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Muscle of Mumbai Monday, 4 July 2011, 7:46 pm

by Pranava I have watched, yet again on the plane, two movies about Mumbai, both about the muscle of Mumbai. One is about the immigrants who form a large part of the society and are the muscle of Mumbai. And the other is about the conflicts of men in mafia (supposed based on true story). One [...]

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Oscar predictions & Collective Choice Monday, 28 February 2011, 11:23 pm

By Arun Ramachandran for ‘C’nema Paradiso A friend recently recommended a book written by James Surowiecki – The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations. The author talks about how as a collective we are good at arriving at better decisions [...]

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Yet Another Oscar Predictions Article/ My 2 cents Saturday, 26 February 2011, 6:32 am

By Priyanka (My final article for CP blog, bowing out IIM Cal style ) Disclaimer: All the nominees this year have done wonderful work. This article does not intend to slight any of their work, but only aims to get into the Academy’s head(s?) to predict the probable winners. It’s that time of the year [...]

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Interview with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Wednesday, 2 February 2011, 9:53 pm

Inteview By Priyanka on the occasion of Mr.Mehra’s visit to IIM-C campus for delivering a lecture as part of Intaglio Which are your 5 favourite films and why? Why is the number always 5? All around the world I am asked the same number. You can’t stop at 5. There are so many films. Cinema [...]

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Dhobi Ghat – Mumbai Diaries Monday, 31 January 2011, 7:31 pm

By Gurchetan As the tag line suggests, Dhobi Ghat is a movie that records the events taking place in the lives of 4 protagonists from diverse strata of Mumbai’s society. Arun, played by Aamir Khan, is a reclusive painter who gets his emotional fix from voyeuristically following the life of a newly wed Muslim girl [...]

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No One Killed Jessica: A Review Sunday, 16 January 2011, 5:33 pm

By Shoaib No One Killed Jessica, based on the much talked about Jessica Lall murder case stars Rani Mukherjee, Vidya Balan, new comer Myra Karn and a host of other actors in various supporting roles. Rajkumar Gupta’s latest brings back into the limelight, a case which captured the fancies of the media and the nation [...]

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A Very Long Engagement – ‘Never let go’ Friday, 31 December 2010, 7:53 am

By Subhrojyoti Mondal Rotten Tomatoes rating – 78% Two Academy Award nominations (Art Direction and Cinematography) One Golden Globe nomination (Best Foreign Language Film) This movie has been considered one of the best among Janet’s masterpieces. Category wise it’s a romantic war epic movie, based in Somme, a remote village of post-world war France. A [...]

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The Road Tuesday, 23 November 2010, 7:54 pm

By Varun Torka (Based on the book of the same name by Cormac McCarthy) It is the end of the world, and for once Hollywood is serious. Expect no music here. No self-pitying jokes, no philosophical banter. And not even a sliver of hope. The Road is a different kind of movie. It is not [...]

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Rajni’s evolution, an economic perspective Wednesday, 20 October 2010, 8:57 am

By Gokul B This is not a review for Endhiran. Well that doesn’t mean I won’t be talking about the movie. I would of course. But I would be talking of random aspects which I thought of at various points through the day, while watching it and while discussing about it. Reviews are but a [...]

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On Majoriticism, Reviews, Peepli Live, Normal Curve and More Tuesday, 19 October 2010, 1:25 pm

By Ramana Krishnan On a recent trip to Delhi, I stumbled on a car with a slogan saying: ‘Singh is better than king,’ and as it would happen, a friend wrote an article on a related topic here (NOT a shameless plug for the said friend). It got me thinking on certain things. A movie [...]

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