28 September, 2010

Something about genuineness

Watched Aik Alif-a rendition of Bulla shah being performed at coke studio by Saieen Zahoor and was completely blown off. There is something about genuineness that touches you and impacts you far more than mere words. In one of the other performances a show host asks whether he has to sit or stand to give his performance to which he humbly replies that however you wish me to to do I'll do that-ask me to sit-I'll do so, ask me to stand-and will do so, ask me to lie down-I'll do that too. The video posted here, in the middle of it he goes into the trance and starts turning around in circles, and you know immediately that its not doing it out of any false showmanship but because he really is in trance.That itself watching me gave me a lump in the throat.
A commendable effort by Rohail Hyatt for bringing together so many talents together and creating magic. Rohail Hyatt, once a pop star himself and an under-19 cricketer turned singer created what thousands of crores spent in diplomatic efforts and show masks could not do. Just going through the comments of this youtube channel named cokestudio will tell you that the armours are down by both Pakistani and Indian netizens and are unanimously together in cheering our common culture-a phenomenon not seen when it comes to cricket/politics/movies/etc. etc. videos from both sides.Hope that this does not stop here and this stepping stone becomes much more than earnest effort.

14 March, 2010

The following video is not for minors, weak hearted, pregnant women, insomniacs, people with high blood pressure, history with drugs and people who think Salman khan can act (well not sure about the last one... )
Warning: Rated M for Mature content, explicit language, sheer brutality, physics defying monstrosities and Sunny Deol


21 February, 2010

AIDS awareness short Tamil film Prarambha (with english subtitles) by Santosh Sivan starring Prabhu Deva

PART 1
PART 2

Thanks Youtube user "Vamsi Avala" for uploading this.

Farhan Akthar's Positive

Mirabai Productions' movie Positive directed by Farhan Akthar is just one of the many short films on HIV and AIDS.A gem...do watch.



05 January, 2010

Blood Brothers (2007)-Small film by Vishal Bhardwaj

I was trying to watch this movie for such a long time until I finally found it.This is an amazing movie which covers up guilt, regret, hope, cowardice, humor and info in just 18 mins. Do watch it for an amazing performance by Sidharth. It think its his only Hindi work apart from Rang De Basanti. Pavan Malhotra, Pankaj Kapoor and Ayesha Takia shine in the small parts they are given.
Complete Moviegraphy at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0893395/

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