one selfish Vishal

its the buzz, hmmm, bang, noise and what not pre and post release and how could i just mention the name and not talk about it. all talking about Kaminey... you know what Vishal Bharadwaj is?

i think he is one man the film-maker-musician-singer who is a selfish creator... like someone writing a song for himself and singing to himself, painting a canvas and adorning his own room with it, no problem if someone else hears or looks

i think he makes movies, definitely and obviously, not for commercial gain or not for all else to watch and praise him rather he does it for his own expression and self satisfaction and to check how good he is at it. exception: he is selfless only in case of children. he makes movies for children. despite knowing that the gentry doesn't accepts such movies whole-heartedly and they don't HIT!

he thinks of some idea or looks at an idea and says 'let me try creating or building something around this and let me see how it looks'. and he does that.

he is a childhood friend. he gave me to sing jungle jungle and aaya aaya chhenu waali jhunnu ka baba and agar magar dole naiyya then he kept me dancing on chappa chappa charkha chale and giving me goosebumps with chhod aaye hum wo galiyaan and omkaara and now making me scream Dhan tenaan tena nenaan.

how many have seen Blue Umbrella and pankaj kapoor in it? there are no words for the act and the script. saif as an actor will only be remembered as langda tyaagi thanks to Vishal. and yes... the great intense Maqbool and the real Makdee

he creates all this in his playtime and he enjoys it. oblivious to how the dabba-daftar (box-office) responds. doesn't matters to him if his work is given an A certificate. the makings of his movies seems like a picnic where the camera is occasionally toggled between on/off rec mode. its all fun for him!

this guy and his works are just awesome. must see all

tahaan and other movies

most of you wont like it. "its waste of time and money" you'll say.

its a small story. a kid, his donkey, few people, and kashmir. the kid's persual reminded me of another kid's movie Halo, came long back, there this little girl fought for her dog.

Tahaan. in the interval i commented "aah! after a long time me seeing a non-metro movie. no buildings, no urban lifestyles, no mumbai, no bombs or guns, no flying cars, no stars, no slapstick double-meaning humour. simple story, simple people and beautiful Kashmir. relief to eyes and mind"

The real treat was... beautiful kashmir and the camera in Santosh Sivan's control. superbly great cinematographer. each and every frame was a photograph, a wallpaper in itself. i can watch it a number of times just to relax my mind. and yes, Halo too was Santosh's creation. seems like only him and Vishal Bhardwaj think of kids these days.

then we saw A Wednesday. i knew there was nothing more than say a few scenes for me in this movie. and actually only the last 10 minutes, and that too the lines; no action, was worth some money of the ticket. a sheer waste of talent of Kher sahab and Shah sahab. any other heavy voice could have done the jobs. well, if a criminal could pee in his pants just seeing Jimmy Shergill, the movie could have been completed with Vivek and, say Sohail replacing the senior actors.

Wall-E. eagerly waiting for the DVD release.

Welcome to Sajjanpur. one time watch good entertainment. no need to keep the name Shyam Benegal in mind anywhere. though you can tell the expertise in nitty gritties.