this role

[shailendra]

yeah so true........one of the animatted flicks now in my collection.......i loved the way (Rust-eze)Lightening McQueen 95and the Doc. interacted.......:p......and well the start was typically a action thriller with CAR RACE and suspence.......hahahhahhaha......amazingly done.......and then.......the story........its awsum......"i m telling u mann every third blinker is slower.......:D:D........
the best part I liked was when doc races just before the story ends....

LOL...yeah, for me the best part was (when Lightening McQueen excitedly tells those small town hillbillies about their very own Doc having Piston cups)... "...What!?! What did the Doc do in his cup???" .......... :D

Yes, the Doc racing in the end was a cool part; (and hey; so how come you have it in your collection already???..........Bhai, koi Chinese link to nahee??? ;) )

[puneetsheoran]

Saw Pirates of the Carribean - Dead man's chest a couple of weeks ago. Enjoyed it thoroughly and am waiting eagerly for the final installment.

anyway, please share your comments on this movie (or any other). :)

[monikadahiya]

Saw Pirates of the Carribean - Dead man's chest a couple of weeks ago. Enjoyed it thoroughly and am waiting eagerly for the final installment.

anyway, please share your comments on this movie (or any other). :)

I saw that movie a few days ago and liked it as well. Magar bhaut gussa aata hai when the ending is so abrupt :p.. waiting for the final one too.... waise Mr depp ko dekhne se hee paisa wasool ho jata hai ... khi khi khi:D :D

[puneetsheoran]

I saw that movie a few days ago and liked it as well. Magar bhaut gussa aata hai when the ending is so abrupt :p.. waiting for the final one too.... waise Mr depp ko dekhne se hee paisa wasool ho jata hai ... khi khi khi:D :D

I think the ending is abrupt to make you curious of what happens next and make you interested in the sequel. Did you know that Johnny Depp's characterisation of Jack Sparrow is based on Rolling Stone Keith Richards and Keith is apparently playing Jack Sparrow's father in the third installment.

[shailendra]

...personally was a mite disappointed with the movie (Pirates of the Carribean-Dead Man's Chest)... I dunno, the whole dead-pirates-in-slimy-crusted-skin-from-the-depths Davie Jones and crew) was wierd! (great special effects notwithstanding)...
The plot was too obvious (as in who is chasing who to get what)... but one definitely feels that the next one (is it the final installment?) is definitely going to be interesting....................

[puneetsheoran]

...personally was a mite disappointed with the movie (Pirates of the Carribean-Dead Man's Chest)... I dunno, the whole dead-pirates-in-slimy-crusted-skin-from-the-depths Davie Jones and crew) was wierd! (great special effects notwithstanding)...
The plot was too obvious (as in who is chasing who to get what)... but one definitely feels that the next one (is it the final installment?) is definitely going to be interesting....................

Never mind Shail. I bet you will still go and watch the third installment.

[puneetsheoran]

Went to the theather's to watch a hindi film after a long time and saw Anthony Kaun Hai *ing Arshad Warsi, Sanjay Dutt and Minnissha Lamba.

Now while watching the movie I had a feeling of Deja Vu, like I had seen it before somewhere else. No doubt in an English movie but for the life of me could not figure out which movie. Having said that, it was a thoroughly enjoyble affair. Enjoyed the movie and would recommend it to anyone who is a movie buff. Great locations, inspired acting, fast paced and an excellent sound track.

BTW, don't forget to share your views and if anyone else knows which English movie it has been "inspired" from, please let me know. Have fun trying to figure out ke ye Anthony kaun hai?

[raj_rathee]

I'm finally catching up on some hyped up movies.
Recently saw:

The Constant Gardener :
Not too sure what the big deal was. Very average
The Passion of the Christ :
After watching it even I felt like punching Jesus in the face. What
a twit.
Da Vinci Code :
Timepass
Mulholland Dr.:
Just didn't get it. But the babe was good. Couple of scenes were nice.

Next on list Hotel Rwanda and Million Dollar Baby.

Apni Hindi movies are mucccccccccccchhhhhhh better then this
Hollywood crap. No wonder I gave up watching these Enlish movies many
years back. They just can't hold a candle to our modern day Hindi movies.