Get ready to say hello to My Friend Pinto this summer, yet another film featuring the talented young star Prateik Babbar. Directed by Raaghav Dar and produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali Films, My Friend Pinto will be Prateik’s third movie in 2011 after Dhobi Ghat and Dum Maro Dum. It will be the first film with him in focus though. Starring alongside him is Kalki Koechlin. In … [Read more...]
Hindi Film Music’s New Golden Boy – Amit Trivedi
Amit Trivedi seems to have suddenly appeared all over the filmy horizon. He seems to be everywhere, at all award shows, on the mastheads of new hindi films. Every new listing of talented musicians seems to have his name in it. Is he really that new or have we just begun to realise the prodigious talent within this young musician? Actually, Amit Trivedi has been writing and … [Read more...]
30 Best Bollywood Movies of the Last Decade – Part 1
Bollywood. Could India have lived without it? I think not. It’s as much an integral part of Indian culture as is our religion and spirituality. Though it is notorious for coming up with some of the worst flicks ever, it is more renowned for coming up with some of the best masterpieces that cinema has seen. From melodramatic plots to elaborate dance sequences, from mainstream … [Read more...]
Dev D Movie Preview – A Potential Hit?
After many takes on Sarat Chandra's acclaimed novel 'Devdas', here is yet another movie based on the character - "Dev D". Directed by Anurag Kashyap and starring Abhay Deol as Dev, Dev D is the Anurag's depiction of a contemporary devdas. Kalki Koechlin plays Chanda and Mahi Gill, Paro. Dev D is slated for release on 23rd February. Taking the plot from Sarat Chandra’s … [Read more...]
Dev D Music Review – A Super Desi Experience
The classical Devdas is now the ultra hip ‘Dev D’…where all the traditional norms of modernism and the 21st century are just wasteful words spoken on deaf ears… … [Read more...]