Friday Fundas – Raja Reviews

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Kabali – the subtle and the not so subtle social message

Kabali – the subtle and the not so subtle social message Kabali has been the talk of the town for the last few weeks. Initially, it was all about the excitement and promotion around the movie and now the interpretation and analysis. If you have liked the movie you have liked it and if you

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How Hitchcock altered ideas on Censorship

How Hitchcock altered ideas on Censorship For the past few days, the movie Udta Punjab produced by Anurag Kashyap is trending for the reason that it is being demanded to make unreasonable cuts by the censor board. Well, Mr. Kashyap said it is his fight and he would fight for it. I sincerely hope he

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Master class with Mani Ratnam

Master class with Mani Ratnam I had the extreme privilege to attend the master class with my favorite director Mani Ratnam during Bangalore International Film Festival 2016 in February. As much have been written about it then by the press I had not spent time in penning down my thoughts. Yesterday was his birthday and

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The Magic of Premam

Magic of Premam Premam (Malayalam movie) has been one of the wholesome entertainers of the year. Though the usual commercial masala elements with some cliched sequences still Premam had an irresistible run at the box office. Post the success of the 70’s blockbuster Sholay someone asked Sippy the secret behind the success of Sholay. He answered

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Social Reviewers – Are they killing Cinema?

Social Reviewers – Are they killing Cinema? This week my facebook wall was filled with funny and sarcastic criticism about the recent Tamil movie Puli. There have been really creative meme’s posted which were definitely rib-tickling and became coffee table conversations and Whatsapp forwards. Equally there has been my friends in the movie industry who

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Song of the Little Road: A movie that was 3 years in the making on a shoe string Budget

Song of the Little Road: A movie that was 3 years in the making on a shoe string Budget All of us are enthusiastically talking about the magnum opus movies like Baahubali that is in the making for a long time. Long time doesn’t necessarily mean the cost of the movie but the common trait

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Nonlinear narrative – Art of script writing from a different dimension

Nonlinear narrative – Art of script writing from a different dimension It is good to be back with the Friday Fundas section after a while. This week I would talk about a specific style of script writing known as Non-linear narrative. Nonlinear narrative is the art of telling a story as a list of events

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Film Gauge – 65 mm aka 70 mm

Film Gauge – 65 mm aka 70 mm film When I was a kid someone gave me a film roll (negative). My friend and I took this to a room. As my friend lit torchlight I rolled the film in front of it. We placed a lens in front of the film and projected it

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Master Shot

Master Shot In this week’s Friday Fundas I will be taking about a cinematography concept termed as Master Shot. A Master shot is a visual of the entire scene in which the action is taking place. For example in the Harry Potter series the shot involving the entire dining hall is an example of a Master

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Voice of the Dialogue

Voice of the Dialogue Have you heard of the phrase when someone says “he has lost his voice”. It is used to imply a situation in which a person’s views are neglected or he is not convincing anymore. One of the most common reasons you would hear is people saying “he doesn’t sound real”. People

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Birdman Climax

Birdman Climax In this week’s Friday Fundas I would like to talk about the Climax or ending of the movie – Birdman. If you have come here looking for review of Birdman then click here to read the review on Birdman movie. It has been a while since Birdman has been released and many of us

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Foley

Foley What if you are watching a movie and it is quiet but for the dialogues from the characters. It will seem odd right. What makes you immersed in a movie? It is the sound effects that are added to the movie to mimic a realistic situation you would encounter in life. In this week’s

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