Comments on: The Man on ‘Black’ http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/30/the_man_in_blac/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: browngrlnwhite http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/30/the_man_in_blac/comment-page-1/#comment-50452 browngrlnwhite Thu, 16 Mar 2006 03:54:23 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2795#comment-50452 <p>please explain to me indian cinema's annoying habit of putting master before any boy and baby before any girl who acts in a child's role</p> please explain to me indian cinema’s annoying habit of putting master before any boy and baby before any girl who acts in a child’s role

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By: Kush Tandon http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/30/the_man_in_blac/comment-page-1/#comment-40355 Kush Tandon Mon, 02 Jan 2006 21:04:26 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2795#comment-40355 <p>"Why is it that there are no child stars in Bollywood"</p> <p>They have been tons of them - starting from junior mahmood to baby tuntun to tanuja to sachin to neetu singh to kunal khemu to jugal hansraj (of masoom fame).</p> <p>This is just the tip of the iceberg.</p> “Why is it that there are no child stars in Bollywood”

They have been tons of them – starting from junior mahmood to baby tuntun to tanuja to sachin to neetu singh to kunal khemu to jugal hansraj (of masoom fame).

This is just the tip of the iceberg.

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By: Atasi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/30/the_man_in_blac/comment-page-1/#comment-40354 Atasi Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:51:32 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2795#comment-40354 <p>The best part of Black was the little girl who played Rani as a child. Why is it that there are no child stars in Bollywood, anyway?</p> The best part of Black was the little girl who played Rani as a child. Why is it that there are no child stars in Bollywood, anyway?

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By: ManRay http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/30/the_man_in_blac/comment-page-1/#comment-40189 ManRay Sat, 31 Dec 2005 03:37:20 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2795#comment-40189 <p>how about top 10 worst?</p> <p>That would be the bottom ten.</p> <p>I never understood people who demand Indian movies get rid of the melodrama. It is as absurd as the demand to remove exaggerated gestures from opera.</p> how about top 10 worst?

That would be the bottom ten.

I never understood people who demand Indian movies get rid of the melodrama. It is as absurd as the demand to remove exaggerated gestures from opera.

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By: Anand http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/30/the_man_in_blac/comment-page-1/#comment-40161 Anand Fri, 30 Dec 2005 22:53:26 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2795#comment-40161 <p>i cannot and will not convince anyone about the merits of 'Black'. You like it or you don't like it. There can be no universal judgment. it has to be a personal choice. i was captivated watching this flick. whether or not it is an adaptation of a movie of an earlier era the performances cannot be forgotten. rani's abilities were revealed and AB did not spoil the chance. the music added to the poignancy of the story. at the end of the day when you can allow yourself to be drawn into the story and try to empathise with the main characters you could have a lump in your throat. Rani's performance was such that i did not see the actress in a role but the character and her angst.</p> i cannot and will not convince anyone about the merits of ‘Black’. You like it or you don’t like it. There can be no universal judgment. it has to be a personal choice. i was captivated watching this flick. whether or not it is an adaptation of a movie of an earlier era the performances cannot be forgotten. rani’s abilities were revealed and AB did not spoil the chance. the music added to the poignancy of the story. at the end of the day when you can allow yourself to be drawn into the story and try to empathise with the main characters you could have a lump in your throat. Rani’s performance was such that i did not see the actress in a role but the character and her angst.

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By: DesiDude http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/30/the_man_in_blac/comment-page-1/#comment-40135 DesiDude Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:40:47 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2795#comment-40135 <p>I Black-ed out after watching barely 10 minutes of the movie. It was that good!!</p> I Black-ed out after watching barely 10 minutes of the movie. It was that good!!

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By: dhaavak http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/30/the_man_in_blac/comment-page-1/#comment-40127 dhaavak Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:45:00 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2795#comment-40127 <blockquote>Moody, great soundtrack, but terribly slow.</blockquote> <p>i'm sorry - the cheap indian i am - i stayed put ... hoping against hope there'd be a gratuitous booby shot for paisa-vasool - at least a penny to the dollar - but no such luck - but i may have missed it if i dozed off. i feel so cheap and used.</p> Moody, great soundtrack, but terribly slow.

i’m sorry – the cheap indian i am – i stayed put … hoping against hope there’d be a gratuitous booby shot for paisa-vasool – at least a penny to the dollar – but no such luck – but i may have missed it if i dozed off. i feel so cheap and used.

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By: Manish Vij http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/30/the_man_in_blac/comment-page-1/#comment-40119 Manish Vij Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:25:12 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2795#comment-40119 <blockquote>cringed at the glowing review of the painful and four-times boring 2046</blockquote> <p>Moody, great soundtrack, but terribly slow.</p> cringed at the glowing review of the painful and four-times boring 2046

Moody, great soundtrack, but terribly slow.

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By: dhaavak http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/30/the_man_in_blac/comment-page-1/#comment-40117 dhaavak Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:23:30 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2795#comment-40117 <p>So I looked up <a href="http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1142135,00.html">the US list</a>. <br> I nodded on the tribute to Werner Herzog's craft</p> <blockquote>A charismatic man is seized by some magnificent idea or ideal, and his pursuit often drives himself toward madness and those around him near despair. That is the grand theme that Herzog has examined, and embodied, for more than three decades,</blockquote> <p>cringed at the glowing review of the painful and four-times boring 2046</p> <blockquote>That gives the director four times as many chances to let furtive glances and plaintive words collide—which they do, to subtly spectacular effect. </blockquote> <p>and went, "what the.." on his comments on Ku Fu hustle</p> <blockquote>For years, Stephen Chow was famous across Asia as the bad boy of Hong Kong comedy, and <b>a bugger star</b>, year by year,</blockquote> <p>To accept and to assume coherence with your own tastes would be folly, o wheatish ones.</p> So I looked up the US list.
I nodded on the tribute to Werner Herzog’s craft

A charismatic man is seized by some magnificent idea or ideal, and his pursuit often drives himself toward madness and those around him near despair. That is the grand theme that Herzog has examined, and embodied, for more than three decades,

cringed at the glowing review of the painful and four-times boring 2046

That gives the director four times as many chances to let furtive glances and plaintive words collide—which they do, to subtly spectacular effect.

and went, “what the..” on his comments on Ku Fu hustle

For years, Stephen Chow was famous across Asia as the bad boy of Hong Kong comedy, and a bugger star, year by year,

To accept and to assume coherence with your own tastes would be folly, o wheatish ones.

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By: Reincarnation http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/30/the_man_in_blac/comment-page-1/#comment-40111 Reincarnation Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:43:19 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2795#comment-40111 <p>Black was a step forward for Bollywood. Now if we can cut down on the melodrama and hamming we'll get somewhere.</p> Black was a step forward for Bollywood. Now if we can cut down on the melodrama and hamming we’ll get somewhere.

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