'I knew things were not going well, but there was always that hope.'
It doesn't lack in practicality, affordability and drivability and even comes with interiors that are appealing
'The best way to carry on that good man's legacy is to make films like he did, love cinema like he did, and unearth talent like he did. K Balachanderis frozen forever in Uttama Villain on celluloid,' Uttama Villain director Ramesh Arvind tells Rediff.com contributor Praveen Sundaram.
Thanga Meenkal is a heartwarming story told brilliantly with a simplicity and honesty that is seen so rarely in films these days.
'If Murad's Mozziness doesn't strike us in the eye, if we see the film as a youth's struggle to break free of the shackles holding him back and not as a Muslim fighting the system, it is because not once in the film does Zoya show him blaming his religion for his low social status or struggle, a temptation many 'progressive' film-makers may have yielded to for it sounds so politically correct,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
There is something about Anurag Kashyap that puts the cinema watchdogs on alert, says Veenu Sandhu.
Inside Llewyn Davis is a fantastic film, feels Raja Sen.
Former minister Milind Deora who in his free time more than strums a guitar and belts out a few songs, pays tribute to Prince.
'Memories of a simple, yet amazing childhood, long lost, but never forgotten.' Vijay Menon takes us back to a time when overnight train journeys were the most exciting events of our lives.
'It was fun trying to regulate ourselves and keep it in the family zone and yet, be tongue-in-cheek.'
It is an aspirational smart-speaker with few rivals, says Veer Arjun Singh.
The museum has the former President's belongings including clothes, books, souvenirs and citations presented to him by various institutions and organisations.
'As fun and funny as it is shooting, it's as scary when you watch it.'
Ambassador Natarajan Krishnan and Ambassador Shankar Bajpai helped shape Indian foreign policy at a glorious, but difficult, time in history, recalls Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
'I don't want to develop a bag of tricks that I keep reaching into and repeating myself.' 'When you act every day, you start repeating yourself and that's a trap.'
The best film won. Until it didn't. Or, depending on where you stand, vice versa.
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