tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10318523.post4999204103706165684..comments2023-10-22T18:08:08.098+05:30Comments on Banno, Dhanno and Teja: Who says you can write your own destiny?Bannohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433419825301622636noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10318523.post-23596019826799773552009-05-01T22:11:00.000+05:302009-05-01T22:11:00.000+05:30Wonderful insight! I really appreciate your take o...Wonderful insight! I really appreciate your take on this film. It's true that perpetuating such exaggerated myths is dangerous, but I took it as a short story in real time that pared away the whole of reality to tell the tale. Yet damage can be done with this. I really liked the supplementary disc about HOW they managed to get some of those shots. Well written and thoughtful as usual. Look girl, I'm shallow, I just liked his cufflinks. ;)<br />All the best,<br />Sita-jiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10318523.post-33739527473471466232009-01-30T23:46:00.000+05:302009-01-30T23:46:00.000+05:30I'm glad you wrote this banno...I'm glad you wrote this banno...the mad mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535453643548976883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10318523.post-37392792393346265712008-07-08T10:49:00.000+05:302008-07-08T10:49:00.000+05:30Junaid Memon, Nomad Films forwarded my link to a f...Junaid Memon, Nomad Films forwarded my link to a few of his friends. These are some responses, which I am posting with his permission.<BR/><BR/>Junaid wrote: I loved her review, what about you ?<BR/><BR/>Kavita Gulrajani, Dubai, wrote: Hi Junaid, I haven’t seen the film but after this review would definitely want to watch it…Its sad that its not releasing in Dubai & I will have to get my hands on a CD by hook or by crook. <BR/>Its sad to discriminate Muslims in today’s world that too as I myself have a lot of muslim friends who are really god fearing & good human beings doing good work for the community.<BR/> <BR/>God Bless!!<BR/> <BR/>Dhaval Shah wrote: Hi Junaid. Thanks for forwarding this review. Lots of people have been going ga-ga about this film. This review is a very good perspective of the film and it seems to be coming stragiht from the heart. This film makes you lose trust. As Batul pointed out the network of terrorist in the film from a prostitue, to a pco booth owner etc. If this really exist, i want to lock myself inside a room and never go out in fear.<BR/><BR/>Although one point i'd like to add here is that the part where Aamir is branded a terrorist without any investigation is a comment on the news channels today. Any story to just fill up the space is aired without any attention to detail or proper investigation done on the same. <BR/> <BR/>I also believe that this trend of making films on terrorism and communal issues is feuding in more of the same. There is no change in behaviour. i would like give you an example of my friend's father. A Phd., working at a very high post in Unilever, is such a fundamentalist that he wouldn't buy sweets from shops around the Mahim dargah as he thinks this money goes in funding terrorist activites. Yeah i have seen and heard that in person. <BR/> <BR/>i don't know whether all this makes sense coming from an aspiring film maker who is just starting a career.<BR/>i just believe in one thing if you are good to people they will be good to you.<BR/><BR/>Anand Raman wrote: Yet to see the film - will see it when it premieres on UTV Movies later this month - will keep this subtext in mind though.<BR/> <BR/>In general, all generalisations with respect to anything at all are a waste of time.<BR/> <BR/>What really does worry me though is that the five thousand year old civilization that India is, where we have a reputation for tolerance and inclusivity is now suddenly becoming increasingly intolerant of practically everything.<BR/> <BR/>There seems to be nothing one can do in this country anymore without offending someone. I find that fairly tragic and worry about the world our children will have to live in.<BR/> <BR/>Maybe we should replace our national anthem with Lennon's song - All you need is love. Now I bet I just offended a whole lot of supposedly patriotic people. :-)<BR/><BR/>Mohan Siroya wrote: Dear Junaid, I agree with what Batul has written.<BR/> <BR/>"Aamir" is most illogical film from the frame one ,besides a plagiarised indianized version of the movie 'Caveat".<BR/> <BR/>If the writer-director intended to portray the Muslims as mere vitims of the fundamentalist machinations, then he has not only failed miserbly but also defiled the entire community as the co-conspirators ,by what happened in the Muslim dominated areas of Dongri, Bhendi Bazar ,Mohd Ali Road or in the entire city of Mumbai for that matter, from wherever the character passed.<BR/>"Suspension of Disbelief " is not normal but abnormal in this film.Bannohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03855784743978203037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10318523.post-51317716551625331742008-06-30T16:04:00.000+05:302008-06-30T16:04:00.000+05:30banno, am glad you wrote this. although i liked th...banno, am glad you wrote this. although i liked the way the film was shot and the way it was paced and structured, there was something bothering me while I was watching and even afterwards, whenever i considered doing the review. it felt like the filmmaker was setting up the two faces of muslims - the wretched (and aligned them dangerously close to the terrorists) and the innocent (educated, liberal etc). the intention was fine, i thought. but if only the latter group was not so isolated, and the former not so insidiously entrenched and expanding. and there were almost no shades representing what cames in-between. when it comes to religion, the issue (in idnia esp) needs more sensitive handling than this film had.Annie Zaidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08687223598027157611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10318523.post-53789147824461129632008-06-30T10:52:00.000+05:302008-06-30T10:52:00.000+05:30Hi Batul,Very poignant and sensitive review. I kno...Hi Batul,<BR/><BR/>Very poignant and sensitive review. I know it is a shame how erroneous public perception twists a community's image. <BR/><BR/>Keep writing!<BR/><BR/>jAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12219760381898565039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10318523.post-59183523731151804792008-06-28T22:42:00.000+05:302008-06-28T22:42:00.000+05:30Hey! Nice Read.Hey! Nice Read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10318523.post-30939172947904949942008-06-28T11:32:00.000+05:302008-06-28T11:32:00.000+05:30Unmana, yes.Ray, thanks for the tip. I'll definite...Unmana, yes.<BR/><BR/>Ray, thanks for the tip. I'll definitely do that. Always nice to have more readers.Bannohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03855784743978203037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10318523.post-32131163509972444992008-06-27T17:18:00.000+05:302008-06-27T17:18:00.000+05:30Hi ,I was reading ur blog posts and found some of ...Hi ,<BR/><BR/>I was reading ur blog posts and found some of them to be wow.. u write well.. Why don't you popularize it more.. ur posts on ur blog ‘Banno, Dhanno and Teja’ took my particular attention as some of them are interesting topics of mine too;<BR/><BR/>BTW I help out some ex-IIMA guys who with another batch mate run www.rambhai.com where you can post links to your most loved blog-posts. Rambhai was the chaiwala at IIMA and it is a site where users can themselves share links to blog posts etc and other can find and vote on them. The best make it to the homepage!<BR/><BR/>This way you can reach out to rambhai readers some of whom could become your ardent fans.. who knows.. :)<BR/><BR/>Cheers,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10318523.post-22551423059286679382008-06-27T10:11:00.000+05:302008-06-27T10:11:00.000+05:30That's exactly how I felt on watching the movie. I...That's exactly how I felt on watching the movie. It made me very uncomfortable.Unmanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02430139387595895191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10318523.post-83267195182397233982008-06-27T06:20:00.000+05:302008-06-27T06:20:00.000+05:30did not end up going. and only partly because of y...did not end up going. and only partly because of your review. <BR/>got caught up in things.SUR NOTEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08928284426760382839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10318523.post-71465094711790425172008-06-26T22:42:00.000+05:302008-06-26T22:42:00.000+05:30I will get a DVD of Aamir tomorrow. Hopefully, it ...I will get a DVD of Aamir tomorrow. Hopefully, it wont be a camera print.<BR/>I wish we didn't live so far away from civilization (read theaters).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10318523.post-72206783023599191802008-06-26T21:47:00.000+05:302008-06-26T21:47:00.000+05:30Space Bar, see the film. Would like to know what y...Space Bar, see the film. Would like to know what you think.<BR/><BR/>Yes Memsaab, I get tired too, weary, weary, weary of this Muslim issue. Yes, neighborhood is a good enough translation of 'mohallah', though mohallahs were traditionally centred around a particular community. But do see the film, if only to give me another perspective on it. It's so successful here, and got such good reviews.Bannohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03855784743978203037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10318523.post-42013902898100098722008-06-26T21:00:00.000+05:302008-06-26T21:00:00.000+05:30I had decided I didn't want to see this film becau...I had decided I didn't want to see this film because I get weary of the Muslims vs everyone else same-old same-old...<BR/><BR/>I love the personal touch you've given this review (that you grew up, and still have friends and family, in the area). Maybe you should make a film about the transition from "neighborhood" (not exactly sure how to translate "mohallah") to "ghetto" and what causes it to happen, or causes perceptions to change...really interesting post, Banno, thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10318523.post-52442565410490052962008-06-26T20:59:00.000+05:302008-06-26T20:59:00.000+05:30This is the first ungushy review of the film i've ...This is the first ungushy review of the film i've read. it's a good perspective, though i haven't seen the film...Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10318523.post-4859077413722552142008-06-26T20:16:00.000+05:302008-06-26T20:16:00.000+05:30Sur, please come back and comment after you've see...Sur, please come back and comment after you've seen the film. Want to know what you think.Bannohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03855784743978203037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10318523.post-4362135284732147452008-06-26T19:15:00.000+05:302008-06-26T19:15:00.000+05:30was going to leave for the film fifteen minutes la...was going to leave for the film fifteen minutes later- now i am wondering.SUR NOTEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08928284426760382839noreply@blogger.com