Comments on: Straight shooters, shorts and more at SFISAFF

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:42:23 +0000

Interesting I think…but not as much as Literature

By: Rani

Rani — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:46:12 +0000

For the East-coasters, MIAAC09 Film Festival is Nov 11-15 — http://miaacfilmfest.org.
Includes two joint screenings with 3rd i (both on Kashmir).

By: Anjali

Anjali — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:43:44 +0000

I wonder why "Dil Bole Hadippa!" is in the program- it doesn't deserve to be there.

I agree. No offense to Bollywood, and I understand they are probably trying to do this to represent the diversity of Indian cinema, but I usually go to 3rd I, SF Indie, and other film festivals because they show movies that are hard to find anywhere else. I can easily find most Bollywood movies at Naz 8, video stores and even some multiplexes in the South/East Bay, so this seems like a waste of space.

For example, I would have loved to see "Shot in Bombay" about the making of Sanjay Dutt's "Shootout in Lokhandwala" movie and aspects of the alleged dark underbelly of Bollywood, including Dutt's conviction, that were tying up the release. I caught only the last 5 minutes on Sundance and unfortunately they are not scheduled to ever show it again!

By: Pavani

Pavani — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:54:56 +0000

That would be cool Ocotillo. I'll keep an eye out for a unique desert plant. And a friendly gigolo too! So far only Murugun is for sure, but I also want to see Yes Sir and maybe Mad, Sad & Bad. I'll try tweeting from the fest too (only during intermission, of course).

By: kal - Your friendly neighborhood gigolo

kal - Your friendly neighborhood gigolo — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:38:18 +0000

I am planning to see both Quick Gun Murugan (I am big fan of Rajendra Prasad) and Yes Madam, Sir. Also, there is a 90′s Telugu film loosely based on Kiran Bedi’s life called “karthavyam”.

By: BostonIndian

BostonIndian — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:19:53 +0000

The Kiran Bedi films looks so great!!

As for guntastic...haha

By: Harminder Singh

Harminder Singh — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:10:05 +0000

I wonder why “Dil Bole Hadippa!” is in the program- it doesn’t deserve to be there. We found it to be a horrible pastiche (or rojak, as we say in Singapore & Malaysia) of Lagaan, Rang De Basanti, Swadesh, etc – the movie tried to address way too many themes … plus the songs were quite bad.. The only unique thing was having Rani Mukherjee putting on a beard and a topknot (joora), but that wore off after a while…

By: Ocotillo

Ocotillo — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:45:27 +0000

Maybe I’ll see you there, Pavani! I’ll be at coming to watch Yes Madam, Sir, and I’m beyond excited to meet Kiran Bedi!