tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229688392012-02-14T18:26:02.802+05:30"Cogito, ergo sum."Mayanknoreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-56749577245169441752011-08-13T11:33:00.000+05:302011-08-13T11:33:27.922+05:30

When one makes a movie about an important social issue that touches the lives of countless people, it comes with a responsibility to stay grounded and as real as possible, and most of all, be sincere towards the issue more than anything else. If you are looking at “Aarakshan” as one such movie about the crucial issue of reservations in the Indian education system, then you are in for a big

Mayanknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-55306929161874842212011-07-30T11:59:00.000+05:302011-07-30T11:59:01.899+05:30

Almost all movie lovers have watched great wild-west movies and cherished them. Tall men with leather boots facing off in the heat, hands on their holsters- the sand, sweat, tension in the air and eagles calling in the back- cowboy movies like “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”, “A Fistful of Dollars” and several others have created a genre of movies that is undoubtedly one of the greatest in the

Mayanknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-39475099224532633622011-07-23T11:27:00.000+05:302011-07-23T11:27:50.660+05:30

Some of the most favorite moments in Indian cinema have been when a powerful, corrupt bad guy and his army of intimidating huge goons get ruthlessly beaten at the hands one righteous man. The image of a Rambo-like one-man army with larger than life morals standing against everything that is wrong with the world is how Indian cinema has celebrated heroism right from its origin, and it still

Mayanknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-2379566366627821972011-03-05T11:11:00.001+05:302011-03-05T11:12:53.787+05:30

It is once in a very long while that there comes a movie which leaves the viewers jaw-dropped and shocked. And when two of such movies come from the same filmmaker, you definitely know that you are looking at the Picasso of film-making, with each of his masterpieces worth collecting, and watching over and over again for their sheer perfection. Darren Aronofsky is the man I am referring to, and I

Mayanknoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-10144562584188259292011-02-26T12:38:00.001+05:302011-02-26T12:41:18.494+05:30

I find it particularly sad when a movie that starts off really well turns into somewhat of a bore later on. You can neither hate that movie completely, nor love it absolutely. “Tanu Weds Manu”, starring Kangna Ranaut and R Madhavan, is a unique movie: in a lot of ways. TWM starts off with very life-like characters, be it from the thin alleys of Kanpur, or posh localities of Delhi. What makes

Mayanknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-9280925818397727132011-02-19T10:45:00.000+05:302011-02-19T10:45:50.747+05:30

 One of my favorite movies of all times is “Requiem for a Dream”, which is an extremely dark and disturbing movie to say the least. But what makes the movie so impressive is that it connects to the viewer emotionally, and you and I can feel the emotions that the characters feel. The problem with Vishal Bharadwaj’s “Saat Khoon Maaf” is that while it focuses too much on its darkness, very little

Mayanknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-15363693636317922542011-01-25T11:46:00.000+05:302011-01-25T12:02:56.226+05:30

Just like wine, there are some types of movies that are appreciated only by someone who understands them, and most other people either hate such movies or pretend to have liked them. Dhobhi Ghat, the directorial venture by Kiran Rao, is truly speaking, an artist’s expression. The director makes it very clear that the movie is not aimed at making you laugh, or cry, or jump in horror, or stare in

Mayanknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-42573229952809975292011-01-16T19:44:00.000+05:302011-01-16T19:59:01.454+05:30

There are some movies that are so boring that you leave the auditorium after the intermission and regret having seen even the first half of it. YPD is not one of those movies; it is the kind of movie that you want to leave after the intermission, but would regret if you do. Starring the explosive (with the exception of Bobby) Deols, YPD has been a much awaited movie, especially in the northern

Mayanknoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-33321121627254103982009-08-12T20:54:00.000+05:302009-08-12T20:58:17.342+05:30

Why do we make mistakes when we know that we are going to regret them? Why is it so that the emotion of anger captures our mind so strongly that we have to say things that we know are going to hit back on us later? Almost all of us know when we are cool-headed, that the things said in anger are the most destructive things for us and our relationships. But then, why is it that when we are in rage,

Mayanknoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-73705199855712423582009-01-17T23:56:00.000+05:302009-01-17T23:59:03.442+05:30

Hi my name is Manuj. The few following paragraphs will sum up a brief history of my life. Do not be surprised if you find striking similarities between your life and mine, because if you are like me, then you will probably make the same mistakes in life as I did. Before reading ahead, remember that people who learn from their own mistakes are smart, but smarter are those who learn from someone

Mayanknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-68118042132230939642007-11-29T15:25:00.000+05:302007-11-29T15:34:55.992+05:30

The following is a page from the diary of Prerna Jindal, India’s leading athlete who had won several Olympic medals for the country by the age of 20. She faced her first loss ever in a 400 meters hurdle event on June 18, 2019 during the Apex International Sports meet.July 22, 2020Dear Diary, Coach Naidu used to say “You win only when you believe that you can win.” I wish he was alive today

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One day- a day of my life, like any other day, but a day that holds in it, the essence of life itself. This pleasant morning, as the birds sang sweetly outside the window, I woke up with a smile on my face, with feelings of hope and visions of light pouring through the simple curve that my lips make together. I was all alone in my home, with the brightness of enthusiasm in my eyes, and the

Mayanknoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-43100687458206217012007-03-31T20:18:00.000+05:302007-04-01T12:34:47.688+05:30

The human mind is a very powerful organ. I believe that everything a man thinks about in his life might not be real, correct or practical, but is definitely necessary to think about at that moment. And that is how life keeps going. One man’s reality might be other man’s illusion, but there is one common reality, and which I have just learned about. I am Manuj and this is my story. As a child,

Mayanknoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-1161260944327686362006-10-19T17:55:00.000+05:302007-09-06T20:34:48.845+05:30

I write of a man in the 21st century, and because every character in a story must have a name, I shall call him Alladin. The name sounds familiar to you, and so shall the story, except that it is not a fairy tale, because fairies exist in dreams and the world is too real to be dreaming.Like every common man, Alladin too was a man with strong desires, big and small, real and virtual, good and bad.

Mayanknoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-1146430671267314582006-05-01T02:16:00.000+05:302007-09-06T20:09:43.888+05:30

More than 60% of research on earth, going on right now is based on Human Psychology. The scientists all over the world think that after a lot of studies, they will finally be able to come up with a set of simple mind rules that will be applicable to all human beings, of all shapes, sizes and colors, in all professions and at all places. But I really am not sure of this, ‘coz these ppl have simply

Mayanknoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-1142579702535093192006-03-17T12:41:00.000+05:302007-09-06T20:31:27.153+05:30

As I said, my JEE preparations went on, with nothing much to do when it came to Priya. The whole year passed, me being just a friend to Priya. Schools were closed, we had a farewell party where Priya was again with the ‘cool group’. And then, the results were out. I cleared JEE! I was the only one from my school, and that made me even happier. “Priya would love me now. I should meet her”, I

Mayanknoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-1142321687294497402006-03-14T12:56:00.000+05:302007-09-06T20:35:37.561+05:30

“Yeah sure!”, she said. I could not believe this was actually happening. For the first time, things were actually going the way just like I wanted them to go. You might say it wasn’t such a big deal, but to me it was. I had been dreaming of this one moment, and waiting for it to come true for three years. This is the story of a guy’s first crush ever. But unlike usual crush situations, this one

Mayanknoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-1142179430833890402006-03-12T21:14:00.000+05:302007-09-06T20:32:33.270+05:30

“When in doubt, predict that the present trend will continue.” -Merkin’s Maxim I had been debating for a long time. And I don’t know why but I used such quotations so extensively in my speeches, that with time they lost importance to me. They became mere tools of winning a debate competition. And so, I ignored this one too. Seven months back, when I wrote my first blog (not many know

Mayanknoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22968839.post-1142013689420697292006-03-10T23:22:00.000+05:302007-09-06T20:33:16.782+05:30

Sometimes you watch a movie, watch it carefully for three hours, noticing each and every detail, trying to search for one thing, one thing that you would like about the movie, one thing can make you laugh, one thing that would make you feel that watching this movies was not a mistake. And then, you finally realize that the movie is over without you being able to detect that one thing, as if the

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