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| Share my Films | |
| Dear friend, Hello! Thisis Bijit Borthakur, an admire of world cinema. I have got a good collection offilms on DVD/DCD format which I wish to share with my friends and relatives.What follows is an incomplete list of my collection of films. If you areinterested, you can contact me at the following address. I am also more thaneager to know about yo...
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| 07:51 | 18/Aug/2007 |
| To criticize the critic | |
| “Photograph istruth. The Cinema is truth 24 times a second.”-Jean Luc GodardWhat is worse than sittingthrough an Indian movie? The answer comes loud and clear: sitting through twoIndian movies! As our films go from bad to worse, we certainly can not expectour film criticism to go from good to best. As they get more bizarre in local newspapersand...
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| 01:10 | 17/Jun/2007 |
| Troilokya Bhattacharjya: the Historical ... | |
| Historical novel is an oxymoron, a curious mix of fact and fiction. Aristotle resolves this conundrum once for all in his Poetics. He states that the poet’s (read the author’s) function is to describe not the thing that has happened (that is the work of the historian), but to describe the kind of thing which might happen, that is, being probable or...
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| 07:02 | 26/May/2007 |
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| 1 What do these actors have in common? Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, Adam West, George Clooney They all like Spain a lot All of them are actors and actresses They are in love with Jennifer López (in their films) All of them have played Batman They don't like films but get a lot of money with them2 Which country is Jean Claude Van Damme from...
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| 11:18 | 22/May/2007 |
| Jyotiprasad as a filmmaker | |
| Jyotiprasad as a filmmakerJyotiprasad Agarwala, One of the greatest cultural figurers of Assam since Sankardeva,scion of an enlightened Rajasthani family who married into Assamese society and became thoroughly assimilated ,made in 1934-1935 a film that still surprises us with its innovative use of the medium. That very first Assamese film Joymati w...
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| 23:29 | 12/May/2007 |
| First Impression: The Wise Women of Hava... | |
| First Impression: The Wise Women of Havana Set in Havana in 1938, Jose Baul Bernardo’s novel captures the fell, smells, and sounds of the quickly changing tropical metropolis after the Great Depression .Lorenzo and Marguita are a happy pair of newlyweds expecting their first child. They have rented a small, bright apartment where they a...
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| 22:43 | 4/May/2007 |
| Cine Quiz-5 | |
| 28) Which Hitchcock thriller was based on an actual case of a 1920 serial killer known as the “Marry Window Murderer”?29) From which film did Hitchcock start his signature cameo appearances?30) After 1940, Hitchcock made his cameo appearances in every film except one. Name the film?31) Which Nobel Peace Prize winner’s role Robert de Niro declined t...
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| 23:21 | 2/May/2007 |
| Cine Quiz-4 | |
| Cine Quiz-41) When and who build the first cinema house in India?2) When was the Children’s Film Society set up in India?3) Which is India’s first Technicolor film? When was it released?4) Name the first talkie produced in India? When was it released?5) What is meant by a married-print?6) Who is a clapper- boy in the film industry?7) What are cat-w...
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| 20:55 | 30/Apr/2007 |
| Cine Quiz-3 | |
| Cine Quiz-3 Who was the first Assamese director to direct a film? What was the name of the film?
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| 23:15 | 28/Apr/2007 |
| Cine Quiz-2 | |
| Cine Quiz-2 April 28th, 2007 by bijit a)He merged his Independent Motion Picture Company(IMP),with several others,creating Hollywood’s first majpr studio,Universal Studio.Identify him. b)In filmmaking what are 'Idiot Cards'?
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| Jolly Jacob | 12:22 | 13/Dec/2007 |
| Friends: (211)
| City: Planet Earth
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| My Lord calls to me |
| My Lord calls to mein the early morning light‘kuhu-kuhu’ she singsin joyous dulcet tones.My Lord enfolds mein the early morning mist,ethereal and uplifting,a mother's embrace.My Lord sings to mefrom the violin’s bow,gliding on the stringsin heartrending melody.My Lord looks at mefrom beggar-child eyesin desperate hope,for alms, for love.My Lord com...
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| Beyond Horizon | 11:48 | 15/Nov/2007 |
| Friends: (109)
| City: Delhi
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| I am really sick of the open drains of Noida and the real estate prices!It just keeps getting stinkier and obnoxious day by day! Picture this:A beautiful 2 bedroom flat that they say costs 50 lakhs... and that asset worth 50 lakhs is located right next to a big big open drain... that stinks to its hearts content... and not just that.. there is a la...
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| Zee SaReGaMaPa | 18:12 | 4/Oct/2007 |
| Friends: (183)
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| Chat with Amanat Ali |
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| He was won the hearts of millions with his songs on Zee's hugely popular show, SaReGaMaPa Challenge. Amanat Ali is the only Pakistani finalist in the show, and is one of the favourites. Now, you can chat with him, and ask him about himself, his music and much more, right here on rediff.com Catch Amanat Ali at 12 noon, on Friday, October 5.Click her...
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| sulakshana d... | 12:52 | 27/Jul/2007 |
| Friends: (64)
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| I’m very sad. It’s a big let down for me. I ’m so emotionally shocked that I cannot express it in words and neither feel the pain that is cuffing my heart every minute. ‘Where did I go wrong?’ This is the question I repeatedly ask myself. But there is no answer that comes back to me. I haven’t certainly expected such a treat from you, my life. T...
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| Shilpa Patil | 19:17 | 28/Aug/2007 |
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| City: Udgir
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| Chak De!! India |
| On 14th Aug '07 I watched Chak de! India...And Wow!! What a wonderful movie to watch on the eve of Independence Day...Celebrating freedom of Indian women....Bravos to Shah Rukh Khan for agreeing to act in such a movie which had no Box Office appeal and Yash Raj films for making such an unromantic movie...I don’t remember when I last loved a Yash Ra...
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| Utpal Datta | 23:05 | 21/Oct/2007 |
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| May Latest Poem LONG DRIVE |
| Sometimesit’s wonderful to go out on a long driveYou, I anda few complex moments that can mould us into dreamsWe’llrelease a few words that we’d held captiveAnd letourselves be in their bondageOn thedriving-seat your forehead is beaded with sweatI hold yourhand; it’s not touch by courage We traversethe city-glamour replete with coloured sences of a...
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