04Feb 2009 by Sanjay Kapoor 1 Comment

LUCK BY CHANCE

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----- REALISTIC AND REFRESHING !!!!!!!!!!!!!   Heartiest Congratulations to Zoya Akhtah for her marvellous direction of LBC.It was pleasure indeed watching Luck By Chance! The Akhtar family is proving beyond doubt that talent runs in blood and is passed through genes.Farhan and Zoya Akhtar are not only making Javed proud,but are showing great promise and potential,and one expects more of such and even better work from then in future   Though the story of LBC is nothing new,and its all heard and all seen,still the presentation is great,refreshing and revealing!The movie bares the underbelly of the harsh Bollywood industry,but subtly,emphasizing more on the struggling of aspirants in filmdom,in the ruthless city of Mumbai.and meshed in this struggle is an  unsuccessful love story.Farhan Akhtar plays a struggling star,who falls in love…
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02Feb 2009 by Sanjay Kapoor 3 Comments

GAJHNI

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DOUBLE IMPACT !   GAJHNI left me dumb and numb,by its double impact!The softness of the romance and the harshness of the violent revenge,both were intense,touchy and effective! It was a great movie,and proved once again that Amir Khan's dictum of concentrating on quality,really gives grand results,and the movie has proved beyond doubt that any project,attached with Amir,is an outright winner!   Amir not only takes pain,in conceiving the movie,but also in the minutest details in its creation.His involvement is commendable,and he not only eats,drinks,sleeps,but actually lives,the movie or the project he has on hand,during the production.And the best part is,that his involvement doesn't stop there,his campaigning and marketing are so beautifully planned,that the masses feel as if thy are a part of the movie and the production team,even before the movie…
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22Jan 2009 by Sanjay Kapoor 2 Comments

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE!

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MIXED REACTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   We Indians are known to go aboard with our reactions and over-reactions to many a things but reactions evoked by Danny Boyle's latest film,from India and abroad have probably been the most that any movie has ever earned,not only in numbers  or magnitude but more significantly in the wide range of difference in opinions,swinging from one end of the pendulum to the other,and including great admiration and outright condemnation( All It Boyles Down to-OUTLOOK,Jan 26,2009)   It evoked mixed emotions in my mind too,and frankly speaking,even including few thoughts like comparing it to Satyajit Rays,portrayal of poor India ,though not as intense as expressed in the Big B's blog.I also reacted the way I did to Water,a movie which though shall be in top ten of my favorite…
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