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Month: May 2013

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Advertising Soumyadip ChoudhuryMay 21, 2013 0

Chamko – Fixes all spots

A topical in context of the ongoing IPL spot fixing brouhaha. This is from one of the most fondly remembered scenes from Sai Paranjpye’s very loveable 1981 comedy Chashme Buddoor.…Continue Reading →

Inside the original Bombay Talkies (photograph from 1942)
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Inside the original Bombay Talkies (photograph from 1942)

The 2013 movie Bombay Talkies couldn’t live up to the standards set by the original Bombay Talkies, the film studio…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0May 15, 2013
100 years of Indian cinema: The big Bollywood poster collage
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100 years of Indian cinema: The big Bollywood poster collage

Phata poster, nikle saikro hero (heroine aur villain bhi) If you follow me on Twitter, you might have noticed the…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0May 14, 2013
Bombay Talkies: Only Anurag Kashyap's Murabba gets the taste right
Bollywood Soumyadip ChoudhuryMay 13, 2013 1

Bombay Talkies: Only Anurag Kashyap’s Murabba gets the taste right

Wasn’t Bombay Talkies supposed to be a celebration of the 100 years of Indian cinema? Then what was Karan Johar’s Ajeeb Dastaan Hain Yeh doing in there? A mere insertion…Continue Reading →

Meet the original Revolver Rani from 1971 - Vijayalalitha
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Meet the original Revolver Rani from 1971 – Vijayalalitha

Kangana Ranaut is playing the title role of Revolver Rani in Sai Kabir’s forthcoming film co-produced by Tigmanshu Dhulia and…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0May 6, 2013
100 years of Indian cinema: Unofficial 'Raja Harishchandra' Google doodle
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100 years of Indian cinema: ‘Raja Harishchandra’ unofficial Google doodle

Google doodled Alam Ara, Google doodled Ray and because Google didn’t doodle the 100th anniversary of the release of the…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0May 3, 2013
Cinema century: 3 May, 1913 - Raja Harishchandra and the beginnings of a national obsession
Bollywood Soumyadip ChoudhuryMay 3, 2013 2

Cinema century: May 3, 1913 – Raja Harishchandra and the beginnings of a national obsession

(This is an edited version of a post first published on April 21, 2012, that was also cross-posted on my other blog at IBNLive.com) In India, cinema isn’t just a…Continue Reading →

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