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Duvidha
I sat across the street and observed a man in his early 60s standing outside the main entrance of the Osian Film Festival - perhaps lost in his thought; but somewhat, oblivious to the cacophony around him. People of all generations walked past; sometimes someone from the older lot smiled and nodded their head in reverence, but for most, he stood, just like any other man, no different from others. If, and only if, I could use even the basic layer of dissolves and freeze from his film that I saw .... Full Story

A Prophet Has Died
Jean Luc Godard the French cineaste abandoned commercial filmmaking, in pure Godardian terms to become an active participant in formulating a direct passage between the essence of art and its reactionary functions- to create a base for political cinema. In the span of few years Godard’s activism dried up. This raises an important question of, the role of art in our loves today. A question which we all should ask ourselves; especially for cinema which is ubiquitous as a commercial form of .... Full Story

Days of Being Wild
It has been fifteen years since Hong-Kong director Wong Kar-Wai released his classic romantic drama Days of Being Wild. It was Wong’s second feature film effort, and although not a commercial success, it has been hailed as one of Hong Kong’s best films, and also as one of the best films of the 1990’s. The film was comprised of an all star cast that included the late Leslie Cheung (Farewell My Concubine, Happy Together), Tony Leung (In the Mood for Love, Happy Together), Maggie .... Full Story

Gulabi Talkies
Gulabi is no pin-up model, yet her smile still lingers in my memory even after the movie and the Osian film festival long ended. She seemed so rooted in the ethos of her culture that almost all her gestures in the film are universal in their portrayal and reflection on life. The way she ate, the way she talked, the way she walked and the way she behaved formed a ritual play of gestures and expression unlike any other. The foundation on which the film explores the duality of human behavior- .... Full Story

Waiting for Godot
We often went to the movies. The screen lit up and we trembled…But more often than not Madeleine and I were disappointed. The pictures were dated, they flickered. And Marilyn Monroe had aged terribly. It made us sad. This wasn’t the film we’d dreamed of. This wasn’t the total film that each of us had carried within himself...the film we wanted to make, or, more secretly, no doubt, that we wanted to live. Paul, in Jean-Luc Godard’s Masculin fémininJaane Tu Ya .... Full Story

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