I have so may questions from people that remember Masoom. It was my first film and get surprised that people remember it so much. I must start blogging about my experiences from it. I picked up though, the following extract from a recent interview with Naseeruddin Shah which evoked old memories of old times, old [...]
Putin blasts the US
Just 2 days ago I had blogged about the US indulging in another arms race that will provoke Russia, and how the US now has to take cognizance of other world powers in the international power equation. Putin has made a similar statement yesterday at the Security Forum in Munich : Here are extracts from [...]
Global Warming and Al Gore
Yetserday I attended Al Gore's stunning lecture on Global Warming. I have heard him before. 2 years ago in Puerto Rico. The lecture is different, and that's what is frightening. So much more devastation has taken place in the last two years. Or atleast what we have learnt in the last two years about the [...]
Babel and Paradise Now
Babel is a work of absolute genius, but still stands, in my view, the second best film of last year. The best film is a unquestioningly a Palestinian film called 'Paradise Now', which was not even recognized by any of the awards announced. That is why awards such as the Oscars will always be suspect.. [...]
US Missile bases in Eastern Europe. Another Cold War ?
So why has the US decided to acclerate tensions by deploying missile sites in the Czech Republic and in Poland ? Russia has already reacted sharply by increasing it's defense budget, and do you think China will be far behind ? The US says that these missile basis are defences against possible missile attacks from [...]
letting go
It's when love turns to need. Its when love becomes more desire than nurture and caring. Its when love turns in into possesion and then into obsession. It's when you say 'you belong to me'. It's the beginings of ownership. It's the beginings of the end of love... Do I stop loving you when you [...]
Arjuna, you coward !
Arjuna, you coward ! stop moralizing your your own sense of fear stop crystalizing unknown, imagined demons into moral statements listen to Krishna, don't waste his time do not be afraid of the chaos of battle there are so many of us waiting for Krishna to push us over the edge shekhar
farewell…
and if my spirit nurtured yours as yours did mine then the crossing of our paths are forever blessed upon our seperated journeys shekhar
Queen
Heard on the grapevine that when the producers and distributors of the film 'Queen' saw the final product, they did not think the film good enough to release in the theatres, so initially decided to release the film straight to Video ..... Obviously better sense prevailed and the film was released gaining substantial box office [...]
Presidency and Parliaments for sale ?
Any potential candidate for the coming US election need to raise at least $ 50 million to even be nominated. And that's just the official limit.... Estimates say that some candidates will spend close to $ 100 million. And the two final candidates will have spent a minimum of $ 500 million each by the [...]