Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Full Review

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is an upcoming Hindi film, directed by Zoya Akhtar and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani of Excel Entertainment. It will star Hrithik Roshan(as Arjun), Abhay Deol(as Kabir) and Farhan Akhtar(as Imraan).The female roles are played by Kalki Koechlin(as Natasha) and Katrina Kaif(as Laila).The music will be composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy.The film is a male bonding road story about 3 friends.

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Delhi Belly Complete Review

Aamir Khan Productions is ready to roll out its second offering this year Delhi Belly (After Dhobi Ghat released earlier in 2011).Delhi Belly is an adult comedy starring Imran Khan, Vir Das and Kunal Roy Kapoor.

Aamir Khan clarified that there were no differences between the director Abhinay Deo and him.He added Abhinay had done a fine job and the delay in release was primarily because he had been busy with films he was acting in.He said as a producer he prefers to release just one film at a time.Aamir has already shown the film to a test audience and is confident that the film will find a following with the youth.

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Aamir Khan in DHOOM:3

Aamir Khan has been confirmed to be playing the baddie in DHOOM:3.So at last after a long time(after Fanaa) Mr.Perfectionist is going to be a part of a Yash raj film.

Yash Chopra, speaking about DHOOM:3 says, "It's a great pleasure to have Aamir working with YRF once again. It's even more special that he will be doing DHOOM:3. I am terribly excited with what an actor like Aamir will bring to the DHOOM franchise with his unique star power and level of performance. Adi and Victor have worked over a year to bring out, what I can now confidently say, is possibly one of the best scripts coming out of YRF and I am sure that with Aamir and Adi together, they will both create magic to give our audience one of the most exciting films they have ever seen."

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Munna Bhai Chale Amerika

The most hilarious duo who took the nation by storm in 2003 and repeated the magic again in 2006 will be back soon.The jodi no.1 Munna bhai or Murli Prasad Sharma(Sanjay Dutt) and his sidekick, Circuit or Cirkeshwar(Arshad Warsi) will continue their comic adventures.After Munna Bhai M.B.B.S (2003) and Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) they are all set to rock again in Munna Bhai Chale Amerika (2011).No no it's not a typo,the name certainly means something.In the trailer of this third installment you can see Munna bhai and Circuit learning english.They ask each other to translate various sentences of Hindi to English and get them all wrong, but they are confident that they are right.It's always extremely amusing watching the duo doing crazy stuff.

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Bollywood's 5 Best History Based Movies You Should Watch

5. Raja Harishchandra

Raja Harishchandra (1913) was the first historical movie and also the first Indian movie ever shot.It was a silent movie in black and white lasting only 40 minutes. It was based on the story from Mahabharata and Ramayana about the King (raja) Harishchandra. It was produced and directed by Dadasaheb Phalke. The leading roles were played by Dadasaheb Phalke himself as Raja Harishchandra and P.G. Sane as his wife, Taramati. It was first shown in Mumbai marking the beginning of the Indian Film Industry. 

4. Mughal-e-Azam

Mughal-e-Azam (1960) means ‘the greatest of the Mughals’. It was an Indian epic film and was directed by K. Asif. It took two million dollars and nine years to complete. It holds the record of being the highest grossing film till 1975 when the movie Sholey stole the show. Mugha-e-Azam is considered amongst the biggest box office hits of Indian movies. It was a hit worldwide. The movie was partially in black and white to begin with. A restored color version of the film in 2004 also continued to place the movie as a tremendous success, and at the box office it ran for 25 weeks consecutively.

3. Asoka

Asoka (2001) is an epic story of an ancient Mauryan king of India, King Asoka. It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Danny Denzongpa in leading roles. It is produced by Shah Rukh Khan and is directed by Santosh Sivan. The story is about the king (Asoka) as a youth who was a plunderer and waged a war, the bloodiest ever in history. He later embraced Buddhism.

2. Lagaan

Lagaan (2001), bases its story about a small village of India during the rule of the British Queen Victoria; how they play a game of cricket against the British staking their future on its victory. It is directed by Ashutosh Gowariker with the leading roles played by Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh and Rachel Shelley.It was also nominated for the Oscars in the category of the best non-English language film.

1. Jodha Akbar

Jodha Akbar (2008) is a story from the sixteenth century when Akbar the Great was the emperor of India. It shows how a marriage alliance turns into true love between a Rajput princess (Aishwarya Rai) and the Mughal emperor (Hrithik Roshan). The movie is directed by Ashutosh Gowariker who also directed Lagaan.

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Bring Your Own Film Festival

Bring Your Own Film Festival (BYOFF) is an annual event held during February 21st to 25th every year on Puri beach.

Puri is a famous heritage and temple town in Orissa, Eastern India.

BYOFF is not just a film festival it's a community where not only filmmakers but also artists from other disciplines like music, theatre, painting, sculpture, dance, literature and photography are encouraged to participate and show their work.

It's an informal gathering of artists with films in backdrop.For filmmakers, it has been an alternative platform ever since its first edition in the year 2004.

The idea is to have a festival away from the oppressive atmosphere of bureaucratic control of big cities and where just about anybody - with or without films - could participate.

The participants of BYOFF themselves are the volunteers and the organizers of its future editions.

And the mood of the festival is that of a no holds barred carnival where the sea and its sand provide the right ambience to lift the spirits of every one present.

Film screenings go on early into the morning hours- first, inside make-shift tents and then in the open air after sun down.

This years BYOFF is starting from Sunday, Feb 21, 2011 and ends Thursday, Feb 25, 2011.

The Pink House premises on the beach of the Bay of Bengal will be the venue of the festival, One of the hotel closest to the beach with sand drifting to your front door, the Pink House and its outdoor restaurant looks the part. Nice restaurant with beach sand floors, a fireplace outside, lively atmosphere and very fresh seafood. Live music on special occasions. A very good vibe and a favorite with tourists who come to relax away from crowds.

All I can say is this is the best platform for young and talented filmmakers and artists to show their work and get the best feedback possible.Its uniqueness lies in the fact that there is no formal screening or qualifying process, but rather it is a forum for independent filmmakers. Anyone can just walk-in, register, and exhibit his work.

To Register and submit your films for this years festival Visit : BYOFF

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6th International Documentary Challenge

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6th International Documentary Challenge will take place from March 3-7,2011.Registrations for the competition is now open.The speciality of this filmmaking competition is that filmmakers will have to make a short film about 4-7 minutes in 5 days i.e. Write, shoot and edit a short documentary in 5 days.All of the registered participants make their films during the same time period and send off their film by the deadline.This years set time period to make and submit films is March 3-7, 2011.

Genres

The genres are assigned to give participating filmmakers a direction in which to take their film. Filmmakers are given 2 genres that they can choose from. Some genres are content related and some are form related.The documentary genres that will be randomly assigned are:

1st Person

Told from the point of view of the Director - either through off camera narration or an on-camera presence.

Art

Focuses in some way on art and/or artists.

Biography/Character Study

A full account of the facts of the life of a particular person, or closely related group of people (Biography) or an exploration of a single character's personality and current life situation (Character Study).

Experimental

The application of innovative techniques to non-fiction material - experimenting with new ideas, forms, techniques and expressions. An exploration of how the camera can emulate and/or enhance visual and audio perception.

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Historical

Focuses on stories of past events and/or people.

Music

Focuses in some way on music and/or musicians.

Nature/Environmental

Focuses on an aspect of the natural physical world, including animals, plants, landscapes, etc.

Social Issue/Political

Focuses on a social and/or political issue.

Sports

Focuses on events and/or people involved in sporting activities (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition.)

Theme

All filmmakers will be assigned a broad theme that must be addressed at some point in their film. The whole film can be centered around this theme or the theme can just appear in one scene, or even in one interview question. In the end, a judge must be able to notice that at some point in the film the assigned theme was brought up.

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Judging & Prizes

More than 20 Awards will be given - including the Grand Prize Winner - Best Film of the 2011 International Documentary Challenge.

All eligible films will be reviewed by the International Documentary Challenge judges - an independent panel of international documentary professionals. Films will be judged on both story and production values, as well as adherence to genre and effective use of the assigned theme.

Out of all of the entries, twelve "Best Films" will be named. These films will screen at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto in April/May 2011 where the winners will be announced. Each of the 12 finalists receives two industry passes to Hot Docs (an ₨36,508.31 (₨36,508.31 ($800)) value) and an invitation to the official Doc Challenge reception at Hot Docs.

For more details, log on to http://www.docchallenge.org/

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Animating The Cars

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The first time I saw Cars which released on 4th august 2006 I was absolutely stunned.Pixar introduced a whole new level of animation.Before Cars released no one have ever imagined of such a world where cars live and move like humans,but they did it and they did it quite well.They created a world where cars live like we do,they talk,they have feelings,they have a lifestyle like us.One more reason why I like Pixar movies is their storytelling.The way they present the concept is amazing.

Animating

Being an animator myself I can say how much work goes behind the scene to create such a magic like Cars.From the preproduction level to the final production of the movie it's pure creativity and patience.From the initial sketches to the modeling of the 3d characters and backgrounds,rigging or creating the skeleton to animate the characters and objects,texturing or in other words adding details to the 3d world,lighting or illuminating the 3d scenes to achieve some aesthetic or practical effect and rendering the final output and then finaly compose them together.Animation is a long process which takes a lot of time and highly creative talent.

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They are Back

They are back again with a whole new adventure.Cars 2 is the sequel to Cars and scheduled for release in the US on June 24, 2011.Star racecar Lightning McQueen and the incomparable tow truck Mater take their friendship to exciting new places in Cars 2 when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world’s fastest car.Adding to the fast-paced fun is a colorful all new car cast that includes secret agents, menacing villains and international racing competitors.The film is directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Brad Lewis.It is produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.It features the voices of Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer.It will be presented in Disney Digital 3-D, IMAX 3D, RealD 3D and 2-D.Check out some 3d turntables of Cars 2 characters and some concept art.

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Exclusive First Look : Force(2011)

Recently in one of my previous post you saw the very first look of the most awaited bollywood film of 2011 RA.One, which was pretty awesome and now here's the Exclusive first look poster of "FORCE".John looks fantastic with his shirt off and a nice tattoo. John acted in action film Dhoom(2004) which became a huge blockbuster hit.See the FORCE album here.

The movie also stars pretty Genelia D'souza opposite John as lead actress.The film is produced by Vipul Shah and directed by Nishikant Kamat.The trailer of this remake of Surya's Tamil movie Khakha Khakha seems awesome.Producer of the film Vipul Shah promises action scenes that are going to be a first for Indian audiences.Let's hope for the best of action from John.Watch the trailer below.

DETAILS

CAST

John Abraham

Genelia D'Souza

Raj Babbar

Mohnish Bahl

Director

Nishikant Kamat

Producer

Vipul Shah

Story Writer

Ritesh Shah

Lyricist

Javed Akhtar

Music Director

Harris Jayaraj

Background Music

Harris Jayaraj

Cinematographer

Ayananka Bose

Choreographer

Bosco - Caesar

Genre

Action, Romance

Shooting Studio

Filmcity

Banner 

Fox Star Studios, Sunshine Pictures Pvt. Ltd

Release Date

September 30th 2011

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Seeing Beyond The Writer & Director

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In my previous post on editing you read a little bit about Editing, now let's see a little more on that

Although editing is not the only factor for a film to meet huge success but without proper editing any well shot film becomes meaningless.Editing is the medium which creates sense in a story.It is said that the secret to great filmmaking is great editing.Editing is what makes a good film great.A well directed film can come out as a boring thing if it is not creatively edited whereas a moderately directed film can become a big hit just because of the creative touch of an editor.Editing is the heart beat of a film.It gives the film a suitable pace and rhythm.It is a perfect combination of art and technique.An editor is an artist without whom a film could hardly seem alive.An artist with the power to mold,improve or recreate a motion picture is editor.An editor is someone with the knowledge of drama,keen sense of timing,someone who can seek out a scene's hidden values.The editor sees beyond what the writer and director saw and it is something very necessary for this particular profession.

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Tweeple Film Awards

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You might have heard so many uses of twitter, here's one more to add to that list.Hindi cinema fans have taken the use of twitter to a whole new level by introducing the Tweeple Film Awards.Yes a film award on twitter.This award will be presented to the best and most deserving in hindi cinema by a community of cinema lovers in the web world.The rules and regulations for the tweeple awards were finalised through open discussions on twitter.The jury consists of film critics and film buffs.They will give their nominations on twitter for the best in different categories.Then the films will be voted by people for a particular number of days based on which the awards will be given.This concept is a genuine attempt to come up with a list of good hindi cinema.

The Tweeple film awards can be followed on twitter at www.twitter.com/twi_fi_awards, and on Facebook: www.facebook.com/twifiawards.

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Tron Legacy Behind The Scene

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Tron Legacy was no doubt one of the most awesome movie of 2010 in terms of Visuals.The special effects and designs of the film were pretty awesome! The kind of visual only one can dream of.Yes thats what make Tron legacy a must watch for real movie lovers who love watching movies not just stories, to experience real 21st century technology.If you can break a movie into categories and then rate each category separately then only you are a realy good film critic.This film in particular in my point of view is another milestone achieved by the hollywood filmmakers.Movies like 2012,James cameron's-Avatar,Beowulf,Curious Case of Benjamin Button,Tron legacy are new milestones for the filmmakers.They are the real trend setters.Take a look at these makings of Tron Legacy and decide for yourself.Everybody should know just how much work went into the computer generated visuals of this film.Digital Domain is one of the best visual fx production house in the world and they proved themselves again this time with Tron Legacy.I give this movie an A+ for the breathtaking visuals and the use of animation.I would love to see more of this kind of movies in the near future and  hopefully more advanced.It's time to explore technology not stories as we have had plenty of them.

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The Role of Film Editing in Film Making~The Three W's

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Do you still remember the stories you have heard when you were a child?If yes then remember how you used to get involved in the stories told by your grandma or mom.The very reason of telling a story is to communicate a specific message or moral.Remember how the person telling a story expresses the different characters and emotions by acting differently or changing the facial expressions or tones.We definitely used to enjoy that and get involved in the story and start picturising ourselves in place of some character in the story.We start picturising more and more in our mind as we get involved more  into the story.That leads us to believe more and more in the fiction.The same concept applies to the films or movies.The people making the film are trying to express or let's say communicate a specific message to the audience.Ofcourse the medium is rich and it becomes a bit easier then the grandma's process but the essence remains the same,to tell a story in the best possible way.

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The Invisible Art Who And What

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        Hi and welcome to The Invisible art.



Who am I?

What's there in a name?Still I will say it to you.Hi my name is Abhisek Panda and I am a film and television editor,compositor,3d generalist.I also do 2d classical animation and sometimes painting.Digital art is what I love the most.I was born to a family of artists and technical people.So I have both aesthetic and technical sense.Well thats what I believe.Sometimes I do great things and sometimes I end up doing crap.Beware I am that guy your mom warned you about.

What will I post?

As the name points it's something related to art.This blog is all about film making and film editing and anything related.The future posts will be based on these topics.

What can you expect from this blog?

As I said above this blog is about film making and film editing I will be posting contents on those topics in addition to some other stuffs like news on films,reviews,personal thoughts,some selected making of films,Latest trailers,some posts on vissual effects and anything film as long as it's interesting.Stay tuned folks.

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