<!--QuoteBegin-Viren+Sep 20 2006, 02:22 PM-->QUOTE(Viren @ Sep 20 2006, 02:22 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->This guy makes fun of every community and the most of his own Latino community. So, offered without comments <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> Mind of Mencia- 7/11
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<!--QuoteBegin-Capt Manmohan Kumar+Sep 10 2006, 11:15 PM-->QUOTE(Capt Manmohan Kumar @ Sep 10 2006, 11:15 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--emo&<_<--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='dry.gif' /><!--endemo--> Congress discovers a guru in Munnabhai
Himanshi Dhawan
[ 11 Sep, 2006 0233hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
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NEW DELHI: The box office success of Lage Raho Munnabhai has found a taker in the Congressâs top decision making body â the Congress Working Committee (CWC). The blockbuster figured in CWCâs discussions on the centenary celebrations of the Satyagraha movement.
When the CWC met on Sunday to discuss the year-long plans to mark the 100 years of the movement which was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa on September 11, 1906, many members gave mundane suggestions like setting up of Gandhian chairs in universities and condensing volumes of Gandhian works.
It was Rajya Sabha member Mohsina Kidwai who suggested that all CWC members should watch Lage Raho Munnabhai which has popularised âGandhigiriâ among the youth.
Her contention was that the film, with its rib-tickling comedy and tapori language, had presented the values and ideologies of the great leader in a form acceptable to the youth. She is reported to have mentioned that books on Mahatma Gandhi were flying off the shelf with students inspired to read more after watching the movie.
Her suggestion was seconded by former Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi. He said that he hasnât got the occasion to watch the film yet as tickets were not available.
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tin Gandhigiri dekhi taisi
Look at this in contrast to that:
Gandhian way to say no to liquor
[ 20 Sep, 2006 2057hrs ISTIANS ]
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LUCKNOW: In what was clearly inspired by Bollywood blockbuster Lage Raho Munnabhai , a group of residents took to the Gandhian path on Wednesday to lodge their protest against a liquor shop in a residential area.
Wearing Gandhi caps a group of young men marched silently through the streets with roses and copies of their memorandum seeking the shifting of a liquor shop.
The Gandhian protesters first went to the high court where they gave a rose along with a copy of the memorandum to lawyers.
Their public interest litigation (PIL) on the issue was dismissed by the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court recently.
"We want our voice to be heard by all, including those who did not pay heed to our plea," said Shiv Kumar Lakhani, who lives near the liquor shop.
Their oblique reference was to the high court bench that turned down their plea.
The protesters also marched to the local excise office where they offered flowers and a copy of the memorandum to the deputy excise commissioner.
Their next stop was the additional district magistrate's office, who is in charge of awarding liquor shop licences.
They also went to the liquor shop. However the shop owner, Gurnam Singh, a powerful liquor baron, called the cops who took the protesters into custody.
Since they had committed no crime to make them liable to be booked, they were let off after a warning not to disrupt peace!
The memorandum said: "We have been inspired by the film Lage Raho Munnabhai to adopt the Gandhian way to lodge our protest against the running of a liquor shop at 20, Rana Pratap Marg, within 15 metres of a Lord Shiva temple and a mosque.
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There are two more Clixflix and Catchflix. It seems like these people use their own services for drop offs and pick ups unlike netflix which uses the postal services. But again unless you use registered mail you can be pretty much sure you wont get the dvd. The rentals charges are OK but but there is a hefty securtiy deposit. Hopefully with demand, volume and competition it will come.
New Delhi, September 24
The tall and macho Sanjay Dutt is very much in the reckoning in Bollywood. And considering the number of people who vouch for him despite all that has happened, âSanjuâ it would seem, has a long innings ahead.
This week, âMunnabhaiâ managed to steal the hearts of most of our surfers. All of them were unanimous that Sanju was their favourite hero and the Khans have certainly not overshadowed him.
As many as 315 surfers from all over the world sent in their views on the return of Sanjay Dutt.
Ashish from Sydney wrote: âSanjay Dutt is a legend on its own, he has always proved that he is a brilliant actor-incomaparable, unbeatable and invincible. He has a very strong screen presence and no doubt he still stands tall among all other actors. He has been in the film industry for over 2 decades and will continue for another 2 decades.â
Agreeing with him was Teresa Thomas from Delhi: âSanjay Dutt is an underestimated actor. He has not marketed himself well, so he remains obscure. But Munnabhai has resurrected him. And he is indeed, good competition for the Khans.â
Shaan from Kuala Lumpur had the same view. He said: âSanju is like old wine, he only gets better with age.â
Interestingly, every single response that came in, lauded Dutt junior for his performance in Munnabhai and its sequel Lage Raho.
Now for the numbers.
As many as 266 people said Sanjuâs come a long way from Saajan to Munnabhai. And that Munnabhai is a more evolved product. 33 people said Sanju is an underestimated actor, while only 16 people voted for the Sanju of the 90âs.
Interestingly, a majority (133) of our surfers said that Munnabhai and Lage Raho Munnabhai succeeded only because of Sanjay Dutt. 113 surfers begged to differ; they said the movie had enough content to attract its audience. Meanwhile, 69 people said they hadnât watched the movie, but that Sanjay Dutt is great anyways.â
The response to our next question only emphasised what the comments said: 258 surfers said Sanjay Dutt is tough competition for the Khans, the difference being that Sanju doesnât market himself as well as the Khans. 43 people on the other hand, said the Khans still ruled Bollywood, while 16 surfers said it was neither the Khans nor âSanjuâ, but Sunil Dutt, who is the better actor.
And hereâs how our surfers responded to the fourth question: They thought Sanjay Dutt had been dealt a raw deal in Bollywood. As many as 184 people said Sanjay Dutt has had so many crises in his life that he didnât have time to focus on his career. 78 people on the other hand, said Bollywood did give everyone a fair chance and that it was up to an actor to prove himself. Close behind were 53 people who were unsure, but said the Khans had been hogging the limelight for quite a while now.
The responses to the last question would make Rajkumar Hirani a very happy man. 255 people, who comprised the majority, said they would welcome another sequel to the Munnabhai saga. Interestingly, the other two options had an equal number of takers. As many as 30 people said another sequel would be boring, while another 30 said they would love to see Sanju in another comic role.
So thatâs the message for this week: Sanjay Dutt is still âonâ. So watch out, Khans!
Vox Populi will be back with another debate next week. Till then, happy surfing!
LUCKNOW: Gandhigiri activists are facing the heat now. Their 'flowery' attempt to protest against the district administration on Monday over permission for a jagran puja , were met with sarcastic remarks directed at the Father of the Nation himself.
The issue was permission for puja close to a liquor shop at Rana Pratap Marg which additional district magistrate Janardan Baranwal had given and then taken back. Protesting against this cancellation with flowers, led the ADM to allegedly comment,â Gandhiji chale gaye aur apni auladein chhod gaye. â (Gandhiji has gone and left behind his children).
The high voltage drama unfolded at Hazratganj police station where Baranwal along with CO Hazratganj Ajay Shankar Rai were having heated arguments with some Gandhigiri activists who had taken around 100 kg of flowers to the residence of Baranwal as part of their protest against the officer after he cancelled permission to hold the puja.
Activists claimed that it was Baranwal who had given them the permission on September 20, only to be cancelled on the night of September 23.
Meanwhile, scores of Gandhigiri activists had gathered at Hazratganj police station. Dressed in a Gandhian attire, they started raising slogans. At one point of time, a couple of them lost their cool and tried to force their way into Rai's chamber. They were however stopped by other activists.
"Janardan Barnwal has said such things about Gandhiji that we cannot tell you," claimed a Gandhigiri activist Shiv Lakhani.
However, Baranwal, categorically denied saying anything derogatory about Mahatama Gandhi. When asked as to why did he first grant residents the permission to organise a puja and later cancel it, Janardan cited police reports that organisers had drifted from the spot for which they were permitted.
The new place, he said, where these organisers were intending to hold puja was very close to a liquor shop and thus there were chances of violence. Sandeep Seth, another activist, however, showed papers which clearly said that permission was granted for the road close to Shiv mandir at Rana Pratap Marg. Papers of fire department too stated that the place is close to a Shiv mandir.
"But in spite of that we just tried to stage a peace march and offer flowers to officers," Seth said. In return, he alleged, both Baranwal and Rai threatened them of dire consequences.
To this both Baranwal and Rai shot back, "What would happen if we send 500 people to your house with one quintal of flowers?"
Earlier in the day, around 200 Gandhigiri activists marched off peacefully towards the residence of ADM (E) Janardan Baranwal. Accompanied with over a dozen women, singing bhajans , they laid flowers on the stairs up to the first floor flat of Baranwal. While some of them raised slogans like Bharat mata ki jai , others sat outside urging him to come out and take a flower.
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Awaara, most popular film of all times
Indo-Asian News Service
London, September 30, 2006
The 1951 Raj Kapoor starrer, Awaara has been seen and enjoyed by so many across the globe that it may well be the "most successful film in the history of cinema at large".
Dina Iordanova, professor at the University of St Andrews, and other experts cite several texts and anecdotal evidence to state in a special issue of the journal "South Asian Popular Cinema" that Awaara may be a candidate for the title of the "most popular film of all times".
The journal's latest issue is devoted to mapping the career of Indian films in various national contexts outside South Asia. The issue includes several papers exploring the popularity of Indian films in places such as Greece, Bulgaria, Africa and Turkey. The papers cast fresh light on the popularity of Indian films beyond the better-known overseas markets such as the US and Britain.
St Andrews University has stated that the film is a truly enduring global hit.
The special issue is titled Indian Cinema Abroad: Historiography of Transnational Cinematic Exchanges and is co-edited by Iordanova and Dimitris Eleftheriotis of Glasgow University. Iordanova and others write extensively on Awaara in the issue.
Recalling her Bulgarian origins and childhood, Iordanova told IANS: "I knew Indian films long before I had met any living Indian. We knew next to nothing of India and the Indians; we did not know much of the personality of Raj Kapoor either.
"However, the fascination with a film like Awaara (Brodyaga in Bulgarian) was everlasting; everybody knew the actor's ever-singing dancing persona. Nothing could match up to the experience of watching Awaara; this film was more fascinating than any other I can remember.
"Even though repeat viewing is not typical for the cinema going practices of Bulgarians, many admit that they have seen Awaara numerous times. Why such fascination? The copy that we were watching was fairly old; the film was overlong and markedly over-the-top. Yet it was so absorbing.
"It was a film that, in an unabashed manner, revealed a whole different world where preposterous melodrama came across as completely legitimate (and thus mesmerizing), where improbable misapprehensions triggered infinite suffering and obstinate injustices, where people were not ashamed to be overemotional and were solemnly preoccupied with enchanting adoration.
"It was the candid praise of love and affection in the Indian movies that was truly enchanting for us... Awaara remains a truly enduring global hit, yet one that is understudied and under-researched."
Iordanova and Eleftheriotis wrote in the journal: "Indian cinema was internationally popular for a significant period, starting in the 1930s and peaking around the 1960s. There were massive exports of Indian films and massive international interest in it."
Iordanova wrote that it was difficult to think of any other film from the 1950s that was seen in so many countries and was as widely acclaimed as Awaara. Most film history books, she added, analysed other films and mentioned Awaara" only in passing, "yet I cannot think of any other film from that period that would have enjoyed such popular success transnationally".
Iordanova said: "At this oldest university in Scotland (University of St Andrews), we are making sure Indian cinema is properly represented in our teaching and we regularly screen classical and new Indian films for our students."
A British academic journal devoting a special issue on Indian cinema is the latest in the growing coverage of Indian films in the popular and academic press. British newspapers regularly publish reviews of new Indian films and report the number of Indian movies that figure in the top ten films in terms of box office collections.
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Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
Black Friday, a film on the 1993 Mumbai blasts whose release was stayed following demand by some of the accused in the case, can now be screened across the country after the Supreme Court gave a go ahead to its release.
A Bench comprising Justice BP Singh and Justice Altamas Kabir permitted the release of the film with the rider that it would not be shown till the ongoing pronouncement of the judgement gets completed by TADA court in Mumbai.
However, the court clarified that the producer can go with the release of the film without waiting for the pronouncement of quantum of sentence against the convicts. The order which came on a petition filed by the producer of the film, Mid Day Multimedia, was pending before the court for almost a year and a half.
The producer had challenged the Bombay High Court order staying the screening of the film until the judgment in the case was finally delivered. Mustafa Moosa Tarani, one of the accused, now convicted by the TADA court, had objected to the screening of the film pending trial contending that it may cause prejudice against him and could have adverse impact on the judge trying the case.
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Somehow I just ran into a movie called Sardar which is a movie on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - directed by Ketan Mehta. I think th emovie must be atleast 10-15 yrs old. They have Paresh Rawal in Sardar's role.
Great movie. Worth a watch. Some great dialogues
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- JLN says -> Sardar mujhe janaa hogaa, kuch videshi photographer meree photo khinchne aa rahe hain
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Yes a great movie. My favourite part was how he treated the general of Hyderabad, at his house. "Kasim shab, jab aap Hyderabad ke Hinduon ko katl kar rahe honge, to sochie Bharat Sarkar kya kar rahee hogee? Yeh soch lijiyega." (Mr. Kasim, when you decide to cleanse Hyderabad of Hindus, just also think of what Govt of India would be doing then.)
Also if you have the DVD, in "extras", it has some of the original speeches of Sardar Patel - don't miss those.
Especially - one speech in Kolkata where he clearly says 'Muslims of India must learn to integrate, learn to change the hearts." Another speech he gave in Chennai, where he says, "Organizers want me to speak in English. I am disappointed but I will do as directed. Friends, please learn to integrate with the larger society. Hindi is not my mother language too, it is Gujrati, but let me sy this clearly once and for ever... Hindi and not English is what will integrate us all..." Also his speech delivered in Hyderabad after armed operation...
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Also if you have the DVD, in "extras", it has some of the original speeches of Sardar Patel - don't miss those.
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That was good advice Bodhiji. Loved the extras DVD - it had 3 speeches ? In the Chennai speech he also says -> these communists dont listen. I am still willing to forget the past and invite all the commies into congress but they MUST GIVE UP VIOLENCE. In another speech he says -> we were hoping for leadership from China as a leader of Asia, but it looks like that is not going to happen and that China was in for really troubled times. This other person who was the producer of the movie, H M Patel also needs to be researched.
Rajesh: The scenes depicting negotations with Jinnha and his crony (Liaquat) were pretty good. It's hard to imagine the situation if Nehru was at that table instead of Patel.
The other scene where MKG appoints JLN as Cong President was also very well done.
Others
If not already seen this movie is worth a watch. As Vijay Tendulkar (script writer) says, we owe it to this great man that we atleast watch his movie once.
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"It's a nostalgic moment to see that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's memory is kept alive," Praful Patel said at Federation House here Thursday evening while releasing Ketan Mehta's National Award winning film on DVD and VCD.
Remembering the contribution of the great leader, who was India's first home minister, to the country's integration, he said: "It is often said that if Sardar Patel had his own way this would be a different country."
The film depicts the last five years of Sardar Patel's life, from 1945 to 1950 and has Paresh Rawal in the title role.
<b>"The money for the film came from farmers and it shows their passion for the man. The film is a wonderful way to bring back the memory and philosophy of Sardar Patel and pass it on to the next generation."
H.M. Patel, a close confidant of Sardar Patel who also served as home secretary, produced the 1993 film, which was donated to a trust and forgotten about. </b>
After a decade, the Sardar Patel Trust in association with Yes Bank decided to re-launch it and spread information about the passionate freedom fighter.
<b>The total cost of the movie was Rs.37 million and it wasn't financed by any big film producer. Money made from the Anand milk cooperative in Gujarat, Sardar Patel's home state, and the sugarcane farmers of Bardoli came forward and collected funds and gave it to H.M. Patel to make this film</b>.
Ashok Patel, president of the Sardar Patel Trust, said: "We re-launched the film in DVDs and VCDs because the idea is to inform maximum number of people about Sardar's vision and philosophy. We have added three of his original speeches to make it more effective and informative."
The film has been re-launched with subtitles in 11 Indian and foreign languages, including Gujarati, Bengali, French, Arabic and German.
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Fine film from quality stand point. Is about two women - one whose husband accidentally kills the husband of the other, and is facing death sentance in Saudi Arabia. The killer was a muslim youth from Himachal, and killed was a rajput hindu from Jodhpur. To save her husband from death penalty, the wife Zeenat (Gul Panag) has only one option - to get the forgiving petition signed by the wife Meera (Ayesha Takia) of the person killed.
Film shows the contrast between the two families, their backgrounds, attitudes. The towering courage on one hand (Gul Panag) and the crushing widowdom on the other. Contrasts carry on throughout the movie. How widow's life is over after her husband dies, and how her father in law (Girish Karnad plays a proud rajput) is even ready to sell her as keep of wealthy industrialist for the sake of freeing up his Haveli from debts. On the other hand the in-laws and family of Ayesha Takia are poor but such nice people.
The characterisations of roles were most striking. Girish Karnad - "Agniwanshi" (specified so in the movie) Rajput, does not even hesitate to sell her bahu for haveli. And on the other hand, in-laws of Zeenat are so kind hearted and courageuous. Many tiny small events play up the contrasts.
Here is review from rediff:
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Zeenat meets Meera every day near the temple, but never enters it. In the end, Meera will wear the tabeej given by Zeenat, and go with her in the train in the last scene, while the guard is waving the green flag for the train, as the The End come up.
Rajput? you mean those who sell bahus for haveli? Agniwanshi...
Though you will never get angered...messages are planted so very subtly...
Am I just being paranoid? I will wait for other members to watch this movie and share their thoughts...
By the way, in Saudi Arabia, if a hindu gets killed at the hands of a muslim, will the muslim guy be given death penalty? I had heard otherwise...
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