Born on May 2 1921, to Sukumar Ray and Suprabha Ray, Satyajit Ray is regarded as one of the greatest Indian filmmakers of the 20th century; often referred to as the Bergman of Bengal. Birth and Early Life Ray was born to a distinguished family of artists, litterateurs, musicians, scientists and physicians. His grandfather Upendra Kishore was an innovator, a writer of children’s story books (popular to this day), an illustrator and a musician. His
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Movie Review: Rajkahini: Freedom will Fight Independence Director: Srijit Mukherji Cast: Rituparna Sengupta, Saswata Chatterjee, Rudranil Ghosh, Zoya Ahsan, Jishu Sengupta and Abir Chatterjee One of the most defining moments of the 20th century in India was the partition of the British India into the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India (later Republic of India) in 1947. The aftermath of partition witnessed the terrifying outbreak of sectarian violence between the Hindus and the
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Iam a huge fan of south Korean cinema and as per me they are making some of the best movies in world at present. A Bittersweet Life falls in that “some of the best” category itself and is one of my favourite movies of last decade. Released in 2005, A Bittersweet Life is what South Korean cinema does better than anyone else, making stylish gangster films and add to this the revenge theme and you
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Mani Ratnam seems fascinated with Kashmir and the power struggle going on there. Kashmir issue is very complicated and I have no intention of dealing with it in this article. Instead we will talk about Dil Se, a movie much ahead of its time, written and directed by Mani Ratnam and starring Shahrukh Khan in one of his best performances till date. This was Mani Ratnam’s first Hindi film based on Kashmir issue but he
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What comes to your mind when you think of Jack Sparrow? suave, adventurous, reckless genius, master manipulator, pompous, narcissistic, eloquent, a phoenix and an outlaw in every imaginable way. Like every story worth telling, Jack’s story is a love story. But this love is not for a woman or gold or power. In his own words, the unbounded sea is his first love and his beloved ship the Black Pearl his second love. However, both
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Director: M Raja Cast: Jayam Ravi, Arvind Swamy, Nayantara, Vamsi Krishna Retribution time for the elder brother M.Raja who has been labeled as “remake raja” by the industry. This original, intelligent and smart thriller should also provide the younger brother Ravi a lease of life for daring to be different. And for those who have grown up seeing Arvind swami, ‘dumb struck again’ is what I would describe the experience as… The brilliance can be seen right from the
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The Ramayana tells us the story of Ahalya, the wife of older sage Gautama, who was seduced by Indra and then cursed by her husband for her infidelity. Ahalya is turned into a stone, only to thaw back into life after the touch of Lord Rama’s feet. The much awaited short-film Ahalya by Sujoy Ghosh is a must watch. The film, which is produced by Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films, stars the legendary
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Freedom is the root of all other things. With freedom comes opportunity, a chance to either sleep through or build bridges. What is your wish list this independence day? We at Mission Sharing knowledge have searched through the archives, drawn a long list of films from all languages that have stirred up the feeling of patriotism within us. Some are the more famous ones, most of course are in the language of Hindi and quite
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Director: Peyton Reed Cast: Michael Douglas, Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Pena, Corey Stoll, TI, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer The concept is not new but earlier we had no superhero for this. If you have watched “honey I shrunk the kids” you will understand we had done movies with the same concept but this time this movie is more serious. The technology used in this movie is pretty good as you expect from Hollywood but if
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Very recently I went for Bahubali, this movie has been creating a lot of noise lately and I really expected something good out of this movie. This movie spent 40 crore on VFX and in total 160 crore for the first part (I believe). After I was done with the movie I really didn’t understand the reason behind the hype of this movie, I mean people even compared it with 300 and other hollywood movies
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