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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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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Get Ready For A Lot More Avatar

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James Cameron

Have you seen James Cameron's Avatar?

That's a silly question.Almost every film lover have seen it at least twice for sure.It's not about the movie and nor the story,it's about the filmmaker.Who is making the film?James Cameron,the man who created the "Terminator"(1984).He is the one who introduced us to the "Aliens"(1986),the filmmaker who created history with 11 academy awards for "Titanic"(1997).He is not just a filmmaker he is an inventor,someone who invents technology for others to follow.Once again he proved it with "Avatar"(2009).I am a big fan of James Cameron.I am a new born baby in the film-making world and I have a lot of respect for Mr.Cameron as a filmmaker.I have a long way to go.

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Art of Avatar

After the success of Avatar James Cameron has recently spoken about turning this mega hit into a trilogy.Cameron himself spoke at the PGA Awards about those two sequels having a release date.He further said that he is in the process of writing the sequels now.The two sequels to the blockbuster may hit theaters by Christmas of 2014 and 2015 with a year difference between them.Fans have to wait at least 3 years for a return to Pandora.

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Art of Avatar

Good news is that a percentage of the 'Avatar' sequel's profits will benefit the environment. "Fox has partnered with me to donate a chunk of the profits to environmental causes that are at the heart of the 'Avatar' world," Cameron says.

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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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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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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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