Special Arrangement
A still from Pizza 2
Another slice of Pizza
Horror and con genres come together in Pizza 2 that’s in the making now
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With a bang!
Meera Menon, a United States-based filmmaker, who has her roots in Kerala, won the inaugural Nora Ephron award at the Tribeca Film Festival. The filmmaker talks about her debut feature film Farah Goes Bang.
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Cut out for the role
Imaad Shah lost the lead role in The Reluctant Fundamentalist because of his hair. Samir was a character written for him
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‘I can’t dance’
Ranbir Kapoor talks about his upcoming films, sharing screen space with Deepika Padukone and his parents and being a bad dancer
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Talking about a revolution...
Documentary filmmaker Sanjay Kak talks about his new film, Red Ant Dream, and the architecture of revolutionary desire
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May 23, 2013
My five: S. Subramanian
Incendies Denis Villeneuve The film based on a play by Wajdi Mouawad is about the journey of teen twins in search of their roots as per their dead mother’s will. What fo...
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May 19, 2013
Madhuri’s mesmeric moves
Madhuri Dixit Nene is back in full steam as she shakes a leg with Ranbir Kapoor in Yeh Jawaani Hai Diwani. Roped in for a special song to introduce Ranbir’s character in the film (no, you c...
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May 18, 2013
Second coming
Ramki is getting ready for a strong second innings in Tamil cinema. After a hiatus, Ramki will be seen reprising important roles in three movies. “Actors on a comeback typically pin their hopes on...
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May 18, 2013
Cup runneth over
With a host of exciting new-age projects, Vishakha Singh, best known for her debut in Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se (KHJJS) a few years ago and more recently for Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya (KL...
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May 18, 2013
Kaanal Neer (1961)
P. Bhanumathi is rightly hailed as one of the most important icons of South Indian cinema. She was not only a brilliant actor (who featured in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films), she was also a screenw...
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May 18, 2013
Cinema Quiz
Questions
1. Which of the two Star Wars prequels were released on this date but six years apart?
2. Which upcoming Prabhudeva-helmed Hindi flick, starring Shruti...
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May 18, 2013
Neram: A day in the life
Alphonse Putharen’s Neram begins with an unusual dedication, a thank-you to the director’s “ex-girlfriends (especially the last one)”. Just what might a Freudian make of this, given that the...
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May 18, 2013
Aurangazeb: Salaam! Aurangazeb
Aurangzeb stands for the megalomania that unchecked ambitions can lead to. Set in Gurgaon, possibly the most shining gaon of the country, the film talks of people who are game to sacrifice...
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May 18, 2013
Epic 3D: Battle for Nature
There are no twists in Epic (3D), and you know how the fight between good and evil will probably end. But that’s alright, because the movie is still warm, funny, heart-rending and leaves yo...
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May 18, 2013
Audio beat: Kathiyae Theettathey Puthiyae Theettu - Catchy tunes
What it is about
DSK Productions’ Kathiyae Theettathey Puthiyae Theettu tells the story of how a brother avenges the injustice done to his sister. Produced by Kovilambakkam...
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The lost action heroes
Shotcuts: Time for celebration!
A cop’s tale
Stars, big and small
Big B’s small role
She's got some chic
Cinema Quiz
Way to go
May 20, 2013
Shotcuts: All in the game
The game of rummy is one of chance, and luck plays an important part in winning the game. Most often, our lives are also like a game of rummy. Director of the upcoming film Rummy, K. Balakr...
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May 18, 2013
Heart copy
In this day and age when celebrities hire PR firms to carefully carve out their image in the media, Silambarasan’s ‘headline-worthy’ answers, are still refreshing. I say this after spending 15...
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May 18, 2013
The big ticket
Nazriya Nazim signed for plum film projects with big banners and established heroes, including Arya (Raja Rani) and Dhanush (Naiyyaandi) even before the release of her first film N...
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May 18, 2013
Outtakes: Tsai Ming-Liang
Who is he?
Critically celebrated Malaysian-born Taiwanese filmmaker and writer who has made nine feature films and numerous other short and medium-length films since the late 1980s...
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May 18, 2013
Reel excitement
Last year, around this time, she was busy rushing through her college assignments and cramming notes for her degree examinations. All this, in between power-packed promotions for three of her fil...
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May 18, 2013
Etcetera: Now CSK, the film
It is the cricket season and CSK is very much in the news with its top-notch performance. No wonder, the forthcoming Tamil film, 'CSK — Life is not a Game' seems to be getting a lot of atte...
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May 18, 2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist: Fundamentally rooted
Narratives that move back and forth could sometimes get contrived, especially when there is a narrator involved, because the context that forces the narrator to open up his story may not always be...
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May 18, 2013
The Great Gatsby: Get on board the time machine
Like most ambitious pieces of grandeur (or expensive high art), The Great Gatsby is most likely to evoke polarised responses. You will love it or hate it. It’s unapologetic about its runnin...
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May 18, 2013
Audio beat: Dum Tea - Boys bring in a fresh sound
What it is about Directed by Krisheno, MBoyz Records’ Dum Tea is about three youngsters aspiring to be the next big pop group in India, the problems they face and how they...
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May 18, 2013
Audio beat: Maryan - Rahman scores again!
What it is about
Produced by V. Ravichandran, Aascar Films’ Maryan, is directed by Bharat Bala, has music by A. R. Rahman and features Dhanush and Parvathy in the lead. Othe...
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The connect and the camera
My five: Maniratnam
King Can
Shotcuts: The South connect
Ready for Changez?
Outtakes: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Etcetera: Con and confusion
Slideshow
Olympus has fallen, Settai, Chashme Baddoor and more... a collection of reviews by The Hindu on the movies released in April 2013. Text based on Cinema Plus reviews.
VIDEO
Winner of The Hindu CIFF Documentary contest. S. Lokesh's film shows us a facet of the city as vital as the clothes we wear, with a poignant narrative, for revealing a city in need of a clean-up, a focussed attempt completely in tune with the tenets of documentary-making.
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First runner up of The Hindu CIFF Documentary contest. A maverick entry, devoid of dialogue and with a narrative entirely in song. Chennai Gaana by Vydianathan Ramaswamy
